At least 5,000 people have died and hundreds more were injured after two earthquakes reduced homes and other buildings in Syria and Turkey to rubble.
UK train tickets could be priced like airline seats in rail shake-up
Return tickets could be scrapped in demand-based system as part of wider reforms to ‘broken model’, says transport secretaryTrain tickets in Britain could be priced like airline seats under a demand-based system being trialled by the government as part…
D.C.-area Turkish community launches fundraising effort for quake victims
The Turkish embassy in D.C. has asked for donations of blankets, clothing and food, which will be sent to help victims in Turkey.
Ushur, which automates companies’ customer service workflows, raised a $50M Series C led by Third Point Ventures, bringing its total funding to $92M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
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Ushur, which automates companies’ customer service workflows, raised a $50M Series C led by Third Point Ventures, bringing its total funding to $92M — Automation tech continues to attract funding in an inc…
Meta To Ask Many Managers To Become Individual Contributors or Leave
Meta is asking many of its managers and directors to transition to individual contributor jobs or leave the company as part of a process to become a more efficient organization, known internally as a “flattening,” Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, citin…
Seattle violent crime hits 15-year high, other takeaways from new report
Seattle’s violent crime rate hit a 15-year high in 2022, according to the city’s annual crime report. Overall crime decreased in the year’s fourth quarter.
Navy releases first photos of Chinese balloon recovery
The Navy is carrying out an extensive operation to gather all of the pieces of the massive Chinese spy balloon a U.S. fighter jet shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday.
New Banking Trojan Targeting 100M Pix Payment Platform Accounts
New malware demonstrates how threat actors are pivoting toward payment platform attacks, researchers say.
Former UK police officer, exposed as serial rapist, jailed for life
Former London police officer sentenced to life in prison for raping and sexually assaulting a dozen women.