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(Eagle News)–Two House committees cited in contempt a former Customs intelligence officer for “not telling the truth.” The House committees on dangerous drugs and government and public accountability cited Jimmy Guban in contempt after he failed to disclose information on what was supossed to be the P6.8 billion worth of shabu hidden in magnetic lifters found in Cavite. President Rodrigo Duterte has said there were no drugs in the empty magnetic lifters found in Cavite […]
(Eagle News)– The Palace on Thursday, Sept. 13, shrugged off Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s remark President Rodrigo Duterte could face an impeachment complaint for his revelation a foreign country supplied him with proof there was a conspiracy to oust him as president. ‘Yung kasama niya na laging nagfa-file ng impeachment complaint, wala naman nangyayari..So let him file another impeachment complaint. Wala rin namang mangyayari diyan kasi wala naman talagang saysay,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei faces a major setback in efforts to expand in the US smartphone market following renewed national security concerns, documents showed. Huawei, which appeared to lose a deal with AT&T that would have given it an improved foothold in the handset market, faced criticism from US lawmakers over its intellectual property protection and its ties to Chinese intelligence, according to a letter seen by AFP this week. […]
GEORGIA, United States (Reuters) – A United States intelligence contractor pleaded not guilty on Thursday (June 8) to a charge of leaking a classified report on Russian election interference to a media outlet. Reality Leigh Winner, 25, who was ordered to remain held without bond, is accused of leaking a National Security Agency report to The Intercept, according to officials. The NSA document provided technical details on what it said were Russian attempts to hack […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) – Google’s computer program AlphaGo beat the world’s top-ranked player in the ancient Chinese board game Go on Tuesday, re-affirming the arrival of what its developers tout as a ground-breaking new form of artificial intelligence. AlphaGo took the first encounter in a three-game series against brash 19-year-old Chinese world number one Ke Jie, who before the game called the program a “cold machine” and vowed never to play it again after this week. […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that neither he nor his campaign team had contacts with Russian officials in the run-up to last year’s US election, contradicting an explosive report which he blasted as “fake news.” Trump also defended Michael Flynn, the national security advisor whose resignation he demanded and received this week, saying Flynn “wasn’t wrong” for holding pre-inauguration phone calls with the Russian […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Japan and South Korea signed a controversial agreement on Wednesday to share defense intelligence on North Korea, despite protests from opposition parties and activists in Seoul. South Korea’s defense ministry said the accord was “necessary” in the face of growing military threats from Pyongyang, which has conducted two nuclear tests and more than 20 missile launches this year. “It is ready to conduct additional nuclear tests and missile launches at […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Twitter said Monday it was acquiring British-based artificial intelligence startup Magic Pony to bolster its capacity for analysis of visual content. Magic Pony’s technology, based on research to create algorithms that can understand the features of imagery “will be used to enhance our strength in live and video and opens up a whole lot of exciting creative possibilities for Twitter,” said Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey in a […]
by Michel COMTE OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — A Canadian woman who fought insurgents in Afghanistan became the country’s first female combat officer to rise to the rank of general on Thursday. Colonel Jennie Carignan, 47, was promoted to brigadier-general (one star) and put in charge of the Canadian army, the military announced. Other female generals have previously risen from non-combatant disciplines such as intelligence, medicine and development aid. Carignan enlisted in 1986, three years before […]
