Politics

House Foreign Affairs Committee to vote on bill with the potential to ban TikTok

The H.R. 1153 bill would revise Berman amendment rules that previously protected TikTok from a U.S. ban back in 2020.

Matt Taibbi's Twitter Files pull the curtain on moderation bias at social media platform [UPDATE]

Elon Musk's Twitter is pulling back the moderation kimono tonight, with the first set of Twitter Files being posted by Matt Taibbi to the social platform.

Shack Chat: Who is your favorite politician from a video game?

Given the various elections taking place in November, the Shack Staff have taken to sharing some of their favorite video game politicians.

Vladimir Putin grants Russian citizenship to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden

Snowden will be able to stay in Russia as long as he likes thanks to recently granted citizenship courtesy of Vladimir Putin.

Trump's Truth Social DWAC SPAC deal falls flat after extension fails to secure shareholder support

Shareholders aren't so keen to extend the deal between TMTG and DWAC.

DWAC seeking Trump Media & Tech merger delays earnings results amid securities probe

Digital World Acquisition Corp asked to delay its earnings results report as various stats and figures that would be included in the report are still under review.

US Treasury sanctions crypto mixing service Tornado Cash for aiding hacker money laundering efforts

Tornado Cash has been cited for things such as aiding in laundering money from the recent Harmony Bridge and Nomad Heists.

TSMC semiconductor production threatened as China & Taiwan tensions escalate

'The war brings no winners, everybody's losers,' TSMC's Mark Liu said, claiming a conflict would render the world's leading chip manufacturer inoperable.

CHIPS Act of 2022 passes in US House, moving to Biden's desk

Set to boost chip production and make the United States tech market more competitive, the CHIPS Act now goes to President Biden to be signed into law.