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☆ TikTok execs believed Biden joining the app meant a ban was no longer an imminent threat: WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

TikTok execs thought the US was mostly over banning the app after Biden joined, per WSJ. Then, the House introduced a bill that could result in a US ban on the social media app. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementBefore the House introduced its bill to ban TikTok, executives at the social media company were convinced that calls for a ban on the app had quieted — partially because of President Joe Biden.

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They blew a 17-point lead, watched Oregon go ahead by four and immediately responded with the drive of the game. And now the third-ranked Huskies not only are the Pac-12 champions, they secured a spot in the College Football Playoff with a 34-31 victory over No. Only Oregon State and Washington State will remain as they try to find a way to keep the tradition-rich conference together in some form. Washington took a 20-3 lead before the Ducks scored a touchdown with nine seconds left to get to within 10 points. The lead didn't last long as Washington scored on its next drive to take the lead for good.

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☆ MLB roundup: Dodgers drop Giants, close in on NLDS
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +12 min

Martinez hit his 30th home run as the Dodgers won for the sixth time in their last seven games. Joc Pederson hit a home run against his former team for the Giants, whose playoff chances took a major blow with a sixth loss in seven games. Rays 5, Angels 4Manuel Margot delivered a game-ending two-out RBI single to right field in the ninth inning as Tampa Bay rallied to defeat Los Angeles at St. Petersburg, Fla. Martinez hit his 30th home run as the Dodgers won for the sixth time in their last seven games. Chicago's Kyle Hendricks (6-8) allowed three runs (one earned) and seven hits in six innings.

Persons: Emmet Sheehan, Gary A, Vasquez, J.D, Martinez, Shelby Miller, Joc Pederson, Kyle Harrison, John Brebbia, Gerrit Cole, Cole, Jake Bauers, Toronto's Jose Berrios, Aaron Judge, Estevan Florial, Tarik Skubal, Andy Ibanez, Matt Vierling, Spencer Torkelson, Brenan Hanifee, Brent Rooker's, Manuel Margot, Carlos Estevez, Isaac Paredes, Jo Adell, Jared Walsh, Randal Grichuk, Michael Stefanic, Wade Miley, J.B, Bukauskas, Julio Teheran, Louis, Miley, Victor Caratini, Blake Perkins, Miles Mikolas, Nick Castellanos, Alec Bohm, Bryce Harper, Mark Vientos, Jeff McNeil, Ramon Laureano, Jose Ramirez, Bo Naylor, Josh Naylor, Gabriel Arias, Ryan O'Hearn, Anthony Santander, Matt Olson, Ozzie Albies, Max Fried, Albies, Orlando Arcia, Austin Riley, Michael Harris, Alex Call's, Joshua Palacios, Johan Oviedo grinded, Dansby Swanson, Chicago's Kyle Hendricks Organizations: Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Dodger, Dodgers, National League, Giants, Yankees, Blue Jays, New York, Toronto, Minnesota Twins, Tigers, Athletics, Detroit, Rays, Angels, Tampa Bay, Brewers, Cardinals, Milwaukee, National League Central, Phillies, Mets, Orioles, Baltimore, Guardians, Braves, Nationals, Washington, NL East, Pirates, Cubs, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, USA, Francisco, Texas, Seattle, Oakland, Los, St . Petersburg, Fla, Angeles, Philadelphia, New York, Cleveland, Oviedo

☆ Microsoft says Russia-linked hackers behind dozens of Teams phishing attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Zeba Siddiqui | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft Teams app is seen on the smartphone placed on the keyboard in this illustration taken, July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File PhotoSAN FRANCISCO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A Russian government-linked hacking group took aim at dozens of global organizations with a campaign to steal login credentials by engaging users in Microsoft Teams chats pretending to be from technical support, Microsoft researchers said on Wednesday. These "highly targeted" social engineering attacks have affected "fewer than 40 unique global organizations" since late May, Microsoft researchers said in a blog, adding that the company was investigating. The hackers used already-compromised Microsoft 365 accounts owned by small businesses to make new domains that appeared to be technical support entities and had the word "microsoft" in them, according to details in the Microsoft blog. Accounts tied to these domains then sent phishing messages to bait people via Teams, the researchers said.

Persons: Dado, Washington didn't, Midnight Blizzard, Zeba Siddiqui, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Microsoft, REUTERS, FRANCISCO, Midnight, Thomson Locations: Russian, Washington, Russia, U.S, Europe, San Francisco

☆ Russia and Ukraine just turned much of the Black Sea into a dangerous no man's land
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged threats this week to ships sailing through the Black Sea. The Kremlin then went much further, warning it may attack any vessels it believes are bound for Ukraine, effectively turning the Black Sea into a no man's land. They added that Moscow even published a video claiming to have detected and detonated an alleged Ukrainian sea mine. "Our information indicates that Russia laid additional sea mines in the approaches to Ukrainian ports. Turkish-flagged bulker TQ Samsun, carrying grain under UN's Black Sea Grain Initiative, transits Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey July 18, 2023.

Persons: Biden, Adam Hodge, António Guterres, —, Matthew Miller, Lasalle, Mark Duncan, Washington didn't Organizations: Service, United Nations, AP, White, Security, REUTERS, Black Sea Initiative, UN, US State, US Naval Institute Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Wall, Silicon, Kremlin, Odesa, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Crimea, Azov, Samsun, Istanbul, Turkey, Iran, Persian, Iraq, Hormuz, Kuwait, Soviet, Iraqi, American

☆ Two charged in Christmas Day attacks on Washington substations that cut power to 14,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Two men have been charged in the Christmas Day attacks on four power substations near Tacoma, Washington, that left about 14,000 homes and businesses without power, officials said Tuesday. While federal authorities have long said the country's power grid is vulnerable to terrorists domestic and foreign, the suspects may have been motivated by the spoils of burglary, prosecutors said. The federal public defender's office for Western Washington didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The attacks appeared to successfully target the substations' high-side switches, devices that can connect or disconnect a potent power source, authorities said in court filings. The Graham and Elk Plain substations are operated by Tacoma Power; the Kapowsin and Hemlock substations are operated by Puget Sound Energy.

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