Collaborate Disseminate
Manhattan’s iconic neon landscape is facing extinction as property owners increasingly replace historic neon signs with LED alternatives. From Times Square’s dwindling glassworks to the recent losses at Smith’s Bar and Subway Inn, the trend has acceler… Continue reading The Slow Death of Neon
The Federal Trade Commission unveiled a sweeping rule on Tuesday to crack down on hidden fees in ticket sales and hotel bookings, marking a major push by the agency to combat what it calls “junk fees” that cost consumers billions of dollars annually.
… Continue reading FTC Orders Ticket Sellers, Hotels To Show ‘All-in’ Prices Upfront
An anonymous reader shares a report: Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son will announce a $100 billion investment in the U.S. over the next four years during a Monday visit to President-elect Donald Trump’s residence Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, sources fa… Continue reading SoftBank Chief And Trump To Unveil $100 Billion US Investment Plan
The U.S. and China signed a modified science and technology agreement on Friday, narrowing its scope and adding security safeguards to address growing technological rivalry between the world’s two largest economies.
The updated pact, which extends co… Continue reading US Curbs Scope of China Science Accord Amid Tech Rivalry
SUMMARY The United States has taken strong action against a Chinese cybersecurity company, Sichuan Silence Information Technology, for… Continue reading US Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm for Firewall Exploit, Ransomware Attacks
Popular US doughnut chain Krispy Kreme has been having trouble with its online ordering system as well as digital payments at their brick-and-mortar shops since late November, and now we finally know why: an 8-K report filed with the US Securities and … Continue reading Krispy Kreme cybersecurity incident disrupts online ordering
As part of an ongoing international crackdown known as Operation PowerOFF, international law enforcement has seized over two dozen platforms used to carry out Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. These “booter” (aka “stresser… Continue reading 27 DDoS-for hire platforms seized by law enforcement
Chinese cybersecurity firm Sichuan Silence has been sanctioned for exploiting a vulnerability in Sophos firewalls used at critical infrastructure organizations in the U.S. Continue reading US Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm for 2020 Ransomware Attack
This week a Florida-based Bitcoin-tech company named MARA Holdings announced it had bought a 114-megawatt Texas wind farm, reports Chron.com, “and will subsequently take it off the power grid and use it to energize its mining operations.”
MARA’s CEO … Continue reading Bitcoin Miner Purchases 112-Megawatt Texas Wind Farm, Takes it Off the Grid
“The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu,” reports the Associated Press, “to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows.”
Raw or unpasteurized milk from dairy farms and processors nationwide mu… Continue reading US Government Orders Nationwide Testing of Milk for Bird Flu to Stop the Virus’s Spread