Monthly Archives: April 2022

Google Chrome danger revealed – check your browse ASAP

Your gadgets could be in grave danger – and it’s all linked to a simple Google Chrome mistake. Cyber experts have warned that not taking care of the Google web browser could put you at risk of major hack attacks. It’s all linked to updates – and if you don’t install them, it’s bad news. Just this week, Google was forced to rush out an emergency update to stop a “high severity” bug from being exploited. But if you don’t install updates that… Source link

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A 30-Year-Old Crypto Billionaire Wants to Give His Fortune Away

(Bloomberg Markets) — The Economic Club of New York has hosted kings, prime ministers, and presidents, as well as Amazon.com Inc.’s Jeff Bezos and JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon. Central bankers’ comments at the 115-year-old organization have moved markets. Sam Bankman-Fried, a 30-year-old cryptocurrency billionaire, is probably the first person to play a computer game while giving a talk. Most Read from Bloomberg As the featured guest one morning in February, Bankman-Fried looks… Source link

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How former Masters champion Angel Cabrera went to an Argentine prison

Thirteen years ago at the Masters, Ángel Cabrera parlayed sterling shotmaking and some lucky breaks into a green jacket, the first ever won by a player from Argentina. Today, Cabrera sits in a prison near Cordoba, Argentina, convicted of violent abuse against a former partner, and still accused of similar mistreatment from at least two others. It’s a dramatic fall from grace for the two-time major winner once known as “El Pato” — “The Duck” — whose signature moment on the… Source link

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Data leak from Russian delivery app shows dining habits of the secret police

A massive data leak from Russian food delivery service Yandex Food revealed the delivery addresses, phone numbers, names, and delivery instructions belonging to those associated with Russia’s secret police, according to findings from Bellingcat. Yandex Food, a subsidiary of the larger Russian internet company, Yandex, first reported the data leak on March 1st, blaming it on the “dishonest actions” of one of its employees and noting that the leak doesn’t include users’ login… Source link

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‘Nearshoring’ could be the answer to America’s logistics problems, Deloitte exec says

The trend toward more “nearshoring” to alleviate the global supply chain chaos is not new but is increasingly important, according to Deloitte Vice Chairman of US Industrial Products & Construction Leader Paul Wellener. Nearshoring is “bringing things closer to the marketplace or bringing things back into the US marketplace. And those were trends that were starting well before the pandemic got started and really changed the way we think about supply chains,” Wellener told Yahoo Finance (video… Source link

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What to know in markets this week

After last week’s solid March jobs report, investors this week are set to turn their attention to more commentary from the Federal Reserve, along with several quarterly corporate earnings reports. And to this end, Wednesday’s release of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) March meeting minutes will be closely watched. The minutes, capturing the meeting that took place March 15-16, will unveil more of monetary policymakers’ thinking around the path forward for interest rates after their… Source link

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Frank Gore to sign one-day deal to retire with 49ers

Frank Gore is headed back to the Bay Area one last time. Gore announced on Sunday that he will sign a one-day contract with the San Francisco 49ers to officially retire with the franchise. Gore is undoubtedly one of the best running backs in NFL history. Gore got his start with the 49ers in 2005, when they selected him in the third round of the draft. He spent the next decade there before playing short stints with the Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills and New York Jets — where… Source link

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Does war in Ukraine justify an even bigger U.S. military budget?

“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. What’s happening The Biden administration asked Congress to approve $813 billion in defense spending in its budget for next year, $30 billion more than lawmakers allocated for 2022. The request came as part of President Biden’s sprawling $5.8 trillion budget proposal for 2023 that was released earlier this week. “This will be among the largest investments in our national security in history,” Biden said… Source link

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Crypto can ‘fix a lot of the systems that are broken’

Adrian Grenier is bullish on crypto. The “Entourage” actor, who previously said he expects Bitcoin (BTC_USD) to replace fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar, told Yahoo Finance that crypto can “fix a lot of the systems that are broken currently, and are quite wasteful across all industries.” Grenier, a UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador, defended operations like bitcoin mining, which critics say hurts the environment due to its sizable energy draw. “[There’s] a trade off for all things,”… Source link

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Hitting the Books: Raytheon, Yahoo Finance and the world’s first ‘cybersmear’ lawsuit

A company’s public image is arguably even more important to its bottom line than the product they produce and very much not something to be trifled with. Would Disney be the entertainment behemoth it is today if not for its family-friendly facade, would Google have garnered so much goodwill if not for its “don’t be evil” motto? Nobody’s going to buy your cars if they think the company is run by some “pedo guy.” With the scale of business that modern tech giants operate at and the amounts of… Source link

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