Author visits archives for ‘research’, then steals artifacts to sell on eBay, US feds say
A man pretended to be conducting research at the Montana Historical Society, then he stole century-old artifacts and sold them…
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A US city was forced to rely on a burger app to track post-Hurricane Beryl blackouts
Houston residents trying to monitor blackouts in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl discovered that city’s largest electric utility had no…
SC invites applications for Fikra ACE Accelerator programme
KUALA LUMPUR: The Securities Commission is inviting applications for the second cohort of the Fikra ACE Accelerator programme, which provides…
Defeated by AI, a legend in the board game Go warns: Get ready for what’s next
Lee Saedol was the finest Go player of his generation when he suffered a decisive loss, defeated not by a…
Nato backs effort to save Internet by rerouting to space in event of subsea attacks
Nato is helping finance a project aimed at finding ways to keep the internet running should subsea cables shuttling civilian and…
New US state law says influencer parents must compensate their kids for appearing in social media content
Many influencer parents like to incorporate their family into their TikToks, YouTube videos and other types of short-form content. But…
US FTC bars anonymous messaging app from serving users younger than 18
The US Federal Trade Commission on July 9 barred an online service for the first time from serving users younger…
For older people who are lonely, is the solution a robot friend?
ElliQ, a voice-activated robotic companion powered by artificial intelligence, is part of a New York state effort to ease the…
RockYou2024: World’s largest database of stolen passwords posted, exposing nearly 10 billion credentials
A user on a notorious hacking forum known for trading data among cybercriminals has allegedly uploaded the largest compilation of…