Month: September 2025
Google secretly handed ICE Data about Pro-palestinian Activits
During the first Trump administration, tech companies publicly fought federal subpoenas on behalf of their users who were targeted for protected speech sometimes with great fanfare. With ICE ramping up its use of dragnet tools to meet its deportation quotas and smoke out noncitizens who protest Israel’s war on Gaza, Silicon Valley’s willingness to accommodate
Trump Declares domestic violence not a crime in the US
Donald Trump, addressing the Religious Liberty Commission, made some strange and shocking remarks about the recent drop in crime in Washington D.C., which he attributed to the presence of the military.During his speech, Trump, seeking to pat himself on the back for sending troops to what he described as among the “worst, most violent cities”
Malawi General Elections
Malawi has faced economic stagnation since former pastor Chakwera was elected in 2020. A devastating cyclone and a regional drought, both linked to climate change, have wiped out crops and worsened hardship. Inflation has been above 20% for more than three years. Nearly three-quarters of Malawians live below the World Bank’s poverty line of $3
Israel-Syria peace treaty
Syria is accelerating talks with Israel for a security pact that Damascus hopes will reverse Israel’s recent seizures of its land but that would fall far short of a full peace treaty.Washington is pushing for enough progress to be made by the time world leaders gather in New York for the U.N. General Assembly at
pick and play tracks on Spotify
Following its long-awaited launch of lossless streaming for paid subscribers, Spotify is upgrading its service for free users, too. The company announced that free users globally will now be able to search and play any song they want or play a song shared by a friend or an artist they follow on social media.With the
Tornadoes destryo homes in Utah
Tornadoes are pretty unusual in that part of Utah, meteorologist Kris Sanders with the National Weather Service’s office in Grand Junction, Colorado, told the Associated Press. Sanders said that the weather service had only confirmed two there since 1950. Two tornadoes developed from a storm in San Juan County, in southeastern Utah, over the span
Britain’s government summons Russian ambassador over violation of NATO airspace
Multiple Russian drones crossed into Poland on Wednesday in what European officials described as a deliberate provocation, causing NATO to send fighter jets to shoot them down. The incident underlined long-held concerns about the expansion of Russia’s more than three-year war in Ukraine.Polish airspace has been violated several times since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
China has accused NVIDIA of violating Anti-monopoly law
In a brief announcement, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation said it has determined after a “preliminary investigation” that Nvidia “has violated the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China.” The regulator said it has decided to conduct “further investigation into the matter in accordance with the law,” without mentioning any timeline or additional
US accuses Venezuela of Drug Trafficking
US President Donald Trump has renewed his accusation that Venezuela is sending gang members and drugs to the United States, which he said was “not acceptable”. Tension has been high between the two countries since the US deployed warships to the Southern Caribbean on what officials said were counter-narcotics operations.As part of that deployment, the
Phasing out of Windows 11 SE
Windows 11 SE is a version of Windows designed for education, working “on web-first devices that use essential education apps, and it comes with Microsoft Office 365 preinstalled,” as Microsoft describes it in a support document. If you have a Windows 11 SE device, you have plenty of time to change to one that runs