SHENANDOAH – Local schools are receiving a cumulative total of $1.16 Million to address school safety and mental health in our area. This is part of the School Safety and Mental Health Grant program. Shenandoah Valley will receive $157,632 in funding while Mahanoy Area is getting $151.773 and North Schuylkill is getting $193.211. Hazleton Area...Read More
A major U.S. lawsuit against Meta could have far-reaching implications for social media regulations in Canada. Alex Karpa has the latest. WINNIPEG – Parent Jocelyne Lalonde does not allow her kids to use social media, saying she is concerned about the impacts it could have on her children. “Social media is not an option in...Read More
OpenAI on Tuesday said it had slowed down the pace of its AI development while it overhauled its research and training systems. The company’s researchers were caught unaware last month when an AI agent under testing hacked another AI firm, Hugging Face. The AI research lab behind ChatGPT said its new measures included pausing its...Read More
US authorities expanded its prosecution of a sprawling Iranian hacking network Tuesday, bringing to 17 the number of indicted suspects for an alleged campaign against universities, companies, and government agencies. The Department of Justice unveiled a new indictment targeting eight additional individuals, with nine of the 17 defendants having already been indicted in 2018. Prosecutors...Read More
Local News A cybersecurity instructor teaches students at the University of Hawaii Maui College. The college has received more than $660,000 to expand artificial intelligence and cybersecurity education. Photo courtesy UH Maui College Facing a nationwide shortage of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence professionals, the University of Hawaii Maui College has secured a three-year, $441,645 National...Read More
Nemanja Krstić, Head of operations (AME & EU) at Galix. Enterprise security has become significantly more complex than it was even a few years ago. Organisations are running a mixture of on-premises systems, multiple cloud environments, remote endpoints and a growing number of third-party integrations. At the same time, threats continue to evolve. The challenge...Read More
Updated August 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM EDT Sign up for alerts on breaking news and exclusive reporting from NPR OAKLAND, Calif. – A landmark trial got underway on Tuesday pitting Meta Platforms against a consortium of states accusing the company of designing its platforms to hook young users and misleading the public about it....Read More
As opening statements kicked off Tuesday in a trial for Meta Platforms, advocates and parents of social media victims gathered outside the federal courthouse in Oakland, California, with a banner that stretched several feet across. Written on it in black ink were the names of children and young adults who have died from social media...Read More
Equipment confiscated from a cyberscam operation in Cambodia revealed how fraudsters ensnare victims online  Author: Selwyn Parker, Features Writer When Cybercrime magazine predicted in 2020 that the scourge of cyberattacks would cost the world $10.5trn by 2025, many considered the estimate to be wildly exaggerated. In fact, it is turning out to be absolutely correct....Read More
The US Justice Department (DOJ) on Tuesday unsealed new and updated charges against 17 individuals working with an Iranian company that it alleges carried out hacks and data theft against US universities, companies, and government agencies. The DOJ said in a statement that the individuals were working with the Mabna Institute, which carried out hacking...Read More
