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A hacking operation that began in early 2024 reached far beyond the companies directly targeted. A 26-year-old Canadian man, Connor Riley Moucka of Kitchener, Ontario, has admitted taking part in a campaign that compromised data held by at least 165 customers of a US-based software company. The stolen material ran into billions of records and…

For generations, cow manure was simply an unavoidable byproduct of running a dairy farm. At Jordan Dairy Farms in Rutland, Massachusetts, however, it became something much more valuable: a source of electricity, heat, fertiliser and even animal bedding. In 2011, the family-run dairy installed what it describes as the first agricultural anaerobic digester in Massachusetts….

Hilton with his kids and mother at his Vegas home in 2023 (Photo: Las Vegas Review-Journal) Perez Hilton has reduced the asking price of his Las Vegas mansion by $350,000 after moving to Miami with his three children. The six-bedroom property, which covers 6,600 square feet, was listed for $4.25 million in June. It is…

The whimsical design includes a turret, and a pirate ship (Source: Tree Top Builders) What started as a simple plan to build a cozy backyard play area for his grandchildren grew into an impressive architectural project after an American grandfather expanded the idea into a $325,000 custom treehouse complex. According to the Realtor.com, the original…

A mouse-sized bat that lives for decades appears to have evolved some of the same biological protections that help it resist cancer and viral disease. Researchers comparing eight closely related Myotis species found an extraordinary range of lifespans, from about seven years in some species to nearly 50 years in others. Their genome analysis revealed…

When Anderson Cooper bought a historic former fire patrol house in New York’s Greenwich Village for $4.3 million in 2010, the purchase raised concerns among local preservationists, according to contemporary reporting by DNAinfo and the Village Preservation Society. The four-storey building at 84 West 3rd Street had spent decades as a working Fire Patrol station,…

Trump claims Russia, Ukraine agree to stop hitting each other’s energy targets US President Donald Trump on Monday said Ukraine and Russia had agreed to stop attacking each other’s energy targets, linking the conflict to rising diesel prices and global fuel supply concerns.Trump made the claim in a post on Truth Social, a day after…

Lake Kepwari (Image Credit: Department of Biodiversity, Conservations and Attractions/ Western Australia) What was once a deep hole left behind by coal mining is now a destination for swimming, boating, camping and water sports. Lake Kepwari, near Collie in Western Australia, began as the Western 5B mine void at a former open-cut coal operation. After…

US deports Afghan woman over ISIS attack plot 47-year-old Afghan-origin Nazira Haji Zada became the first alien terrorist to be deported through the secret Alien Terrorist Removal Court which was established by Congress in 1996 to quickly remove suspected terrorists without revealed too much classified information in public procedings. Haji Zada was a lawful Green…

Indian national Satvir Singh arrested in US/Image: ICE Boston US immigration authorities arrested an Indian national who had remained in the country illegally for more than eight years during an enforcement operation at a commercial vehicle inspection station in New Hampshire.Satvir Singh was taken into custody by ICE Boston on September 11 at the inspection…