Man who unlocked 1.9 million AT&T phones sentenced to 12 years in prison

[ad_1] A US district court sentenced a man who unlocked 1.9 million phones to 12 years in prison. Muhammad Fahd continued to defraud the company even after learning of an investigation against him, according to the Justice Department. At Fahd’s sentencing hearing, Judge Robert S. Lasnik said he had committed a “terrible cybercrime over a … Read more

Utah doctor disputes claims that ICU capacity is overkill

[ad_1] Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune offers free access to critical articles on the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every morning. To support journalism like this, please make a donation or become a subscriber. A prominent Utah doctor on Friday repeated warnings that the state’s intensive care … Read more

Line 3 pipeline construction damaged sensitive wetlands, state says

[ad_1] Climate activists and members of the Indigenous community gather on the river for a traditional water ceremony during a rally and march to protest the construction of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline.Photo: Kerem Yucel / AFP (Getty Images) Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said on Thursday he was ordering Enbridge Energy will pay $ … Read more

Pfizer vaccine protection decreases, CDC study finds

[ad_1] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data on Friday indicating that the level of protection against Covid hospitalizations offered by the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine declined significantly over the four months following full inoculation. The data was released hours before a Food and Drug Administration scientific advisory committee recommended allowing booster injections for Pfizer … Read more

FTC reports crackdown on loopholes protecting undeclared Big Tech acquisitions

[ad_1] New York Post columnist Miranda Devine said that a “powerful and high-level” tech executive was part of the investigation implicating the false statements of a Clinton lawyer in the Russia investigation. The Federal Trade Commission has indicated that it will take action to close loopholes that allow large technology companies to avoid reporting small … Read more

Stocks end lackluster week with a down day

[ad_1] US stocks fell and bond yields rose as new data on consumer confidence fell slightly below expectations, raising new questions about the pace of economic growth and the outlook for inflation. The S&P 500 lost 40.76 points, or 0.9%, to 4,432.99, pushing the index into the red for the week. The Nasdaq Composite lost … Read more

13,000 Haitian migrants enter Texas – CNBC Television

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Amazon faces Teamsters union campaign on nine Canadian sites

[ad_1] Strategic Resource Group CEO Burt Flickinger on the impact of cashierless stores on the retail industry. The Teamsters union has launched campaigns to unionize employees at at least nine Canadian facilities of US e-commerce company Amazon.com, according to Reuters interviews with union representatives. The influential union took the first step earlier this week to … Read more