More than 10 years ago Israel tightened its grip on Gaza, enforcing a blockade on goods coming in and out of the tiny coastal enclave that left much of the two million-strong population there unemployed, impoverished and hopeless. Since then, Israel has launched three separate major military assaults that have destroyed Gaza’s infrastructure, killed many…
A new billionaire was created every two days last year and now, according to Oxfam, just 42 individuals own as much wealth as the world’s poorest 3.7 billion people. Call it the ‘Year of the Billionaire.’ In 2017, a new billionaire was created every two days and while 82 percent of all wealth created went…
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking them to look at technology from the likes of Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others, citing the “always on” technology as being “worrisome”. Yahoo Finance report: EPIC fears the average consumer isn’t aware that some of these devices are actually…
