Month: December 2023
Southwest Airlines hit with huge fine for Christmas IT fiasco
The US Department of Transport (DoT) has revealed details of an eye-watering $140 million fine facing Southwest Airlines following its catastrophic IT outage over Christmas 2022. The DoT says that the civil penalty, which is thirty times larger than any other previous DoT penalty for consumer protection violations, is the…
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Apple News Plus gets The New York Times’ sports coverage, but not the NYT itself
Articles published by New York Times-owned sports journal The Athletic and its staff of over 450 full-time writers, editors, and producers are now part of Apple News Plus, Apple’s $12.99 per month subscription news plan, in the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia. Meanwhile, Wirecutter stories are also coming to…
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Tired of dropping needles? These luxury artificial Christmas trees are less than half price at Amazon right now
Artificial Christmas trees are a controversial subject, but it’s hard to deny the convenience of a water-less, needle-less, entirely self-sufficient centerpiece for your holiday-ready home. Naturally, you’ll pay a premium for those artificial trees that look like they’ve been plucked straight from Santa’s grotto, but if you plan ahead –…
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FBI reveals Play ransomware has hit hundreds of businesses, including critical firms
The Play ransomware, a threat actor that emerged roughly a year and a half ago, has so far claimed some 300 victims, some of which are critical infrastructure organizations, a new joint advisory published by the FBI, CISA, and the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre has claimed. “Since…
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Netflix’s Carol and the End of World is a heartwarming view of the end times
The idea of the world ending usually channels excess: humanity running wild because, well, what does it matter anymore? And there’s some of that in Carol & the End of the World, a new animated series on Netflix. But mostly it’s a story about a quiet forty-something woman who uses…
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The Finals developer isn’t releasing a content roadmap because it wants to ‘make promises we can keep’
The Finals won’t receive a content roadmap because Embark Studios doesn’t want to overpromise, its creative director has explained. According to a new Axios report, the team behind the newly released first-person, team-based arena shooter is not considering releasing a content roadmap detailing its plans for the game to avoid…
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