(Natural News) Russia went on a gold-buying spree last year out of necessity. It wants to cushion the full impact of the trade and economic sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union (EU) nations following its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. According to Finance Ministry data obtained by Reuters on […]
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Italy’s 2021 budget attempts to cushion COVID-19 financial impact
November 18th, 2020 Awake Goy
The pandemic has taken its toll on all of Europe’s economies with the closure of businesses, rising unemployment and spiraling debts. One of the worst-affected countries is Italy. In an attempt to cushion the financial impact of nearly 50 thousand fatalities and more than a million infections, the cabinet has approved an economic stimulus plan […]
Stanford Quantifies the Privacy-Stripping Power of Metadata
May 17th, 2016 Awake Goy
Stanford Quantifies the Privacy-Stripping Power of Metadata May 17th, 2016 Via: Tech Crunch: More proof, if proof were needed, of the privacy-stripping power of metadata. A multi-year crowdsourced study, conducted by Stanford scientists and published this week, underlines how much information can be inferred […]