The bosses of Wall Street banks Goldman Sachs and Citigroup are the latest executives to fall victim to an email prankster who has also managed to connect with the head of Barclays and the governor of the Bank of England. While neither Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein nor his Citi counterpart …
your ad hereCybersecurity Firms Warn of Malware That Could Cause Power Outages
Two cybersecurity firms said they have uncovered malicious software that they believe caused a December 2016 Ukraine power outage, warning that the malware could be easily modified to harm critical infrastructure operations around the globe. ESET, a Slovakian anti-virus software maker, and Dragos Inc, a U.S. critical-infrastructure security firm, on …
your ad hereUnseen Stage Managers Keep Broadway Shows on Track
Broadway’s highest honor – the Tony Awards – were presented Sunday night in New York. The big winner was Dear Evan Hansen, about a lonely high school student who pretends to have been a friend of a classmate who committed suicide. It took home six awards, including best musical, best …
your ad hereLiving Drugs New Frontier for Cancer Patients Out of Options
Ken Shefveland’s body was swollen with cancer, treatment after treatment failing until doctors gambled on a radical approach: They removed some of his immune cells, engineered them into cancer assassins and unleashed them into his bloodstream. Immune therapy is the hottest trend in cancer care and this is its …
your ad hereStudy: Nearly Third of World’s Overweight Risk Illness, Death
Nearly a third of the world’s population is obese or overweight and an increasing number of people are dying of related health problems in a “disturbing global public health crisis,” a study said on Monday. Some 4 million people died of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and other ailments linked to …
your ad hereResearchers Say Power-grid-wrecking Software Discovered
Researchers say they’ve discovered a worrying breed of power grid-wrecking software, saying the program was likely responsible for a brief blackout that hit Kyiv, Ukraine, late last year. Slovakia-based computer security company ESET and Maryland-based Dragos, Inc. said in a report published Monday that the malicious software has the …
your ad hereUS Top Court Rules for Microsoft in Xbox Class Action Fight
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of Microsoft Corp in its bid to fend off class action claims by Xbox 360 owners who said the popular video game console gouges discs because of a design defect. The court, in a 8-0 ruling, overturned a 2015 decision by …
your ad hereGE CEO Immelt Stepping Down, Flannery to Take Over Role
General Electric says Jeff Immelt is stepping down as CEO. John Flannery, president and CEO of the conglomerate’s health care unit, will take over the post in August. The 61-year-old Immelt will stay on as chairman until his retirement from the position at the end of the year, with …
your ad hereBangladesh Trains Girls to Fight Online Predators
Bangladesh has begun training thousands of school girls to protect them from being blackmailed or harassed online following an alarming rise in cybercrimes. The Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Division of Bangladesh’s Ministry of Post, Telecommunication & Information Technology recently finished conducting a pilot project in which female students from …
your ad hereWill Cosby Testify at Sex Assault Trial? Lawyers Remain Quiet
Actor Bill Cosby could charm jurors at his sexual assault trial if he testifies this week, but experts say the risk would be considerable. Accuser Andrea Constand has told her side of the story. The jury also heard Cosby’s version in the form of his police statement and his lurid …
your ad hereKaty Perry Opens Up on Livestream About Suicidal Thoughts
Katy Perry opened up about having suicidal thoughts during a marathon weekend livestream event. “I feel ashamed that I would have those thoughts, feel that low, and that depressed,” she said Saturday on YouTube during a tearful session with Siri Singh from the Viceland series “The Therapist.” The …
your ad hereUber Discussing Leave for CEO, Reports Say
The board of Uber was meeting Sunday to consider placing the CEO of the ride-hailing company on leave, according The New York Times and other news outlets. The Times reported that three people with knowledge of the matter have confirmed that Uber’s board was meeting to consider recommendations from …
your ad hereJudy Garland Returns to Hollywood, Laid to Rest in Mausoleum
Judy Garland has been laid to rest in a mausoleum named for her at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. A spokeswoman for Garland’s estate says her family and friends held a private memorial service for the actress Saturday, which would have been Garland’s 95th birthday. She was buried in the Judy …
your ad hereNatural, Manmade Wonders in the Land of Enchantment
Natural caves where desert natives once made their homes … places where massive boulders appear to rise up from the desert … ancient rocks inscribed with symbolic carvings … a once-active volcano where visitors can walk down into its center. These are just a few of the timeless wonders that …
your ad hereMusicon Helps Disabled Children Enter the World of Music
Music is as much about math, as it is about sound. It’s also about imagination and learning. But it’s out of reach for some disabled or physically challenged students, until now. A team of Polish inventors has created a push-button instrument that almost anyone can play. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
your ad hereData Gathering Turns Zurich into Virtual City
Do you ever wonder what could be done with all of those street views and Instagram photos of your favorite city? Well, a group of technical experts has taken all that data and turned it into an amazingly detailed 3D city map. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
your ad hereSouth Korean Yekwon Sunwoo Wins Cliburn Piano Competition
Pianists from South Korea and the United States took the top three places Saturday in the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition held in Fort Worth, Texas, this past week. Yekwon Sunwoo, 28, of South Korea claimed the gold medal, while Americans Kenneth Broberg and Daniel Hsu followed as silver …
your ad hereTapwrit Rallies in Stretch to Win Belmont Stakes
Tapwrit overtook favored Irish War Cry in the stretch to win the Belmont Stakes by two lengths on Saturday, giving trainer Todd Pletcher his third career victory in the final leg of the Triple Crown. Ridden by Jose Ortiz, Tapwrit ran 1½ miles in 2:30.02 on his home track. Ortiz’s …
your ad hereRomania: Protective Mama Bear, Cubs Cut off Dracula’s Castle
Danger lurks at Dracula’s castle. Romanian authorities have closed a 13th-century fortress connected to Vlad the Impaler after a mother bear and her cubs were found roaming in the area. The citadel, atop a mountain in central Romania, can be reached only by climbing 1,480 steps. It was …
your ad hereAdam West, Who Played Batman in 1960s TV Series, Dies at 88
Adam West, the deadpan Batman at the center of a beloved TV show known for its sly quips and high camp, has died of leukemia at age 88. West’s role as the legendary Caped Crusader, spanning only three years, was the high point of his career. But for better or …
your ad hereU2 Make Their First US Festival Show a Bono-Roo
U2 turned their first headlining appearance at a U.S. music festival into Bono-roo. The Irish rockers performed a two-hour set Friday night at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, as part of their world tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of their Grammy-winning The Joshua Tree album. …
your ad hereTel Aviv Gay Pride Festival Draws Thousands; One of Many Marches This Weekend
Thousands of people from around the world packed Israel’s streets of Tel Aviv for the city’s annual Gay Pride march, one of many festivals for gay rights taking place this weekend. The festival is billed as the largest event of its kind in the deeply conservative Middle East. Israeli police …
your ad hereProm Still an Iconic Dance for Teens in the US
Every springtime in the United States, boys don tuxedos or suits and girls wear elegant gowns on one special night. For decades, the high school prom has been a major moment in the teenage experience. While movies portray the evening as a night of magic and romance, the reality can …
your ad hereIn India, Fighting Ocean Trash One Net at a Time
World Ocean Day, earlier this month, is an annual focus on the threats to our watery planet. It’s a long list: overfishing, climate change, algae blooms and plastic. Plastic is everywhere, on the surface, in the deep and along the shorelines. But, in India, a dedicated group of fishermen turned …
your ad hereNew Google Project Digitizes World’s Top Fashion Archives
Anyone who has waited on a long, snaking line to get into a fashion exhibit at a top museum knows just how popular they’ve become — and more broadly, how fashion is increasingly seen as a form of artistic and cultural expression. Google is acknowledging this reality by expanding …
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