OCTOBER 28, 2020
Microsoft on Wednesday reported that an Iranian hacking group had attempted to target high-ranking attendees of international security conferences, including the upcoming Munich Security Conference.
Tom Burt, the corporate vice president of Customer Security and Trust at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post that the Iranian hacking group known as "Phosphorus" had "masqueraded" as conference organizers in order...
OCTOBER 28, 2020
US Senator Ted Cruz. - Photograph: Greg Nash
Sen. Ted Cruz during a hearing on Wednesday accused Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey of censoring content with an anti-conservative bias, with the Texas Republican focusing his argument around a policy the tech company has since changed.
Cruz slammed Dorsey during the Senate Commerce Committee hearing over the company's decision earlier this...
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Department Of Justice Holds News Conference On Chinese National Security, John Demers speaks during a Department of Justice news conference with Christopher Wray on Oct. 28. - Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images/Bloomberg
The Justice Department announced that eight Chinese operatives were charged for allegedly carrying out an illegal law enforcement operation in the U.S. aimed at pressuring dissidents to...
OCTOBER 28, 2020
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Tourism Minister Prince Sultan bin Salman speaks during an interview with Reuters in Riyadh. - Reuters/FAISAL AL NASSER
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia is planning an 8 billion riyals ($2.1 billion) boost for its space programme by 2030 under an economic diversification plan that aims to attract foreign investment and create thousands of jobs for young...
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Skyscrapers stand in the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) beyond an empty parking lot in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Saudi Arabia suffered a simultaneous decline in oil and non-oil revenue as the global pandemic combined with lower energy prices to jolt the kingdom’s public finances.
Saudi Arabia is set to announce...
OCTOBER 28, 2020
A restaurant in New Orleans prepared for the arrival of Zeta by taking down a hanging sign. - Kathleen Flynn/Reuters
Zeta, once again a Category 1 hurricane, was swirling over the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday toward southeastern Louisiana, where it was expected to bring heavy rains and damaging winds to a state that has been repeatedly clobbered...
OCTOBER 27, 2020
The night sky lit up in Michigan on Tuesday. Credit: Mike Austin/YouTubeAustin/YouTube
A 12-million-year-old meteorite that fell to Earth in January 2018 is covered in more than 2,600 organic compounds, according to new research. Meteorites such as this one likely acted as messengers early in Earth's history, delivering the building blocks of life, the researchers said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvFcY9rTPx8 Location: Bloomfield...
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg testifies before lawmakers on 29 July. - Photograph: REX/Shutterstock
The CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google are expected to tell lawmakers in a rare appearance before Congress that a federal law protecting internet companies is crucial to free expression online.
Wednesday’s hearing with Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai will take place less than a week...
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Former President Barack Obama at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in Orlando on Tuesday. (John Raoux/AP)
During a drive-in campaign rally in Orlando Tuesday, former President Barack Obama skewered President Trump’s complaints about the attention the media devotes to COVID-19 and said his successor was “jealous” of the virus.
“What’s his closing argument? That people...
OCTOBER 27, 2020
A Picture and Its Story: 'Danger was coming': lone protester who defied Thai police. - Reuters/JORGE SILVA
BANGKOK, THAILAND - Head down, arms spread, one man pushes with all his strength against rows of Thai riot police behind their shields.
The Reuters image of the night of Oct. 16, when police tried to use force to disperse protesters, has...
