DOJ: Former Intelligence Officer Arrested On Attempted Espionage, Taken Into Custody While Flying To China
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-04/doj-former-intelligence-officer-arrested-attempted-espionage-taken-custody-while
Can't pardon yourself NOR anyone else if you presidency is void as your not a citizen!!!!!!!
Microsoft Purchases Code-Sharing Website GitHub
One of the world's biggest tech companies just bought one of the biggest software development platforms. Microsoft Corp. on Monday morning confirmed the $7.5 billion purchase of code-sharing website GitHub Inc.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called the move a way for Microsoft to “strengthen our commitment to developer freedom, openness and innovation.” GitHub had previously been privately owned, and the $7.5 billion comes in the form of Microsoft stock.
The deal is Microsoft’s most expensive acquisition since paying $26 billion for LinkedIn in December 2016.
San Francisco-based GitHub launched in 2008 as a way for software developers to upload, share and use code in a variety of languages for their projects. According to Microsoft’s news release, the site boasts more than 28 million users, who share their code and tinker with that of others in software development.
Some developers were wary of the idea of a private, open-source code repository coming under the wing of a corporate giant like Microsoft, according to MarketWatch. There is at least some expectation that Microsoft will incentivize developers to support Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, but in the Monday release, the company behind Windows and Xbox tried to assure developers that GitHub will remain as open and free as ever.
“GitHub will retain its developer-first ethos and will operate independently to provide an open platform for all developers in all industries,” Microsoft said. “Developers will continue to be able to use the programming languages, tools and operating systems of their choice for their projects — and will still be able to deploy their code to any operating system, any cloud and any device.”
Microsoft once had its own open-source code platform called CodePlex, which it shut down in 2017. Microsoft seemingly understood that GitHub was the preferred platform for developers and decided to acquire it instead of competing against it.
Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) were up 0.6 percent Monday.
http://www.ibtimes.com/microsoft-purchases-code-sharing-website-github-2687183
Facebook May Have Given Huge Data Access To Apple, Samsung, BlackBerry
http://www.ibtimes.com/facebook-may-have-given-huge-data-access-apple-samsung-blackberry-2687139
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French carmaker Groupe PSA begins suspending joint ventures in Iran
Groupe PSA has begun to suspend its joint venture activities in Iran, the French carmaker said on Monday, following the withdrawal of the US from a nuclear pact signed with the country, Reuters reports. European signatories are scrambling to save the accord, by protecting trade with Iran against the re-imposition of US sanctions to dissuade Tehran from quitting the deal. “The group has begun to suspend its joint venture activities, in order to comply with US law by August 6,” PSA said in a statement. “With the support of the French government, the Groupe PSA is engaging with the US authorities to consider a waiver.” The suspensions do not alter PSA’s current financial guidance, the group said, adding that its Iranian activities accounted for less than 1 percent of revenue.
https://www.rt.com/newsline/428694-france-psa-suspend-iran/
Merkel agrees with Netanyahu that Iran is a ‘concern’ for Israel’s security
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that she agreed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Iran’s activities in the Middle East are a concern, particularly for Israel’s security. She made the statement after a meeting in Berlin. “We agree that the question of Iran’s regional influence is worrying, especially for Israel’s security,” the chancellor said. Netanyahu’s European tour this week follows the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal which France, Germany and Britain have said they will continue to respect. The Israeli leader is also expected to meet French President Emmanuel Macron and possibly British Prime Minister Theresa May to discuss ways to stop what Netanyahu called “Iran’s nuclear ambitions and regional expansionism,” Reuters said.
https://www.rt.com/newsline/428680-merkel-netanyahu-iran-israel/