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Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson Hopes to Reach Space Next Year

December 14, 2018 Focus Washington

Billionaire founder Richard Branson tempered his expectation for when his first flight to the edge of space will happen, hours after his space tourism company Virgin Galactic launched its first commercial astronauts on Thursday, CNBC […]

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Saudi Arabia’s Energy Park to Transform Kingdom Into a Global Industrial Powerhouse

December 12, 2018 Focus Washington

Saudi Arabia is fast catching up with the world’s ever-growing energy and technology scene ahead of 2030. In fact, the King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) may soon prove a global destination for energy industry investors, […]

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Entrepreneur: A Look At Saudi Arabia’s Tech Startup

December 10, 2018 Focus Washington

The Saudi Arabian tech startup scene is continuously on the rise compared to the MENA ecosystems. A year ago, ArabNet dove into the Kingdom’s ecosystem and launched a detailed report, titled KSA Innovation Economy: Tech […]

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Two Saudi-Designed Satellites Launch into Space

December 7, 2018 Focus Washington

Saudi Arabia launched two Saudi-designed satellites into space for aerial surveying on Friday morning from China. The two earth-observation satellites that were developed by the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) were launched […]

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Build by Lockheed Martin Arrives at Bennu Asteroid

December 3, 2018 Focus Washington

A spacecraft built by Lockheed Martin today is scheduled to arrive at Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid. This is the first mission by NASA meant to retrieve a sample of an interstellar space rock for analysis […]

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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Requested Research on Soros

November 30, 2018 Focus Washington

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg asked the company’s communications staff to research Democratic mega-donor George Soros in January, The New York Times reported on Thursday. In an email Sandberg requested Facebook’s policy and communications […]

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U.S. Charges Six Russians for Alleged Online Ad Fraud

November 28, 2018 Focus Washington

The United States has charged six Russian nationals and two Kazakhs for an alleged online fraud involving fake advertising that caused companies to lose tens of millions of dollars, the Justice Department announced late on […]

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First Two F-35A Deployable Cabins Delivered by Lockheed Martin and Varley

November 23, 2018 Focus Washington

Australia’s Department of Defence has formally accepted the first two deployable cabins for the ADF’s F-35A fleet from Lockheed Martin Australia and the Newcastle-based fabrication experts Varley Group, Manufacturers Monthly informed. Fifteen of the cabins […]

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NASA & Lockheed Martin Begin Building Quiet Supersonic Passenger Airplane

November 19, 2018 Focus Washington

NASA awarded Lockheed a contract this year to design, build and flight test the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology aircraft. Lockheed expects to conduct its first flight in 2021. According to CNBC, the Maryland-based aerospace technology […]

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USS John P. Murtha Recovers NASA’s Test Version of Orion Space Craft in Pacific Ocean

November 7, 2018 Focus Washington

NASA reported that the USS John P. Murtha recovered the test version of the Orion capsule at sunset in the Pacific Ocean. The Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7) is one in a series of tests that […]

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NASA’s Kepler Telescope Runs Out of Fuel After Discovering 2,662 Exoplanets

October 31, 2018 Focus Washington

After nearly a decade spent scanning space and making countless discoveries, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope officially retired after running out of fuel about 64 million miles from Earth. According to NASA, some of the space […]

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Pentagon to Fight Russian Election Meddling with Cyber Operation

October 26, 2018 Focus Washington

With the November midterms approaching, U.S. Cyber Command has conducted operations to prevent Russia from meddling in the elections, an administration official has said. This operation is the first of its kind and serves to […]

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Facebook Receives Maximum Fine for Data Law Violations

October 26, 2018 Focus Washington

The British data and information watchdog has slapped Facebook with the maximum $644,000 (£500,000) fine for its violations of data protection laws. “Facebook failed to sufficiently protect the privacy of its users before, during and […]

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Moscow Angry over Washington’s Plan to Copy Weapon Designs

October 18, 2018 Focus Washington

The U.S. military has supplied hundreds of thousands of Soviet-style assault rifles and machine guns to allies and partners over the years and acquired some of its own for special operations and other training purposes, […]

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Dating App for Trump Supporters Leaks Users Info

October 16, 2018 Focus Washington

A new dating app made specifically for Trump supporters inadvertently leaked its user database on the same day as its launch, Tech Crunch reported on Monday. The app DonaldDaters, launched for both Android and Apple […]

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U.S. and Russian Astronauts Survive Emergency Landing After Failure of Soyuz Rocket

October 11, 2018 Focus Washington

Astronauts on board a Soyuz rocket heading to the International Space Station survived an emergency landing following a booster failure, a Russian space official said Thursday. “The crew landed,” Dmitry Rogozin, director of the Russian […]

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Justice Department Sues California over Net Neutrality Law

October 1, 2018 Focus Washington

On Sunday, California passed the strictest net neutrality law in the country, which only hours later was followed by a lawsuit from the Department of Justice. The DOJ claims in the lawsuit that the California […]

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U.S. Attorney Generals Convene over Tech Firms Privacy Policy Concerns

September 26, 2018 Focus Washington

State and federal attorney generals met at the Justice Department on Tuesday to talk about possibly intervening into tech giants’ practices concerning privacy and anti-competitive policies, following backlash over these issues. Attorney General Jeff Sessions […]

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Texas Securities Commissioner Tries to Stop Russian Cryptocurrency Scheme

September 20, 2018 Focus Washington

Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles has taken an emergency action to stop the activities of a cryptocurrency-related scheme involving Russian companies, Coin Telegraph reports. The Commissioner entered a cease and desist order against Coins […]

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Apple Announces Watch With Built-in Heart Monitor Approved by FDA

September 12, 2018 Focus Washington

Today at a special event at Apple’s headquarters, Apple’s COO Jeff Williams unveiled the next generation Apple Watch. It’s thinner, faster and has a larger screen than previous generations. But that’s to be expected. The […]

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Russian Citizen who Hacked JP Morgan Appears Before New York Judge

September 11, 2018 Focus Washington

A Russian cyber theft specialist accused of hacking JP Morgan, one of the world’s largest bank institutions, appeared before a New York court Monday after he was extradited from the Caucasus nation of Georgia. The hack, […]

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Tesla Retiring Two Iconic Color Options for Cars to Increase Production

September 11, 2018 Focus Washington

Tesla will eliminate certain color options for its electric cars to streamline production as the company intensifies its efforts to increase production, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted on Tuesday, Reuters informed. At the moment, […]

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Sessions to Meet with State Attorneys General about Tech Company Crackdown

September 6, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is set to meet with state attorneys general later this month in order to talk about the concerns that the tech companies “might be hurting competition and intentionally stifling the […]

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Trump Accuses Social Media Companies of Interfering in 2016 and 2018 Elections

September 6, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump blasted social networks accusing them of meddling in the 2016 presidential election and November’s midterm elections, CNBC informed. Trump said in an online conservative publication The Daily Caller that he believes that the big tech firms “already have” meddled […]

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UN Asks Facebook to Reduce Its “Sweeping” Definition of Terrorism

September 3, 2018 Focus Washington

An expert in the United Nations in a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that Facebook should reduce its “sweeping” definition of terrorism, according to Reuters. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, a U.N. special rapporteur on […]

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Stiffest Net Neutrality Law in U.S. Passed by California Lawmakers

September 1, 2018 Focus Washington

California lawmakers passed the toughest net neutrality law in the country on Friday, thus guaranteeing that internet providers cannot favor certain websites and securing full and equal access to the internet. However, their move will […]

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China Uses Fake LinkedIn Accounts for Espionage, U.S. Says

September 1, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. counterintelligence accused Chinese espionage agencies of recruiting Americans with access to government and commercial secrets by using fake LinkedIn accounts, urging the company to shut these accounts down. Intelligence and law enforcement officials have […]

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Facebook Bans Quiz App Over Concerns of Misusing User Data

August 23, 2018 Focus Washington

Facebook has banned a quiz app from its platform for refusing an inspection and over concerns that data on as many as four million users was misused. ABC News reported that the social media company […]

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DNC Says Feared Hacking Attempt Was in Fact Phishing Test

August 23, 2018 Focus Washington

The Democratic National Committee said on Wednesday that the sophisticated hacking attempt it was fearing was in fact just an unauthorized “phishing test” rather than a real attempt to hack into its systems. However, it […]

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Facebook Removes over 600 Pages Linked to Russian, Iranian Misinformation Campaigns

August 22, 2018 Focus Washington

More than 650 pages, accounts, and groups have been taken down by Facebook after they were found to be part of a larger Iranian campaign to spread misinformation in countries all around the world. Some […]

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