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Hacking.Disinformation.Surveillance.CYBER is Motherboard's podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet.The Federal Bureau of Investigation paid tens of thousands of dollars on internet data, known as netflow data, collected in bulk by a private company, according to internal FBI documents obtained by Motherboard.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Police have found a body in the search for missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley.The 45-year-old disappeared while on her regular dog walk in the quiet village of St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire on the morning of 27 January.

The vast amount of personal data for sale online is an increasingly powerful tool for intelligence gathering by US and foreign spying agencies but also represents a privacy risk to ordinary people, according to a newly declassified US intelligence report.To protect civil liberties, US spy agencies need to catalog what data they buy and develop guidance for protecting that data, according to the report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday.

Whether they favor debt-limit brinkmanship or not, most Americans are alarmed by the level of U.S. government borrowing.Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen isn't one of them.Outstanding debt held by the public stood at $23.9 trillion as of the end of 2022.That's 97% of gross domestic product, using the measure most popular among economistsroughly triple what it was 20 years earlier, and forecast to keep climbing.

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court seemed poised on Monday to limit the scope of a federal law that adds two years of prison time to sentences for a variety of felonies if the defendant engaged in identity theft in the process.The case concerned David Dubin, who was convicted of health care fraud.Mr. Dubin, whose company provided mental health testing to young people at emergency shelters in Texas, was accused of bilking Medicaid by misrepresenting who had conducted the testing and when it was performed and by rounding up the number of hours spent carrying out the tests from 2.5 to three.

The moderators of hundreds of Reddit forums, known as subreddits, closed off access to their groups on Monday to protest the company's plan to charge for access to the data that outside developers need to run apps on the site.Many said the new pricing scheme could kill off some of the most popular third-party apps that many users rely on to browse and comment on the site.

If you ride the TTC, you may have recently noticed new fare machines on the streetcar or bus.The black and green Presto machines will one day soon also allow Toronto transit riders to pay by tapping a credit card, debit card or mobile device like a smartphone or smartwatch.Currently, to pay a fare when boarding a streetcar or bus, riders have to either tap a pre-loaded Presto card or pay with exact change.

In 2011, an upstart start-up arrived on the scene with the intent of disrupting the traditional methods of moviegoing-before flaming out spectacularly eight years later.While active, the folks behind MoviePass-a service that at one point allowed subscribers to watch a movie per day for a ridiculously low monthly fee-burned through millions of dollars and the patience of its users.

After four months of political wrangling, eyeball-to-eyeball negotiations and mounting anxiety in both parties about the "debt ceiling," Congress finally has found enough common ground to pay its bills.But how long will these good tidings last?First, it helps to understand just what the debt ceiling is.

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday had Canadian tech companies working to quickly withdraw their assets from the crumbling institution.The California-based bank's collapse marked the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, with collateral effects rippling across the tech and banking sectors through the weekend and into this week as U.S. and Canadian regulators scrambled to minimize the damage.

Reddit is an enormously popular website, but the official design has always needed some reworking.This is even more true of the mobile experience, which didn't have a mobile app until 2016, and even then, not everyone's a fan of it.The site's popularity rose partly thanks to third-party developers filling in the gaps with pre-existing and better mobile apps.

Grazzy, a leading payments and rewards platform for hospitality and a member of the Oracle Partner Network (OPN), today announced its digital tipping enablement and instant tip disbursement solution is available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace and can be integrated with Oracle Hospitality OPERA Cloud.Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a centralized repository of enterprise applications offered by Oracle and Oracle partners.

Tens of thousands of Manchester City and West Ham football fans scrambling to book flights and hotels for European cup finals next month are being urged to avoid scams.Financial protection scheme Atol issued the warning ahead of Manchester City's appearance in the Champions League final in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 10, and West Ham playing in the Europa Conference League final in Czech Republic capital Prague three days earlier.

A 10-mile trip plunged a father-of-two into credit card debt by costing him 2,000 after he drove his motorhome to and from a campsite in London's low emission zone (LEZ) on Easter weekend without knowing he was being charged.Geoffrey Eaton, 53, from Colchester, travelled to the capital on Good Friday with his wife Linda, 53, and their two children Adam, 16, and Elizabeth, 13, to visit family for what promised to be a relatively cheap and fantastic day out, but it turned into a very nasty surprise.

Demand for foreign holidays has recovered to pre-pandemic levels, a new survey suggests.Travel trade association Abta commissioned the poll to mark the one-year anniversary of the UK removing its remaining coronavirus travel rules.Since March 18 last year, arrivals have no longer needed to take any tests or complete any Covid forms, regardless of their vaccination status.

A Brampton mother says her family has taken a major financial hit after falling victim to a pizza delivery scam.Samjhana Shrestha said she thought she was doing a nice thing when a teenager approached her in a grocery store parking lot and asked her to pay for their pizza delivery with her debit card.

While most people who hire a car in Italy do so without any major issues, the country has its fair share of scams.After reports from travellers who had been hit with bogus fines for alleged damage to vehicles they'd hired in Italy, The Local put out a survey asking readers to share their experiences.

While most people who hire a car in Italy do so without any major issues, the country has its fair share of scams.After reports from travellers who had been hit with bogus fines for alleged damage to vehicles they'd hired in Italy, The Local put out a survey asking readers to share their experiences.

If your deep into Apple's ecosystem, you need to get au fait with its Services Charges because, left unchecked, they can soon add up.Here's everything you need to know about Apple Services Charges...As an Apple user, you've probably seen charges from Apple on your bank or credit card statement labeled as "Apple Services" and these, most of the time, are pre-planned, meaning you subscribed to something and are fully aware that you'll be billed - if you're organized.

Are you still with me, White Sox fans?I know some of you are starting to re-emerge as fans, like the tender lilacs in May, or the reticent fawn prudently approaching the apple slice you offer with an outreached hand from your car, even though the deer overpopulation is so out-of-control that it's legal to shoot them with a homemade bow and arrow.

In John Mulaney's new Netflix special, Baby J, the comedian tells a story about one of the most desperate things he did while addicted to cocaine: In early 2020, he really wanted to stop using.But instead of reaching out to a therapist or a friend, he called his accountant and told him, The only way you can give me cash is if I email you and cc my doctor.

Hiring a car in Italy is essential if you're a visitor who wants to explore some of the country's less-connected rural and coastal areas and most of the time, you can do so with no trouble beyond the mild hassle of waiting in line to pick up and drop off your vehicle.But in some cases, a few bad providers take advantage of loopholes and misplaced customer trust to boost their profits with bogus fines and fees, giving the rest a bad name.

Hiring a car in Italy is essential if you're a visitor who wants to explore some of the country's less-connected rural and coastal areas and most of the time, you can do so with no trouble beyond the mild hassle of waiting in line to pick up and drop off your vehicle.But in some cases, a few bad providers take advantage of loopholes and misplaced customer trust to boost their profits with bogus fines and fees, giving the rest a bad name.

Sarah Adams, a teacher, started a side business selling her Jamaican grandmother's rum cake in 2015 with $5,000 from her husband's retirement savings.Soon, she was handing out samples at markets and street festivals, building her company, Ms. Macs, one tin at a time.But when the pandemic crippled her growing business in 2020, Ms. Adams, who lives in a public housing complex in northern Manhattan, was forced to pivot.

At their groundbreaking restaurant Atomix, Junghyun and Jeongeun Park seem to have the keys to a secret room filled with flavors that New York's older Korean restaurants barely hint at.Nearly every course on the elaborate tasting menus is made up of a dozen or more ingredients.There are stunning imported vinegars derived from mugwort, birch and cherry blossoms.

Rocket Companies has rolled out its first credit card in order to attract potential homebuyers and existing homeowners into its ecosystem amid one of the most challenging mortgage markets in decades.Those looking to buy a home can earn 5% back by using the Rocket Visa Signature Card for up to $8,000 that can be used toward closing costs and down payments.

People gather at the bandstand in Clapham Common in memory of Sarah Everard after an official vigil was canceled in London on March 13, 2021.(Frank Augstein/AP)LONDON - A former veteran London police officer, whose rape and murder of a young woman shocked a nation, was sentenced Monday for exposing himself to other women before the murder, raising questions about whether opportunities were missed to stop him.

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In the market for a powerful hybrid instant camera?Look no further than the Instax Mini Evo.Instant cameras are a lightweight, unique way of capturing memories in the moment that you can collect as keepsakes forever.The Instax Mini Evo is a fantastic hybrid camera created by photography-giant Fujifilm.

Dear Liz: My siblings and I are considering selling a triplex.It was bequeathed to us by our mother when she died in 2007.There is no mortgage and it is fully occupied.If we sell, my wife and I (both over 50) would get roughly $200,000, and we'd like to minimize the tax impact.We own our home free and clear and have no debt.

The Washington Capitals had an incredible giveaway for season ticket holders and fans who purchased special promotional tickets for the November 23 Capsgiving game against the Philadelphia Flyers.In the past, the Caps have created several special gifts for the holiday game, including the viral ice resurfacer gravy boat.

For nearly 15 hours, Olli Hoare leaned his head against an airplane window and pondered his future.It was the summer of 2016, and Hoare was flying to the U.S. with his mother, Kate, from Sydney, Australia.Hoare had a track and field scholarship waiting for him at the University of Wisconsin, but the fear of the unknown was beginning to overwhelm him: Was it the right move?

Maybe it's a credit card , a secret bank account, or a delinquent student loan debt.Whatever it is, it's been kept secret from a husband or wife because they don't need to know about it.It's not discussed but it's not that important.It isn't like it's an affair.There's no harm in keeping it secret.But there is a great deal of harm that can come to a marriage when accounts, debts, and purchases are kept hidden.