Day: July 27, 2023
Kyiv launches major push against Russian forces, officials and analysts say
Ukraine has launched a major push to dislodge Russian forces from the country’s southeast as part of its weekslong counteroffensive, committing thousands of troops to the battle, according to Western and Ukrainian officials and analysts.
EU Opens Antitrust Probe Into Microsoft Over Teams Bundling
European Union regulators on Thursday opened an antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s
bundling of its video and chat app Teams with other Office products. From a report: The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said that these practices may…
Child killer Colin Pitchfork’s release from prison put on hold
Judge rules decision to release man convicted in 1988 of murdering two 15-year-old girls should be reviewedThe double child killer Colin Pitchfork has had his release from prison put on hold after a judge decided the decision to free him should be revi…
Slack experienced an “outage across the app” starting around 5AM ET for about an hour, including issues with sending messages and search (Jon Porter/The Verge)
Jon Porter / The Verge:
Slack experienced an “outage across the app” starting around 5AM ET for about an hour, including issues with sending messages and search — Slack, the workplace chat app, experienced an outage this…
Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort? – Krebs on Security
Proxy services like SocksEscort are exploited by cybercriminals to hide their true location online and engage in malicious activities, making it difficult to trace their actions back to the original source.
Italy’s Fincantieri logs loss on asbestos-linked legacy litigation
Leading cruise ship builder weighed down in its push for profit
Man who spent £12,000 on dog costume goes out in public and plays on all fours
The unidentified man-dog has built a following of almost 30,000 on YouTube after sharing clips of him going out in public wearing a scarily realistic dog suit.
Meta forecasts 20% revenue growth in Q3, returning to pre-pandemic and pre-ATT levels, potentially creating cover for expensive AI and metaverse investments (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Meta forecasts 20% revenue growth in Q3, returning to pre-pandemic and pre-ATT levels, potentially creating cover for expensive AI and metaverse investments — – Meta’s current quarter sales projection beats estimates …