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Apr 30, 2024

During the Obama administration, a controversial policy was put in place to establish government control over the Internet by classifying broadband as a utility. This was net neutrality. The policy was dropped when Donald Trump was president, but just recently, it was quietly restored. The Federal Communications...


Apr 29, 2024

What is arguably the most important trial yet for former President Donald Trump is now being heard by the Supreme Court. This trial could determine whether President Trump can be criminally charged at all. The decision could impact not only Trump, but also every other former president still living in the United...


Apr 26, 2024

There’s a new global push for digital currencies, and SWIFT is now planning to roll out a new platform that will connect the emerging central bank digital currencies into a single global network. The system is expected to be launched in one to two years. Already, more than 90 percent of the world’s central banks...


Apr 25, 2024

Elon Musk is battling against foreign censorship amid pressure from Brazil and Australia, both of which are trying to extend their censorship laws internationally. Meanwhile, a bill that will ban TikTok unless its parent company sells it before Jan. 19, 2025, has now been enacted. President Joe Biden signed the bill...


Apr 24, 2024

Systems employed to artificially induce rain have come under scrutiny amid record-breaking rainfall and heavy flooding in the United Arab Emirates. Large Emirati cities, including Dubai, have seen rainfall levels beyond anything on record, with data going back to 1949. And amid this, many people are wondering whether...