A “colossal and devastating” ransomware attack is thought to have paralysed the networks of at least 200 US companies. The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has said it is closely monitoring the situation and is working with the FBI to collect more information about the impact of the attack. John Hammond of the security
Month: July 2021
Bitcoin mine on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau near Sichuan, China. The mine is strategically placed next to a hydraulic power generator. Getty Images It just became a whole lot easier and much more profitable to mine for bitcoin. The world has known for months that more than half the world’s bitcoin miners would
Petrol is at its highest price for nearly eight years after eight consecutive months of increases at the pumps, figures from the RAC show. The motoring organisation predicted escalating fuel bills, driven by the rising cost of oil, could speed up the switchover to electric cars. According to RAC data, a litre of unleaded rose
A man has been charged with murder after a 60-year-old was fatally stabbed in Oxford Circus, London, on Thursday evening, the Met Police has said. Tedi Fanta Hagos, 25, of Ravenhill, Swansea, was also charged with possession of an offensive weapon on Friday and is expected to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, Scotland
At least 19 people are missing after a powerful mudslide swept away rows of houses in the town of Atami, west of Tokyo, Japanese authorities said. Disaster management officials in Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, say the mudslide occurred on Saturday morning in the town, known for its hot springs. Prefectural disaster management official Takamichi Sugiyama
Supermarket giant Morrisons has agreed a takeover offer from a consortium in a deal worth £6.3bn. The move follows the rejection of an earlier £5.5bn bid from one of the world’s biggest buyout firms, Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), which the grocery chain said “significantly undervalued” the business. Under the terms of the agreed deal
COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. While vaccination drives in several countries have gained momentum, the threat of a third wave in some countries, including India, looms large. A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a wearable biosensor
Hundreds of people are thought to have died in a record-breaking heatwave sweeping across parts of the US and western Canada. More than 700 “sudden and unexpected deaths” have been reported in British Columbia, Canada, over the past week – while nearly 100 deaths are being investigated as heat-related in Oregon in the US. Deaths
In this article PCG Thousands of victims of California wildfires dating back to 2015, who are entitled to payments under a $13.5 billion settlement with the state’s largest utility, are learning that the amount that they ultimately receive is subject to the whims of Wall Street. That is according to the retired California appellate judge
Keith McCoy, a senior director, federal relations at Exxon, thought he was having a Zoom video meeting with a recruiter. But what he really took part in was a meeting with a member of the Greenpeace project Unearthed in an undercover investigation. McCoy went into detail about how Exxon fights emissions reduction efforts in private,
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bipartisan bill into law on Wednesday that will provide $15 million to help workers and localities dependent on coal to help them transition to a clean energy economy. The money, which Polis described as “an important down payment,” will fund the Office of Just Transition, which was created in
The next iteration, hopefully the production version, of Tesla’s Cybertruck should prove to be quite different from the prototype. Questions still remain about its size (ummm, garage-compatible?) and some of the forthcoming design tweaks. But one production-ready feature, teased via a recent Tesla patent application, really seems to stand out. It turns out that a Tesla Cybertruck patent application
In this article AVGO A sign is posted in front of a Broadcom office on June 03, 2021 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission accused computer chip supplier Broadcom of illegally monopolizing the market for semiconductor components, the agency announced Friday. Broadcom shares were down about 2% on
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a roughly $760 billion infrastructure package they hope will be incorporated into the bipartisan infrastructure framework currently being negotiated. The INVEST in America Act includes several climate provisions, including funding for electric-vehicle charging infrastructure, railways, and measures to make infrastructure more resilient to extreme weather. It also extends
In this article AMZN Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon said in a filing on Friday that it will grant Andy Jassy 61,000 shares of stock on Monday, when he replaces Jeff Bezos as the online retailer’s second CEO. The shares will vest over a
Tesla’s mission is hyperfocused on sustainability and trying to mitigate the effects of climate change. I’ve written about Tesla’s Carbon Impact page before, but a new look shows that Tesla has surpassed a new milestone: over 18 million tons of carbon have been prevented from entering our atmosphere. As of this moment, the exact amount
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