• 03/02/2025

Meta Opens Horizon Worlds VR App to Teens as Company Seeks More Metaverse Users

Wall Street Journal Move comes after organizations ask Meta to abandon plans to open app to those 13 to 17. https://www.wsj.com/articles/meta-opens-horizon-worlds-vr-app-to-teens-as-company-seeks-more-metaverse-users-2e9deeeb

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Hawley grills Mayorkas on reports of forced child migrant labor: ‘Why shouldn’t you be impeached for this?’

Fox News Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Tuesday took aim at Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over a new report which detailed a surge in migrant child smuggling and exploitation during the Biden administration — with the Republican lawmaker suggesting that it amounted to an impeachable offense. Hawley, at a Senate Homeland Security hearing, quizzed…

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Texas man accused of threatening to kill Rep. Maxine Waters in racist voicemails

Fox News A man in Houston has been charged with leaving threatening and racist voicemails for California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters. Brian Michael Gaherty, 60, was arrested April 13 and charged with transmission of a threat to injure the person of another interstate commerce. According to an affidavit given by U.S. Capitol Police agent Michael…

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Netflix Gains 1.75 Million Subscribers, Axes DVD-Rental Business

Wall Street Journal The streaming service said a U.S. password-sharing crackdown is coming soon. https://www.wsj.com/articles/netflix-nflx-q1-earnings-report-2023-8460b7e4

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Fall Lines (Wednesday Crossword, April 19)

Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/fall-lines-wednesday-crossword-april-19-a83c9cb8

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How Companies Should Respond to Data Leaks

Wall Street Journal This paper examines how cybercriminals could use stolen data published on dark websites to coerce companies for ransoms and facilitate other attacks, making it essential for companies to determine what data has been compromised and disclose it accordingly to customers and regulators. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-companies-should-respond-to-data-leaks-69a85e30

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GOP mayor considering 2024 presidential run says defeating Trump, DeSantis is possible by ‘inspiring people’

Fox News EXCLUSIVE – Mayor Francis Suarez of Miami, Florida, says if he moves ahead and launches a 2024 White House run, the path to victory in the burgeoning GOP presidential nomination race over bigger names with larger campaign war chests – such as fellow Floridians former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis –…

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Conservative org prepares aggressive plan for DHS overhaul if Republicans win White House in 2024

Fox News FIRST ON FOX: A project that is envisioning how a new Republican administration in 2025 should reshape the federal government is outlining how the Department of Homeland Security could either dismantle or radically reform the agency — which it says has become bloated and has lost sight of its mission. The Heritage Foundation’s…

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An Oklahoma Newspaper’s Secret Recording Prompts Calls for Officials to Resign

New York Times The audio featured an official talking about hanging Black people and other officials speaking of hiring hit men for two reporters, the newspaper said. The sheriff’s office claims the recording violated state law. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/us/oklahoma-governor-stitt-officials-resignations.html

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Charles Stanley, Influential Pastor, Dies at 90

Wall Street Journal The longtime First Baptist Church of Atlanta pastor built an evangelical broadcast empire. https://www.wsj.com/articles/charles-stanley-influential-pastor-dies-at-90-5b9e3cb2

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