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On Thursday, The Cut published an essay by their financial advice columnist, Charlotte Cowles, detailing how she was effectively scammed out of $50,000. In short, a person claiming to be a representative from Amazon called her about fraudulent activity on her account, dispatched her over to a (fake) CIA agent, and, throughout an afternoon, convinced her that her and her family’s identities, financial security, and overall safety were in imminent danger. The way to safeguard their livelihoods, he explained... Читать дальше...

The Republican civil war over a government shutdown has reignited in the House, and Speaker Mike Johnson—just like former Speaker Kevin McCarthy before him—faces some hard choices. He can either shut down the government to appease the Freedom Caucus maniacs—pissing off everyone else, including voters—or he can work with Democrats to keep the government open and invite the hard-liners to try to oust him.

Walmart concluded its inaugural Walmart Growth Summit in India, an event designed to strengthen its partnerships and support India’s economic growth. The event saw the participation of export-ready suppliers, innovators and entrepreneurs from 24 states and union territories in India, the company said in a Friday (Feb. 16) press release. Over 80% of the suppliers […]

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta and other key developers are acting to prevent the technology from threatening democracies, even as their tools become more powerful.

Can we mine the moon and asteroids? NASA wants to make it happen, but it's still a huge legal gray area, experts say.

While asteroids are rich sources of precious and valuable materials, scientists still haven't fully committed to mining them.

When a satellite runs out of fuel, it becomes little more than space junk. Now, space agencies and private companies want to change that. Here's how scientists plan to refuel satellites — in orbit.

Due to their proximity to Earth, minimoons are prime candidates for exploration. Now, some scientists want to use these tiny satellites to push humanity further into the cosmos.

MIT researcher Richard Binzel has studied near-Earth asteroids for more than five decades and believes they could one day act as "space filling stations."

Including one that’s under $100.

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The S2 cognition test may go the way of the Wonderlic. According to a report from The Athletic one sports agency is directing its NFL Draft prospects to not participate in any cognition tests in their pre-draft process this year. The organization, Athletes First, emailed NFL teams last month to notify them of the…

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Two juveniles have been charged with crimes connected to the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally, authorities said Friday.

The Academy’s tendency to award trophies to Holocaust movies has long been whispered about — and even occasionally joked about by cheeky comedians.  In 2009, shortly after Kate Winslet won a Golden Globe for her performance as a former Auschwitz guard in “The Reader,” presenter Ricky Gervais pointed to her in the audience and deadpanned, […]

The EV's stainless-steel exterior is seemingly incompatible with common outdoor elements, some owners say.

Greetings, fellow solitary gamer. If you’re thinking of giving the third-person co-op shooter Helldivers 2 a shot on your own, well, you’ll have your work cut out for you. Helldivers 2 is not only typically more fun with friends, much of the game’s challenges and mission structures are designed with multiple players…

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The governor will hold a news conference starting at about 1 p.m. in Eagle Pass, the border community that's become the center of an ongoing fight between state leaders and the federal government over immigration enforcement.

The Strategic Operating Center claims that the coffee giant’s ongoing disputes with its workers organizing nationwide could cost up to $240 million.

The move was designed to “spread our presence more evenly across the week,” Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing and COO Rebecca Short said in a memo.

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Sir Alex Ferguson's love for horses and racing is well known but when he was in charge at Manchester United he was against his players heading for a day out at the races