The fighting between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia that emerged in recent days over oil production had been brewing for months, if not years. A seven-member federation of states on the Persian Gulf, the Emirates is pursuing ambitious plans to expand and modernize its economy, including billions spent on its energy industry. Eventually […]
Ticked off? Try collections. (Image: Verizon) Today, we’re disappearing into the heart, soul, and mind of someone who had a little contretemps with Verizon. No, he’s surely not the first, nor the last. He’s also not the first nor the last to have had a similar contretemps with any of the remaining phone carriers. I […]
Hercules Electric Vehicles The Detroit-based EV startup Hercules has signed Pininfarina to design its upcoming battery-electric pickup. Hercules Electric Vehicles says the Alpha pickup will be available in 2022. The company also says that the four-motor-equipped Alpha pickup will make up to 1000 horsepower. There is a lot of buzz around electric pickups following Ford’s […]
There are two main proposals: rerouting vessels toward Marghera, the lagoon’s main commercial port on the mainland, or building a port outside of the lagoon. The problem with Marghera, said a representative of Venice’s Port Authority, is that “it’s a commercial port for containers, it’s not built for passengers.” Also, since Marghera is inside the […]
Kaseya has urged customers to be wary of a wave of phishing emails taking advantage of the disruption caused by a recent ransomware attack. Last Friday, Kaseya — which serves managed service providers (MSPs) among its client base — was hit by REvil, a ransomware group that managed to exploit vulnerabilities in the firm’s VSA […]
The top products for car detailing are those that provide deep and thorough cleaning both inside and out, leaving your car looking great. Throughout the year, a car accumulates a variety of things, from salt in the winter to pollen in the summer. With the right products in hand, the benefits of detailing your car […]
The extraordinary heat wave that scorched the Pacific Northwest last week would almost certainly not have occurred without global warming, an international team of climate researchers said Wednesday. Temperatures were so extreme — including readings of 116 degrees Fahrenheit in Portland, Ore., and a Canadian record of 121 in British Columbia — that the researchers […]
Ransomware is very profitable. The reason why cyber criminals continue to hack into corporate networks, encrypting files and servers, is that enough victims will pay the ransom – usually in Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency – to make it worth their while. Some of those ransoms can be enormous; recent weeks have seen one company pay $5 million to […]
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Dead mussels and clams coated rocks in the Pacific Northwest, their shells gaping open as if they’d been boiled. Sea stars were baked to death. Sockeye salmon swam sluggishly in an overheated Washington river, prompting wildlife officials to truck them to cooler areas. The combination of extraordinary heat and drought that hit the Western United […]