Bizarre six-foot long rare creature washes up on beach leaving residents baffled
A giant and extremely rare creature of the deep has stunned California beachgoers after it mysteriously washed ashore in Bodega Bay.
Intel talent bleed continues as Xeon chip architect heads for the escape hatch
Ronak Singhal will be moving onto better and brighter opportunities at the end of the month
The chief architect behind Intel's Xeon line of server CPUs is leaving Chipzilla for greener pastures.…
PICTURED: Saoirse Ronan and her husband Jack Lowden put on a loved-up display as they're seen with their new baby for the first time after it was revealed the actress had given birth
The Little Women star, 31, and her actor husband, 35, were spotted enjoying a low-key stroll in London while pushing their buggy, after it was revealed Saoirse had given birth to their first child together.
Small Businesses Face a New Threat: Pay Up or Be Flooded With Bad Reviews
Scammers are extorting small businesses worldwide by threatening to flood their Google Maps profiles with fake one-star reviews or demanding payment to remove reviews already posted, according to The New York Times. Fraudsters target service businesses dependent on online ratings -- movers, roofers, contractors -- demanding hundreds of dollars per incident. The Times story documents many cases, including of one Los Angeles contractor Natalia Piper, who paid $250 to multiple scammers after her rating plummeted from 5.0 to 3.6 stars.
Industry watchdog Fake Review Watch documented over 150 affected businesses globally. The scammers typically operate from Pakistan and Bangladesh using WhatsApp to contact victims. Google removes most fraudulent content but offers no direct support channel for targeted businesses.
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FBI confirms review of BOMBSHELL report implicating Saudi officials as 'advance team' scouting landmarks for 9/11 hijackers
Saudi government officials arrived in the U.S. nearly three years before the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to reportedly serve as an 'advance team' for hijackers, according to newly declassified reports.
Mystery of 'fifth' 9/11 plane: United Airlines pilot claims his flight was intended to be hijacked in the attacks -but terrorists were foiled by one small error
Tom Mannello (pictured) was moments away from taking off on 11 September 2001 when his flight was instructed not to take off from JFK airport.
We're number 1! America now leads the world in surveillanceware investment
Atlantic Council warns US investors are fueling a market that undermines national security
After years of being dominated by outsiders, the computer surveillance software industry is booming in the United States as investors rush into the ethically dodgy but highly lucrative field.…
Court Rejects Verizon Claim That Selling Location Data Without Consent Is Legal
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Verizon lost an attempt to overturn a $46.9 million fine for selling customer location data without its users' consent. The US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit rejected Verizon's challenge in a ruling (PDF) issued today. The Federal Communications Commission fined the three major carriers last year for violations revealed in 2018. The companies sued the FCC in three different courts, with varying results.
AT&T beat the FCC in the reliably conservative US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, while T-Mobile lost in the District of Columbia Circuit. Although FCC Chairman Brendan Carr voted against (PDF) the fine last year, when the commission had a Democratic majority, his FCC urged the courts to uphold the Biden-era decisions. A ruling against the FCC could gut the agency's ability to issue financial penalties. The different rulings from different circuits raise the odds of the cases being taken up by the Supreme Court.
Today's 2nd Circuit ruling against Verizon was issued unanimously by a panel of three judges, and it comes to the same legal conclusions as the DC Circuit did in the T-Mobile case. The court did not accept the carrier's argument that the fine violated its Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial and that the location data wasn't protected under the law used by the FCC to issue the penalties. "We disagree [with Verizon]," the 2nd Circuit ruling said. "The customer data at issue plainly qualifies as customer proprietary network information, triggering the Communication Act's privacy protections. And the forfeiture order both soundly imposed liability and remained within the strictures of the penalty cap. Nothing about the Commission's proceedings, moreover, transgressed the Seventh Amendment's jury trial guarantee. Indeed, Verizon had, and chose to forgo, the opportunity for a jury trial in federal court. Thus, we DENY Verizon's petition." Until 2019, the ruling said Verizon operated a location-based services program that sold customer location data through intermediaries like LocationSmart and Zumigo, who then resold it to dozens of third-party entities. Instead of directly managing consent and notifications, Verizon "largely delegated those functions via contract" to its partners, a system that came under scrutiny after a 2018 New York Times report exposed security breaches.
One major misuse involved Securus Technologies, which "was misusing the program to enable law enforcement officers to access location data without customers' knowledge or consent, so long as the officers uploaded a warrant or some other legal authorization," the ruling said. Verizon argued that Section 222 of the Communications Act only covered call-location data, but the court ruled that device-location data also qualifies as protected customer information.
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Pregnant Katherine Ryan, 42, stuns in a heart print dress as she joins her glam mother Julie McCarthy, 65, at gala night of Mamma Mia! The Party
The pregnant comedian, 42, was joined by her mother, Julie McCarthy, 65, for the star-studded event on Thursday evening.
BMW driver accused of killing man and seriously injuring his nine-year-old son 'while racing his brother' claims he lost control 'on mud', court hears
Abubakr Yusaf, 30, an optometrist from Manchester, allegedly crashed head-on into Rhys Jenkins while racing his brother Umar Yusaf, 34 on the A483 near Welshpool, on November 16.
Female prison officer, 27, admits to having 'romantic' relationship with thug - who then thanked the judge for a 'birthday present'
Charlotte Winstanley, 27, had a 'romantic relationship' with convicted thug Jabhari Blair, 29, during her time working at HMP Lindholme in South Yorkshire.
New Really Simple Licensing spec wants AI crawlers to show a license - or a credit card
For whom the bill tolls
Content creation and delivery companies have introduced a digital licensing mechanism in an effort to compensate media makers when AI companies use their work.…
US bakery chain closes all UK branches and quits country despite praise for its 'gorgeous' products
The chain has announced it will be shutting the doors at all 12 of its branches across the country just five years after launching.
Britannica and Merriam-Webster Sue Perplexity Over AI 'Answer Engine'
Perplexity AI is the latest AI startup to be hit with a lawsuit by copyright holders, accused by Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster of misusing their content in its "answer engine" for internet searches. From a report: The reference companies alleged in New York federal court on Wednesday that Perplexity unlawfully copied their material and diminished their revenue by redirecting their web traffic to its AI-generated summaries.
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The family tragedy of Britain's interim US ambassador: How James Roscoe was by his BBC star wife's side as she learned to speak and walk again after suffering devastating brain injury
James Roscoe - who has worked for Queen Elizabeth II, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - lives in Washington DC with his wife Clemency Burton-Hill and their two young sons Tomos and Joe.
Davinia Taylor, 47, reveals intense daily wellness routine that's turned back the clock after her hell-raising days
The Lancashire-based 'biohacking pioneer' who previously admitted that if she had 'one more drink, she could have died', has shared details of her new lifestyle in conversation with The Standard.
Hairdresser set to marry US citizen is detained by ICE for 'looking Mexican'
Lee Stinton, 45, claims he was 'kidnapped off the street,' subjected to medical procedures while shackled, and left traumatized after a month in U.S. custody.
Netanyahu accuses Spain's Prime Minister of making a 'genocidal threat' after leader said his country 'cannot stop Israel alone' because they 'don't have nuclear bombs'
Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned Spain's socialist prime minster for issuing what he called a 'blatant genocidal threat' against Israel.
Lisa Snowdon, 53, shows off her incredible figure in a skimpy bikini as she declares she is 'coming out the other side of menopause and all the years it drained me'
Lisa Snowdon showed off her incredible figure in a skimpy pink and orange bikini on Wednesday as she shared an empowering message about body confidence.
Shattered boyfriend of slain Ukrainian woman speaks out and reveals reason he WANTS everyone to watch the video: 'This is important to know'
Heartbroken boyfriend Stas Nikulytsia has spoken of his anguish after the brutal murder of Iryna Zarutska, 23, on a train in North Carolina.