Has bomb been planted? — Formal statement outright ignores Team Fortress 2. Should you stop playing it? Sam Machkovech - Apr 22, 2020 11:04 pm UTC Enlarge / Valve's cagey response to news of a code leak may not be great news for fans of Team Fortress 2.A major source code leak for Valve's biggest…
BANGALORE/TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) founder Masayoshi Son’s dream of a global tech empire is unravelling, with the coronavirus crisis compounding losses at his $100 billion Vision Fund and distress at his big bets portending more pain. More than half of the fund’s capital is in startups that are suffering from the virus…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Memorials, including virtual ones, commemorate the victims Police say they were preparing an emergency alert when police shot and killed the suspect in the worst mass shooting in Canada's modern history.Authorities have been criticised for relying on social media to alert Nova Scotia residents the manhunt for the gunman. At…
SNAFU — Pressing the back button could expose another applicant's private information. Timothy B. Lee - Apr 22, 2020 1:46 am UTC Enlarge / Small Business Administrator Jovita Carranza is flanked by Donald Trump and Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin on April 2, 2020.Almost 8,000 business owners who applied for a loan from the Small…
(Reuters) - Missouri became on Tuesday the first U.S. state to sue the Chinese government over its handling of the coronavirus, saying that China’s response to the outbreak that originated in the city of Wuhan brought devastating economic losses to the state. FILE PHOTO: A shopper lines up to enter a Home Depot building supplies…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Much of the mourning is being done virtually, but there are also memorials springing up The toll from the worst mass shooting in Canada's modern history, a 14-hour rampage over the weekend, has risen to 23 from 19, police say.The victims include a 17-year-old not identified by officials who…
SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE — The quality of spear-phishing is getting better. A recent run shows how. Dan Goodin - Apr 21, 2020 8:00 am UTC As the world’s top oil producers prepared for a weeklong meeting earlier this month to plan a response to slumping prices of crude, espionage hackers commenced a sophisticated spearphishing campaign…
FILE PHOTO: PG&E works on power lines to repair damage caused by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, U.S. November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo(Reuters) - A California regulator has asked PG&E Corp (PCG.N) for governance and oversight changes in its reorganization plan, while also proposing penalties of about $2 billion on the San-Francisco based…
Image copyright AFP Image caption A doctor and nurse embrace at the San Filippo Neri hospital in Rome The number of people officially identified as infected with coronavirus in Italy has fallen for the first time since the country's outbreak began, authorities have said. As of Monday, there were 108,237 people either being treated in…
Ye olde fecal matter — Among the findings: Apparently the archaeological record is full of dog poop. Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 19, 2020 9:39 pm UTC Enlarge / Ancient poo samples: H35 (Ash pit number 35) coprolites from Xiaosungang archaeological site, Anhui Province, China.Jada Ko, courtesy of the Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and…
