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WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden signed a ban Monday on government use of commercial spyware technology like the controversial Pegasus program, citing its use for political oppression in countries around the world.The white house said commercial spyware poses a distinct intelligence threat to the United States and has been found on the phones of 50 … Read more
WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump warned of potential “death & destruction” if he faces criminal charges, hours later new york Prosecutors probing his hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels said they would not be intimidated.The early Friday post on Trump’s Truth Social media site was the latest in a string of verbal attacks … Read more
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 16, 2023. Mary F. Calvert | Reuters WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that the federal emergency actions to back up Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank customers could be deployed again in the future … Read more
Washington asked TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest its stake in the short video app or face a possible ban in the US, CNBC has confirmed. TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter told Reuters that the company had recently heard from the US Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). The committee told ByteDance … Read more