The Washington Post is the latest media company to announce layoffs as the industry grapples with a softening ad market. Publisher Fred Ryan said at a company town hall on Thursday that the layoffs would take place in the first quarter, but did not specify an exact figure, according to a staffer who was there.
Dec 14, 2022Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Linux A new Go-based botnet has been spotted scanning and brute-forcing self-hosted websites using the WordPress content management system (CMS) to seize control of the targeted systems. “This new brute forcer is part of a new campaign we have named GoTrim because it was written in Go and uses
Caleigh Hardy is calling it like she sees it. Caleigh recently tied the knot with HARDY (whose real name is Michael Hardy), a couple months ago, and she tends to stay out of political arguments and disagreements for the most part on social media. But this time, she’s had enough. And for a little back
Ben Affleck made his annual visit to the Lakers-Celtics game in L.A., hitting the Crypto.com arena with his 10-year-old son, Samuel, where the guys sat courtside for an absolute thriller! Ben, a huge Celts fan from Boston (and every other team in Beantown), and Sam, watched the Lakers battle back from 20 down, before rallying
Realme GT Neo 5, an upcoming smartphone lineup in the company’s GT Neo series, is reportedly in the works. The purported renders of this smartphone were recently leaked online, providing a detailed look at the camera module of the rumoured phone. Realme GT Neo 5 is believed to be the successor to the Realme GT
Yesterday, the U.S. Postal Service announced seven new subjects that will be featured on stamps in 2023. Among the list is prolific children’s book author Tomie dePaola (1934-2020) and civil rights activist and author John Lewis (1940-2020). After participating in vital civil rights protests — even becoming one of the Freedom Riders in the early
US interest rates are now at their highest since the global financial crisis as the US central bank has again imposed an increase as it seeks to lower inflation. The Federal Reserve, known as the Fed, has imposed a 0.50 percentage points rise in interest rates. The widely-expected rise will mean more expensive borrowing for
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey took the blame for Twitter’s controversial content decisions that the platform made under his leadership, while warning of content control by governments and corporations. Dorsey started the statement in a Twitter thread but moved it to a blog post, explaining, “I don’t want to edit everything into 280 char chunks.” The
Drinking Buddies Chaos, confessions and laughter ensues Lizzo joined Seth Meyers on the latest edition of “Day Drinking” on the Late Night show. The host’s past drinking buddies have included Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, Lorde, Post Malone, and Seth’s mother. The pair met up at Valerie in New York and the day started off with tequila
Croatia fans were on the edge of their seats on Tuesday, Dec. 13 as they packed the halls of the Croatian American Club in San Pedro to watch the big screens and hold their breath. They hoped for victory as Croatia played Argentina in the semifinals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup – trying to
Former cryptocurrency exchange boss Sam Bankman-Fried hugged his parents after being denied bail on charges relating to “one of the biggest financial frauds in American history”. The 30-year-old founder of FTX, has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with fraud and violating campaign finance laws. He is also being sued. Following
A group of 90 Ukrainian judges will undergo training, provided by the UK, to carry out war crimes trials for Russian soldiers. The first group of judges attended sessions at a secret location in the region last week, and more will follow in the coming months, as part of a £2.5m investment. In her first broadcast
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation granted more than $800,000 in emergency financial assistance, Covid assistance, senior financial crisis aid, health assistance and disaster relief this year to members of the union, the foundation’s president, Courtney B. Vance, said in his year-end fireside chat. He also reported that the Foundation awarded another $300,000 in higher education scholarships to
Dec 14, 2022Ravie LakshmananPatch Management / Vulnerability Tech giant Microsoft released its last set of monthly security updates for 2022 with fixes for 49 vulnerabilities across its software products. Of the 49 bugs, six are rated Critical, 40 are rated Important, and three are rated Moderate in severity. The updates are in addition to 24
I love Christmas music, especially when it’s country artists singing it. All of those classic songs are great. “Jingle Bells,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” and all that jazz, but let’s be honest… those songs can be totally overplayed and can get a little boring after a while. That’s why I much prefer the new original
Emerging singer-songwriter Myron Elkins has shared ”Wrong Side of the River,” a new track from his upcoming album Factories, Farms & Amphetamines, set for release on Jan. 13. You may have heard this toe-tapping, banjo-picking tale of small town life on the Dec. 11 episode of Yellowstone. The rollicking tune was inspired by the 21-year-old’s sleepy hometown of Otsego, Mich.,
Oppo Find N2 series is set to break cover in China on Thursday. The lineup will include the Oppo Find N2 and Oppo Find N2 Flip foldable smartphones. The company has partially revealed the look of the cover display on the Oppo Find N2 Flip. Now, a live image of this handset has surfaced online
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression is a nonprofit dedicated to defending free speech. To draw attention to the censorship happening in Texas schools and libraries right now, they’ve put up two billboards. The first, which is up in Keller now, says “Free Speech Makes Free People.” The second will go up December 18th,
The rate of inflation eased to 10.7% from 11.1% last month, according to official figures showing that food and the cost of a night out continue to rise in price ahead of Christmas. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said falling motor fuel prices led the decline in the core consumer prices index (CPI) measure
Susan Studey has been wanting to defend her father’s reputation since her sister Lucy Studey’s claims that he was a serial killer blew up in the news more than a month ago. “The entire time, I knew it wasn’t true,” Susan tells Rolling Stone. In October, Lucy said in an explosive Newsweek interview that she