Microsoft Researchers Collaborate with Sanctioned Chinese Universities to Strengthen Surveillance Systems
Microsoft Research Asia, a significant facility located in Beijing and Shanghai, is still engaged in AI research, including areas involving facial recognition, even with ties to sanctioned Chinese military-related universities, which raises concerns about potential misuse. Microsoft, however, insists there are safeguards in place to manage such sensitive research at the lab. Founded in 1998, […]
Crypto CEO faces allegations of laundering $500 million tied to sanctioned Russian banks
Cryptocurrency Founder Charged with Money Laundering Brooklyn federal prosecutors have brought charges against the founder of a US-based cryptocurrency payments company, alleging involvement in a complex international money laundering operation that funneled over $5 billion for licensed Russian banks and other entities. Iurii Ggnin, a 38-year-old Russian national residing in Manhattan, was arrested and taken […]
China Acquired More than $1 Billion of Sanctioned Venezuelan Oil Marked as ‘Brazilian’
Over the past year, traders have disguised more than $1 billion in Venezuelan oil shipments to China as Brazilian crude to circumvent U.S. sanctions, according to reports. Two tanker tracking companies, along with documents from traders, revealed that independent Chinese refiners are sourcing oil from sanctioned nations like Venezuela. In 2019, President Trump enacted sanctions […]
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon, Energy Dept. Nuclear Research Projects Tapped Sanctioned Chinese Communist Party Supercomputers
The Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are working with Chinese military to fund more than 100 research projects using US-approved Chinese government supercomputers, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has been found. DCNF compared federally funded research project reports against entities approved by the US Department of Commerce (DOC). The […]
Minnesota Democrat Calls Transgender Athlete Bans ‘State Sanctioned Genocide’
Minnesota representatives who identified them as “non-binary” are banned from trans athletes playing in girls' sports, no more than “nationally sanctioned genocide.” Democrat Rep. Leishkozlowski shed tears over the bill being debated Monday amid debate over the ban on trans athletes from Minnesota Girls Sports. Fox News It has been reported. Kozlowski, who claims to […]
Attorney will not be sanctioned for using AI in mistake-filled brief
The federal judge refused to impose sanctions on lawyers who filed a brief containing citations and citations of false cases generated by artificial intelligence. US District Judge Thomas Cullen said Attorney Thomas Geier “owns the mistake” and “bears the sole responsibility.” According to the transcript At the October 2024 hearing. Judge Karen acknowledged that the […]
DOJ alleges ex-congressman acted as unregistered foreign agent of sanctioned Venezuelan businessman
The Justice Department on Wednesday released an indictment accusing the former Miami congressman of making more than $5.5 million as an unregistered foreign agent for a sanctioned Venezuelan businessman. Former Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.) allegedly failed to register as a foreign agent and created a “fraudulent shell company” and “false and fraudulent documents” to hide […]
More allies of Venezuela’s Maduro sanctioned by US for post-election repression
The United States has imposed sanctions on 21 more allies of President Nicolás Maduro for repressing Venezuelans after Venezuela's disputed presidential election. President Maduro declared victory in the election, but he and the government refused to show vote tallies to support his claims. The Biden administration last week recognized Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González as […]
Ukraine oligarch among 3 ‘notorious kleptocrats’ sanctioned by UK
Three “notorious thieves”, including a Ukrainian oligarch wanted in the United States, were sanctioned by the British government on Thursday in a bid to tackle dirty money flowing through Britain, officials said. did. Russian President Vladimir Putin's puppets Dmytro Firtash, Angola's Isabel dos Santos, Latvia's Aivars Lembergs, and some of their friends, families, and fixers, […]
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State Choice, Is Sanctioned by China and Faced Alleged Venezuela Assassination Plot
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who served in the U.S. Senate for more than a decade and was President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, has often fought against the interests of repressive communist and socialist states. As a result, the Chinese Communist Party expelled him from the country, and there are also suspicions of […]