Scam text messages claiming to be from crucial government services will be blocked on Telstra's network under a new pilot program.The telecommunications giant will work with the federal government's Australian Cyber Security Centre and Services Australia to stamp out dodgy texts.Messages purporting to be from Centrelink or MyGov with malicious links or requests for personal…...
Continue readingKentucky officials said on Tuesday that two election scams are actively targeting voters with fewer than 50 days to go until the 2020 presidential election, but one nonprofit accused of perpetrating a scam has denied the officials' allegations.Kentucky's Secretary of State Michael Adams and Attorney General Daniel Cameron warned voters of the scams in a…...
Continue readingAuthor of the article:Publishing date:Sep 15, 2020 • • 1 minute readA Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Quebec provincial police have made several arrests linked to an alleged romance scam that targeted elderly people online. Photo by Paul Chiasson /THE CANADIAN PRESSArticle contentMONTREAL — Quebec provincial…...
Continue readingEDITORIAL COMMENT Coronavirus LIVE: India cases at 5,562,663; over 100,000 cured in 24 hours Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,224,380 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 625,514, Tamil Nadu 547,337, Karnataka 526,876, and UP 358,893. ...
Continue readingBhubaneswar: Senior IAS officers Hamant Sharma and Yamini Sarangi appeared before the Lokayukta Monday to plead their cases in connection with an alleged scam in the purchase of PPE kits in Odisha.Hemant Sharma, the former head of the state level purchase committee and Sarangi who was the Managing Director of Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited…...
Continue readingNetflix released the documentary The Social Dilemma this month.The movie details just how insidious the effects of social media have become.While we’ve been on phones, screaming at people like Ellen DeGeneres, we should be more focused on people like Mark Zuckerberg.The Social Dilemma might be this year’s most important documentary. It’s more revelatory than The…...
Continue readingThe five largest stocks in the S&P 500 could be replaced as market leaders.Goldman used the Rule of 10 criteria to identify 21 stocks that could beat the market.Salesforce, Paypal, and Netflix are among those top stocks.Five mega-cap stocks have led the U.S. stock market rally–Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet (FAAMG stocks). They currently…...
Continue readingMilwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo was announced the 2019-20 NBA Most Valuable Player on Friday.LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers was a distant second in the MVP voting, garnering just 16 first-place votes.James later confessed to being “pissed off” when he saw that so few voters had made him their top choice.Giannis Antetokounmpo of…...
Continue readingKanye West has gone on yet another rant.The latest headlines about him all focus on one rant after another.Even though West is spitting facts in his rants, the message gets lost because of the messenger.Kanye West is at it again.His Twitter rants are making headlines — and people, as usual, are pointing their fingers and…...
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