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Facebook, YouTube to block naming of Donald Trump’s alleged impeachment whistleblower

Shawdesh Desk: Twitter found itself isolated this week as other major social media platforms moved to block users from spreading the name of a CIA officer that conservatives contend filed

Brazil plans to create 8 AI labs

Shawdesh Desk: The Brazilian government on Monday announced a plan to build eight artificial intelligence (AI) labs across the country. The move is aimed at improving the country’s AI research

TikTok and Apple decline to testify over China

Shawdesh Desk: Both TikTok and Apple have declined to testify to US Congress in a hearing, about their ties to China. Tuesday’s hearing is designed to explore the relationships the

China gets into blockchain race with US

Shawdesh Desk: China has launched an ambitious effort to challenge the US dominance in blockchain technology, which it could use for everything from issuing digital money, to streamlining a raft

Facebook hacking continues

Shawdesh Desk: A gang of cheats are nowadays active, hacking Facebook accounts and blackmailing the facebookers. To avoid further trouble, most of the users do not go to the police,

New US rules would require carriers to remove Chinese equipment

Shawdesh Desk: US regulators on Monday proposed rules to block telecom carriers from buying from Chinese tech companies Huawei and ZTE, and to remove any of their equipment already in

NASA to send robotic rover to map water ice on moon

Shawdesh desk: The U.S. space agency NASA is planning to send a mobile robot to the South Pole of the moon in 2022 to get a close-up view on the

Pentagon hands Microsoft $10B ‘war cloud’ deal, snubs Amazon

Shawdesh Desk: he Pentagon awarded Microsoft a $10 billion cloud computing contract , snubbing early front-runner Amazon, whose competitive bid drew criticism from President Donald Trump and its business rivals.