Author: Max Smith

Stocks edged higher on Friday, on track to avoid losses, as nervous investors digested the important monthly jobs report and kept an eye on rising oil prices.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose about 0.1% (20 points) and the S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 0.3% following its biggest single-day decline since February. The Nasdaq Composite Index (^IXIC), which has a high proportion of high-tech stocks, rose 0.4%.As Yahoo Finance's Josh Schafer reported, the U.S. labor market remained strong in March. Employers added 303,000 jobs, far more than economists expected, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8%. Wage growth also met expectations.on…

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Last year, JC Herz and his team at cybersecurity firm Exiger discovered vulnerabilities in open source software for federal systems that interact with a trove of sensitive government data. They immediately alerted system owners and defense officials connected to the intelligence community and the Department of Defense.The vulnerability was not in the system's code, but literally the maintainer who sent the commitment to the system was a single Russian government employee.”If this had been compromised, it would have been front page news everywhere,” said Hertz, SVP of Exigar's cyber supply chain group. Her experience highlighted the dangers of accidentally letting…

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Publication date: April 5, 2024Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Lawsuit claims video game company intentionally makes products addictive By Movieguide® Contributor The new lawsuit is a compilation of five previous complaints that hold video game companies liable for intentionally creating addictive games that cause mental disruption to players. . “Each Defendant recognizes that video games are harmful to minors and young adults because Defendants designed the games to be particularly addictive,” the complaint states. “To take advantage of this, each defendant employs behavioral psychologists and neuroscientists to develop games that take full advantage of psychological tactics to keep players…

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Axis Communications has been working diligently to address cybersecurity issues as customers become increasingly suspicious of smart security and smart home solutions. To this end, the company announced plans to expand the number of network physical security products that are FIPS 140 certified under the Federal Information Processing Standard. The Swedish company, which is also a popular provider of video surveillance products for the residential market, said the move strengthens the cybersecurity measures of Axis customers, especially governments and critical infrastructure sectors, who need to meet FIPS 140 certification. FIPS is widely recognized as the most advanced security standard published…

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St. Louis police have increased patrols downtown and are preparing for large crowds as three St. Louis sports teams play at the same time over the weekend. ST. LOUIS — St. Louis sports fans are gearing up for a sports-filled weekend. The Cardinals will play two more games this weekend at Busch Stadium. Saturday featured a City SC game, the BattleHawks' home opener, and a sold-out Zac Brown Band concert featuring Adam Wainwright at Chaifetz Arena on Saturday. With thousands of people gathering downtown, safety is our top priority and our biggest concern. As a result, the St. Louis Police…

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image: Nerial / Devolver DigitalIn 2007, I graduated high school with one outstanding senior. That means you're most likely to appear on a reality show. Since then I've gotten closer to it (almost got close to Peacock) traitorsBut I skipped being the human canvas for a tattoo TV series because I couldn't take time off from work and was too worried that I'd leave something horrible on my body forever) . Magic just as I expected. The Crush Houseis an upcoming game from Devolver Digital and Nerial that looks like it's going to make all my reality TV dreams come…

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Gambling has become closely associated with sports, an unintended consequence of a 2018 Supreme Court ruling and the subsequent rise of phone-based sportsbooks. Access to the action becomes unlimited as the smartphone effectively becomes the means by which he places bets in real time 24 hours a day. Gambling on games used to mean betting on who would win, but now games can range from who will score the next basket to whether the next score will be his 3-point shot. You can bet on any aspect of the. This high-speed action fuels a whirlwind of excitement and fuels the…

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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 303,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in March, beating estimates of just 214,000 nonfarm payrolls. Average hourly wages (4.1%) and unemployment rate (3.8%) were both in line with expectations.U.S. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, speaking for the paper with Yahoo Finance's Jennifer Schoenberger following Friday morning's jobs report, said the unemployment rate has remained at a consistent 4% for the longest period in decades. “This is exactly President Biden's vision for the country,” he said. .Secretary Hsu said that recent immigration statistics are particularly conducive to sustainable job growth…

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