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Bill Gates Turns Down Donald Trump For Science Adviser Role
Bill Gates Turns Down A Science Adviser Job From Donald Trump When you’re Bill Gates, I imagine that your input would be valued in a wide variety of subjects. Aside from the fact that he is one of the richest men on the planet, the founder of Microsoft is well…
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Shaq to Stream eSports Live from The White House
Former basketball player Shaquille O’Neal – better known as Shaq – is taking to Twitch to livestream some eSports, direct from the White House. The initiative is an oblique way of persuading Americans to sign up for healthcare coverage at HealthCare.gov; according to government statistics, millions of young adults to…
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The White House Scared of Badly Programmed AI
As technology evolves and we integrate it into our everyday lives, the risks that badly programmed software continues to pose a threat to everyone, knowingly or not. While not fearing a complete takeover by the likes of a Skynet-like system, the White House is more worried about the subtle mistakes that…
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Obama to Appoint Execs From Uber, Mastercard & Microsoft to Cybersecurity Panel
Cybersecurity is a big issue this year, with people becoming more and more aware of the steps that both governments and companies are making to gain access to or stop others accessing their data. After its recent attempt to get Apple to help bypass the security features on an iPhone,…
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White House Pledges $4b to Developing Self-Driving Cars
The Obama Administration has pledged to invest nearly $4 billion to accelerate the development of self-driving cars, and related infrastructure, in the US. The White House plans to support the burgeoning automated vehicle industry – which includes Google’s own endeavour (pictured above) – over the next ten years, according to…
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Russian Hackers Read Obama’s Email
According to the New York Times, Russian hackers may have gotten access to Obama’s White House email. While the White House itself has been silent on the issue, the emails were likely accessed during a hack related to the recent power outage. Sources with knowledge of the previous hack noted…
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Hack Puts Edward Snowden in the White House
It seems that Edward Snowden may have finally usurped President Obama and taken his place at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. A cheeky ‘hacker’ has added the business Edwards Snow Den – purportedly a snowboarding shop – to the grounds of the White House on Google Maps. Edward Snowden has become notorious…
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Intelligence Agencies Point to Russian Involvement in Recent White House Hacking
The recent White House power outage has turned into being something more than that. CNN reports that US officials have admitted that the White House’s network has been hacked in the process, but the affected computers were part of a non-classified network serving the executive office. Still, the attackers were…
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Google Said to Have Regular Meetings with White House Officials
The Wall Street Journal apparently got their hands on some visitor logs and emails linking high-ranking Google employees, including Eric Schmidt, meeting with White House officials 230 times across two terms, adding up to once a week meet-ups in the last four years. Some of the meetings also look to…
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Apple’s Tim Cook Warns Obama That Sacrificing Privacy Will Have “dire consequences”
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, has criticised US President Barrack Obama’s executive order for enhanced cybersecurity, saying the move will have “dire consequences”. Cook was speaking at a cybersecurity summit organised by the White House, just moments before President Obama was set to take the stage. “We still live in…
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North Korea Threatens to Blow Up the White House
In a totally reasonable and not at all childish reaction to a comedy movie, North Korea has threatened to bomb the White House in retaliation for the release of the Seth Rogen film The Interview. After the Sony Pictures hack last month, the group claiming responsibility threatened Sony not to…
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The White House Promises $263 Million For Police Body Cameras
President Obama has pledged a cool $263 million, which would be put toward providing law enforcement agencies with body cameras for their officers. This is of course a roll-on action of the events in Ferguson, with $75 million of the fund being put to good use by purchasing cameras (around…
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White House Wants to Make Illegal Downloads a Felony Offense
The White House has weighed in on the issue of media copyright infringement online, asserting that illegal downloads should be made a felony offense. Alex Niejelow, Chief of Staff to the US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and National Security Council’s Head of Cybersecurity Policy, said in a statement, “we believe…
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Original RickRoll Video Blocked by YouTube
It appears that the popular video-sharing website, YouTube, has blocked access to a seven years old RickRoll video, preventing users from hearing the still-popular “Never Gonna Give You Up” line. The video itself was uploaded by user ‘cotter548’ and was simply titled “RickRoll’D” and had nearly 71 million views, having…
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Apple And Other Companies To Donate Free Hardware And Services To Schools
With the US Government launching its ConnectED initiative, which will help get US classrooms into the internet era, several major companies have joined The White House to give them a helping hand. Apple alone plans to donate a whopping $100 million in iPads, MacBooks and software to underprivileged schools. Autodesk…
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