US Military Accidentally Shoots Down Border Protection Drone With Laser
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a "seemingly threatening" drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, law…
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Homeland Security has reportedly sent out hundreds of subpoenas to identify ICE critics online
Mariella Moon / engadget - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reportedly been asking tech companies for information on accounts posting anti-ICE sentiments. According to The New York Times, DHS has sent hundreds of administrative subpoenas to Google, Reddit, Discord and …
Back to Top / Saturday, February 14, 2026, 10:20 am / permalink 19186 / 10 stories in 20 days
Laser weapon that shut down El Paso's skies was LOCUST system
Colin Demarest / axios - The counter-drone weapon that caused a shutdown of El Paso's airspace on Wednesday was AeroVironment's LOCUST, a 20-kilowatt laser system, Axios has confirmed.Why it matters: The Army sees the cutting-edge weapon as a way to combat drones without firing e…
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 4:20 pm / permalink 19101 / 5 stories in 22 days
Google Staff Demand Company Sever ICE Contracts
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google employees have signed an open letter demanding the company cut ties with immigration enforcement agencies, citing moral objections to their work.The post Google Staff Demand Company Sever ICE Contracts appeared first on WinBuzzer.
Back to Top / Saturday, February 7, 2026, 10:20 am / permalink 18883 / 2 stories in 27 days
Capgemini sells controversial US government unit
Mels Dees / techzine - Capgemini has begun the process of selling its US subsidiary, Capgemini Government Solutions. Capgemini came under pressure after it emerged that the subsidiary had signed a contract with ICE. This is according to a press release issued by the company on …
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Target, UnitedHealth, 3M, General Mills CEOs finally spoke up about ICE after weeks of silence. Here’s what they said
Grace Snelling / fastcompany - For weeks, the leaders of Minnesota’s most prominent businesses have remained tight-lipped as thousands of ICE agents have flooded the Twin Cities, where those agents have raided residential neighborhoods, detained employees from local businesses, and tak…
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ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations
Caroline Haskins / wired - A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.
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US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
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State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business. Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
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U.S. Immigration Enforcement Apparently Provides Facial Scanning Tech to Local Cops
Lucas Ropek / gizmodo - It's part of a program that essentially deputizes police into the federal mass deportation effort.
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ICE’s forced face scans to verify citizens is unconstitutional, lawmakers say
Ashley Belanger / arstechnica - Videos show ICE conducting random face scans on US streets.
Back to Top / Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 2:22 pm / permalink 15526 / 8 stories in 4 months
Apple removes Eyes Up app amid crackdown on ICE-tracking tools
Asma Hussain / ithinkdiff - Apple has taken down another app tied to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity, widening its recent crackdown on software related to government enforcement monitoring. The app, called Eyes Up, was designed to collect and archive videos of ICE…
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ICEBlock app removed from App Store after DOJ demands, citing safety concerns
appleinsider - Controversial app ICEBlock has been removed from the Apple App Store after Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded its removal, suggesting it was being used to harm ICE agents.ICEBlock removed from Apple App StoreApple has had to deal with many requests from …
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Back to Top / Thursday, October 2, 2025, 9:20 pm / permalink 14971 / 14 stories in 5 months
Startups and founders could be hardest hit by $100,000 H-1B visas
cnbc - Startups across the U.S. have been left worrying about the implications of potential hefty fees on H-1B visas.
Back to Top / Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 5:20 am / permalink 14807 / 9 stories in 5 months
Trump's H-1B visa changes are are 'anti-growth,' economists warn as corporate panic spreads
Alex Daniel / qz - The president's new rules for the visas for high-skilled workers include hiking the fee to $100,000, about 60 times the previous cost
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Back to Top / Monday, September 22, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 14788 / 18 stories in 5 months
H-1B chaos exposes administration's immigration philosophy
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Trump's $100K H-1B fee sparked weekend chaos as workers abandoned vacations to race back to the US. The confusion revealed a deliberate shift toward class-based immigration favoring wealth over skills—and competitors are watching.
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Amazon, Google, Microsoft reportedly warn H-1B employees to stay in the US
Anthony Ha / techcrunch - Large tech companies have responded to President Donald Trump’s dramatic changes to H-1B visa applications by telling employees with those visas to remain in the United States for now.
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Trump hits H-1B visas with $100,000 fee, targeting the program that launched Elon Musk and Instagram
Connie Loizos / techcrunch - President Trump signed a proclamation Friday requiring employers to pay a hefty $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications—an enormous jump from the current $215 lottery registration fee—targeting the very program that helped create some of Silicon Valle…
Back to Top / Friday, September 19, 2025, 9:20 pm / permalink 14760 / 5 stories in 5 months
Donald Trump plans to raise cost of H-1B foreign worker visa to $100,000 - Financial Times
google - Donald Trump plans to raise cost of H-1B foreign worker visa to $100,000 Financial Times
Back to Top / Friday, September 19, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 14753 / 4 stories in 5 months