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WARSAW, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Polish security services have detained a 19-year-old student suspected of seeking to establish contacts with Islamic State and charged with preparing an attack at a Christmas market that could have caused mass casualties, authorities said on Tuesday. Mateusz W., a student at the Catholic University of Lublin, wanted to commit an attack using explosives and planned to join a terrorist organization, said Jacek Dobrzynski, a spokesperson for Poland's special services. "The man was very fascinated by Islam, sought to establish contacts with the Islamic State, and was preparing an attack in Poland, in one of...

Workers at the Bay Area-based tech behemoth Meta, the owners of Facebook, Instagram and the struggling Meta Quest VR devices, are reportedly feeling the pinch as the company's stock falters dramatically. According to a Business Insider report from Wednesday, Facebook workers are feeling heightened pressure to overperform or get sacked. The report added that even high achievers in the company are not immune to layoffs. This detail dovetails with a recent open letter by prominent shareholder Brad Gerstner, who called for a cutback in Meta funding and a 20% cutback in staff costs. Meta stock cratered by nearly 25% at...

Qoute from PC World: "The Web browsing world is exciting again. Google's Chrome browser is faster than fast and there's serious thought that Internet Explorer may actually lose its top spot in the browser market-share wars. But for all the excitement, it would be a real mistake to overlook Firefox; with the forthcoming release of Firefox 3.6, which is now available as a release candidate, Mozilla's flagship browser is looking better than ever." Mozilla is the best browswer as far as I'm concerned and I have yet to get a virus using it.......as opposed to I.E.! Anybody else feel this...