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Amazon is launching a “secret”cloud service for U.S. intelligence agencies, developed three years ago with the CIA. Amazon Web Services Secret Region “can operate workloads up to the Secret U.S. security classification level,” Amazon said in a statement Monday.

Uber confirmed Tuesday that itpaid hackers $100,000 to keep quiet after an October 2016 attack led to the disclosure of 57 million customers’ personal data,Bloomberg first reported. The breach included the names, email addresses and mobile phone numbers related to accounts of people around the world, the company said. About 600,000 Uber drivers also had their names and driver’s license numbers stolen.

It wasn’t the only time Cecilia had dealt with extreme forms of sexual harassment in her three decades working in downtown hotels.A male guest once answered her knock by opening the door naked. Just a month and a half ago, a younger colleague confided to Cecilia that a male guest had tried to embrace her while she was in his room. Cecilia escorted the shaken housekeeper to the hotel’s security team to report the incident.

Two white owners of a Johannesburg, South Africa, restaurant have apologized after they landed in hot water for their establishment’s tasteless name. After initially defending their choice, saying,“You can’t please everybody,”the restaurant owners eventually apologized on Facebook, calling the name a “mishap.” They’re currently in the process of changing the establishment’s name.

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The lovense remote control vibrator app (used to control remote control sex toys made by lovense, such as this one) seems to be recording while the vibrator is on. I was going through my phone media to prepare it for a factory reset and came across a .3gp file named “tempSoundPlay.3gp” in the folder for the App. The file was a FULL audio recording 6 minutes long of the last time I had used the app to control my SO’s remote control vibrator (We used it at a bar while playing pool).

How will you split costs? How do you hold title to the property? Here’s how it might work and where the problems can arise: A widowed man who has two adult children buys a house with his new girlfriend as tenants in common. They each contribute half of all expenses, including the down payment. If the man dies,his share of the house passes to his designated heirs ? likely his adult children.

Jason Kessler, the organizer of the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August that left one person dead, was verified on Twitter. The Daily Beast reports that the white supremacist got the official badge next to his name Tuesday. The social media company,which recently made public statements about fighting hate speech on its platform, says the blue check mark is used to inform people“that an account of public interest is authentic.

They may not have electricity or be able to work nearly two months after the devastation brought by Hurricane Maria, but they’re still receiving regular paychecks. “They” are the Puerto Rico-based employees of TJ Maxx,Marshalls and HomeGoods Associates, three stores that share the same corporate owner, TJX.

21st Century Fox, which owns Fox Entertainment Group, hasreportedly been in talks to sell most of the company to The Walt Disney Co., according to CNBC. No deal has been reached, CNBC reported, citing people familiar with the matter. And the WSJ reported Monday that talks were no longer occurring. Disney has held talks to buy cable, international, and TV/Film studio assets of 21st Century Fox, as CNBC reported. Talks no longer active.

In another competition-heating move against Amazonand Whole Foods, Walmart-owned Jet.comrecently launched an in-house collection of household essentials. But, what’s the difference between the two e-commerce giants? Uniquely J, Jet.com’s new private-label household brand, offers around 50 curated panty essentials like coffee, cleaning supplies, laundry, pantry goods, paper products, and food storage, with more categories to come.

A far-right media personality has been barred from using two major ride-sharing applications after posting a series of anti-Muslim comments on Twitter.

As millions of Puerto Ricans struggle without power, automaker and energy company Tesla is bringing some much-needed light to the hurricane-ravaged island. Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, announced on Wednesday that the company had restored electricity to San Juan’s Hospital del Niño(Children’s Hospital) after installing solar panels and energy storage batteries at the facility.

If men like this are responsible for analyzing the actions of other men accused of sexual transgressions, is it any wonder that Trump was elected? That women feel afraid to speak out? That known ass-grabbers ? a list which now includes a former president ? are dismissed as just boys being boys or as sad old men? The consequences of male supremacy are baked into law and policy. Why is it so hard to prove rape or sexual harassment in a court of law? Men make and enforce the law.

A Seattle woman says her identity has been stolen more than a dozen times since the massive Equifax security breach earlier this year. Katie Van Fleet told local news outlets she’s speaking out as a warning to others. “I want to share my story and make people aware that this can happen to anybody,” she told KOMO-TV last week. Van Fleet said her nightmare began in September when she received a thank you letter from Barneys New York about a credit line opened under her name.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is now the richest person on the planet after a bounce in company stock value floated his net worth to a massive $93.8 billion by the end of business on Friday. Bezos ended the day $5.1 billion richer than former No. 1 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, 61, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Gates, with a fortune of $88.7 billion as of Friday, had previously held the king-of-hill spot since 2013 — except for a few hours.

Pharmacy chain CVS is said to be in talks to buy major health insurer Aetna in what could be one of the largest health sector deals ever, according to multiple reports. The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times have reported that the decision is motivated by the prospect that corporate giant Amazon might move into the pharmaceutical industry. Amazon already dominates the retail industry with its e-commerce website and has used acquisitions to expand into the media and grocery industries.

Then the price of oil took a nosedive in 2014. A surge in global supply ? much of it driven by the boom in shale extraction in the U.S. ? coupled with a dropoff in demand sent the price of a barrel of oil tumbling. Almost overnight, Smith’s biggest customers pulled their trucks from the field and vanished. Strapped for cash, even some of her long-term customers opted to clean their own cars and pickups to save money.

Whether you’re living paycheck to paycheck or managing a healthy nest egg, there are certain classic money blunders you’ll want to avoid. Between hidden fees, budgeting mishaps and poor communication around finances, it’s almost too easy to throw money away. We’ve compiled nine helpful reads that outline the most common financial mistakes and tell you how to get around them. With this advice in hand, you’ll be well prepared to navigate any rocky financial waters ahead.