by Dr. Alpha A | Dec 12, 2016 | Pre-Market
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transition office issued a statement Friday evening reflecting the deep divisions that emerged between his campaign and the intelligence agencies over Russian meddling in the election.
But the intelligence conclusions that the hacking efforts were successful which have been presented to President Obama and other senior officials add a complex wrinkle to the question of what the evolving objectives were in intervening in the American presidential election.
That report is intended in part to create a comprehensive history of the Russian effort to influence the election and to solidify the intelligence findings before Trump is sworn in.
The BEV fund which has a duration aims to invest in the commercialization of new technologies that reduce emissions in areas including electricity generation and storage transportation industrial processes agriculture and efficiency.
The list of initial investors in the fund is an comprehensive catalog of the richest and most powerful including Kingdom prince Alwaleed bin Talal Jeff Bezos Richard Branson Bridgewater Ray Dalio African Rainbow Patrice Motsepe Iliad Xavier Niel Masayoshi Son and SOHO Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi.
The fund which charge investors management fees beyond its operating costs will likely start with a temporary office in the heart of the US venture capital industry on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park California.
The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the election to help Donald Trump win the presidency rather than just to undermine confidence in the electoral system according to officials briefed on the matter.
Intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided WikiLeaks with thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and others including Hillary campaign chairman according to officials.
Update And now David Sanger whose story on the review was particularly bad and Scott Shane reveal the RNC also got hacked and it is the differential leaking that leads the spooks to believe the Russians wanted Trump to win.
transition office issued a statement Friday evening reflecting the deep divisions that emerged between his campaign and the intelligence agencies over Russian meddling in the election.
But the intelligence conclusions that the hacking efforts were successful which have been presented to President Obama and other senior officials add a complex wrinkle to the question of what the evolving objectives were in intervening in the American presidential election.
That report is intended in part to create a comprehensive history of the Russian effort to influence the election and to solidify the intelligence findings before Trump is sworn in.
These unnamed sources told the Post that CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the election to help Donald Trump win the presidency rather than just to undermine confidence in the electoral The anonymous officials also claim that agencies have identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided WikiLeaks with thousands of hacked from both the DNC and John email account.
Those who question criticize or are perceived to impede Hillary smooth entitled path to the White House are vilified as stooges sympathizers agents of Russia Trump WikiLeaks Sanders The Intercept Jill Stein.
all the more reason these debates should be based on publicly disclosed evidence not competing unverifiable anonymous leaks from professional liars inside government agencies cheered by drooling lost partisans anxious to embrace whatever claims make them feel good all conducted without the slightest regard for rational faculties or evidentiary requirements.
In an interview with News host Chris Wallace Trump said on whether climate change is underway but has serious concerns about how President efforts to cut carbon emissions have undercut global competitiveness.
The New York businessman made the same critique of the Environmental Protection Agency to which he has nominated Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt a climate change skeptic as the head.
Last week transition team for the Energy Department asked officials there to identify which employees have participated in international climate negotiations or worked on domestic efforts to cut greenhouse gases such as calculating the social cost of carbon.
WASHINGTON The office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would not comment on reports that the CIA believed Russia was actively trying to help Donald Trump win the White House.
office said the senator does not discuss such briefings and they not violate federal law by providing classified to BuzzFeed News.
The explosive story came the same day the Obama administration announced they would be launching a full review into the email hacks of various political entities in the to the election.
Having serially denied or downplayed involvement in steering the election the team issued an unsigned statement casting doubt on the competence of the very intelligence establishment the will inherit to help him run the country in a month and a half.
the old days in my time we relied on human efforts penetration handling manipulating people from the inside Kalugin told The Daily Beast noting that he personally convinced the DNC and RNC hacks were done by the Russian government and not by.
In this hypothetical a heretofore RNC staffer who may have written something professionally or personally damaging to himself is likelier to find himself approached by a Russian operative and offered a chance to switch sides than a member of the National Security Council.
transition office issued a statement Friday evening reflecting the deep divisions that emerged between his campaign and the intelligence agencies over Russian meddling in the election.
But the intelligence conclusions that the hacking efforts were successful which have been presented to President Obama and other senior officials add a complex wrinkle to the question of what the evolving objectives were in intervening in the American presidential election.
That report is intended in part to create a comprehensive history of the Russian effort to influence the election and to solidify the intelligence findings before Trump is sworn in.
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2. Trump Team’s Memo Hints at Broad Shake-Up of U.S. Energy Policy
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5. Year’s Best Miner Cliffs Says Trump to Keep Good Times Rolling
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Critics including more than a dozen former top Google executives who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they signed nondisclosure agreements describe a company having trouble balancing innovation and its core business search advertising.
Two years earlier for instance Google had spent billion to buy Nest explaining the acquisition as part of a plan to create an ambitious hardware division led by Fadell the former Apple engineer known for building the original iPod prototype.
Wearing several earrings two hair scrunchies Rollerblades and a shirt with a pattern that improbably combines paisley and plaid Teller describes a between discipline and freedom disputing the contention that the Other Bets have been subjected to unwanted scrutiny from Porat and denying that losing steam.
Several musicians including Katy Perry shown performing at a gala during the Cannes Film Festival this year have complained bitterly about YouTube and the copyright laws that apply to Andreas Images YouTube the latest target of the music battle over royalties and control has taken steps this week to mend fences and show that it is a good partner.
The settlement is estimated to be worth more than million according to two people with knowledge of the agreement who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private terms.
Also this week YouTube announced that over the last months it had paid billion in royalties from advertising revenue which it shares with people and companies that upload content to its platform.
For years Markoff had delivered one epochal scoop after another for the Times the first significant computer virus the emergence of the web browser the rise of artificial intelligence the menace of the hacker the problems with the Clipper bylines each one thoroughly reported crisply rendered and gloriously drenched with quiet authority.
heard that the Times will be keeping him on contract for more stories he will also be a writer in residence at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at the University of California at Berkeley next year and is writing a biography of Stewart Brand.
Last weekend the Times feted its star tech reporter with a farewell event at the UC Berkeley Journalism School.
Facebook has more or less dismissed the idea of letting the workers who review pornography and bullying content assess the truthfulness of news articles largely because of the difficulty in establishing clear standards.
some hoaxes can be completely debunked a greater amount of content including from mainstream sources often gets the basic idea right but some details wrong or Moreover most people believe the fake news that they say is true undermining efforts to use them to report bad links.
Today the company says it links that many users have reported as false but the penalty appears to be minor in many cases it prevented fake stories from racking up tens of thousands of shares and millions of page views.
For years Markoff had delivered one epochal scoop after another for the Times the first significant computer virus the emergence of the web browser the rise of artificial intelligence the menace of the hacker the problems with the Clipper bylines each one thoroughly reported crisply rendered and gloriously drenched with quiet authority.
heard that the Times will be keeping him on contract for more stories he will also be a writer in residence at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at the University of California at Berkeley next year and is writing a biography of Stewart Brand.
Last weekend the Times feted its star tech reporter with a farewell event at the UC Berkeley Journalism School.
Read comments from top tech and industry leaders.
For years Markoff had delivered one epochal scoop after another for the Times the first significant computer virus the emergence of the web browser the rise of artificial intelligence the menace of the hacker the problems with the Clipper bylines each one thoroughly reported crisply rendered and gloriously drenched with quiet authority.
heard that the Times will be keeping him on contract for more stories he will also be a writer in residence at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at the University of California at Berkeley next year and is writing a biography of Stewart Brand.
Last weekend the Times feted its star tech reporter with a farewell event at the UC Berkeley Journalism School.
For years Markoff had delivered one epochal scoop after another for the Times the first significant computer virus the emergence of the web browser the rise of artificial intelligence the menace of the hacker the problems with the Clipper bylines each one thoroughly reported crisply rendered and gloriously drenched with quiet authority.
heard that the Times will be keeping him on contract for more stories he will also be a writer in residence at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at the University of California at Berkeley next year and is writing a biography of Stewart Brand.
Last weekend the Times feted its star tech reporter with a farewell event at the UC Berkeley Journalism School.
Making a decent conversational bot is hard so Google is suggesting services like its own which is meant to simplify the process for developers.
Google has a lot of education to do surrounding these actions a weird and new kind of audio thing that sits somewhere between a website a chat bot and an app.
But those philosophical ecosystem concerns feel especially urgent at this early stage Google just needs to get the new actions for Home working and out the door to consumers.
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