
The Guardian - 7 hours 22 min ago
Scam emails are increasingly using psychological tricks, such as using near-identical URLs like mi rosoft.com You've read the email carefully and it looks legitimate. The link it asks you to click on has none of the usual red flags: there are no weird numbers or extra parts to the URL. You feel safe to proceed. But if you had looked slightly closer you may have noticed something slightly wrong with one of the characters. Just as in the headline of this piece where instead of "a" we used...

The Guardian - 1 day 3 hours ago
Energy bills are scheduled to rise next month but there are innovative ways to heat your home and save money When Giles Gibson turns on the hot tap in his home, the water that comes out of it is not heated by gas but by the tiny datacentre strapped to the tank. Attached to the hot water cylinder in his London home is a compact computer server that generates heat and then transfers it as it operates. Continue reading...

Newser - 1 day 3 hours ago
Converse's latest sneaker campaign lasted just long enough to spark a firestorm. The shoe brand has yanked a Chuck 70 X ad featuring K-pop star Karina after viewers said the imagery evoked both Ku Klux Klan robes and a lynching, reports TMZ . In the now-pulled promo, Karina holds a pair...

The Guardian - 1 day 6 hours ago
An app and a register of trusted traders may give greater protection to consumers but it is too late for some In hindsight, Sheri Ingram , 35, can see the red flags. Lee Slocombe, a builder hired to renovate her ex-boyfriend's home in the south Wales valleys, offered to do the work cheaply because he had materials left over from another job, then asked for money upfront to buy additional supplies. "At the time, we believed him," says Sheri, who was in her early 20s when it happened,...

CNBC - 1 day 18 hours ago
The chairman both explained this week's decision to raise interest rates, and raised vexing questions about what comes next...

Newser - 1 day 21 hours ago
Wall Street capped an up-and-down week Friday with a mixed finish for US stock indexes, as elevated bond yields and oil prices weighed on the market. The Dow fell 95.40 points, or 0.2%, to 51,682.64, to finish down 1.7% for the week. The S&P 500...

Newser - 1 day 23 hours ago
The State Department has signed off on a massive jet deal that could reshape the skies over the Gulf. On Thursday, it announced that it had approved a proposed $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 stealth fighters and related gear to Saudi Arabia, a move the Trump administration says...

CNBC - 2 days 1 hour ago
Buffett's son Howard will replace him as chairman, as dictated by a long-standing succession plan, Berkshire said.

CNBC - 2 days 4 hours ago
The startup Moonshot said it signed on financial industry giants from investment bank CICC to venture capital firms...