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11/25/16
TechNews for the week: November 23; November 21;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Fascism Rising In Israel And America; Israel's Netanyahu Backs German Sub Purchase Amid Calls for Inquiry; Trump's election prods Netanyahu to make a choice;
Even Israel says this Jewish settlement is illegal. Now comes the showdown; Trump Pledges To Trash Iran Deal, Israel Says 'Not So Fast';
60,000 Israelis evacuated in Haifa as fires continue to rage;
Majority Of Americans Support Paris Climate Agreement;
Russian propaganda effort helped spread 'fake news' during election;
Congressional phones jammed by calls for Trump conflict-of-interest investigation; Why Donald Trump's family being in the White House is problematic;
How Trump could use the White House to enrich himself and his family; Trump Says Any Conflicts Of Interest Were Priced Into Your Vote;
Donald Trump and the Emoluments Clause, explained; Trump's business empire raises concerns about foreign influence; Trump's stock in oil pipeline company raises concern;
Trump Foundation admits to violating ban on 'self-dealing,' new filing to IRS shows;
Trump shrugs off concerns about conflicts of interest, appears to reverse himself on global warming;
Trump's 3 security picks signal intent to hold hard-line promises; Trump won't pursue email case against Clinton; Trump lost most of the American economy in this election;
Pentagon and intelligence community chiefs have urged Obama to remove the head of the NSA;
House erupts in chaos after LGBT vote; Trump Issues Tepid Response to Nazi Salutes In His Honor; Increase in hate incidents since the US election;
Republican Wisconsin maps struck down as unconstitutional partisan gerrymander; Ohio Politics Now: How gerrymandering played into the election;
Researchers Say Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages;
Experts Believe Swing State Voting Machines May Have Been Hacked And Are Urging Clinton To Challenge The Election;
N.C. Gov. McCrory cries voter fraud amid calls to concede; Voting complications to delay outcome of NC races;
Republicans claim 43 voters are ineligible felons. Many of them aren't; A bizarre law could allow North Carolina lawmakers to flip the outcome of its governor election;
After passing laws, NC Republicans spent millions defending them; Two days after signing HB2, Gov. McCrory was still receiving information on the bill;
Man accused of tax evasion says Indiana's religious freedom law exempts him from paying;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Police spend millions to monitor social media of suspects, protesters; Government Propaganda on Social Media;
Hacking and the 2016 Presidential Election; Securing Communications in a Trump Administration;
ACLU, Google Ask U.S. Delay Expansion of Hacking Authority;
Catastrophic botnet to smash social media networks in 2017;
Headphones used as Microphones;
Math and science
U.S. launches next-generation weather satellite that will revolutionize forecasting;
This space engine breaks a law of physics. But a NASA test says it works anyway;
NY explorers find 1872 shipwreck of rare Great Lakes vessel;
Web and computing issues
How fake-news writers make money; Facebook, Google just need to stop calling fake news 'news'; How to avoid getting conned by fake news sites;
Trump Appointees for FCC Transition Oppose Net Neutrality;
Microsoft Working On Quantum Computing; Paint 3D Added to Windows 10 Creators Update Build;
9 unusual things you should always pack when traveling; The top 5 travel tech essentials;
SC Politics
Trump nominates S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley to be U.N. ambassador;

Finance and Economics
Dow closes above 19,000 for first time in its 120-year history;
3 Flaws With Donald Trump's Tax Plan; H-1B Visa Program Faces Scrutiny Under Trump, Sessions; Measured Hope In Coal Country For Trump To Help Revive Mining;
Texas Judge halts federal rule that would have expanded overtime pay to millions of workers;
Energy Transfer MLPs Sunoco Logistics and ETP to combine;
Facebook slapped with racial discrimination suit;
Other news
The Right Way to Resist Trump; After Trump's election: 'There are two Americas now'; 10 ways to tell if your president is a dictator;
Inside a Moneymaking Machine Like No Other;

Education:
Betsy DeVos accepts education secretary post in Trump cabinet; What Does Betsy DeVos Have in Mind for Higher Ed;
Moody's Says Trump Presidency Makes International Enrollment "Potentially Volatile" Revenue Stream;
Rundown of the Latest Campus-Climate Incidents Since Trump's Election;
What It's Like to Be Named to a Watch List of 'Anti-American' Professors;
The Myth of the Sports Scholarship; Coaches Offer Unfiltered Views of NCAA Scholarship Limits;
U. of Missouri Investigates Claim of Academic Fraud Involving Athletes; NCAA Wipes Out 2 Years of Notre Dame Wins in Football;

11/18/16
TechNews for the week: November 18; November 16; November 14;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Russia launches new offensive, airstrikes hit Syria's Aleppo; Russia launches strikes on Syria hours after Putin-Trump call;
Germany launches raids across 60 cities, bans radical group for Islamic State recruiting;
As ISIS roils neighboring Sinai, Israel keeps this border highway empty;
Divisions within Afghanistan's government reach a new crisis point;
Israeli ministers push a West Bank settlement bill over Netanyahu's objections; 'Era of Palestinian state is over': Right-wing Israeli leaders seize on Trump's win;
'Prediction professor' who called Trump's big win also made another forecast: Trump will be impeached;
Anti-Trump protests spread across the U.S.; Facebook fake-news writer thinks he put Donald Trump in the White House;
Trump team backs off some sweeping campaign pledges; Trump's transition team signals return to GOP establishment;
Trump names Reince Priebus as chief of staff, putting an establishment figure in a key White House post; US intelligence chief Clapper resigns;
Donald Trump's questionable 'blind trust' setup just got more questionable; The ethics rules that apply - and don't apply - to Trump's children;
Where will the White House begin and the Trump Organization end; Conflict of Interest: Ivanka Trump Promotes $10K Bracelet From Her Own Label on 60 Minutes;
Trump plans to immediately deport 2 million to 3 million undocumented immigrants; Backer says Japanese American internment is 'precedent' for national Muslim registry;
Paul Ryan's false claim that 'because of Obamacare, Medicare is going broke'; Paul Ryan is determined to gut Medicare. This time he might succeed;
Police officer who drove with Confederate flag at 'Love Trumps Hate' rally resigns; Confederate flags at California Veterans Day parade;
Online interest in KKK spikes higher; Tenn. official resigns after calling the KKK 'more American' than Obama; Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire, gets Trump's ear;
Trump aggrees to $25 million settlement in Trump University fraud cases;
Donald Trump writes misleading tweet, but that's not the scary part;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
November Crypto-Gram Newsletter, Election Security, Dyn DDoS attack and more; Update: Election Security; Domain Name 'Expiration' Scam:;
Secret Back Door in Some U.S. Phones Sent Data to China; Microsoft to replace security bulletin index with database-driven portal ;
Hacking Password-Protected Computers via the USB Port; Fake Fingerprint Stickers for Gloves;
Police software to predict crime: a 'holy grail' or bias against minorities;
Math and science
NASA To Launch Hurricane Microsatellite Fleet In December; NASA discovers mysterious electron superhighway above Earth;
Max Planck Researchers Identify Roundest Natural Object Measured In Space; Dino-Killing Asteroid May Have Punctured Earth's Crust;
IBM, Modiface Develop Tech To Diagnose Skin Issues; IBM Researchers Make Breakthrough In Nanotechnology;
AI Researcher Urges Others To Do More To Help AI Learn To Become More Self Aware;
Marines Experimenting With In-The-Field 3D Printing;
Web and computing issues
Facebook and Google move to kick fake news sites off their ad networks; Did fake news on Facebook sway election? Zuck says that's 'crazy';
Twitter Suspends Accounts Associated with Alt-Right Movement; Twitter CEO Apologizes for White Supremacist Ad;
Social Media Sites Take Risks When Blocking Speech They Don't Like; It took only 36 hours for these students to solve Facebook's fake-news problem;
How a Skills Gap Impedes the Use of New Tech;
U.S. internet firms ask Trump to support encryption, ease regulations;
SC Politics
As a sheriff, I know that jail is not always the answer;

Finance and Economics
China Threatens U.S. Imports Will Fall If Trump Imposes Tariffs; China threatens to cut sales of iPhones and US cars if 'naive' Trump pursues trade war;
US urged to ban acquisitions by Chinese state-owned companies; Baidu Shows Off Self-Driving Cars In China; Aramco IPO to reveal true extent of Saudi oil reserves;
Confidence rebounds for wealthy investors after U.S. election;
Yellen: Repealing Dodd-Frank would increase odds of another financial crisis; SEC Chair Mary Jo White to step down nearly three years before the end of her term;
Selling health insurance across state lines makes no sense; Trump's Upper-Middle-Class Tax Increase; Trump Expected To Restrict H-1B Visas;
Climate Scientists Warn That US Emissions May Not Decrease Under Trump;
Industry Leaders Worry Nothing Can Revitalize Coal; Professor Says Reviving U.S. Coal Industry "Impossible";
Speculation About Trump's Infrastructure Plans Continues;
Administration Delays Dakota Access Pipeline; cancels oil and gas leases on Blackfeet tribe's sacred grounds; Trump Aims To Roll Back Obama Environmental, Energy Policies;
Texas Railroad Commissioner: 'Possible' For Injection Wells To Cause Earthquakes; Solar Farm Almost Finished At Ex-Steel Plant Site In Indiana;
DuPont to end pension contribution for active employees;
Neo-Nazis have declared New Balance the 'Official Shoes of White People';
Other news
This '60 Minutes' interview proves Trump believes he was right about everything;
Greg Palast | Investigative Reporter - The Election Was Stolen;
These Professors Make More Than a Thousand Bucks an Hour Peddling Mega-Mergers;

Education:
ACT: Many Students Unprepared For STEM Majors Or Careers; Broader Definition Of "Tech" Careers Needed; Race to the Top Funding Impact on Student Outcomes 'Not Clear';
A History Lesson on the Future of Foreign Enrollments; US Colleges Fear Decline In Foreign Applications After Trump's Election;
Undocumented Students Fear for Their Futures; A Rundown of the Latest Campus-Climate Incidents Since Trump's Election;
Report: Record Numbers Of International Students Fueled By STEM Interest; How Minority-Serving Institutions Are Responding to Trump's Win and Making Their Pitch;
Growing Number Of Foreign Schools Accepting Federal Student Loans; Private Colleges, Universities Expand Online Learning Opportunities;
Education Department Releases New Graduate Earnings Data for Career College Programs; Groups Urge Federal Commission to Reject Student Unit Record System;
4 Steps Toward Making Endowed Positions More Equal;
Trump Presidency Could Mean Less Regulation Of For-Profit Sector; Shares In For-Profit Colleges Have Surged Since Trump's Victory;

11/11/16
TechNews for the week: November 11; November 9; November 7;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Iraqi special forces seize Mosul district in fresh push; Syrian army and allies advance in Aleppo; Watchdog condemns Syrian government, IS use of banned chemical weapons;
Taliban storm German consulate in Afghan city, four killed;
Turkey president Tayyip Erdogan: 'I don't care if they call me dictator';
S. Korea scandal widens as presidential aides arrested;
Israel says 'no' to Middle East peace conference in Paris; Trump adviser says Israeli settlements not obstacle to peace;
Supreme Court to hear birthright citizenship case;
House Dems want probe of FBI leaks about Clinton; Fox News apologizes for falsely reporting that Clinton faces indictment;
The Bridgegate trial is over. So is Chris Christie's political career, probably; Christie's career takes another hit;
Emails show how Republicans lobbied to limit voting hours in North Carolina; Supreme Court may take up Arizona ballot collecting law;
Ohio judge issues restraining order against Trump campaign 'poll watchers'; Appeals court lifts voter-intimidation injunction;
PA County tosses most late voter forms from grassroots group;
Report: Melania Trump worked in U.S. without proper permit; In 'Little Moscow,' Russians helped Donald Trump's brand survive the recession;
The real story behind Hillary Clinton's feud with Vladimir Putin; Russian government 'maintained contacts' with Trump team;
GIULIANI: 'There's a revolution going on inside the FBI, and it's now at a boiling point'; Some in the FBI 'actively working' to support Trump;
Director Comey says FBI won't recommend charges over Clinton email; FBI agents, lawmakers hammer Comey over Clinton emails inquiry;
Donald Trump wins the presidency in stunning upset over Clinton; How Donald Trump won: Insiders tell their story; How Trump won: The revenge of working-class whites;
Here are 76 of Donald Trump's many campaign promises; Trump voters will not like what happens next; The 13 most amazing findings in the 2016 exit poll;
Thousands protest in US cities over election; Considering what America's choice of Donald Trump really means;
How Voters' Education Levels Factored Into Trump's Win; The alt-right supported Trump: Now its members want him to satisfy their demands;
Republicans keep control of Congress after decisive Senate wins; Scott Walker to Senate GOP: Get rid of filibuster for Trump;
Here's what's coming from the Trump administration; Trump's Obamacare replacement plan would cause 21 million to lose coverage;
Trump's conflicts of interest are without precedent in American presidential history;
Trial In Trump University Case Set To Begin Nov. 28; Trump's lawyers seek to delay fraud case - until after he is sworn into office;
Kansas faces $349M budget shortfall in latest forecast; Brownback doesn't see results of Kansas voting as referendum;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
U.S. Military Hackers Reportedly Have Access to Kremlin; Russian Hackers Targeting Money Before Political Systems;
How to hack an election: An interview with security expert Calvin Liu;
Research into IoT Security Is Finally Legal; Regulation of the Internet of Things; Lessons From the Dyn DDoS Attack;
China Approves Law Requiring ISPs to Cooperate with Investigators;
Automatically Identifying Government Secrets;
Fooling Facial Recognition Systems;
'Barrage of Fake Apps' Target Retailers, Products;
Math and science
University Of Wisconsin Engineers Create Flooring That Generates Power;
Caltech Researchers Create Simulated Corona Loop;
Web and computing issues
Amid Election Criticism, Facebook Vows to Address 'Misinformation'; Trump Could Reverse Obama Policies on Net Neutrality, Privacy;
This is why OneNote is awesome; 10 Free Tools Software Developers Should Know;
SC Politics
Warning: Dark Money in West Ashley School Board Election;

Finance and Economics
Taxpayers are still bailing out Wall Street, eight years later; To recoup losses from the housing collapse, Miami pursues a novel suit;
Trump victory: corporate winners and losers; Wall Street rallies led by healthcare and banks; Big tech shares drop as investors mull Trump tax repatriation plans;
High-Tech Industry Worried About Impact of Trump's Platform; Trump's hostile attitude toward free trade could threaten tech sector and overseas commerce for US;
Analysts Say Trump's Tax Proposals Threaten Renewable Energy Financing; Can Trump Tax Plan Bring Back Overseas Cash;
Trump team looks to scrap retirement advisory rule;
Alabama Voters Approve Amendments Creating Manufacturing Zones And Enshrining Right-To-Work Law; Solar Power Amendment Defeated In Florida;
U.S. states join Dow-DuPont merger probe;
Boeing, Other Manufacturers Could Face Skilled Worker Shortage As Boomers Retire;
GE Partners With DOE To Develop Flexible Pipe For Ultra-Deep Water Use;
Interior Dept. Rule Encourages Solar And Wind Development On Public Lands;
Other news
Special Report: President Trump;
Donald Trump will win in a landslide. The mind behind 'Dilbert' explains why; Silicon Valley CTO explains why Trump happened;
Trump Won Because Voters Are Ignorant, Literally; Get Ready For The Most Sued President in History;

Education:
Donald Trump and Higher Ed;
Texas Education Agencies Call For Plan To Provide Better Career Training To Poor Students, Veterans;
University Of Illinois Trustees Support Plan Tying Funding To Performance; Trump Administration May Back Away from Title IX, but Campuses Won't ;
CFPB Report: Student Loan Servicers Blocking Borrower Access To Repayment;
Why University Chiefs Head Out the Door; Baylor Donors and Alumni Form Nonprofit to Overhaul Board of Regents ;
Alabama State U. Board Abruptly Suspends President; Texas State U. Police Investigate Threatening Pro-Trump Fliers;

11/4/16
TechNews for the week: November 4; November 2; October 31;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Shiite militias join Iraqi offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State; Iraqi forces prepare to break into Mosul in battle against Islamic State;
Islamic State leader, confident about holding Mosul, calls for invasion of Turkey; Mosul battle: Iraqi army fights its way into new suburb;
Turkey pro-Kurd HDP party condemns arrest of leaders;
South Korea's presidency 'on the brink of collapse' as scandal grows;
Icelanders vote for stability as Pirates fall short of expectations; Iceland's Prime Minister Resigns;
New earthquake rocks Italy, flattens historic basilica;
Justice Dept. warned FBI that director's decision to update Congress on Clinton emails was not consistent with policy;
FBI chief 'opposed statement' blaming hack on Russia; How tensions at the FBI will persist after the election;
Intelligence officials warn of Russian meddling in election and beyond;
U.S. militia girds for trouble as presidential election nears;
Gerrymandered districts 'ignore' will of voters; Without the Voting Rights Act, there's no such thing as an honest election;
GOP call for statewide Pennsylvania poll watchers is denied; Ohio Secretary Of State Slapped With FBI Complaint By Democratic Coalition;
Push to remake top Kansas court hits backlash over governor; The state comptroller's race in Illinois;
Republicans are now vowing Total War. And the consequences could be immense;
The market doesn't care who wins the election unless it's Donald Trump;
Over a thousand dead Hoosiers on voter rolls, and other gaffes; Finance records contradict Indiana Senate candidate's image;
Trump supporter charged with voting twice in Iowa because the polls are 'rigged';
Black voters sue North Carolina over last-minute purges;
Report: Trump used dubious tax avoidance scheme in 1990s; Trump is refusing to pay his campaign pollster $767,000;
The states where you can change your mind after voting early;
RNC to judge: Pence doesn't know what he's talking about; Trump gets caught in lie about his relationship with Putin;
How Macedonia Became A Global Hub For Pro-Trump Misinformation;
Should Trump's campaign tweets be evidence in Trump University trial;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Federal, State Officials Prepare for Cyber Attack on Election Day; FBI examining fake documents targeting Clinton campaign;
Mirai botnet attackers are trying to knock an entire country offline; Another Shadow Brokers Leak of NSA Hacked Sites;
IoT security doomsday is lurking, but we cannot talk about it properly; Controversial crime reporting app Vigilante banned from App Store;
Google Shares Details About Active Windows Flaw; Google Linking Anonymous Browser Tracking with Identifiable Tracking;
FTC Changes to DMCA Let Users Hack Electronic Devices;
The battle of the bulge: Many of Canada's troops are fat;
Card Game Based on the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma;
Math and science
How to gerrymander your way to a huge election victory;
A mysterious cloud moving 700,000 mph is going to collide with our galaxy - here's what will happen;
New twist explains how a single giant impact could blast the moon into being;
Dutch Team Develops International Standards For Probabilities In Forensics; Scientists Develop Algorithm To Improve Analysis Of DNA;
China's FAST Telescope To Join "Breakthrough Listen" Project;
Jesus' Tomb Opened for First Time in Centuries;
New evidence could prove that Amelia Earhart died as a castaway;
The strangest coincidences of your life probably aren't that strange at all;
Engineers Develop New System For Manufacturing Airplane Wings;
Web and computing issues
How to keep track of your passwords without going insane; Video: 5 things to know about ethical hacking;
What was fake on the Internet this election: #DraftOurDaughters, Trump's tax returns;
6 Resources to Help You Track the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election; TechRepublic's 'swarm AI' predicts tight election, gives edge to Clinton;
SC Politics
Now is when voters decide what 'Making America great' really means; DHEC changing abortion regulations;
Stephen Colbert talks 'Truthiness' on NPR's 'Fresh Air';

Finance and Economics
U.S. economy added 161,000 jobs in October as unemployment rate dipped to 4.9 percent; Federal Reserve hints at December interest rate increase, votes to keep status quo;
British court deals major blow to government's Brexit plans;
Egypt devalues currency by 48% to meet IMF demands for $12bn loan;
After cutting through blue-collar jobs, how deep will tech bite into banking;
Solar Amendment A Hot Topic Ahead Of Florida Vote; Tesla Unveils Rooftop Solar Tiles To Boost SolarCity Bid;
Explosion in Alabama shuts gas pipeline, shortages possible; Fuel prices up and down East Coast spike;
General Electric to Merge Oil and Gas Business With Baker Hughes;
Construction Continues Amid More Arrests In Dakota Pipeline Protest;
Other news
This map will change how you think about American voters - especially small-town, heartland white voters; Election maps are telling you big lies about small things;
Casino Claims 'Malfunction' After Slot Machine Says a Woman Won $43 Million, She Plans to Sue;
Charleston Boy Scouts scouting for new home after $1.1M sale;

Education:
Colleges Increasingly Adding New Fees To Cover Things Once Covered By Tuition;
Global Job Market Requires Computer Skills At "Unprecedented Levels"; Results Of NAEP Indicate Schools Teaching Science In "Hands-Off" Manner;
ED Releases New Student Loan Discharge Rules; Releases Rule Banning Forces Arbitration Clauses;
Governor Snyder Hails Job Training Programs In Michigan;
Record Fine for Penn State Sends a Signal on Clery Act Compliance;
Newly proposed NCAA rules would help fix time loopholes for student-athletes; Speed Up the Glacial Pace of NCAA Reform;
Harvard Suspends Men's Soccer Team Over Sexually Explicit Rankings of Women;