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I lost $11,300 to identity fraud. What I learned: Usual safeguards don’t work.

I lost $11,300 to identity fraud. What I learned: Usual safeguards don’t work.

“Looks like someone is trying to take more than $10,000 from us.” That’s the message my husband typed to me on a Monday morning in October. By the time I wrote back, he was on the phone with our bank. The weekend before, someone walked into a bank branch, pretended to be one of us, and took thousands of dollars from our checking account. We joined the tens of millions of Americans who each year are victims of identity fraud, where criminals steal a bank or credit card number and use the… Source link

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Google Just Lost Another Exec Working on Augmented Reality

Google Just Lost Another Exec Working on Augmented Reality

Google has lost another key person working on its augmented reality devices, Business Insider has learned. Paul Greco, a vice president of engineering at Google, departed the company this week for a new opportunity, according to a person familiar with the matter. A Google spokesperson confirmed Greco’s departure but declined to comment on other details in this story. Greco was formerly the chief technology officer of once-highflying startup Magic Leap. He joined Google in 2021 and initially… Source link

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Southwest Airlines lost $800 million due to holiday travel meltdown

Southwest Airlines lost $800 million due to holiday travel meltdown

Southwest Airlines (LUV) reported a loss for the fourth quarter, as the company took an $800 million pretax hit to earnings due to the computer system failure that led to the airline’s holiday travel meltdown. For the quarter, Southwest reported: “Due to the operational disruptions in late December, which resulted in more than 16,700 flight cancellations, we incurred a fourth quarter pre-tax negative impact of approximately $800 million (or approximately $620 million on an after-tax basis),… Source link

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Big Bang Theory ‘s Melissa Rauch says she lost a job after director saw her hands: ‘Jesus Christ!’

Big Bang Theory ‘s Melissa Rauch says she lost a job after director saw her hands: ‘Jesus Christ!’

The Big Bang Theory star Melissa Rauch revealed that a commercial director once gave her back-handed feedback when she was an aspiring actress. Appearing on Friday’s episode of The View to promote her new Night Court sequel series, the 42-year-old recalled a filmmaker shaming her hands during an audition, which cost her a job in an ad for a restaurant. “When I was first auditioning and going out for commercials, my hands really stood in the way. I sort of have Hobbit hands…. especially when… Source link

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