2008 all over again? BofA just launched a test of zero-down-payment, zero-closing cost mortgages for minority communities A major American bank has launched a new program to help first-time minority buyers finance a home purchase with no down payment or closing costs. It’s a boon to buyers at a time when rising interest rates and low home inventory have stacked the deck against them. It’s also the latest response to longstanding criticism that banks favored white borrowers. Bank of… Source link
Read More »Anonymous claims responsibility for Moscow traffic jam tied to app exploit
On Thursday morning, Moscow’s busy Fili district became the site of a traffic jam unlike any before it. Motherboard (via The Verge) reports hackers used Russia’s Yandex Taxi ride-hailing app to order dozens of drivers to converge on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, one of the city’s main thoroughfares. The act caused traffic on part of the already congested street to come to a standstill for about 40 minutes while Yandex worked to address the situation. “On the morning of September 1st, Yandex… Source link
Read More »Emergency Google Chrome Security Update Released As Zero-Day Confirmed
Just days after Google updated the Chrome browser to patch a total of 24 vulnerabilities, another security update has landed. This one is even more important as it concerns a zero-day vulnerability that, Google has confirmed, is already being exploited by attackers. The importance of this update cannot be stressed enough: the zero-day was only disclosed to Google on August 30, and it has prioritized an update to address this single security issue. This emergency update, which takes… Source link
Read More »Serena Williams ends career with third round loss, but her tennis legacy will only grow
Ajla Tomljanovic beat Serena Williams in a thrilling three-hour battle on Friday night at the US Open. (Al Bello/Getty Images) Serena Williams, the icon, the legend, the GOAT, has lost in the third round round of the US Open, marking her final match as a professional tennis player. Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic beat Williams on Friday night in a thrilling battle, 7-5, 6-7 (7-4), 6-1, at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The three-hour match had a wild, lengthy comeback that ended with a heated tiebreak in… Source link
Read More »Second half of Virginia Tech-Old Dominion delayed because Tech coaches got stuck in an elevator
Halftime during Virginia Tech’s visit to Old Dominion lasted over 30 minutes because Tech’s coaching staff couldn’t get back to their coaching box. The Hokies coaches got stuck in an elevator at Old Dominion’s S.B. Ballard Stadium while coming back from the locker room after halftime. With no coaches in the box, the game had to be delayed until they got out of the elevator. The delay lasted just over 15 minutes. Players had walked onto the field to prep for the second half as normal and were… Source link
Read More »Biden speech denouncing Trump, ‘MAGA ideology’ sparks threats
President Biden’s fiery speech in Philadelphia denouncing former President Donald Trump and what he described as “extreme MAGA ideology” has sparked online calls for violence, including death threats against the president, according to documents obtained by Yahoo News. Biden’s remarks also prompted immediate concerns from senior counterterrorism officials who said they fear that calling Trump supporters extremists would be viewed as a call to arms and would only inflame an already Source link
Read More »Russian War Report: Ukraine counterattacks in Kherson as Russia prepares new deployments
As Russia continues its assault on Ukraine, the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) is keeping a close eye on Russia’s movements across the military, cyber, and information domains. With more than seven years of experience monitoring the situation in Ukraine—as well as Russia’s use of propaganda and disinformation to undermine the United States, NATO, and the European Union—the… Source link
Read More »Google put Parler’s app back in the Play Store
Google has allowed Parler back onto the Google Play Store, according to a tweet from the social media platform, after it removed the app in January 2021, citing the platform’s lack of moderation on posts inciting violence at the US Capitol. Apple re-instated Parler to its App Store in May 2021, after temporarily removing it around the same time Google did. Parler, which advertises itself as a platform for free speech, agreed to moderate posts that show up in the Play Store app,… Source link
Read More »Parler will rejoin the Google Play Store following changes to its content moderation
Parler will again be available for download through the Google Play Store as early as Friday, Google (GOOG (GOOG)) said in a statement. The app had been suspended following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots over concerns it was hosting incitement and threats of violence; at the time, Parler lacked key content moderation systems including ways for users to report objectionable content and the ability to remove users who violated the app’s terms of service, Google said. Since then, Parler has added the… Source link
Read More »Parler will rejoin the Google Play Store following changes to its content moderation
Parler will again be available for download through the Google Play Store as early as Friday, Google (GOOG (GOOG)) said in a statement. The app had been suspended following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots over concerns it was hosting incitement and threats of violence; at the time, Parler lacked key content moderation systems including ways for users to report objectionable content and the ability to remove users who violated the app’s terms of service, Google said. Since then, Parler has added the… Source link
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