Mobile, AL

Columbus, OH

Whenever there is a data breach, there's a risk that the stolen data will find its way to the dark web, a section of the internet that is not indexed by search engines like Google Search and Microsoft Bing. Like a seedy alleyway, the dark web is a place where illicit transactions can (and do) take place. Stolen credit card details, login credentials, names, addresses, social security numbers, and other personal data— it all changes hands on the dark web. It's not a place most people want (or know how) to visit, but if you're curious whether any of your data is out there, Google just made it easier to keep tabs.

Is Your Data On The Dark Web? Google Now Offers Free Monitoring For All

Google One is a subscription-based service that offers benefits not available to free Google account users, such as a storage quota bump for Google Photos, Drive and Gmail, device backups and family sharing. At present, four One tiers are available in the States: Basic, Standard, Premium and AI Premium. While the existing plans cater to a wide enough range of users, an Android Authority writer has been playing around with a Google Photos APK file and managed to uncover hints that Google is working on a new budget-friendly plan, set to be called Google One Lite.

Google reportedly mulling new One plan

Fox Business

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike published more details Wednesday in a preliminary report about what led to the global outage impacting multiple industries.

CrowdStrike reveals cause of major IT outage

Starting Thursday evening and rolling into Friday morning, a Microsoft outage began crippling airlines, banks, health care and energy companies across the world, resulting for many in a "blue screen of death." CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm whose software protects small businesses and large companies from cyberattacks and other online threats,...

How to Fix Your Windows PC Affected by the CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death

There have been a lot of beneficiaries of the AI boom — phones, cars, people who are too exhausted to read emails — but none as surprising as the world of robotics. With the help of large language models like ChatGPT, companies like Figure are imbuing their bots with personality or supercharging their ability to understand multi-step commands. From Nvidia to Tesla’s Optimus, there’s clearly a robot renaissance happening and chatbots are firmly at the middle of it.

Google Shows Off AI-Powered Robots That Are Ready To Serve

Lancaster County, PA

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Fans of Frisco's Chicken were left reeling as the beloved Peruvian-style eatery announced the closure of all its locations in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The chain, known for its delicious food and strong community values, posted a heartfelt note on its doors, informing customers of the devastating news.

Favorite Chicken Chain Suddenly Closes All Stores, Heartfelt Message Found on Doors

The booming adoption of AI is impacting multiple industries and is expected to drive solid revenue growth in the memory chip and cloud markets. Investors can capitalize on these AI-powered growth trends with the help of two attractively valued companies that have received a nice shot in the arm thanks to AI.

2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks That Could Make You a Millionaire

Last Friday's faulty update from the security firm CrowdStrike managed to shut down over 8 million Windows PCs. That has caused IT admins a massive headache as they have been trying to fix the issue with guidance from both CrowdStrike and Microsoft. Many of those IT employees and Crow﻿S﻿trike partners...

CrowdStrike is sending customers affected by last week's outage a $10 UberEats gift card

California State

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The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Plaintiffs, in a case against Wells Fargo alleging that the bank knowingly took part in a marketing scam, asked the court, July 8, not to grant a motion for summary judgment.

Class action lawsuit says Wells Fargo customers lost over $160 Million

Meta Platforms has thrown down the gauntlet in the AI race today with the release of Llama 3.1, its most sophisticated artificial intelligence model to date. This advanced model now powers Meta AI, the company’s AI assistant, which has been strategically deployed across its suite of platforms including WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, Facebook, and Ray-Ban Meta, with plans to extend to Meta Quest next month. The widespread implementation of Llama 3.1 potentially places advanced AI capabilities at the fingertips of billions of users globally.

Yann LeCun says Meta AI ‘quickly becoming most used’ assistant, challenging OpenAI’s dominance

West Virginia State

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Norfolk, VA

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Four Virginians were confirmed to be onboard when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. Phillip Acts and Selini Decker, who lived a few blocks apart in Norfolk, died when the ship sank. Richmond native Robert Decker and Eloise Smith, who later moved to Richmond from West Virginia, survived.

There's a reason no remains from the Virginia Titanic victims will ever be found

TechSpot

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. What just happened? In a warning that highlights the lengths cybercriminals will go to infiltrate systems, a US security training company has revealed it was tricked into hiring a North Korean hacker as a software engineer. The firm only discovered what happened when he loaded the company-provided computer with malware.

A US security firm was tricked into hiring a North Korean hacker who installed malware

Virginia State

Ronkonkoma, NY

The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

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Supreet Kaur said that companies' expectations around the experience needed to land an AI job changed in the last two years.

She interviewed for 15 AI roles before landing a Microsoft offer. It made her realize how the job market has changed.

Global chaos ensued after the CrowdStrike update bug; flights grounded, systems offline. CrowdStrike apologizes with $10 Uber Eats gift card, but some codes are invalid. Shawn Henry laments the incident in heartfelt LinkedIn post, facing tough scrutiny. The recent CrowdStrike update bug caused widespread chaos across the entire globe. Sensitive...

CrowdStrike is apologizing for crippling the world's digital infrastructure by offering partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card

So, Ford's CEO Jim Farley dropped some pretty big news recently, and it might just shake up how we think about electric vehicles (EVs). Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Farley laid out what he sees as a necessary shift in the automotive industry—especially for those of us accustomed to big, powerful vehicles.

Ford CEO Jim Farley Warns of ‘Radical Change’ and Says EV Batteries Will ‘Never Be Affordable’

Redbox, the iconic movie rental company with over 34,000 locations nationwide, has announced the closure of its operations following its parent company's filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This decision has left many of its loyal users saddened, marking the end of an era for physical media enthusiasts.

A rental company with 34,000 locations has closed its doors

Tech YouTuber Marques ‘MKBHD’ Brownlee has revealed what happened the day that the FBI contacted him due to the Escobar folding phone. Back in March 2020, Marques Brownlee uploaded a video showing off the $399 Escobar Fold 2 – a gold Android phone that looked just like the Samsung Galaxy Fold.

Marques Brownlee reveals FBI contacted him over Escobar folding phone

Chicago, IL

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s medical cannabis program has taken significant steps toward ensuring those with qualifying conditions have access to medical cannabis as soon as possible, said Gov. Andy Beshear this week.

Daily Dot Com: OpenAI Testing New Search Engine

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