Russian soldiers have arrived in Belarus and are preparing joint exercises with the Belarusians. As a result, Moscow and Minsk have announced major military manoeuvres for February 10-20.   The Belarusian Ministry of Defense reports that the troops will test their preparedness in the face of mounting tensions on the […]

Europol seized 1,534 weapons during an international operation targeting the illicit trade in converted gas and alarm pistols.   Alarm pistols are popular with criminals because they can be easily converted to fire live ammunition. In July last year, crime reporter Peter R. de Vries was probably shot with a […]

US internet giant Google has proposed to the German competition watchdog to remove its news service ‘Google News Showcase’ from internet search results in Germany.   The American tech company hopes that this will address the concerns of the competition authority that had launched an investigation. The German competition watchdog […]

Moxie Marlinspike, the founder of Signal, is stepping down as head of the messaging app. The organization is looking for a successor, but Brian Acton takes his place for now.   Marlinspike worked on Signal for almost ten years. In a blog post, he explains that he was almost the […]

Ubisoft Plus, the game publisher’s streaming subscription, will soon be available on Xbox consoles as well.   The service was initially launched for PC and gave Ubisoft access to a hundred games for a monthly subscription of about fifteen euros. A streaming service such as Netflix, but for games. Among […]

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