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House Clears $1.7 Trillion Spending Package, Averting Shutdown
The bill, which passed the Senate on Thursday, now heads to President Biden’s desk for his signature.
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Black Ice and White Knuckles: Braving the Elements on Iceland’s Ring Road
In summer, the roughly 830-mile route offers drivers midnight sun, along with plenty of traffic. Other times of the year, its snowy delights are more solitary, and slippery.
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How to Travel the World While Putting Nature First
In the wake of the U.N. biodiversity conference, Julia Simpson, the head of the World Travel and Tourism Council, discusses a new initiative called nature positive travel.
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Bradford’s biggest school trusts got hacked
One of Bradford’s biggest school trusts has been hit by a cyber-attack. Dixons Academies Trust runs 10 schools in the district and others elsewhere. Cyber specialists have launched an investigation into the attack and urged the trust to take extra precautions. Parents may be unable to use the schools’ phone lines temporarily, the school said. In…
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Carmaker Nio got hacked
China-based automobile firm Nio Inc. has suffered a data breach after hackers accessed data on users and vehicle sales. The hackers sent an email to the electric carmaker demanding $2.25 million worth of bitcoin and claimed that they had its internal data.
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German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp got hacked
German multinational industrial engineering and steel production giant ThyssenKrupp AG announced that the Materials Services division and corporate headquarters were hit by a cyberattack. At this time the company has yet to disclose the type of attack that hit its systems and no cybercriminal group has yet to claim responsibility for the attack.
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Hospital for Sick Kids (SickKids) got hit with Ransomware
Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children says it has been hit with a ransomware attack affecting some of its phone lines, web pages and clinical systems. On Tuesday, SickKids reported it was responding to a “cybersecurity incident.” It confirmed the ransomware attack Thursday, noting all patient care will continue as there is currently no evidence that personal health information has…
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Queensland University got hacked with Ransomware
A cyber attack at Queensland’s second-largest university has caused campus printers to spit out ransomware notes in bulk. The Queensland University of Technology has shut down multiple IT systems as a precaution.
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Ali Ahmed Aslam, Credited With Inventing Chicken Tikka Masala, Dies at 77
A Glasgow restaurateur, he was part of the rise of the British curry house — and played an essential part in its story.
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The perils of teaching a child to poop in the toilet
Potty training a toddler can test a parent’s mental fortitude – but there’s always a solution.