A lawsuit was filed against Hershey, Walgreens and several others in the case of a Massachusetts teen who died after he participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge that was widely promoted on social media. Harris Wolobah, a 10th grader …
Here’s a troubling phrase hurricane forecasters hate but often hear: “It’s just a Category 1. Nothing to worry about.” Or even worse: “Tropical storm? Just some wind and rain.” But look at Hurricane Beryl, which hit Texas this week as …
U.S. technology firm InterDigital and a patent licensing platform on Monday won their bid to throw out a London lawsuit by Tesla, which was seeking a patent license ahead of the automaker’s launch of 5G vehicles in Britain. Elon Musk’s …
Boeing Co. has notified some 737 Max customers in recent weeks that aircraft due for delivery in 2025 and 2026 face additional delays, another reminder that production of its cash-cow jetliner faces a long road to recovery. The planemaker has …
A hacker who claims to have stolen sensitive call and text logs from AT&T Inc. said they were paid about $400,000 to erase the data trove. An analysis of a Bitcoin wallet address provided by the hacker shows a transaction …
A new report asserts the impact of business email compromise incidents on U.S. companies is likely underestimated and misunderstood—and it shows that multifactor authentication and cybersecurity awareness programs may be the top two risk management controls to prevent BEC attacks. …
Deutsche Bank AG has resolved a €500 million ($545 million) claim from a Spanish hotel chain over losses suffered on foreign-exchange derivatives sold by the lender. Responding to Bloomberg questions about the status of the lawsuit from Palladium Hotel Group, …
Australia plans to introduce a law by the end of the year forcing internet companies to proactively stop hosting scams or face hefty fines, the top consumer regulator said on Friday, potentially setting up another showdown with Big Tech. The …
A ring of wildfires has erupted around Canada’s unofficial oil-sands capital of Fort McMurray, adding new threats to crude production from the world’s third-largest petroleum reserves. Eight out-of-control blazes have been discovered just south and southwest of the city since …
AT&T said Friday the company suffered a massive hacking incident as data from about 109 million customer accounts containing records of calls and texts from 2022 was illegally downloaded in April. The U.S. telecom company said the FBI is investigating …