Senators Grill Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard

Kash Patel, former Trump aide and vocal critic of investigations into the former president, testified at his Senate confirmation hearing for FBI director on Thursday, January 30, 2025. Patel vowed......

US Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as director of National Intelligence

The US Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm former Democratic Representative Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence, CNN reported. IMAGE: File image of former Democratic Representative......

Putin grants Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden: Report

Russia on Monday granted citizenship to former US National Security Agency contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden, who was given asylum in the country after he made sensational claims about a......

US whistleblower Edward Snowden joins Twitter

Fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has opened an account on the social network website Twitter. His opening tweet was: “Can you hear me now?” In his profile, Snowden......

US bugged EU computer networks, offices: Report

German magazine expose could have 'severe impact' on US-EU relations The United States has bugged European Union (EU) offices and gained access to EU's internal computer networks, according to......

Which smartphones do Obama, Putin, Cameron use?

After Edward Snowden* revealed that US agencies monitored phones of the world leaders; every country is ensuring that the phones of its important officials are secured against hacking and......

Private e-mail IDs expose govt offices to snoop threat

It’s been about six months since revelations about the US government’s snooping programme, PRISM, hit the headlines. The documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor......

The best and worst gadgets of 2013

This year had a lot happening in the personal technology space. By December, one had lost count of the number of smartphones (which got bigger and better) that were launched this year. It was also......