The company that aspires to be inside “every missile,… every drone,” including, it seems, those belonging to the Israeli Defence Forces, is now running the patient data platform of the world’s second largest public health care system. More
The Far-Reaching Implications of Javier “the Wig” Milei’s Election Victory in Argentina
Clearly, a majority of voters have had enough of the status quo. What they want is a seismic shift in the underlying political and economic dynamics. And that is what they will get, for better or worse (my money is on the latter).More
Oh, the Irony: IMF Chief Touts Benefits of Cashless Future In Singapore, Just After a Major Bank Outage Shook the Island Nation
“This is not the time to turn back on central bank digital currencies,” Kirstalina Georgieva said. At the same time, Singapore’s central bank is advising the public to “carry some cash” as a contingency for further outages.More
Will the Next Geopolitical Flash Point Be a Centuries-Old Border Dispute in an Oil-Rich Corner of South America?
Ominously, both the US and the UK are deeply involved in Venezuela’s escalating face-off with neighbouring Guyana, one in the present, the other in the past.More
Brazil’s Lula Government Just Mandated COVID-19 Vaccines For All Children Over 6 Months of Age
The Minister of Health, Nísia Trindade, claims that all COVID-19 vaccines have proven to be both effective and safe, and that COVID-19 is a vaccine-preventable disease.More
The World’s Largest Biometric Digital ID System, India’s Aadhaar, Just Suffered Its Biggest Ever Data Breach
In one fell swoop, roughly 10% of the global population appears to have had some of their most valuable personal identifiable information (PII) compromised. Yet Aadhaar continues to receive plaudits from Silicon VallMore
Big Brother Unchained: UK Government to Abolish Biometrics and Surveillance Safeguards As It Embraces Facial Recognition
“The lack of attention being paid to [public safeguards] at such a crucial time is shocking, and destruction of the surveillance camera code that we’ve all been using successfully for over a decade is tantamount to vandalism.”More
Mexican Anti-GM Corn Collective Receives Environmental Award from US NGO, Amid Escalating Corn War With US
“Not only did they hold the line on GM corn planting during five years of hostility from their own government, they also helped open the door to a new government that takes native corn and its protection seriously.”More
Are the Walls Finally Closing In on Ursula von der Leyen?
Creeping censorship, corruption, authoritarianism, economic decline and support for war: these are five of the defining characteristics of the Von der Leyen era. Is it any wonder that internal opposition is on the rise?More
More Good News for Cash in Europe, More Bad News for Digital Dollar in US
Recent developments suggest the trend away from cash and toward central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) may not be quite as smooth or seamless as some may have wished.More
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