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Bitcoin Policy Institute, Fedi, Cornell to study American views on financial privacy

The initiative comes as enforcement actions and pending market structure legislation raise questions about how privacy tools and open-source developers are treated....

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Iran offers first government-issued death toll from security crackdown on protesters

State television carried statements by the Interior Ministry and the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs, an official body providing services to families of those killed in wars, saying 3,117 p...

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US allies push back on Greenland at Davos ahead of Trump address

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney added his voice to the condemnation of U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to acquire Greenland....

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Activists say death toll from security crackdown on Iranian protesters exceeds 4,000

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency fear the number will grow as information leaks out of a country still gripped by the government's decision to shut down the internet....

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Trump announces tariffs on NATO allies for opposing US control of Greenland

President Donald Trump announced that the NATO countries who have sent small contingents of troops to Greenland will be charged a 10% tariff on all goods....

Jan 17ABC NewsPoliticsImpact

Poland's PM praises cyber defences after attempted attack on energy infrastructure foiled

Tusk blamed Russia and urged Parliament to swiftly pass new cybersecurity legislation to strengthen protection against foreign interference....

Jan 15EuronewsPoliticsImpact

Coinbase Withdraws Support for Crypto Bill on Eve of Key Senate Vote

The move could derail efforts to get crypto’s coveted market structure bill over the finish line....

Jan 14DecryptcryptocurrencyImpact

Case on whether Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya opens at UN court

The Gambia filed the case at the International Court of Justice in 2019, arguing a so-called "clearance operation" by Myanmar's military in 2017 violated the 1948 Genocide Convention....

Jan 12EuronewsPoliticsImpact

South Korean prosecutors demand death penalty for ex-leader Yoon

South Korean prosecutors called on Tuesday for the death penalty to be handed down to former president Yoon Suk Yeol for his December 2024 declaration of martial law, which plunged the country into ch...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

Greenland 'ready to negotiate' better partnership, PM says

Jens-Frederik Nielsen said sovereignty was a "red line" that needed to be respected as he said Greenland was ready to negotiate after Trump backtracked on suggesting force could be used to acquire it....

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US says Gaza truce enters phase two, after forming Palestinian committee

The United States said on Wednesday it is launching the second phase of its plan to end the Gaza war, even as key elements of the first phase - including ⁠a complete ceasefire between Israel and Hamas...

Jan 15France 24PoliticsImpact

Trump addresses World Economic Forum in Davos, making many "false statements"

US President Donald Trump gave a lengthy speech at the Davos World Economic Forum, where he praised his achievements with the US economy and addressed issues like NATO, Greenland and Ukraine, lambasti...

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Chipotle's new PAC signals a change in how the company engages in politics

Chipotle quietly filed FEC paperwork to form a political action committee. Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Chipotle has filed to form a PAC, allowing the compan...

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Microsoft handed the government ecryption keys for customer data

The FBI went to Microsoft last year with a warrant, asking them to hand over keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops as part of an investigation into potential fraud involving the COVID ...

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America's largest labor movement joins the fight against ICE

ICE officers have made over 2,500 arrests in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge. Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images The AFL-CIO has endorsed a Minnesota economic blackout on January 23 in response t...

Jan 17Business InsiderPoliticsImpact

Almost half of Kyiv without heat, power, after Russian attack

An overnight Russian bombardment on Kyiv left thousands of residential buildings and parliament without heating and water in -14C temperatures on Tuesday, just as the Ukrainian capital was scrambling ...

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Outrage in UK after Trump claims NATO troops avoided Afghanistan front line

According to official UK figures, 405 of the 457 British casualties who died in Afghanistan were killed in hostile military action....

2dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Ali Sha’ath: the new Gaza chief who must rebuild the shattered enclave

Civil engineer and former deputy minister in the Palestinian Authority faces daunting reconstruction task...

Jan 17Financial TimesPoliticsImpact

Iran protests: The biggest challenge to the Islamic Republic since its founding

In addition to women’s rights protests in 2022, experts believe that the protests currently happening in Iran represent the biggest challenge to the Islamic Republic since its founding in 1979. While ...

Jan 15France 24PoliticsImpact

The Responsibility of Intellectuals

Article URL: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1967/02/23/a-special-supplement-the-responsibility-of-intelle/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750485 Points: 12 # Comments: 3...

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