South Korea removed 1,300 cameras from its military bases after discovering they’re designed to feed back to a Chinese server
South Korean army soldiers at a military base in Gyeryong-City, South Korea. Image used for illustration purposes. South Korea’s military has been forced to remove over 1,300 surveillance cameras from its bases after learning that they could be used to transmit signals to China, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. The cameras, which were supplied…
US spy plane flies through the Taiwan Strait days after German warships angered China by sailing through
The US Navy’s 7th Fleet confirmed the P-8A Poseidon transited the Taiwan Strait in international airspace on Tuesday. A US spy plane flew above the Taiwan Strait in international airspace, prompting a response from China. The event comes just days after German warships made a notable transit through the tense waters in defiance of China.…
A 30-year-old man built muscle and burned fat in 4 months with a time-saving workout technique
Andre Frade built muscle and burned fat without spending longer in the gym using a technique called supersets along with full-body workouts. A busy office worker said he transformed his physique in four months thanks to an efficient workout plan. Andre Frade works for an investment bank in London, and his schedule doesn’t leave much…
Amazon CEO’s ‘bureaucracy mailbox’ for employees is a smart idea that more companies need
Amazon is asking workers to report wasteful bureaucracy. Sometimes, it takes a bit of bureaucracy to trim the bureaucracy. That’s the hope, at least, of Amazon’s new “bureaucracy mailbox” where workers can flag what CEO Andy Jassy described as “unnecessary and excessive process or rules.” It’s like a suggestion box but with a narrower focus.…
Progressives aren’t quite sure how to deal with Jill Stein
The spat between AOC and Jill Stein comes after years of progressives growing their ranks within the Democratic Party. On a Sunday afternoon at the beginning of this month, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted one of her signature Q&A videos on Instagram. The New York progressive was asked how to convince people who supported Green Party…
Hundreds of Iran-backed Hezbollah members were hurt when their pagers just weirdly exploded
Hezbollah militants like these were hurt when their pagers weirdly exploded. Hundreds of Hezbollah members in Lebanon were hurt on Tuesday when their pagers suddenly exploded, according to multiple reports. Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces said people were injured after wireless communications devices exploded in several regions across the country. It requested that drivers clear the…
Influencer app Node’s $13 million sale shows how central tech and AI have become to talent management
Node cofounders Armin Faraji and Mackenzie Dérival. The talent-management agency Dulcedo Group acquired the influencer-marketing app Node in a July deal that valued the company at around $13 million, Node’s cofounders told B-17. Node is a mobile app that matches small businesses with micro and nano influencers for sponsored content opportunities. The company has worked…
Stock market today: Indexes rise on upbeat retail sale data ahead of Fed meeting
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks moved higher after stronger-than-expected US retail sales boosted confidence in consumer health, as the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting is set to kick off. Retail sales increased 0.1% last month, compared to consensus estimates of a 0.2% decline. That’s welcomed news for investors,…
Russia is still passing $2 billion worth of its oil products to the West via middlemen, think tank says
Russia sold $1.3 billion worth of its oil to 3 Turkish refineries in the first half of the year, CREA data shows Russia is still passing off billions of dollars worth of oil products to the West — a sign that the West is still struggling to throttle Moscow’s war revenue with strict sanctions. Russia…
