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Beware—Google Meet And Zoom Links Hiding Dangerous Malware

Beware—Google Meet And Zoom Links Hiding Dangerous Malware

We have all come to live with the endless succession of online meetings that dominate our working lives. But beware, some of those meetings might suddenly be more dangerous than you think… Beware—online meetings just became more dangerous getty It turns out that a dull online meeting might not be the worst thing that can happen when yet another Zoom or Google Meet invite turns up. “Beginning in December 2023,” researchers at Zscaler have just warned, “[we] discovered a threat actor… Source link

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‘Dangerous’ and illegal tax advice on TikTok targets millennials and Gen Z with W-2s

‘Dangerous’ and illegal tax advice on TikTok targets millennials and Gen Z with W-2s

Viral TikTok posts are telling Americans to stop paying taxes by illegally exempting themselves from tax withholdings. The videos suggest that it’s possible to avoid paying federal taxes by selecting “exempt” on IRS Form W-4, or Employee’s Withholding Certificates. The videos urge viewers to reach out to their employers and request zero-dollar tax withholding, assuring that companies have to comply. The videos further imply that not having taxes withheld means not paying taxes — a false… Source link

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TikTok is Gen Z’s dangerous version of Google

TikTok is Gen Z’s dangerous version of Google

Rikki Schlott Opinion By Rikki Schlott Published Jan. 26, 2024, 7:00 a.m. ET Almost two-thirds of Gen Zers are using TikTok as a search engine. InsideCreativeHouse – stock.adobe.com You might think kids just use TikTok to waste time watching cat videos and doing silly dances. But they’re actually using it to learn about the world and form opinions — because TikTok is the new Google… Source link

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‘A uniquely dangerous tool’: How Google’s data can help states track abortions

‘A uniquely dangerous tool’: How Google’s data can help states track abortions

Figures from Google, one of the most prolific collectors of location data, show that the company received 5,764 “geofence” warrants between 2018 and 2020 from police in the 10 states that have banned abortion as of July 5. These warrants demand GPS data showing which mobile devices were present in a specified area during a particular time period, and can help investigate individuals who were present at crime scenes or other locations of interest. Google doesn’t specify what alleged… Source link

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Cathie Wood warns the Fed are ignoring dangerous signals as it plows ahead with draconian rate hikes

Cathie Wood warns the Fed are ignoring dangerous signals as it plows ahead with draconian rate hikes

The U.S. Federal Reserve risks weak economic growth throughout this year due to its backward-looking, “draconian” rate hikes, warned Wall Street’s best-known tech sector bull. ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood, who became famous for her prescient bets on disruptive technologies led by companies such as Tesla, argued the Fed must temper its policy given leading economic indicators were flashing red. These included speculative bets indicating an expectation for rising bankruptcies via… Source link

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Here’s what’s ‘dangerous’ about the latest stock market plunge

Here’s what’s ‘dangerous’ about the latest stock market plunge

The Fed may no longer be a friend of investors, pros say, and that could be a major headwind to stocks in the near-term. “What’s dangerous about yesterday’s huge market slump is that there must be an element of doubting the ability of there to be an effective ‘Fed Put’ in this cycle following a 30-40 year period where the central bank has almost always been able to come to the market’s rescue,” Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 1,120 points on… Source link

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Warren Opposes ‘Dangerous’ Powell for Second Term as Fed Chair

(Bloomberg) — Senator Elizabeth Warren, pressing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on his record on financial regulation, said she wouldn’t support him for a second term as head of the U.S. central bank — the highest-profile Democrat with a say on his confirmation to come out against him. Most Read from Bloomberg “Your record gives me grave concern,” the Massachusetts Democrat said Tuesday during a Senate Banking Committee hearing. “You have acted to make our banking system less… Source link

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Now is ‘probably the most dangerous’ time to avoid vaccination, doctor says

With more COVID hotspots popping up around the country and the Delta variant as the dominant strain, unvaccinated individuals in the U.S. may be more vulnerable than at any other point when vaccines were available amid the pandemic.  “If you are unvaccinated, this is probably the most dangerous point in time of the pandemic to date,” Dr. Sejal Hathi, faculty at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “It’s incredibly important that… Source link

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Why the Delta variant is so dangerous for the unvaccinated

The Delta variant of the coronavirus has become the dominant strain in the U.S., and experts are warning that its continued spread poses a major risk to those who are unvaccinated. “So far, almost all of the hospitalizations and deaths that we’re seeing — upwards of 99% of those cases — are among the unvaccinated,” Kristen Choi, assistant professor at UCLA School of Nursing, said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “So despite this variant — the way it’s changed, that’s… Source link

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