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Trump Tower website has outage after Anonymous’ anti-Trump rant

December 11, 2015May 15, 2017 creative angela-moon, anonymous, cities-the-tech, hour-on-friday, people-affected, social, the-companies, usa

By Angela Moon and Eleanor Whalley NEW YORK (Reuters) – The website for Trump Towers, Donald Trump's glitzy signature skyscraper in Manhattan, went offline for at least an hour on Friday after activist hacking group Anonymous denounced the real-estate mogul and Republican presidential front-runner for his anti-Muslim comments. The website for the 68-story Trump Towers (trumptowerny.com), often used for his presidential campaign, was down after a tweet from an account associated with the anonymous hacking collective that said: “Trump Towers NY site taken down as statement against racism and hatred.www.trumptowerny.com/(what you see is cloudflare offline backup)” Earlier this week, a handle claiming to be “Anonymous Operations” posted a video on YouTube with the message: “The more the United States appears to be targeting Muslims, not just radical Muslims, you can be sure that ISIS will be putting that on their social media campaign.” The post added, “Donald Trump think twice before you speak anything.

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NY judge shuts down daily fantasy sports in state

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NEW YORK, Dec 11 (Reuters) – A New York judge on Friday ruled that daily fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings must cease operating in the state, in what could be a crippling blow to the fast-growing, multibillion-dollar industry.

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South Carolina military college suspends cadets over KKK-like hoods

December 11, 2015 admin after-hearing, brett-ashworth, carols-as-part, college, freshmen-cadets, from-the-campus, investigation, month-over, schneiderman, while-singing, wore-the-hoods

The Citadel military college in South Carolina said on Thursday it was suspending eight cadets after photographs were posted on social media showing them wearing pointed white pillowcases that resemble hoods worn by the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group. Seven freshmen cadets wore the hoods and all-white clothing while singing Christmas carols as part of a “Ghosts of Christmas Past” skit, according to initial findings by the college in Charleston

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Irish actress Saoirse Ronan – still a tongue-twister for Hollywood

December 10, 2015 publisher after-hearing, billingsgate, golden-globe, london, ronan, saoirse-ronan, televised, while-singing

(Reuters) – Irish actress Saoirse Ronan expressed delight that no-one stumbled over her name when she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award on Wednesday. On Thursday, Ronan was also nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in Irish immigrant drama “Brooklyn” but Hollywood veteran Dennis Quaid fumbled her first name, calling her “Sheesha” while making the televised announcement. Entertainment website Moviefone.com called Quaid “the John Travolta of 2106 Golden Globe Pronounciations” likening his slip to Travolta's introduction of “Wicked” singer Idina Menzel as “Adele Dazeem” at the 2014 Oscars ceremony.

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Bitcoin’s alleged architect troubled by financial, tax issues

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By Jane Wardell and Jeremy Wagstaff SYDNEY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Australian Craig Steven Wright is the latest in a line of men alleged to be the mysterious creator of bitcoin, a digital currency that has attracted the interest of banks, speculators, criminals and regulators.

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Imprisoned Saudi blogger on hunger strike, wife says

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By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) – Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has been on a hunger strike since Tuesday after being transferred to a “new isolated” prison, his wife, Ensaf Haidar, said on Thursday. Haidar, who lives in Canada where she and their three children were granted political asylum, confirmed the news by phone after tweeting it. Colette Lelievre, a Montreal-based campaign organizer with Amnesty International, said Thursday the group had been told Badawi was transferred to a different prison for “administrative reasons.” Amnesty had not yet independently confirmed he started a hunger strike.

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EU can suspend new data transfer pact with U.S. if worried about privacy: Official

December 10, 2015 creative data-transfer, edward-snowden, european-union, facebook, julia-fioretti, leaked-details, security, united, usa

By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A new data transfer pact between the European Union and Washington will give the EU the right to pull the plug on the deal if it fears the United States is not safeguarding privacy enough, the EU Justice Commissioner said on Thursday. A previous transatlantic data transfer framework, Safe Harbour, was struck down on Oct. 6 by the European Union's top court because of worries about mass U.S.

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FLOTUS on the track: Michelle Obama makes rap video for college campaign

December 10, 2015 creative celebrity, data-transfer, fame-on-social, michelle-obama, national-arts, obama, security, united, white

Fill your head with knowledge,” Obama rhymes as comedian Jay Pharoah, known for his Saturday Night Live impression of her husband President Barack Obama, makes a stack of bills rain onto the floor of the White House.

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Facebook service aimed at professionals to launch in coming months

December 10, 2015 creative after-spending, also-adopted, celebrity, data-transfer, facebook-at-work, new-service, tour-bus, united

Facebook at Work, Facebook Inc's professional version of its social network, is expected to launch in the coming months, after spending a year in tests, a company executive said. The new service, geared towards workplace collaboration, is nearly identical to its ubiquitous social network, with a scrolling news “feed”, “likes” and a chat service. “I would say 95 percent of what we developed for Facebook is also adopted for Facebook at Work,” Julien Codorniou, director of global platform partnerships at Facebook, told Reuters.

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OpenText eyeing significant acquisition driven growth: CEO

December 9, 2015 publisher barrenechea, chief-executive, double-the-cash, facebook-at-work, largely-through, times-multiple, tour-bus, typically-buy

By Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) – OpenText Corp , one of Canada’s most valuable technology companies, plans to roughly double its revenue and cash flows in the next few years largely through acquisitions, its Chief Executive Mark Barrenechea said on Wednesday. “When we look out over the next three to four years, we are looking to spend $3 billion in acquisitions, and we typically buy revenue at a 2 times multiple, so that would be $1.5 billion of acquired revenues,” Barrenechea said during an interview in Toronto. “If you just use the low end of our target margin range of 34 percent that $3 billion in acquisitions will double the cash flow of the company,” he said.