Vance hopeful ‘high-level’ TikTok deal will be completed soon
Questions about the future of the app have lingered since a law requiring its China-based parent company to divest or face a ban took effect on Jan. 19.
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Cooper Kupp, Seahawks reach agreement
The Seahawks are turning to a home-state kid made good to remake their receiving corps in the wake of the departures of DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett.
Trump’s science cuts throw research world into chaos
Experts say Trump’s mass firings and freezing of billions of dollars appropriated by Congress could have ripple effects on the U.S. scientific enterprise for years to come.
Starmer tells Putin to stop playing games and get serious about Ukraine peace deal
Prime minister will tell Western countries they should use economic pressure to force Russia into a ceasefire if necessary
Schumer, facing backlash for not forcing a shutdown, says he’ll take ‘the bullets’
The five-term senator shrugged off the prospect of a primary challenge that could cost him his job and said he was doing the right thing.
Zelenskyy wants U.S. to hit Russia with ‘maximum’ sanctions if it refuses a ceasefire
Ukraine’s president said he hopes the U.S. applies “maximum additional sanctions” on Russia if it refuses to accept a 30-day ceasefire, describing the Russian leader’s “bravado” as a stalling tactic.
Germany: Parties agree on historic debt deal – DW (English)
Germany: Parties agree on historic debt deal DW (English)Germany is back, says Friedrich Merz after historic deal on defence and spending BBC.comGermans Reach Deal to Spend Big on Defense, Climate and More The New York …
Slur-filled TikTok video helps cops arrest two suspects in businessman’s murder
John Chong Moon and Cindy Kim are charged with the murder of Cuauhtémoc Garcia who was killed on February 25
Everything You Say To Your Echo Will Be Sent To Amazon Starting On March 28
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In an email sent to customers today, Amazon said that Echo users will no longer be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally and, therefore, avoid sending voice recordings to Amaz…
ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps
A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed “ClickFix,” the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware.