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‘Too Big to Fail’: Russia-gate One Year After VIPS Showed a Leak, Not a Hack

‘Too Big to Fail’: Russia-gate One Year After VIPS Showed a Leak, Not a Hack

August 13, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

One year later, the VIPS memo contending that the DNC emails were leaked and not hacked has yet to be successfully challenged. Meanwhile, the country sinks deeper into the morass of the new McCarthyism, comments Patrick Lawrence. A year has…

Why Google and Uber Are Playing Badly in Europe

Why Google and Uber Are Playing Badly in Europe

November 24, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Big data is in Big Trouble in Europe—Merkel won’t forgive NSA spying. Google faces an antitrust suit that could break up the company in Europe. Ubergeddon goes global as Singapore also imposes a ban. Things aren’t looking too good across…

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