Jelly Belly, Kanye West’s clothing company Yeezy and the SETI Institute, which seeks extraterrestrial life, are all California companies that received millions in loans from the federal coronavirus relief program for small businesses, according to data released by the Trump administration on Monday. The federal government has distributed more than …
Read More »TikTok leaves Hong Kong after controversial national security law
“In light of recent events, we have decided to halt operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong,” a TikTok spokesperson confirmed to CNN Business. The news was first reported by Reuters. It is not clear when TikTok – which is owned by startup Beijing-based ByteDance – It will come …
Read More »China uses Android malware to spy on ethnic minorities worldwide, according to new research
Piracy groups linked to China are using spyware to infect Android smartphones owned by Muslim Uighurs … [+] and other ethnic minorities. SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images China-based surveillance campaigns are using Android malware to spy on Muslim Uighurs and other ethnic minorities around the world, according to …
Read More »Three separate countries are launching missions to Mars this month.
Three leg race Multiple space agencies around the world are moving to capitalize on some lucky interplanetary times as they embark on missions to Mars. The United States, China and the United Arab Emirates plan to send spacecraft to the Red Planet this month, according to The hill, since the …
Read More »The United States is looking at the ban on TikTok and Chinese social media apps: Pompeo
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC on June 10, 2020. Andrew Harnik | Pool via Reuters The United States is “analyzing” the ban on TikTok and other Chinese social media applications, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News …
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