Category: Business

San Jose, CA — August 2025Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) reported stronger-than-expected financial results for the final quarter of fiscal 2025, driven by robust demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure and solid performance across its product portfolio. 💡 Key Financial Highlights 🌍 Regional Performance Cisco saw revenue growth across all major geographic segments: Region Revenue (US$) […]

Catching up on your backlog of digital rights news has never been easier! EFF has a one-stop-shop to keep you up to date on the latest in the fight against censorship and surveillance—our EFFector newsletter. This time we’re covering an act of government intimidation in Florida when the state subpoenaed a venue for surveillance video […]

But after a decade of armed conflict and amidst a severe economic depression, educational toy imports have become way too expensive for many classrooms in Yemen. Shadia and Fatima, two young entrepreneurs in Yemen, identified this gap after participating in a training course run by the UN Development Programme (UNDP). They decided to begin a youth-led […]

Anbar, Iraq — August 2025U.S. oilfield services leader SLB (NYSE: SLB) has been awarded a significant six-well drilling contract in Iraq, marking a strategic move to enhance natural gas production at the Akkas gas field, located in the western Anbar governorate. 🔍 Project Overview 🏗️ Strategic Significance The Akkas field is one of Iraq’s largest […]

Beijing, China — August 2025China’s leading electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) (SHE: 300750), has announced a suspension of operations at its Yichun lithium mine, triggering a sharp rise in lithium carbonate prices. The move comes amid a nationwide crackdown on industrial overcapacity, particularly in the critical minerals sector. 🏗️ […]

In a promising sign that public pressure works, several crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs, also known as “fake clinics”) have quietly scrubbed misleading language about privacy protections from their websites.  Earlier this year, EFF sent complaints to attorneys general in eight states (FL, TX, AR, and MO, TN, OK, NE, and NC), asking them to investigate […]

HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases…Joint Statement on Protecting American Consumers and Shipping Industries by Defeating the International Maritime Organization’s “Net-Zero Framework” aka Global Carbon Tax The text of the following statement was released by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy. […]

Instead of having seeds which sprout reliably, farmers contend with batches which may grow only 40 or 50 per cent of the time. This not only diminishes their yield and profit but also decreases their ability to sustain their livelihoods.   The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is working with the Ministry of Agriculture in […]