Law Firms Step Away From Lobbying Relationships With Chinese Companies

dealbreaker.com Top law firms are exiting or reducing their presence in China at a breakneck pace, while others are now reconsidering their lobbying relationships with Chinese companies…

Google to employees: "We are a workplace"

axios.com Google's firing of 28 protesting employees Wednesday sends the clearest signal yet that the tech giant — whose founders pledged it was "not a conventional company" — has…

Analyst reviews Palantir stock price target ahead of earnings

thestreet.com In J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings," a palantir was an indestructible crystal ball used for communication and seeing events in other parts of the world…

Google will provide AI to the military for disaster response

washingtonpost.com SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Wednesday said it is providing artificial intelligence tools to help the National Guard analyze images of disaster areas so it can respond to them…

Ex-Army staffer pleads guilty in massive life-insurance scheme

washingtonpost.com A former Army financial counselor accused of siphoning millions of dollars from deceased soldiers’ life insurance funds pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday, accepting a…

Samsung to get $6.4 billion to make computer chips in Texas

texastribune.org Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has…

The issue of women and conscription

theweek.com As global tensions ratchet up defensive preparations, countries are beginning to reconsider whether conscripting only men into their armed forces will be enough. Ukraine…

IRS Direct File pilot gets 100K users as US hits tax deadline

thehill.com Tax day has arrived and most Americans have until 11:59 p.m. tonight in their local time zone to file their 2023 returns without incurring a late fee. The 2024 filing season…

Biden administration agrees to provide $6.4 billion to Samsung for making computer chips in Texas

finance.yahoo.com The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and…

Biden administration will provide up to $6.4bn in direct funding for Samsung to develop Texas chip manufacturing and research cluster

fortune.com The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and…

Michael Hudson: The Truth about the Destruction of the Palestinians

nakedcapitalism.com Yves here. Hudson had extensive contact with Mossad agents 50 years ago, and saw them take the idea of using “strategic hamlets” from Vietnam, as in balkanization of the…

19 Retired Generals, Admirals File Supreme Court Brief Against Trump Immunity Bid

zerohedge.com 19 Retired Generals, Admirals File Supreme Court Brief Against Trump Immunity Bid Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More than a dozen former…

‘An Incredible Military Achievement’: John Kirby Says Biden Called To Congratulate Netanyahu On Iran Drone Deflection

mediaite.com President Joe Biden called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near the end of Iran’s attack Saturday night to congratulate him on Israel’s deflection of the barrage of drones…

Why Iran's unprecedented strike on Israel could start a dangerous escalation spiral

msnbc.com Iranian retaliation against Israel was inevitable the moment Israeli aircraft bombed an Iranian diplomatic facility in the heart of Damascus on April 1, killing one of the…

America is the undisputed world leader in quantum computing even though China spends 8x more on the technology

aol.com Processors that crunch through supercomputing tasks in the blink of an eye. Batteries that recharge in a flash. Accelerated drug discovery, encryption and decryption, and…

MDA awards Lockheed $4.1B contract to upgrade battle command system

defensenews.com The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $4.1 billion to continue to field, maintain and upgrade its battle command system,…

With Biden backing biomanufacturing, will Bay Area benefit?

bizjournals.com BioMade, backed by Schmidt Futures and the Defense Department, hopes to decide next year where its next pilot manufacturing facility will land.

Defense Sec. Austin says U.S. doesn't have "any evidence" of Israel committing genocide in Gaza

axios.com Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told a Senate committee Tuesday that the U.S. does not have "any evidence" that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.…

Take a Look at the Oldest Military Bases in America

247wallst.com The USA has the world’s third-largest army (after China and India) in terms of manpower. In 2022 the US had about 1,4 million active military personnel. To be able to…

'SNL Weekend Update' Mocks Donald Trump's Cocaine Comment

newsweek.com Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update has mocked Donald Trump's suggestion that President Joe Biden was on an illicit substance during his State of the Union address last…