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‘Always on and watching’: A former Xinjiang prisoner describes life inside China’s detention camps

For 10 months in 2018, Ovalbek Turdakun was a prisoner in one of China’s notorious detention camps, where he was tortured, subject to horrific conditions and under constant surveillance. In a makeshift courtroom inside the detention camp he was being held, Turdakun was not permitted to speak and was made…

‘Always on and watching’: A former Xinjiang prisoner describes life inside China’s detention camps

A prominent Republican senator weighs in on Amazon’s labor disputes, Microsoft reports a security vulnerability in Exchange and we examine ByteDance’s gaming strategy. This is your Daily Crunch for March…

Daily Crunch: Marco Rubio sides with Amazon workers

Workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse have already received public support from Democratic politicians ranging from Bernie Sanders to Joe Biden, the latter of whom promised to be “the most…

Marco Rubio says he ‘stands with’ Amazon warehouse workers

On May 29, the president of the United States of America tweeted, simply, “REVOKE 230!” The message was all caps, with an exclamation mark for good measure. The message was…

Republican senators ask FCC to examine Section 230, following Trump order

In a rare instance of bipartisanship overcoming the rancorous discord that’s been the hallmark of the U.S. Congress, senators and sepresentatives issued a scathing rebuke to Apple for its decision…

Apple’s China stance makes for strange political alliances, as AOC and Ted Cruz slam the company
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Checking in on the state of ISAs

Income share agreements (ISAs) rose to public awareness this year — if measured in press articles and discussion on “VC Twitter” — after several years of niche experimentation among a…

Checking in on the state of ISAs

From Capitol Hill to the Democratic presidential debates, the drumbeat for new approaches to higher education is getting louder.

What politicians are getting wrong about fixing higher education

A new dating app for Trump supporters that wants to “make America date again” has leaked its entire database of users — on the day of its launch. The app,…

Donald Daters, a dating app for Trump supporters, leaked its users’ data

In a letter addressed to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Senators Mark Warner and Marco Rubio make a very public case that Canada should leave Chinese tech and telecom giant…

U.S. lawmakers warn Canada to keep Huawei out of its 5G plans

The acting head of NASA is stepping down on April 30. Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. told the space agency on Monday in an email where he says its with “bittersweet…

NASA’s acting administrator to retire without a successor

Sen. Marco Rubio announced during a Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing today that members of his former presidential campaign were targeted by hackers from IP addresses located in Russia. Thomas…

Clinton and Rubio allegedly targeted by Russian hackers

Despite many healthcare insurers having decried Obamacare as the end of days, the truth–as measured by both stock prices and revenue results–is the nation’s largest healthcare insurance companies have been…

The presidential candidate who might do the most for your healthcare is not who you think

According to nine-term San Diego Congressman, Darrell Issa, the 21st century has started everywhere…. except Washington DC.

INNOVATE2016: Darrell Issa On What Washington DC Can Learn From Silicon Valley?