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US probes crash involving Tesla that hit student leaving bus

U.S. road safety regulators have sent a team to investigate a crash involving a Tesla that may have been operating on a partially automated driving system when it struck a student who had just exited a school bus.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Friday that it will probe the March 15 crash in Halifax County, North Carolina, that injured a 17-year-old student. The State Highway Patrol said the driver of the 2022 Tesla Model Y, a 51-year-old male, failed to stop for the bus, which was displaying all of…

Study analyzes Twitter conspiracy theories during the pandemic involving Bill Gates

A Granger causality graph of topics. Note. ***p Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking (2023). DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2022.0218 The COVID-19 pandemic was fertile ground for conspiracy theories and misinformation on Twitter, and Bill Gates was a frequent target. A new study, which analyzes well-known conspiracy theories about the role of Bill Gates during the pandemic is published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social…

Omarion on Catfishing Scam Involving Fan Who Thought They Were Engaged

Omarion is urging everyone to “be smart” when it comes to scams after a woman featured in a recent Dr. Phil segment said she was engaged to someone who claimed to be the singer online.In the segment, a woman named Simone was featured after the show’s team was first reached out to by a concerned friend. Simone herself, notably, also stressed that she wanted to find out “the truth” of her situation.“His manager wants me to pay $3,000 to meet him,” Simone, who also said she believed that Omarion had bought her a ring…

An Overlooked Phenomenon – Researchers Discover Evidence of a “Hidden” State Involving One of the Most Common Ions

According to the researchers, this newly discovered behavior has implications for comprehending the function of phosphate ions in biocatalysis, energy balance in cells, and the formation of biomaterials.Scientists discover evidence of a previously unknown state involving one of the most common ions on Earth.During an otherwise straightforward investigation into the assembly process of calcium-phosphate clusters, a team of researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara and New York University stumbled upon an…

T-Mobile says investigating data breach involving 37 million accounts

T-Mobile, the No.3 US wireless carrier by subscribers, said it was investigating a data breach involving 37 million postpaid and prepaid accounts and that it could incur significant costs related to the incident. The company, which has more than 110 million subscribers, said it identified malicious activity on January 5 and contained it within a day, adding that no sensitive data such as financial information was compromised. However, some basic customer data - such as name, billing address, email and phone number - was…

Google Critic Is Cleared to Work on U.S. Antitrust Matters Involving Search Giant

The Justice Department recently cleared its top antitrust official to oversee cases and investigations involving Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG 0.97% Google, people familiar with the matter said, empowering the longtime critic of the search giant to work on a potential lawsuit aimed at the company’s ad-tech business.The move ends more than a year of uncertainty about whether Jonathan Kanter, the assistant attorney general in charge of antitrust,…

‘The Last of Us’ fans warned of scams involving fake PC games

Ahead of HBO‘s The Last of Us TV adaptation debuting this week (January 15), newcomers to Naughty Dog‘s franchise have been warned to steer clear of fake sites offering non-existent versions of the game. In a report, antivirus provider Kaspersky has shared that it expects HBO’s adaptation to be a “real boom,” though warns that viewers who have never heard of the series before – and are unaware it is currently a PlayStation exclusive – are vulnerable to criminals who are offering fake PC versions of the game. Kaspersky…

Okta had another security incident, this time involving stolen source code

Okta is responding to a major security incident for at least the second time this year. According to BleepingComputer, Okta began notifying customers earlier today of an event that saw an unnamed party steal the company’s source code. In early December, Okta was notified by GitHub of possible suspicious access to its online code repositories. Following an investigation, Okta determined someone had used that access to copy over its source code but that they had subsequently not gained unauthorized access to its identity…

Google Defeats Lawsuit Over Privacy Practices Involving Chrome Browser

Alphabet Inc.'s Google defeated a privacy lawsuit by consumers who accused the company of snooping on them even after they opted out of sharing their web activity.US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday dismissed claims that Google tracked users' personal information, including IP addresses and browsing history, if they chose not to “Sync” their Google accounts with Chrome — and even if they didn't have an account.“Google adequately disclosed, and plaintiffs consented to, the collection of the at-issue data,”…