Congress passed a $1.3 trillion government spending bill in a vote held early on Friday. The spending package is now on the President’s desk awaiting his signature.
Qualcomm, a leading US chip maker, has been asked by federal regulators to postpone a planned annual shareholder meeting. The regulators need more time to investigate any possible national security implications of a proposed takeover bid of Qualcomm by the Singaporean chip maker Broadcom.
While research on extraterrestrial life has been going on for decades, it’s recently become more difficult for scientists to find the computer hardware they need because the hardware is being used for mining cryptocurrencies.
On Thursday, the House voted to renew FISA, an important foreign surveillance program. The vote came amidst a heated debate in the House with president Donald Trump sending mixed signals on the issue.
The politically incorrect company Cards Against Humanity has purchased land that would effectively be part of any border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.
