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Mystery shrouds colossal Brink’s heist at I-5 truck stop: Who stole millions in gems, gold?

When experts recall the most notorious jewelry heist in modern history, they talk about the tunneling into Hatton Garden in London or the Antwerp, Belgium, break-in that took months of planning.

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Mystery shrouds colossal Brink’s heist at I-5 truck stop: Who stole millions in gems, gold?

When experts recall the most notorious jewelry heist in modern history, they talk about the tunneling into Hatton Garden in London or the Antwerp, Belgium, break-in that took months of planning.

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Mystery shrouds colossal Brink’s heist at I-5 truck stop: Who stole millions in gems, gold?

When experts recall the most notorious jewelry heist in modern history, they talk about the tunneling into Hatton Garden in London or the Antwerp, Belgium, break-in that took months of planning.

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Mystery shrouds colossal Brink’s heist at I-5 truck stop: Who stole millions in gems, gold?

When experts recall the most notorious jewelry heist in modern history, they talk about the tunneling into Hatton Garden in London or the Antwerp, Belgium, break-in that took months of planning.

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By Kevin Lee, Sten Sjöberg, and Arvind Narayanan Compromised passwords have consistently been the number one cause of data breaches by far, yet passwords remain the most common means of authentication on the web. To help, the information security research community has established best practices for helping users create stronger passwords. These include: Block weak passwords that have appeared in breaches or can be easily guessed. Use a strength meter to give users helpful real-time feedba...

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DOJ Appeals Face Mask Lawsuit, Meaning Mandate Could Come Back

The Justice Department announced their plans to appeal on social media , after it was formally requested by the CDC on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Request Comes “To Protect CDC’s Public Health Authority” After over a year in effect across multiple extensions, a U.S. District Court in Florida knocked down the national transportation face mask mandate as the result of a lawsuit filed by the Health Freedom Defense Fund and two other individuals. Hours after the decision, every major U.S. carrie...

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The Cyber Social Contract

In the spring of 2021, a Russia-based cybercrime group launched a ransomware attack against the largest fuel pipeline in the United States.

Chris Inglis

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National No-Fly List Could be in the Works for Badly Behaved Flyers

Bloomberg reports the carriers are meeting with other government agencies, unions and organizations with the hopes of creating a national “Do Not Fly” list for the worst acting flyers. Talks Include Airlines, Trade Unions, TSA and Homeland Security When the issue first became a serious problem in 2021, airlines were encouraged to take their own measures and submit the worst claims to the FAA for review and potential fines. In turn, the FAA issued public service announcements and sought fine...

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Not being there: from virtuality to remoteness

I used to be virtual. Now I’m remote. The way we describe our digitally mediated selves, the ones that whirl through computer screens like silks through a magician’s hands, has changed during the pandemic. The change is more than just a matter of terminology. It signals a shift in perspective and perhaps in attitude. “Virtual” told us that distance doesn’t matter; “remote” says that it matters a lot. “Virtual” suggested freedom; “remote” suggests incarceration. The idea of virtuality-as-lib...

Nicolas Carr

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Will Intel’s Ohio Chip Plants Fix Automotive Supply Chains?

Intel has announced a $20 billion investment to transform a 1,000-acre plot in New Albany, Ohio, into the latest addition to its U.S. chip-manufacturing hub. Construction is scheduled to commence later this year with operations starting in 2025. But everyone’s wondering if it is going to be enough to rectify the pathetic state in which domestic […] The post Will Intel’s Ohio Chip Plants Fix Automotive Supply Chains? appeared first on The Truth About Cars .

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Can Automakers Really Cash In on Connectivity and Subscription Schemes?

A little over a decade ago, it seemed like everyone I knew was abandoning cable packages for online streaming services. They were cheaper, on-demand, and offered more choices with fewer advertisements. But as the years progressed, companies stopped selling their media to a handful of online video platforms and started building their own. Programming became […] The post Can Automakers Really Cash In on Connectivity and Subscription Schemes? appeared first on The Truth About Cars .

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Here Are Features Some New Cars Won't Get Because of the Chip Shortage

You might have to do without items from heated seats to infotainment screens on your new-vehicle purchase, but this won't last.

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All the Questions—and Answers—About the Most Important Details of the MLB Lockout

On Thursday, MLB officially locked out the players and sent the baseball offseason into a stall. Why is this happening? What happens next? And when might this end? Answers to that and more in this FAQ. Just after midnight on Thursday, MLB’s owners voted unanimously to lock out the players.

Michael Baumann