Tag: technology companies

Tech Stocks Lead Wall Street Lower Again, Nasdaq Falls 2.5 percent

Technology companies led a sell-off on Wall Street Thursday that pulled the major indexes into the red for the week. The S&P 500 fell 1.4 percent after shedding an early gain of 0.4 percent. The benchmark index was coming off two days of gains following daily losses since the first day of trading in 2022….


Major US Port Targeted in August Cyberattack: CISA Officials

A major U.S. port was targeted in an attempted cyberattack last month, the Port said in a statement on Sept. 23. The Port of Houston, which is the nation’s largest port for waterborne tonnage and a critical economic engine for the Houston region, the state of Texas, and the nation, was able to successfully defend itself against the…


Big Tech Is the ‘Enforcement Arm’ of US Government’s Attempts to Suppress Free Speech: James Taylor

As technology companies in the United States roll out new programs to censor users over political speech, there is a growing argument over whether this could be considered a violation of free speech protections in the U.S. Bill of Rights. To learn more about this, we sat down for an interview with James Taylor, president…


American Tech Sector Keeps Blowing Away the Rest of the World

Commentary Take a bow, America. It’s official and irrefutable: The United States is blowing out the rest of the world in tech leadership. No other country in the world comes anywhere close in tech innovation and the dominance of our made-in-America 21st-century companies. The Nasdaq index of once-small technology companies reached 15,000 last week. Only…


Nevada Bill Would Allow Tech Companies to Create Governments

CARSON CITY, Nev.—In the Nevada desert, a cryptocurrency magnate hopes to turn dreams of a futuristic “smart city” into reality. To do that, he’s asking the state to let companies like his form local governments on land they own, which would grant them power over everything from schools to law enforcement. Jeffrey Berns, CEO of…