Category: Donald Trump

US Space Force logo unveiled with a clear Star Trek influence

[ad_1] The president has been pushing to create a new military branch, dubbed Space Force, since 2018 and today tweeted out a logo for the department. The most noticeable part of the logo is right in the center, where a design that closely resembles Star Trek’s arrowhead-style Starfleet insignia sits. [ad_2] Source link

NYT: Experts find evidence Russians hacked Ukrainian gas company

[ad_1] In 2016, hackers released emails from the Democratic National Committee they accessed after using a targeted attack against Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager. Area 1, a security firm that specializes in defense against phishing, says that they discovered a network of fake websites used by the G.R.U., a Russian military intelligence unit, built to target […]

Trump admin blocks expanded rules against inefficient lightbulbs

[ad_1] On Friday the Department of Energy announced it will not allow amended standards for incandescent lamps to go into effect. Following the passage of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 there was talk of a “ban” on incandescent lights, but that wasn’t exactly what the rules mandated. While there has been a […]

US cancels plans for new penalty tariffs on Chinese-made products

[ad_1] The Wall Street Journal reports that while 25 percent US tariffs on some Chinese products will remain in place, a tariff that took effect on September 1st will now be cut in half to 7.5 percent. The Office of the US Trade Representative released a fact sheet (PDF) stating the deal included commitment by […]

NBC News: Zuckerberg had an undisclosed dinner with the president

[ad_1] Last month Mark Zuckerberg publicly made a trip to Capitol Hill as he testified in front of lawmakers about Facebook’s Libra cyptocurrency plans. Tonight NBC News has revealed that Zuckerberg also made another stop that was not previously disclosed — a dinner at the White House with Facebook board member Peter Thiel and Donald […]

Trump ‘opens’ Texas Apple plant that’s built Mac Pros since 2013

[ad_1] As planned, today Donald Trump took a tour of an Apple manufacturing facility in Texas alongside CEO Tim Cook. While impeachment hearings continued in D.C., the president tweeted that “Today I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America.” While Apple did claim in September […]

President Trump will visit Apple’s Mac Pro factory on November 20th

[ad_1] For Apple, though, there’s an extra level of urgency. The next big round of US tariffs on China is poised to take effect on December 15th, and it could easily raise the costs of selling phones, laptops, monitors and other mainstays of Apple’s product lineup. A tour like this might help Apple persuade Trump […]

NYT: Trump admin set to extend Huawei license again

[ad_1] In May, the US Commerce Department added Huawei to the “Entity List,” banning US companies from doing business with it unless they have a special license. Since then it has extended temporary licenses for existing customers, like mobile phone users and rural telecoms that use its equipment. The most recent extension is set to […]

Facebook, YouTube delete posts claiming to name Ukraine whistleblower

[ad_1] There’s an impeachment inquiry taking place against Donald Trump, which started with a whistleblower complaint about conduct on a call with officials in the Ukraine. Outlets like Breitbart have published content claiming to name the person who initially filed the complaint claiming the president violated his oath of office. Now the latest free speech […]

Trump plans to raise the minimum vaping age to ’21 or so’

[ad_1] The administration previously said it’d ban non-tobacco flavored pods to make vaping less enticing for teenagers. However, advocates of the practice have said having a variety of flavors helps adults quit cigarettes, and that banning them would result in vape shops shutting down. As such, officials may believe increasing the age limit at the […]