Facebook-backed digital currency project Diem shifts to US
<p>A once-ambitious Facebook-backed digital currency project — formerly known as Libra, now called Diem — is shifting operations from Switzerland to the U.S. and...
UK foreign secretary calls for cooperation on cybersecurity
LONDON — U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday urged global cooperation to combat cyberattacks by “hostile state actors" and criminal gangs.
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Judge rejects plea deal for darknet child porn purveyor
<p>COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A federal judge rejected a plea agreement on Wednesday that called for 15 to 21 years in prison for a...
2018 audit found ‘glaring deficiencies’ at pipeline company
BOSTON — An outside audit three years ago of the pipeline company hit by a cyberattack threatening fuel supplies in the eastern United States...
Poland wants to buy Marie Curie’s vacation house in France
SAINT-REMY-LES-CHEVREUSE, France — Poland’s prime minister says he’s given instructions for the government to buy a house in France where the Nobel-winning scientist couple...
Vulture invasion besets residents of Florida neighborhood
<p>TAMPA, Fla. — Residents of a Florida neighborhood say they are beset by an invasion of turkey vultures that are damaging homes and causing...
Biden signs order to beef up federal cyber defenses
RICHMOND, Va. — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday meant to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity defenses in response to a series of headline-grabbing...
CDC advisers mull how to use Pfizer shots in kids 12 and up
States are rolling out Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots to pediatricians and even some school vaccine clinics as they prepare to vaccinate millions of kids as...
Kerry: US weighs sanctions on China solar over forced labor
<p>The Biden administration is considering sanctions over China’s alleged use of forced labor in production of solar panels and other components in renewable energy,...
Company defies Michigan governor’s order to close pipeline
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — An Upper Midwestern oil pipeline continued operating Wednesday, despite a shutdown demand from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that the operator...