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President Joe Biden signs executive order to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity defenses

Subir Kathuria — Thu, 13 May 2021 12:16:01 +0000

President Joe Biden's executive order comes after a crippling ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline led to widespread fuel shortages. It will take several days for operations to normalize. Read more...

Joe Biden's POTUS Twitter account to start with zero followers

Rich Woods — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 19:44:01 +0000

When Joe Biden is sworn in as the new President of the United States in January, the POTUS Twitter account is set to start over at zero followers, the Biden transition team was told. Read more...

Trump campaign website briefly defaced by hackers

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:06:01 +0000

In a stint that lasted for 30 minutes, hackers swapped out the 'Coalitions' tab of President Trump's campaign website, threatening to release sensitive information in exchange for cryptocurrency. Read more...

Donald Trump signs an executive order aimed at curbing social media censorship

Ather Fawaz — Fri, 29 May 2020 05:00:01 +0000

Earlier this week, Twitter flagged two tweets by Donald Trump. In response, President Trump has signed an executive order that seeks to limit liability protections of social media companies. Read more...

Trump's relations with leaders of industry strain as Microsoft departs from advisory board

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:16:01 +0000

Along with other industry leaders, Microsoft has recently announced its intention to leave Donald Trump's advisory board pertaining to the 'digital economy' set up by the Trump administration. Read more...

Jack Dorsey explains why some users automatically followed the @POTUS account on Twitter

Rich Woods — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 05:42:01 +0000

After the presidential inauguration, some users found that they were following the @POTUS Twitter account, when they had no intention of doing so. CEO Jack Dorsey explained why this happened. Read more...