MINSK (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed Western criticism on Wednesday after his two main opponents were excluded from next month’s presidential election and police arrested more than 250 protesters. Law enforcement officers detain a man outside the Belarusian electoral commission as people line up to file their complaints …
Read More »Deepfake used to attack an activist couple shows a new disinformation frontier
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Oliver Taylor, a student at the University of Birmingham in England, is in his twenties with brown eyes, a light beard and a slightly stiff smile. A combined photograph showing an image purporting to be of British student and freelance writer Oliver Taylor (L) and a heat …
Read More »Two in three Americans want to see Trump’s tax returns, according to a Reuters / Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two out of three Americans want to see President Donald Trump’s income taxes, and about half believe he has been withholding them for reasons that could harm him politically, according to a Reuters / Ipsos public opinion poll. . United States President Donald Trump attends a …
Read More »Google faces lawsuit over app tracking even when users chose not to participate
FILE PHOTO: The Google Chrome logo is seen near the cyber code and the words “spy” in this illustrated image taken on June 18, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration OAKLAND, California (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google records what people are doing in hundreds of thousands of mobile …
Read More »German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomous driving
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany has banned Tesla from repeating what a court says are misleading advertising statements related to the capabilities of the company’s driver assistance systems and autonomous driving, a Munich judge ruled Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Tesla Super Chargers Show in Mojave, California, USA, July 10, 2019. REUTERS / …
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