1. Global growth has remained robust, supported by the recovery of real incomes amid an ongoing process of disinflation. The policy easing cycle initiated by major central banks in Advanced Economies (AEs), in response to declining inflation rates, has generally supported growth. High frequency data indicates strong performance in the services sector, while the manufacturing…
Lucian Holness woke up to a daunting reality on Nov. 6. Acute stress led the mix of emotions that struck the transgender marketing manager as they learned President-elect Donald Trump — never a reliable ally to the LGBTQ community and an increasingly hostile figure for transgender Americans — had won a second term in the…
As Ghanaians head to the polls for parliamentary and presidential elections on December 7, the United States says it wishes the Ghanaian people a peaceful, transparent and fair process. Presidential Candidates on Thursday, November 28, signed a presidential peace pact with the leading contenders, John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New…
TURIN, Italy — Actress Sharon Stone drew attention at the Torino Film Festival this week with sharp remarks about former President Donald Trump and her critique of American society, calling voters who elected him “naive” and “uneducated.” Speaking at the festival in Turin, Stone described the United States as being in an “adolescent” phase, which…
Last year, we investigated a Dragon Touch children’s tablet (KidzPad Y88X 10) and confirmed that it was linked to a string of fully compromised Android TV Boxes that had also multiple reports of malware, adware, and a sketchy firmware update channel. Since then, Google has taken the (now former) tablet distributor off of their list…
Last week the House of Representatives passed a dangerous bill that would allow the Secretary of Treasury to strip a U.S. nonprofit of its tax-exempt status. If it passes the Senate and is signed into law, H.R. 9495 would give broad and easily abused new powers to the executive branch. Nonprofits would not have a…
It was supposed to be the gender-gap election. In Iowa, pollster Ann Selzer had Vice President Kamala Harris beating former president Donald Trump by more than 20 points among women, which wouldn’t have been that far off the 15-point margin President Joe Biden won them by in 2020. And Seltzer’s margin was largely in line…
Voters fill out ballots on Election Day at the Mount Vernon Community Center in Mount Vernon. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal A record number of Maine voters cast ballots in the 2024 election, likely fueled by a high-stakes presidential race and reflecting strong voter turnout levels across the country this year. A total of 842,447 people voted…
EFF, along with ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union, filed a second amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit urging the court to require a warrant for border searches of electronic devices, an argument EFF has been making in the courts and Congress for nearly a decade. The…
The dust of the U.S. election is settling, and we want you to know that EFF is ready for whatever’s next. Our mission to ensure that technology serves you—rather than silencing, tracking, or oppressing you—does not change. Some of what’s to come will be in uncharted territory. But we have… This post was originally published…