Five key takeaways from Trump’s indictment over US election defeat
Special Counsel Jack Smith terms Trump’s actions ‘attack’ on democracy and calls for a ‘speedy trial’.
Day: August 2, 2023
UK intelligence agencies seek to weaken data protection safeguards
UK intelligence agencies are campaigning for the government to weaken surveillance laws, arguing that the current safeguards limit their ability to train AI models due to the large amount of personal data required.GCHQ, MI5, and MI6 have been increa…
The world’s resource bank is ’empty’: Here’s what that means
August 2 marks Earth Overshoot Day, a grim milestone that showcases nature is not able to keep up with human consumption. For the rest of this year, humans will be ‘overdrawing’ the planet’s resources, a new report says.
Couple seeking shelter from Greece fires denied home for the night ‘because they’re gay’
The host who had agreed to take the couple and their son in for the night as the Greek island of Rhodes was being engulfed by wildfires said he had been expecting a “family” and left without picking them up as they were not “a man and a woman”.
Chattanooga Heart Institute Notifies 170,000 of Hacking, Data Breach
In a report filed to Maine’s attorney general on Friday, The Chattanooga Heart Institute said that on April 17 it saw indications of a cyberattack on its IT network. The incident affected 170,450 individuals in total, including five Maine residents.
More than 30 injured as powerful typhoon pounds Japan’s Okinawa
Transportation was halted and stores closed as Typhoon Khanun brought high winds to Japan’s south-western islands
Murder suspect arrested after woman’s body found in Birmingham
West Midlands police say 30-year-old man in custody after woman found with serious injuries on Tuesday eveningA man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead in woodland in Birmingham.West Midlands police said they found a w…
CISA Published a Warning About Ivanti EPMM Zero-day Vulnerabilities
The United States Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a warning on Friday about the active exploitation of Ivanti EPMM (formerly MobileIron Core) Vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-35078 is a critical vulnerability a…
China floats two-hour daily limit of smartphone screen time for kids
The draft rules laid out by the increasingly powerful Cyberspace Administration of China are a broader push to prevent addiction among under 18s to apps.
A powerful typhoon pounds Japan’s Okinawa and injures more than 30 people as it moves toward China
A powerful typhoon slammed Okinawa and other islands in southwestern Japan Wednesday with high winds injuring more than 30 people as it moved west making its way toward mainland China.