Saturday, July 13, 2024

No power, extreme heat: How things spiralled out of control in Texas | About That

5 DAYS NO POWER slate

Nearly one million residents were still without power in Texas five days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall. About That producer Lauren Bird explains why the situation became so dire and how a massive heat wave made things considerably worse. Additional credits: @0:21: WQADNews 8/YouTube, @0:53: KHOU 11, @2:43: KPRC 2 Click2Houston



source https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6446524?cmp=rss

Friday, July 12, 2024

In do-or-die mode, Biden does neither

U.S. President Joe Biden is seen speaking at a press conference in Washington on Thursday.

Facing extraordinary pressure to drop out of the presidential race, Joe Biden made cringe-inducing mistakes but also delivered long, substantive answers in a so-so performance that did little to resolve his party's ghastly dilemma.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/biden-newser-nato-analysis-1.7261491?cmp=rss

How to watch America Votes: Republican National Convention on CBC

A person wearing a red hat with a slogan on it reading, 'Make America Great Again,' gestures while speaking into a microphone.

Republicans will assemble in Milwaukee on Monday to kick off the Republican National Convention, where the party will formally nominate Donald Trump as its presidential candidate in the Nov. 5 U.S. election and approve a party platform. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/republican-national-convention-cbc-1.7262413?cmp=rss

AT&T data breach affected nearly all customers after info downloaded to 3rd-party platform

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The data of nearly all customers of the telecommunications giant AT&T was downloaded to a third-party platform in a security breach, the company said Friday, as cyberattacks against businesses, schools and health systems continue to spread globally.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/data-breach-at-t-1.7262154?cmp=rss

'Malicious actors' could use X's blue checks to deceive users, EU says

Elon Musk

The European Union said Friday that blue checkmarks from Elon Musk's X are deceptive and that the online platform falls short on transparency and accountability requirements, the first charges against a tech company since the bloc's new social media regulations took effect.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/twitter-x-blue-checks-eu-1.7261572?cmp=rss