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Former President Donald Trump stood by his idea to end income taxes and substitute them with tariffs in a Friday interview with Joe Rogan, the host of one of the most widely listened to podcasts in the world. “Did you just float out the idea of getting rid of income taxes and replacing it with […]
The 45 democrats convicted in Hong Kong’s largest national security trial after taking part in an unofficial primary election are expected to be sentenced next month. High Court Judge Andrew Chan has tentatively scheduled a sentencing hearing for November 19, according to a document seen by HKFP. Heavy police presence seen at West Kowloon Law […]
A Hong Kong man convicted of inciting secession has complained of procedural unfairness over the prison service’s refusal to grant him early release under the domestic national security law. Adam Ma Chun-man’s lawyers said on Tuesday that the Correctional Services Department had failed to provide timely reasons in support of a decision on March 23 […]
Donald Trump and Mark Cuban Lucas Jackson | Reuters; Getty Images Former President Donald Trump on Saturday railed against fellow billionaire Mark Cuban, who has been vigorously campaigning for his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. “Mark Cuban is a Loser,” Trump wrote in a Saturday Truth Social post. “Wouldn’t take his phone calls anymore […]
A key feature of Hong Kong’s business environment that differentiates it from mainland China is its free and open internet. However, the city is not immune to internet controls, with a growing list of websites apparently blocked by telecoms firms and Internet Service Providers (ISPs), with some citing police demands. File photo: Clarote & AI4Media […]
Finding a customer for your product in the Department of Defense is hard: Who should you talk to? How do you get their attention? Looking for DoD customers How do you know if they have money to spend on your product? It almost always starts with a Program Executive Office. The Department of Defense (DoD) […]
Imagine you got a job offer from a company but weren’t allowed to start work – or get paid – for almost a year. And if you can’t pass a security clearance your offer is rescinded. Or you get offered an internship but can’t work on the most interesting part of the project. Sounds like […]
Seemingly overnight, disruption has allowed challengers to threaten the dominance of companies and government agencies as many of their existing systems have now been leapfrogged. How an organization reacts to this type of disruption determines whether they adapt or die. I’ve been working with a large organization whose very existence is being challenged by an […]
This part 2 of the Secret History of Polaroid and Edwin Land. Read part 1 for context. Kodak and Polaroid, the two most famous camera companies of the 20th century, had a great partnership for 20+ years. Then in an inexplicable turnabout Kodak decided to destroy Polaroid’s business. To this day, every story of why […]
The connections between the world of national security and commercial companies still has surprises. December 1976 – Vandenberg Air Force Base, U.S. military space port on the coast of California As a Titan IIID rocket blasted off, it carried a spacecraft on top that would change everything about how intelligence from space was gathered. Heading […]