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Hackers give Botetourt County Schools 2 weeks to pay ransom after cyber attack
Ransomware gang Qilin today took credit for a cyber attack on Botetourt County Public Schools earlier this month and demanded the district pay a ransom by June 12, 2025. On May 13, 2025, superintendent Jonathan Russ sent a message to families in the Virginia school district saying that a cybersecurity incident disrupted some of the district’s IT systems. Qilin took…
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Hackers give Abilene, TX one week to pay ransom after cyber attack
Ransomware gang Qilin over the weekend claimed responsibility for last month’s cyber attack on the city of Abilene, Texas. The city is still investigating an April 18, 2025 cyber incident that disrupted various city department networks and payment processing, according to an alert on Abilene’s official website. Qilin says it stole 477 GB of data from the city and demanded…
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AWS to give AI skills to 100,000 people in the UK by 2030
Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it wants to provide 100,000 people in the UK with AI skills by 2030. The lofty goal, which was announced at the AWS Summit in London on Wednesday 30 April, will be reached via a UK deployment of its Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance program. The program, which launched in June 2023, is a global…
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Try Antinote’s Notepad Alternative for Mac to Give Your Sticky Notes Superpowers
When it comes to note-taking apps on the Mac, it’s hard to look past Apple Notes, as it has a lot of features and has proven itself to be quite reliable. But in my workflow, I sometimes miss having a scratchpad on my Mac, something akin to Notepad on Windows. I like using tools like this for outlining my articles,…
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Pixel 9a Review: It’s Not Love at First Sight, But Give It a Week…
Truth be told, when I first came across the leaked renders of the Pixel 9a, I had a very negative reaction to it. Even compelled to make a story on how Google is deliberately botching their most beloved series. But after having the phone in hand and using it for a week, I think I have made a complete 360…
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5 Dairy Products That Won’t Give You Bubble Guts
Though many people develop lactose intolerance as adults, all babies are born with the lactose-converting lactase enzyme in their small intestines. This enzyme decreases with age and the first symptoms of intolerance typically begin to emerge after age three. The symptoms can range in severity, but generally present within 30 minutes to two hours of consuming food with lactose and…
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‘Awesome for the community’: DeepSeek open sourced its code repositories, and experts think it could give competitors a scare
Challenger AI startup DeepSeek has open-sourced some of its code repositories in a move that experts told ITPro puts the firm ahead of the competition on model transparency. In a post to X late last month, DeepSeek said it would be open sourcing five of its code repositories in a bid to share what it called its “small but sincere…
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Cyber attackers give the city of Bourne, MA one week to pay ransom
Ransomware gang RansomHub today claimed responsibility for a January 2025 cyber attack on the town of Bourne, Massachusetts. RansomHub gave Bourne officials one week to pay an undisclosed amount in ransom, or else it will auction off 100 GB of allegedly stolen data. Bourne officials have not confirmed RansomHub’s claim, but the town and local police did announce that Bourne…
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Exploits for unpatched Parallels Desktop flaw give root on Macs
Two different exploits for an unpatched Parallels Desktop privilege elevation vulnerability have been publicly disclosed, allowing users to gain root access on impacted Mac devices. Parallels Desktop is a virtualization software that allows Mac users to run Windows, Linux, and other operating systems alongside macOS. It is very popular among developers, businesses, and casual users who need Windows applications on…
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RingCentral wants to give every enterprise an ‘AI receptionist’
RingCentral has released a new generative AI tool designed to perform the job of a receptionist, the firm has revealed. The tool, dubbed ‘AI receptionist (AIR)’ will automatically answer front desk calls from customers and transfer them to the correct departments or areas of the company. Using ‘smart call routing,’ the tool can connect callers to the right place based…
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