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The average interest rate on the most popular US home loan rose to its highest level since 2001 as tightening financial conditions weigh on the housing sector, data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) showed on Wednesday. The average contract rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose by 22 basis points to 7.16% for the week ended October 21 while the MBA’s Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, fell 1.7% from a week earlier. Mortgage application activity is at its slowest pace since 1997. Mortgage rates have more than doubled since the beginning of the year,…
On Wednesday, in the Champions League’s Group C, Bayern Munich gained a spectacular 4-2 victory over Viktoria Plzen and led the group as the leader with 12 points. Viktoria stands fourth in the group with zero points, as it was their fourth consecutive defeat. In the 4-2 win against Viktoria, Bayern’s Sadio Mané scored the first goal in the 10th minute, Thomas Müller scored the second in the 14th minute, Leon Goretzka scored the third in the 25th minute, and Leon Goretzka scored the fourth in the 35th minute. Viktoria’s Adam Vlkanova scored the first goal for his team in…
Elon Musk is scheduled to spend the next few days with lawyers for Twitter, answering questions ahead of an October trial that will determine whether he must follow through on his $44bn agreement to acquire the social platform after attempting to back out of the deal. The deposition, planned for Monday, Tuesday and a possible extension on Wednesday, will not be public. As of Sunday evening, it was not clear whether Musk would appear in person or by video. Reuters reported the deposition did not happen Monday nor was a reason given for the delay, citing sources with knowledge of…
Uber’s former security officer, Joe Sullivan, is standing trial this week in what is believed to be the first case of an executive facing criminal charges in relation to a data breach. The US district court in San Francisco will start hearing arguments on whether Sullivan, the former head of security at the ride-share giant, failed to properly disclose a 2016 data breach affecting 57 million Uber riders and drivers around the world. At a time when reports of ransomware attacks have surged and cybersecurity insurance premiums have risen, the case could set an important precedent regarding the culpability of US security staffers and…
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…