A Chinese casino junket operator on Thursday returned $4.63 million of the $81 million that hackers stole from the Bangladesh central bank’s account in the US Federal Reserve Bank and laundered in Manila’s casinos, officials…
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Security Vulnerabilities Found in US Visa Database: Report
Cyber-security experts have found vulnerabilities in a US State Department system that could have allowed hackers to alter visa applications or steal data from the more than half-billion records on file, ABC News reported, citing…
Reddit Deletes Surveillance ‘Warrant Canary’ in Transparency Report
Social networking forum reddit on Thursday removed a section from its site used to tacitly inform users it had never received a certain type of US government surveillance request, suggesting the platform is now being…
Judge Approves Settlement in Sony Pictures Hacking Case
A judge on Wednesday approved a multimillion dollar settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by former Sony Pictures Entertainment employees whose private information was stolen in a massive data breach. The US government blamed the…
Daimler Confirms Here in Talks With Amazon, Microsoft
Amazon and Microsoft are in talks about taking a minority stake in Here, a digital mapping business controlled by Germany’s luxury carmakers to help develop self-driving cars, Daimler said on Wednesday. Germany’s luxury carmakers including…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Defends Workplace Culture in Shareholder Note
Amazon chief executive and founder Jeff Bezos defended his company’s workplace culture and costly growth strategy in a letter to shareholders made public Tuesday. The work atmosphere at Seattle-based Amazon became a hot topic last…
Mozilla Co-Founder’s Brave Browser to Pay Ad-Viewing Users in Bitcoin
When Mozilla co-founder and former CEO Brendan Eich revealed the Brave Web browser back in January, the idea behind the browser was to block intrusive ads that slowed down the performance and the loading speed…
What you missed in the Smart World: Southern men more interested in smart home tech
Are people really ready for smart appliances to invade their homes? According to a new survey, though many have heard of the technology, only a small portion have invested in these connected home appliances. Every…
Kostow’s vision for The Charter Oak in St. Helena: Telling the story of the Napa Valley through partnerships
Chef Christopher Kostow is best known for his Michelin three-star-rated The Restaurant at Meadowood. But soon he’ll be opening a new restaurant, The Charter Oak, a less formal dining establishment in what was the old…
High Stakes for BJP and Congress in the Fragrant Tea Gardens of Upper Assam
File photo of tea gardens in Assam. Credit: Akarsk Simha flickr cc There is a common saying among Assamese that you know you are in upper Assam by merely smelling the air. With roughly 800…
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