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Hong Kong/New Delhi CNN Business  —  The crypto industry just can’t catch a break this year. Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, is investigating a hacking incident that affected a number of crypto tokens Friday. According to its founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, a private key, used to encrypt or decrypt data, had been hacked. …

In the past, the fashion world has seemed like a place out of reach to the general public. A mysterious place; which only the rich and famous could be part of. These days, however, thanks to the revolution of social media, this world has opened up, and everyone can join in and share experiences. Social …

Lawrence city officials and law enforcement are working to determine the scope of damaged caused to the city’s technology services by “malicious activity,” the mayor’s office announced. In a statement, Mayor Kendrys Vasquez said the city became aware of the issue early Saturday morning. “We have already aggressively begun working with law enforcement and experts …

TEMPLE, TX — A water line break is affecting residences in west Temple, according to a release from the City of Temple. The break happened near Turley Drive and Duke Drive. The City says customers in west Temple may experience outages or disruption in service while repairs are made. The scope of the affected area …

SALISBURY — Active COVID-19 infections in schools were down somewhat as local districts released students for winter break. As of Tuesday, there were active COVID-19 cases in 22 staff and 15 students in Rowan-Salisbury Schools. The numbers change daily, and that figure has declined from a Dec. 11 report that there were 22 active cases …

LONGMEADOW, Mass. (WWLP) – A broken water main on Shaker Road in Longmeadow is affecting traffic and water service for residents who live in the area Wednesday night.  The Longmeadow Police Department is advising drivers to avoid Shaker Road near the Longmeadow Country Club while crews work to repair the water main break.  There is no estimated time on …

30-second summary: The advent of COVID-19 has compromised the usefulness of data sets that were compiled pre-pandemic – resulting in significant error rates on the AI platforms they empower.  One area affected by this phenomenon is vocalization. While datasets were developed to accommodate real life variables such as accents and background noise, they aren’t diverse …

LASALLE COUNTY (HOI) — The LaSalle County government is seeing a big interruption to its services this week. The county is dealing with a ransomware attack on its computers that was discovered by the Sheriff’s Office last Sunday. Ransomware is a virus which locks up all the files on a computer, as hackers demand a …

Amy Orben is a research fellow at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge. She works in the field of experimental psychology and her speciality is analysing large-scale datasets to determine how social media and the use of digital technology affect the wellbeing of teenagers. Her latest paper, co-written with …

A large and dangerous winter storm is targeting millions of people in the Midwest, and it’s headed for the Northeast. Heavy snow and strong winds are blowing across the Dakotas, Iowa and parts of Minnesota as it moves eastward. Crews worked through the night to clear roads from Minnesota to Illinois that were blanketed with …