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U.S. charges 3 N.Koreans over $1.3 bil. cyber theft
The government alleges the men reside in North Korea but were frequently stationed by the DPRK in other countries, including China and Russian Federation. The Bangladesh Bank attack, which saw hackers use the Swift messaging system to convince the Federal Reserve Bank of NY to transfer $81 million from the victim's account to accounts they controlled in the Philippines. [Full Article...]
Australia’s Challenge to Google, Facebook Draws Bipartisan Political Support
The deal includes the development of audio journalism and "meaningful investments in innovative video journalism by YouTube ", according to News Corp . The company disclosed that just 4% of the content in Australian users' feeds was news, though the platform did not break out other engagement metrics tied to news consumption. [Full Article...]
Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City Gets Blown Up
As the Associated Press reported , the former casino-now "a smoking pile of rubble"-was "imploded after falling into such disrepair that chunks of the building began peeling off and crashing to the ground". A plan to auction off the right to push the button commencing the Plaza's implosion was scrapped earlier this year over safety concerns, but Carl Icahn agreed to donate $175,000 to the... [Full Article...]
NWS issues winter storm watch for Thursday
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The weather service warned that travel would be very hard this afternoon and tonight in the warning and advisory areas. The latest forecast models are in and it looks like nearly all of us will be seeing some type of winter weather by early afternoon, before that freezing line splits our SE counties to a cold all rain event to a winter wx event in our NW counties early evening. [Full Article...]
Junkee Media set to join publishers on Google News Showcase
The high-level drama playing out in Australia and elsewhere provides an advance look at where Canada's political landscape could soon be heading. The move would also prevent people overseas from sharing Australian content on the social media site. [Full Article...]
What Joe Biden Just Revealed About Donald Trump
This first reared its head two weeks ago. Mitigation strategies include: universal and correct use of masks; physical distancing; handwashing and respiratory etiquette; cleaning and maintaining healthy facilities; contact tracing in combination with isolation and quarantine. [Full Article...]
Zimbabwe receives 200,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID
Zimbabwe "has also submitted its expression of interest" to be part of an initiative by the African Union to bulk buy vaccines for African countries, Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said last week. "That's the bottom line". "You will see the tempo changing even in terms of public communication, we will now be focusing on the vaccine roll-out". [Full Article...]
Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in Capitol riot
Trump, a Republican , has said the probes are politically motivated. McCain highlighted that Trump's approval rating among Republicans is still around 80%, implying that the Republican Party is simply increasingly conservative. Prominent Republican senators, most of whom have loyally backed Trump, trailed far behind him in the poll . Jason Miller, an adviser to Trump, dismissed the alleg... [Full Article...]