LONDON — The U.S. and U.K. on Monday accused hackers linked to the Chinese state of being behind “malicious” cyber campaigns targeting political figures, in moves expected to stoke tensions with Beijing. The British government also alleged that China-affiliated hackers were behind an attack that saw the data of millions of voters accessed. “I can … Read more
Every week, Cynthia George connects with her granddaughter and great-grandson on video calls. The 71-year-old retiree reads the news on her MSN homepage and googles how to fight the bugs coming from her drain in Florida’s summer heat. She hunts for grocery deals on her Publix app so that her food stamps stretch just a … Read more
BENGALURU, India — Abinaya Tamilarasu said her four cows are part of the family. She has a degree in commerce from a local college, but prefers being home milking cows and tending to her family’s land. “Our family cannot let farming go, it’s a way of life for us,” said the 28-year-old, who lives on … Read more
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Canada’s federal government and the provincial Manitoba government agreed Friday to spend tens of millions to help search a landfill for the remains of two slain Indigenous women. A sum of $20 million Canadian (US$14.7 million) from each government is to go toward a search of the privately owned Prairie Green landfill … Read more
Some 300 million people around the world are starting their annual celebration of renewal and harmony with nature in what is to them the biggest cultural holiday of the year, typically involving 13 days of rituals. Nowruz (alternatively spelled Nauruz, Nauryz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nooruz, Norooz, Norouz, or Novruz), also known as Persian New Year (Nowruz … Read more
Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images If you’re a Comcast Xfinity Internet customer, you may have gotten a nice surprise today — faster internet for no charge. And for some users, your new speed is double the speed you had previously. In a press release about the upgrade, Comcast noted that several changes had taken effect. The Connect … Read more
For the past two years, millions of people searching for child abuse videos on Pornhub’s UK website have been interrupted. Each of the 4.4 million times someone has typed in words or phrases linked to abuse, a warning message has blocked the page, saying that kind of content is illegal. And in half the cases, … Read more
Ayman Zaid/Getty Images Millions of AT&T customers across the US were unable to make or receive calls, send texts, or access the internet for much of Thursday because of a major outage that started Thursday morning, and we finally know why. Thursday evening, AT&T said, “Based on our initial review, we believe that today’s outage was … Read more
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will be in a position to make millions after Reddit goes public, thanks to a series of bets on the online discussion board company that go back … Read more
Ayman Zaid/Getty Images Millions of AT&T customers across the US are unable to make or receive calls, send texts, or access the internet because of a major outage that occurred this morning. According to tracking site Downdetector, outages were first reported around 3:30 a.m. ET. Customers attempting to place a call are greeted with an … Read more