By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

A Palestinian journalist who works for Reuters was beaten on Saturday by Jewish settlers who attacked an olive harvest south of the city of Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Continue reading “Israeli Settlers Beat Palestinian Journalist in Attack on Olive Harvest in the West Bank”

By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.com

At least four people have been killed over the weekend, and another 16 wounded in a flurry of Israeli strikes on Lebanon and ongoing threats to escalate the attacks even further by Israeli officials. Continue reading “Four Killed, 16 Wounded as Israel Continues to Escalate Strikes on Southern Lebanon”

By Cindy Harper – Reclaim The Net

People walking on a busy city sidewalk in daylight, with several faces framed by glowing rectangular facial-recognition boxes and a semi-transparent digital code overlay across the scene.

Europol’s deputy executive director, Jürgen Ebner, is urging the European Union to relax its own legal restraints on artificial intelligence, arguing that the rules designed to protect citizens are slowing down police innovation. Continue reading “Europe’s AI Surveillance Race Against the Rules That Protect Privacy”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

Hollywood producer Robert Simonds has purchased the Israeli spyware maker NSO Group to bring it under “American” control and hired Trump’s former Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, to lobby the president to remove sanctions on the firm so they can sell their hacking tools to US law enforcement. Continue reading “Hollywood Producer Buys Israeli NSO Spyware Maker, Hires David Friedman to Sell Hacking Tools to U.S.”

By Portfolio Armor – Zerohedge

A leveraged house sitting on stilts of cash, versus an 80% LTV house on a brick foundation.

When President Trump’s new Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director, Bill Pulte, floated the idea of 50-year mortgages over the weekend—and Trump amplified it on social media—the proposal sounded to some like a clever way to make homes more “affordable”: lower monthly payments, easier access, more buyers. Continue reading “Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Proposal Is A Bad Idea”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Financial exclusion remains high in many parts of the world. In several countries, more than two out of three adults are unbanked, yet the majority own a mobile phone. This contrast between connectivity and financial access highlights both the persistent gaps in global inclusion and the massive opportunity to close them. Continue reading “Unbanked In A Connected World”