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Polish spies could be secretly eyeballing world leaders attending the NATO summit in Warsaw, but it's impossible to know if such snooping is taking place—all thanks to a new law that came into force just last week. The new anti-terrorism legislation was signed by Polish president Andrzej Duda on June 22. It came into force one week later. Under the law, secret surveillance may be carried out on any foreigner for up to three months without a court order. This includes undercover audio and video taping, bugging private premises, and accessing private electronic and phone communications. National leaders including British Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (who will face tough questions over his decision not to invest in military aircraft ), German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Francois Hollande are all in the Polish capital for the summit over the next few days. The new law, which also allows police … [Read more...] about How Poland’s intrusive new spying law could bug world leaders at NATO summit

Vodafone has appointed former EE CEO Olaf Swantee to its board as a non-executive director and to its audit and risk committee. Swantee is a veteran of the telecoms industry and oversaw the integration of Orange and T-Mobile in the early 2010s before the combined EE was bought by EE in 2016. He has also held positions at T-Mobile in the US, Mobistar in Belgium and Orange in Poland, was most recently CEO of Swiss operator Sunrise, spearheading its 5G rollout and attempting to negotiate a merger with UPC. These are the best business SIM-only deals around today And the best business broadband deals Here are the best business mobile phone deals "An honour" It was believed the combination of UPC’s cable infrastructure and Sunrise’s mobile network would create a formidable challenge to the incumbent Swisscom. However, Swantee departed Sunrise in early 2020 after failing to force the transaction through. A deal was agreed later that year, however. “[Swantee] … [Read more...] about Former EE CEO Swantee joins Vodafone board

UPDATED (Wed. January 6, 10:25 a.m. PT) to include UN statement While it remains unconfirmed whether North Korea did successfully test an H-bomb Wednesday, world leaders have been swift to strongly condemn the hermit nation's nuclear tests. At about 10 a.m. local time, a blast was registered near the North Korean city of Sungjibaegam. It showed up in the United States Geological Survey's (USGS) trackers as a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. See also: North Korea claims it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb Hours later, North Korea issued an announcement declaring it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, otherwise known as a thermonuclear bomb — a nuclear weapon technology that is a significant step up from the less powerful atomic bombs that it has used in three previous tests. Neighbouring countries were among the first to denounce the test. South Korea called an emergency meeting after the blast, where its national security deputy chief, Cho Tae-yong, said the … [Read more...] about North Korea’s nuclear test claim provokes swift international backlash

A venomous spider that usually stays away from populated areas recently showed up in buildings at the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus, likely because of pandemic-related vacancies, according to news reports. The species, known as the Mediterranean recluse spider ( Loxosceles rufescens ), has turned up in "basements and remote areas of several Ann Arbor campus buildings due to a decrease in building occupancy," the university said in a statement Feb. 23. Most recently, several of the spiders were found in the university's Shapiro Library, prompting staff to close the library for two days. The Mediterranean recluse spider is related to the venomous brown recluse spider ( Loxosceles reclusa ), but it's even more reclusive. "As the name implies, they are reclusive, and bites are extremely rare," Anne Danielson-Francois, an associate professor of biology at the University of Michigan, said in the statement. "Users browsing the library stacks would be very … [Read more...] about Venomous spiders take advantage of pandemic, move into college buildings