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Hurricane Isaias strengthened into a major storm Friday as it barreled toward more than 3 million people along the US Gulf Coast, threatening dangerous flooding and storm surge after forcing energy producers to curb output. Isaias’ top winds reached 120 …
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Authorities are cracking down on the latest teenage craze wreaking havoc in communities across the US: e-bikes. Police were called when dozens of e-bikes and e-motos swarmed the streets of Bend, Oregon, on a recent afternoon. In Orange County, California, …
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PG&E Corp. is warning that it may shut off power to some customers in northern California this weekend as dry winds elevate the risk of wildfires. California’s biggest utility may switch off power in as many as seven counties north …
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Asos Plc said a recent data breach occurred when an “unauthorized party” impersonated a trusted contact to dupe an employee at the online fashion retailer into handing over log-in details for their work account. The hackers, calling themselves the Xuanye …
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Everest Group named Nandini Mani senior vice president and group chief claims officer. Mani succeeds Andrew McBride, who will retire after five years with Everest. Mani previously served as Everest’s chief compliance officer. Before joining Everest, she was executive vice …
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For years, the conversation around severe weather preparedness has focused on what happens before and during a storm: evacuation routes, emergency supplies, weather alerts, and shelter plans. Those measures are critical, and they save lives. But after more than 20 …
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The suspect behind recent cyberattacks at South Korean banks was likely a China-based 26-year-old who used a Chinese-developed AI agent and Anthropic’s Claude Code, US cybersecurity company CrowdStrike said. In a report published on Wednesday, CrowdStrike said it believed the …
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A federal antitrust lawsuit against McDonald’s this week claims the fast-food giant is using AI-powered tools to fix menu prices, marking the latest case to allege companies are relying on new technologies to collude and harm consumers. Plaintiffs have sued …
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New York Attorney General Letitia James has added new allegations to a child safety lawsuit against TikTok Inc., accusing the platform of running secret experiments on teen users.
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London’s High Court on Thursday refused claimants permission to appeal against its July decision which broadly found in favor of some of the world’s biggest carmakers over diesel emissions. The High Court had rejected most of the allegations that 20 …
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