Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Charter Communications will pay a $15 million civil penalty to resolve an investigation into compliance with network and 911 outage notification rules, the Federal Communications Commission said on Monday.

Charter to pay $15 million to resolve US probe into network outage rules

Radio operators are joining the National Association of Broadcasters in contesting an FCC proposal that would require broadcasters to file reports in the Disaster Information Reporting System and the Network Outage Reporting System during emergencies. Currently, DIRS reporting is optional and NORS is not required for broadcasters. The NAB has...

Broadcasters Resist FCC’s Mandatory DIRS Proposal Efforts

TIME

AT&T customers will be notified by the company if their data was compromised in the major security breach.

AT&T Customers Impacted By Data Breach Should Do This Now

Facebook owner Meta has burned an astronomical amount of cash developing its augmented and virtual reality products — but none of them have really caught on yet. As Yahoo Finance reports, the Mark Zuckerberg-led social media giant has spent almost $50 billion in just over four years, a staggering sum given that the products' pitiful revenues have barely made a dent in their soaring costs.

Facebook's VR Department Is Apparently a Complete Catastrophe

The US Sun

AT&T customers are calling on the company to fix things after call and text records were leaked in a data breach. On Friday, AT&T announced that "nearly all" customers were affected during the security breach. Calls and text message records of customers in mid-to-late 2022 were leaked after private information...

AT&T users call for cash ‘settlement’ after company confirms calls and texts were unprotected in colossal data breach

Colorado State

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

A couple of months ago, T-Mobile announced that it would be increasing the price on its older plans by $2 or $5. Although this violated its Price Lock and Un-Contract Promise, T-Mobile pushed through with the increase. But as PhoneArena reports, customers have decided to bring T-Mobile to court for failing to uphold its price lock guarantee.

T-Mobile Customers File Lawsuit Against Carrier for Breaking Price Lock Guarantee

Amazon failed to adequately alert more than 300,000 customers to serious risks—including death and electrocution—that US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) testing found with more than 400,000 products that third parties sold on its platform. The CPSC unanimously voted to hold Amazon legally responsible for third-party sellers' defective...

Amazon forced to recall 400K products that could kill, electrocute people

CBS Detroit

If you're one of AT&T's cellular customers, you can check your account to see if your data was compromised as part of the massive breach the telecom giant announced on Friday. If you were an AT&T customer between May 1, 2022 to Oct. 31, 2022, it's likely your data was involved, given that the company said "nearly all" its cellular customers' records were gathered by hackers during that time. The breach also includes records from Jan. 2, 2023 for a "very small number of customers," AT&T said.But customers can check if their data was compromised by logging into their accounts, according...

Here's how to learn if your data was stolen in AT&T's massive hack

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

CHAOS erupted across the globe this morning as a Microsoft crash wreaked havoc on health, travel, banking and supermarket services. Major airports, airlines, railways, GPs surgeries and retail giants have been hit by the CrowdStrike issue that sparked international disruption. Television channels, banks, GPs and supermarkets around the world have...

Full list of services affected by worldwide Microsoft outage with health, travel and supermarkets hit across globe

USA TODAY

AT&T said Friday the call and text message records of nearly all of its cellular customers were exposed in a data breach. Here's what we know.

How to know if you were affected by the AT&T data breach and what to do next

Aurora, CO

Aurora’s pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness, which only allow a maximum 30-day stay, have been cycling the same individuals in and out, city staff told council members Thursday. Many return to street encampments when their time in the pallet shelter runs out, Jessica Prosser, homeless services director for the city, said. Then, the city sweeps the encampment again, and they get to come back to the shelter for another 30 days, Prosser explained. This process can repeat multiple times.

Aurora pallet shelters a revolving door for homeless

Savannah, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

Camden, NJ

Cornelius, NC

Morristown Minute

CAMDEN, N.J. – Lisa Smith, 61, of Cornelius, North Carolina, has admitted to her role in a fraudulent scheme involving over $3.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today that Smith pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Karen M. Williams in Camden federal court on July 17, 2024, to a charge of bank fraud conspiracy.

Woman Pleads Guilty to $3.5M COVID Relief Scam

Oklahoma State

Thales and Idemia have been selected by Service Oklahoma as vendors for their card printing and system hardware services for the state of Oklahoma’s new driver license system. Thales will be responsible for the redesign and production of physical driver licenses and state IDs and will print all state...

Oklahoma unveils overhaul of driver license system with Thales and Idemia

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

Florida State

Uncovering Florida

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

AT&T faces a class action lawsuit over a recently-announced data breach, which involved the release of phone and text records for about 110 million customers, marking the second major cybersecurity failure involving the telecom company announced this year. The company first announced the phone records data breach in a report...

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Latest AT&T Data Breach Releasing Customers’ Phone Records

Millions of Americans will soon receive a breach notification letter from Change Healthcare, which said on Monday that it has started the process of notifying victims of the massive cyberattack and data theft first detected more than five months ago. The company in an updated frequently asked questions section about...

Change Healthcare Begins to Notify Millions Affected by Hack

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Charter failed to notify 911 call centers and FCC about VoIP phone outages

Charter Communications agreed to pay a $15 million fine after admitting that it failed to notify more than a thousand 911 call centers about an outage...

Charter failed to notify 911 call centers and FCC about VoIP phone outages

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