Japan Plans New Government Unit To Deal With Disinformation Campaigns - Slashdot
Slashdot· 13 hours agoJapan's government is making arrangements to launch a new unit next year that deals with the spread of disinformation. From a report: Experts say disinformation spread through social media networks ...
Can climate change lose Russia the war in Ukraine?
The Week via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA destroyed Russian tank FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images Russia's exports of oil and natural gas have long been used as a "weapon of financial war"...
Putin Told Gas Exec the Real Goal of His War Is a ‘Secret’
The Daily Beast· 5 days agoWhile the Kremlin was busy pushing the narrative early on in the war that Moscow had no choice but...
Africa Has Become 'Less Safe, Secure and Democratic' in Past Decade, Report Finds - Slashdot
Slashdot· 5 days agoAfrica is less safe, secure and democratic than a decade ago, with insecurity holding back progress in health, education and economic opportunities, according to an assessment of the continent ...
Biden’s next 2 years: A brutal war and a rough campaign
Politico via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPresident Joe Biden’s decision to send tanks to Ukraine marked a new chapter in the United States’...
Credit Karma Tricked Customers Into Thinking They Were Pre-Approved for Credit Cards, FTC Says -...
Slashdot· 6 days agoThe Federal Trade Commission has ordered personal finance company Credit Karma to pay $3 million to customers the agency alleges were deceived into applying for products they weren't eligible ...
Mexico Cracks Down on Solar Geoengineering, Forcing Startup To Pause Operations - Slashdot
Slashdot· 6 days agoAn anonymous reader shares a report: The tiny startup Make Sunsets, which had been experimenting with releasing sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight in order to cool the earth ...
US Renewable Energy Farms Outstrip 99% of Coal Plants Economically - Slashdot
Slashdot· 12 hours agoCoal in the US is now being economically outmatched by renewables to such an extent that it's more expensive for 99% of the country's coal-fired power plants to keep running than it is to build ...
New York City Will Require Uber and Lyft To Go 100 Percent Electric by 2030 - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoIn his State of the City speech Thursday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that Uber and Lyft will be required to be zero emission by 2030. The decision by one of the world's largest ...
Putin’s Proof Of Life: Giving Career Advice And Some Cryptic War Talk
UPROXX· 5 days agoRussian President Vladimir Putin appears to be responding to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...