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A global scamming network has robbed ordinary investors of more than a billion dollars. First, you hear a phone ringing. An elderly man answers. The caller introduces himself as "William Grant", from the trading firm Solo Capitals. He says he has a "great promotion" to offer. The elderly man sounds vulnerable and confused. "I'm not interested, I'm not interested," he says. But William Grant is persistent. "I only have one question," he tells the old man. "Are you interested in making money?" Jan Erik, a 75-year-old pensioner in Sweden, is about to get scammed, again. The call was made from...

John Griffin. Police photo Ex-CNN producer John Griffin, who reached a plea deal late last year with federal prosecutors on child sexual abuse charges in Vermont, is asking a judge for more time to challenge a pre-sentence report in the case calling for up to life imprisonment, based on federal guidelines. Griffin, 45, formerly of Stamford, Connecticut, pleaded guilty in December in U.S. District Court in Burlington to one of the three charges brought against him of “using a facility of interstate commerce to attempt to persuade, induce, entice or coerce a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity,” according...

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Connor Sturgeon, the 23-year-old suspect who fatally shot four individuals on Monday, livestreamed the shooting at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky. During a press conference on Monday, Louisville Metro Police Department Interim Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel was asked about reports that the shooting was livestreamed on social media. "I will say this that the suspect was live streaming and unfortunately that's tragic to know that that incident was out there and captured," she said. "We're hopeful that we can have that incident removed."

It’s no secret: TikTok gathers a ton of data on its users and sends the information straight back to the Chinese government. The app is a threat to your privacy and security even if you don’t have it installed. TikTok is not the only Chinese app ... A shopping app downloaded by millions of Americans comes with all sorts of sneaky tricks to keep an eye on you.Have you heard of Temu? People love Temu. It’s the second most popular shopping app right now, only surpassed by the mighty Amazon. Temu must be buying a ton of ad space because...

I caught this on Twitter today and thought some of you all may find it interesting. From what I can tell it's saying is that Hillary created a FOIA request in 2018 in regards to... A leak from the FOIA release of State Department emails allegedly confirms a claim that this email is from Hillary Clinton on Dec 13, 2018 “Requesting documents pertaining to the resurrection chamber of Gilgamesh, the location of his body and the location of the buried Nephilim.”

Identified women will receive a text about the consequences of not covering their hair with a hijab, police said. This would help prevent "resistance against the hijab law", police said. Protests were sparked last year by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman arrested for allegedly violating the hijab rule. Since Ms Amini's death a growing number of women have been discarding their veils, particularly in larger cities, despite the risk of arrest. A police statement published by the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency said the system used so-called "smart" cameras and other tools to...

The Chicago Police Department is conducting an internal investigation after it was discovered their Twitter account liked a tweet by country music star Travis Tritt criticizing Bud Light's promotion with a transgender activist. Mulvaney, 26, announced the partnership in a series of videos posted to social media at the weekend to coincide with the NCAA March Madness tournament. Tritt, 60, has joined the outrage and said that he would be removing all Anheuser-Busch products from his tour hospitality rider. An eagle-eyed Twitter user discovered that the CPD's official Twitter account 'liked' the tweet Tritt made, saying: 'I will be deleting...

Nike warned people to not share “hate speech” on the company’s Instagram account. The apparel company has been facing intense scrutiny and criticism after it decided to team up with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney – a biological male – in an attempt to sell leggings and sports bras. People are not happy, and have made their feelings crystal clear on social media and Nike’s Instagram page. Now, the company claims comments it doesn’t like will be deleted. Nike responds to Dylan Mulvaney backlash. With intense incoming fire from people upset at the belief Nike is disrespecting women, the apparel company...

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Can you predict the fate of following 8 programming languages: Java, Javascript, Python, C++, C#, Kotlin, Go, PHP?1. Java is the de facto enterprise standard. Having worked in some large enterprises, I know they are absolutely resistant to quick change and will keep Java for decades, like they did with COBOL. Java comes with enterprise and team features that other languages envy. 2. Javascript: depends on Web Assembly and transpilers. Even today, you can write in PHP and transpile in Javascript. It could become “the new JVM”, that is something that gets less used over time but everything use it...

Tesla employees shared customers’ private videos that were captured by the vehicles’ built-in cameras, including “scenes of intimacy,” “sexual wellness items” and a clip of a driver who approached his sedan while completely naked, according to a report. Nine former Tesla employees at the electric car maker’s Bay Area offices told Reuters that the sensitive video clips, one of which was said to have been taken from the private vehicle of CEO Elon Musk, were shared in an internal messaging system between 2019 and 2022. One former employee recalled seeing “embarrassing objects,” such as “certain pieces of laundry, certain sexual...

A homeowner in Richmond said almost a dozen people keep knocking on his door at all hours of the day and night, claiming he stole their lost items because of what he said is a mistake on the "Find My iPhone" app. Scott Schuster, who has lived in his home since 2018, said this has been going on every few months over the last few years. He sent ABC13 doorbell footage of the incidents. "I lost my cell phone, and I clicked Find My iPhone, and it says it was at this address," one person is heard saying. Most of...

China views public relations as an asymmetric weapon it can use to put other nations’ governments into conflict with their respective militaries. Its strategy is to have the Ministry of Foreign Affairs extend a generous economic carrot of trade agreements and infrastructure pledges, while the PLA wields an ever-present, ever-more-capable military stick. In addition, China has established itself as the indispensable economic heavyweight in terms of its ability to rapidly and efficiently fund infrastructure and development projects around the world, seemingly with few strings attached. Nations and their respective populations are told they can share in the economic growth that...

Do you remember Furbies? They were the hottest, creepiest toy of 1998. People got in literal fist fights over them in retailers across the United States. In some ways, the impish robots were an early version of AI. Their programming allowed them to learn some basic patterns of their owners, and their sensors allowed them to develop new behaviors over time, and even pick up English phrases like a parrot. The early internet was full of jokes about Furbies being our new robot overlords. Many of the Furbies were destroyed in Youtube videos to stop their imminent takeover. Now that...

Cookies. Fingerprinting. Tracking. Surveillance. Spyware. Geostalking. It's a rough neighborhood out there for denizens of the web. Whether you want to anonymously provide whistle-blowing details on a corrupt business operation or you just want to check today's weather, simply logging on is fraught with threats to your privacy. This week, two major players in the field of online privacy joined forces to release a super-private browser that they say will "make life harder for those who collect data from you." Mullvad VPN, a highly respected service based in Sweden, where providers are legally protected from being forced to collect traffic-related...

A Russian speeder races at top speed in a car, which appears to be a Subaru Impreza, weaving in and out of traffic. When entering the tunnel he fails to spot the stationary traffic ahead and plows right through it. All caught on Dash cam. Use this video as an educational and learning tool. Obey speed limits and always use your mirrors and signals. Drive safely to ensure the safety of yourself and all others. The accident in this video is completely non-fatal.

The historic investment will “leverage the trillions of machine-driven computations needed to help us finally figure out how to create a vegan sandwich for Starbucks.” Seattle-based, global coffee giant Starbucks announced that it is investing $1 billion into AI technology to help it develop a vegan breakfast sandwich. The decision comes after years of struggling to come up with an entirely plant-based version of its popular breakfast sandwiches. Starbucks announced its partnership with San Francisco-based artificial intelligence research laboratory SnackGPT to “leverage the trillions of machine-driven computations needed to help us finally figure out how to create a vegan...

According to a series of partially declassified documents, a highly classified AI system is capable of "seeing" and "detecting" UFOs. Unlike any other AIs in existence, Sentient differs in the degree of independence. Usually, the algorithm works with the loaded information, but Sentient can even direct satellites to obtain images of the objects it needs. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has fundamentally transformed the way we analyze data and conduct scientific research across various fields, including astronomy, engineering, and archaeology. With the rapid evolution of AI systems, we have now reached a point where secretive AI programs are capable of “seeing” and...