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Ride-hailing company confirms attack after hacker compromises Slack app and messages employees Uber has been hacked in an attack that appears to have breached the ride-hailing company’s internal systems. The California-based company confirmed it was responding to a “cybersecurity incident”, after the New York Times reported that a hack had accessed the company’s network and forced it to take several internal communications and engineering systems offline. The hacker claimed to be 18 years old, according to the report. Uber confirmed that there are no issues with the company’s service, which operates in more than 10,000 cities around the world. A hacker compromised…
Search engine updates ‘featured snippets’ to reduce the number of often comical errors it makes Google will stop giving snappy answers to stupid questions, the company has announced, as it seeks to improve its search engine’s “featured snippets” service. That means users should see fewer answers to questions such as “When did Snoopy assassinate Abraham Lincoln?”, to which the service would once merrily respond with “1865” – the right date, but very much the wrong assassin. “This clearly isn’t the most helpful way to display this result,” said the company’s head of search, Pandu Nayak, in a blogpost announcing the changes.…
Scammers posing as Canadian immigration lawyers have targeted Facebook groups with tens of thousands of users, a new report reveals. The posts, documented in a new report by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), the research arm of watchdog group the Campaign for Accountability, have been flagged as potentially fraudulent by Latin American and Canadian authorities but continue to proliferate. Purporting to be authored by Canadian immigration lawyers, the posts claim that Canada is recruiting more than 400,000 people for a jobs program that will grant those accepted an immediate work permit. The scam offers to help migrants apply for the program and obtain a visa,…
After drawing against Brighton, and dropping points for the fifth time in seven Premier League games, Jürgen Klopp admitted Liverpool was suffering a crisis of confidence. In the first half, Liverpool produced another chaotic defensive display, and Brighton had the chance to lead 2-0 after 18 minutes at Anfield and could have been four ahead. Brighton produced another error, which Liverpool used to make the lead by 3-2. But Brighton’s Leandro Trossard scored the third goal to complete his hat-trick, and this hat-trick was the first by a visiting player at Anfield in 13 years. Jürgen Klopp, the Liverpool manager,…
In the recent match between Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins, an unaffiliated doctor cleared the Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to play after he was evaluated for a concussion. According to an ESPN report on Saturday, that unaffiliated doctor has been fired. ESPN said the neurotrauma consultant made several mistakes while evaluating Tagovailoa, who seemed to exhibit concussion symptoms after hitting his head on the ground. The ESPN report read the NFL Players Association elected to fire an unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant. When asked to comment on the ESPN report, the Players Association did not immediately respond, while an NFL spokesman…
The RFL CEO Ralph Rimmer is facing calls to quit over controversial comments on Fiji national team. The Rugby Football League confirmed that it had received a complaint about the incendiary comments made by Ralph toward the Fiji national team, and it is following procedure. At the end of the year, Ralph will leave his role at the governing body, but after his offensive remark against Fiji, he is facing calls to go immediately. Ralph made the offensive remark against Fiji at the RFL’s annual awards night at Headingley last Monday. Rimmer said, Fiji has already arrived, and we do…
In the Singapore Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc took pole for Ferrari and broke the hopes of Max Verstappen to seal his second title as he managed only eighth on the grid. The qualifying drama was completely overshadowed, and the row over potential breaches of the F1 budget cap in 2021 has escalated. Lewis Hamilton described this as an issue that had to be taken seriously and insisted the FIA apply the rules rigorously. Leclerc delivered a fine lap to secure the pole by beating the Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez into second and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton into third. Last year, Toto…
On Friday, Bayern Munich beat Bayer Leverkusen by 4-0 and climbed into second place in Bundesliga, in which Jamal Musiala scored once and set up two more goals. The German football player Jamal delivered a superb performance for a confidence-boosting win for Bayern Munich. Next weekend, Bayern will play a Champions League group game against Viktoria Plzen and Bundesliga match against Borussia Dortmund. After winning, Jamal said I think it is still too early, and we have to play more games like that, so we can’t just say now we are back. Everyone on the team wanted to win today,…
English Rugby Union player Marcus Smith admitted he accepts the responsibility to help promote rugby union in England amid the financial crisis. Smith revealed he has to put on a show and said that he would be open to holding talks with officials over how best to grow the game. Smith acknowledges that the level of attention he receives in public is growing. Smith believes several lessons can be learned from US sports because he spent three weeks in Los Angeles over the summer, during which he worked with an NFL coach. Harlequins are front-runners in that regard, and Premiership…
Worcester Warriors players and staff have turned against owners after Colin Goldring and Jason Whittingham released an astonishing statement in which they blame the squad and supporters for the club’s plight. The statement was released when it emerged that players and staff face losing their jobs next Wednesday with the company WRFC Players Limited that holds their contracts. The WRFC Players Limited is chances to go into liquidation due to HMRC’s winding-up order. Whittingham and Goldring’s statement came after the club’s captain, Ted Hill, gave an interview to ITV Central. Ted said in the interview that an apology is needed…