Thursday, December 26, 2024

#finance #investment - Apple is poised to become the first publicly traded company worth four trillion dollars: NBC News

26 December 2024

Apple is poised to become the first publicly traded company worth four trillion dollars as it could be about to make a new bid to bring AI tech into your home.

Ukraine - President Zelensky condemns Russia's 'inhumane' Christmas Day attack | BBC News

25 December 2024

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia made a "conscious choice" by launching a major attack on his country's energy infrastructure on Christmas Day. Ukraine's air force said it had detected 184 missiles and drones, but many were shot down or missed their targets. It said there were casualties from the strikes but gave no figures. Moscow confirmed the attack and said its goal had been achieved. The attack led to power cuts across the country, including in the capital Kyiv, where some residents sheltered in metro stations.

#Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

#news - Top U.S. & World Headlines — December 24, 2024: Democracy Now

24 December 2024

Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

#F1 - 2024 Season Unwrapped: Max Verstappen's F1 Year in Gifts: Red Bull Racing

24 December 2024

How do you sum up Max Verstappen's 2024 F1 Season in 10 festive gifts? From dramatic DNFs to against-all-odds wins, we gave Max a series of objects to sum up the highs and lows of his 10th year in Formula One.

#f1 #formula1 #formulaone


#russia #ukraine - 'Russia's frozen £300 billion should be used to aid Ukraine' | Vadym Prystaiko: Times Radio

24 December 2024

“The Russian money, a frozen 300 billion pounds, they can be used if your coffers are running low.” Vadym Prystaiko says a “political decision” should be taken to allow Russia’s frozen money to “finance what Russia’s already destroyed.”

#movies - "The Apprentice": New Film Opens Despite Trump's Attempts to Block Anyone from Seeing It: Democracy Now

11 October 2024

We speak with the director of _The Apprentice_, "the movie Trump doesn't want you to see," which opens today in theaters despite legal threats from the former president.

The film looks at how Trump was mentored by Roy Cohn, former chief counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Red Scare.

He went on to represent Trump as he built his New York real estate empire, and "was the person who sort of built Trump, as a person, as a brand, as an identity," says Abbasi. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

#technology - "Surveilled": Ronan Farrow on the Spyware Technology the Trump Admin Could Use to Hack Your Phone: Democracy Now

5 December 2024

We discuss the new HBO Original film Surveilled and explore the film's investigation of high-tech spyware firms with journalist Ronan Farrow and director Matthew O'Neill.

We focus on the influence of the Israeli military in the development of some of the most widely used versions of these surveillance technologies, which in many cases are first tested on Palestinians and used to enforce Israel's occupation of Palestine, and on the potential expansion of domestic U.S. surveillance under a second Trump administration.

Ever-increasing surveillance is "dangerous for democracy," says Farrow. "We're making and selling a weapon that is largely unregulated." As O'Neill emphasizes, "We could all be caught up." Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Pegasus is a spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group that is designed to be covertly and remotely installed on mobile phones running iOS ...