Top Trump confidante admits to speaking privately with…

OCTOBER 08: Political consultant Roger Stone speaks onstage during The New Yorker Festival 2016 – ‘President Trump: Life As We May Know It,’ featuring Max Boot, Amy Davidson, Roger Stone, and Sean Wilentz in conversation with Evan Osnos at MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre on October 8, 2016 in New York City.

Trump confidante spoke to alleged Russian hacker

OCTOBER 08: Political consultant Roger Stone speaks onstage during The New Yorker Festival 2016 – ‘President Trump: Life As We May Know It,’ featuring Max Boot, Amy Davidson, Roger Stone, and Sean Wilentz in conversation with Evan Osnos at MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre on October 8, 2016 in New York City.

Hackers in Russia claim to shut down African Cup website

A group of Russian hackers claimed Saturday to have shut down the website of the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament in a protest at organizers holding it in Gabon, where President Ali Bongo Ondimba retained power in disputed and violent elections last year. A person sent an email to The Associated Press claiming the group New World Hackers had “taken down” the Confederation of African Football’s official website, the website of Africa’s top soccer body and the site for the continent’s main soccer tournament.

[Narain D Batra] India tries a moonshot

Digital India has been called a moonshot project that draws together the best human and private-public capital to achieve a goal that was previously thought to be impossible: Total transformation of society. Digital India, based on Aadhaar, focuses on three fundamental areas — access to digital infrastructure as a utility, services on demand, and digital empowerment of citizens through access to information.