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Decrypted: Uber’s former security chief charged, FBI’s ‘vishing’ warning

A lot happened in cybersecurity over the past week.The University of Utah paid almost half a million dollars to stop hackers from leaking sensitive student data after a ransomware attack. Two major AT

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California declares statewide emergency to fight wildfires

California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency to mobilize resources to fight wildfires burning across the state. Newsom noted in a proclamation that

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Wildfire ravages 1,025 hectares, thousands evacuated in southeast France

Huge wildfire since Tuesday afternoon has destroyed 1,025 hectares in France's southeastern commune of Martigues and forced the evacuation of many homes and camping sites, firefighters said on Wednes

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Massive California wildfire forces evacuations

Fire crews in California are battling a massive wildfire that has forced thousands of people from their homes east of Los Angeles. /Social Media Fire crews in California are battling a massive

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Wildfire in U.S. Northern California 40-pct contained

A screenshot taken from Cal Fire's official website on Aug. 3, 2020 shows a map indicating where fires have occurred within California in recent days. (Xinhua)The Sites

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About 8,000 residents evacuated over fast-growing wildfire in Southern California

A fast-growing wildfire in Riverside County of Southern California forced around 8,000 local residents to be evacuated, the authorities said Sunday. The blaze, dubbed

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200 households evacuated due to wildfire in Southern California

Firefighters battle a blaze from the air that was threatening homes in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 21, 2019. /Reuters A fast-moving brush fire bre

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Wildfire near U.S. Arizona-Utah state line burns down almost 3,000 acres

A wildfire breaking out about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the Arizona-Utah state line has scorched almost 3,000 acres (12.1 square km), authorities said Thursday. The bla

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Twitter restricts Donald Trump Jr.’s account for sharing COVID-19 misinformation

Twitter has temporarily frozen Donald Trump Jr.’s account after the president’s son shared a video making false and potentially life-threatening claims about the coronavirus pandemic.The

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Fire fighters struggle to contain destructive wildfire in Greece

A devastating wildfire in Southern Greece has forced villagers to evacuate from their settlements, while firefighters work desperately to subdue the flames. That a look at the la

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Twitter cracks down on QAnon conspiracy theory, banning 7,000 accounts

Twitter announced Tuesday that many accounts spreading the pervasive right-wing conspiracy theory known as QAnon would no longer be welcome on its platform.Citing concerns about “offline harm,&#

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Wildfires in U.S. California prompt mandatory evacuations

Several wildfires burning in U.S. state of Californian spread on Monday, prompting local authorities to issue mandatory evacuations. In the northern Lassen County, Hog

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Join Extra Crunch Live today for SaaS! SaaS! SaaS! with Emergence Capital’s Jason Green at 2 pm EDT/11 am PDT

There’s been a wildfire in the economy these past few months, but one of the few redwoods still standing is that great bulwark of enterprise software known as SaaS.SaaS stocks and SaaS startups and Sa

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Wild fire grows to 2,000 acres in N. California

A wildfire grew to 2,000 acres (about 8 sq km) early Monday morning in the hills east of Gilroy, Northern California, officials said. The blaze, known as the Crews Fir

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Wildfire near Los Angeles in U.S. prompts freeway closure, evacuations

A wildfire spreading rapidly through the rural area of Santa Clarita, a U.S. city 53 km northeast of Los Angeles, prompted evacuations and the full closure of the 14 F

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State-backed COVID-19 disinfo spreads faster and farther than local news outlets in 4 languages

Questionable stories on COVID-19 from state-backed outlets in Russia, China, Turkey, and Iran are being shared more widely than reporting by major news organizations around the world, according to Oxf

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Linking combat veterans and Valley engineers, Reveal’s drone technology wins DoD contracts, VC cash

When Garrett Smith graduated from Stanford University to take a job with the drone startup Kespry, he’d not only wrapped up studying at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, b