The secret service’s chief told Congress that they failed
US Secret Service Director Julia Cheatle said the agency had denied President Trump’s team requests for additional security. “As the Director of the…US Secret Service, I take full responsibility for any security lapse,” she added. Cheatle made the statement during her appearance at a congressional hearing into the July 13 shooting at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
6 political points from the decision of Biden to step aside
After a campaign by Democratic leaders and donors to oust him in an email to the Nation, US President Joe Biden bowed out of the presidential race on Sunday. “He’s been my friend and I’ve known him for 40 years,” former Vice President Joe Biden tweeted. He added, “Now it’s up to you to decide who’s going to lead this country.”
The decision of Biden to step aside was political
Former US Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday announced that he’s withdrawing from the 2020 presidential race. Biden’s announcement comes after President Donald Trump declared that he’s not running for a second term in office. “I think it’s a moment for the country to consider that the President has given us a lesson: that our own wishes, our own immediate desires, should not always be controlling,” Biden said.
The full letter is here
US President Joe Biden, while announcing he won’t seek a second term in office, said his decision was influenced by pressure from his party after a debate at the end of June. Biden said he would speak to the Nation this week in more detail about his decision, but did not give any information on how the Democratic Party could make a decision.
Biden drops out of the reelection race and supports Harris
US Senator Elizabeth Warren on Sunday asked, “If Joe Biden ends his reelection campaign, how can he justify remaining President?” This comes after Biden dropped out of the 2020 US Presidential race. “With this selfless and patriotism act, President Biden is doing what he has done throughout his life of service: putting the American people and our country above everything else,” Vice President Kamala Harris said.
IT outage affects millions around the globe
The global IT failure caused by CrowdStrike, which began on Friday and is now in the hands of cybercriminals, has affected financial services firms, media broadcasters and airlines across the world, including Australia. The disruption was also reported in the US, Japan, UK, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa and Argentina. CrowdStrike has attributed the global outage to the Falcon Sensor platform.
What’s CrowdStrike, and what happened?
US-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has warned of hackers reserving domain names to run “CrowdStrike Support” scams after its customers were hit by a widespread malware attack on Thursday. CrowdStrike’s research revealed the attackers were trying to send fraudulent mails and make fake calls pretending to be CrowdStrike staff to trick people into giving up their credentials.
Hospitals Around the World are in a state of crisis because of the IT crash
The global ‘blue screen’ of death was caused by an update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, The Verge reported. According to the report, the update caused a bug in CrowdStrike’s antivirus software which caused many Windows machines to crash and cause them to boot into a boot loop. CrowdStrike said it has deployed a fix for the bug but this could take days to resolve.
What is Artificial intelligence, really?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) watchdogs, government regulators are trying to keep natural looking bots from misrepresenting themselves and saying it was a human, WIRED reporter Paresh Dave said. “In human language, I can say ‘what’ or ‘whaaaat!?’,” said machine-learning researcher Pratyusha Sharma. She further said artificial intelligence analysis helps to understand sperm whales’ alphabet and chemical composition of salt stains.
Best headphones and ear buds for Prime Day
Amazon is offering an invite-only deal on Sony’s WH-CH520 Wireless Speaker for Prime members for $25 off, starting July 16. Amazon’s entry-level Echo Buds are also on sale for Prime members for $24.99 ($25off). HyperX Cloud III Wireless is a 2.4 GHz wireless headset for PC, PlayStation, and the Nintendo Switch that sports 120 hours of battery life.