NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week
Day: August 25, 2023
Cisco NX-OS Software TACACS+ or RADIUS Remote Authentication Directed Request Denial of Service Vulnerability
This vulnerability can only be exploited over Telnet, which is disabled by default, or over the console management connection. This vulnerability cannot be exploited over SSH connections to the device.
AstraZeneca sues US over Medicare drug price negotiation plans
AstraZeneca has filed a lawsuit against the US government to prevent the Medicare health insurance plan from negotiating lower drug prices. The British drugmaker argues that the program would hinder the development of new medicines. AstraZeneca’s legal…
From mugshot to mugs and memes: Trump picture fuels internet frenzy
Users had fun after Republican frontrunner became the first former American president to sit for a mugshotFirst came the mugshot. Then came the mugs. Then the shot glasses.Following Donald Trump’s surrender at the Fulton county jail on Thursday evening…
Climate emergency: Unite to fight common enemy
Re: “Historic devastation demands historic action” [Aug. 20, Opinion]: Multiple areas of the country are being destroyed by the effects of climate change, and many people are dying or suffering from wildfires, flooding, extreme heat and polluted air. I…
Supermodel Bella Hadid called an ‘Israel hater’ by far-right, pro-settler minister
Hadid had denounced Itamar Ben-Gvir for saying Jewish settlers had more rights than Palestinians in occupied territoriesThe far-right Israeli national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has called the Palestinian American supermodel Bella Hadid an “Is…
The EU’s DSA goes into effect, forcing platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to let users opt out of profiling-based content recommendations (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
The EU’s DSA goes into effect, forcing platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to let users opt out of profiling-based content recommendations — Internet users in the European Union are lo…
At least five people dead after Michigan storms down trees and power lines
Hundreds of thousands of customers have been left without power in the state.
Gap, Hibbett rise; Hawaiian Electric, Nordstrom fall, Friday, 8/25/2023
Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes Friday: Gap, Hibbett rise; Hawaiian Electric, Nordstrom fall.