Nederlandse cyberbeveiligingsbedrijven waarschuwen duizenden bedrijven wereldwijd voor een aanval met gijzelsoftware, uitgevoerd door de ‘Cactus-bende’. Een kwetsbaarheid in Qlik Sense-servers maakt bedrijfsnetwerken toegankelijk voor aanvallen, ontdekt door Nederlandse experts van vier cyberbeveiligers. Nederlandse autoriteiten hebben potentiële slachtoffers ingeseind en dat heeft al geholpen. Lees ook: Duizenden ‘vergeten’ websites van gemeenten zijn kwetsbaar voor cybercriminelen Nederlandse cyberbeveiligers hebben alarm geslagen voor een wereldwijde gijzelsoftwareaanval, waarbij het vo ..read more

The CEO of Norges Bank told the FT that he thinks Americans work much harder than Europeans. Nicolai Tangen made the remark as he explained the sovereign fund's push toward investing in the US. About half of the $1.6 trillion oil fund's equities are now invested in the US. Europeans are less ambitious and don't work as hard as Americans, said Nicolai Tangen, the CEO of Norway's $1.6 trillion oil fund. "There's a mindset issue in terms of acceptance of mistakes and risks. You go bust in America, you get another chance. In Europe, you're dead," Tangen told The Financial Times in an interview p ..read more

A man was caught trying to leave Ukraine via the Dniester River — on an air mattress. Ukrainian border agents found him paddling with his arms in an attempt to reach Moldova. The border service said he was paying another person $4,200 for advice on the crossing. Ukraine's border service said on Wednesday that it caught a man attempting to cross into Moldova by "swimming" on an inflatable mattress in the Dniester River. The State Border Service released footage of the 39-year-old man lying on his stomach atop the mattress and paddling through the water with his arms. He was fully clothed, wea ..read more

People living in RVs or cars has surged in Bozeman, Montana, as housing costs have spiked. "Urban camping" has made the city's unhoused population more visible. Bozeman has the highest rents of any city in Montana, which is dealing with rising housing costs across the state. So-called urban camping — when people live in RVs or vehicles parked on city streets — has risen rapidly in Bozeman, Montana, where locals are getting priced out by rising housing costs that are impacting many communities in the West. Bozeman, located in the Rocky Mountains about 80 miles north of Yellowstone National Pa ..read more

Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows are among those indicted in an Arizona election interference case. Multiple Trump allies and Arizona GOPers were charged with felony counts, including conspiracy. The indictment also appeared to list former President Donald Trump as "Unindicted Coconspirator 1." Prosecutors charged Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and a slate of Arizona Republicans with multiple felonies in a 58-page indictment made public on Wednesday. The charges are related to what prosecutors allege were efforts to overturn the 2020 election in favor of Donald Trump, who was also deemed an unin ..read more

Mark Zuckerberg has recently become "more ambitious" about Meta's ability to win in AI. He now plans to spend around $40 billion this year, largely on AI investments. In the next few years, Zuckerberg sees three ways AI can become a "massive business" for Meta. Mark Zuckerberg is now convinced that Meta is a top AI company, and he even knows how the technology will become a significant source of profit in the years ahead. With the recent release of Llama 3, Meta's latest AI model, Zuckerberg said he became "more ambitious and optimistic on AI" and his company's ability to deliver on the tech ..read more

Mark Zuckerberg appeared to take a jab at Apple's Vision Pro during Meta's Q1 earnings call. The CEO said he sees a mainstream market for AI glasses without a display. Meta's smart glasses, developed with Ray-Ban, feature AI, a camera, and built-in speakers. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemed to take a hit at Apple's Vision Pro in Meta's first-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. Zuckerberg said he didn't think augmented reality glasses would make it in the mainstream market until it had "full holographic displays." The comment appears to show his skepticism of the potential success of a product ..read more

The effects of California's $20 minimum wage for fast food workers are starting to show. Chipotle said the law raised wages at its restaurants by roughly 20%. This translated to a 7% menu price increase at Chipotle locations in California.  California's $20 wage for fast food workers is just a few weeks old, and the effects on workers and customers are beginning to emerge. At Chipotle, the law drove a 20% increase in wages for its restaurant staff in the Golden State, the company said during its earnings call on Wednesday. To offset that cost, menu prices notched up about 6% to 7% for c ..read more

Meta's Q1 earnings report reveals it was off by at least $5 billion in capital expenditures. The report said costs are expected to increase as the company invests "aggressively" in AI. Meta also cited higher infrastructure and legal costs as the factors behind the increase.  Meta's first-quarter earnings report reveals the company's AI plans are costing more than anticipated. The tech giant is upping their estimate of capital expenses and expects the increase to continueas it invests "aggressively" in "AI research and product development efforts." The expenses are expected to be ro ..read more

Michael Cohen said he would briefly stop talking about Donald Trump during Trump's Manhattan criminal trial. Cohen is a key witness to what prosecutors allege was a scheme to falsify business records to cover up hush money. But until now, Cohen has continued to talk about Trump and the case. Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's ex-personal attorney, has now pledged to stop talking about the former president until after his testimony in the former president's ongoing hush-money trial over. "Despite not being the gagged defendant, out of respect for Judge Merchan and the prosecutors, I will cease pos ..read more