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Scam Alert: Columbia County warns residents of email scam

1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (235+ words) COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. " Columbia County officials issued a warning Friday regarding fraudulent emails targeting residents, contractors and permit applicants. These scam messages falsely claim that additional payments are owed on building or permit applications. The alert comes after the county…...

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Discord postpones age verification rollout amid criticism, promises transparency

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (492+ words) Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, is postponing its controversial age verification policy after receiving swift backlash from users with concerns about their privacy. The global rollout of the system is now delayed to the second half…...

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FL Senate advances bill putting onus on phone companies to block calls with manipulated caller IDs

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (415+ words) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. " Spam calls are a major annoyance, and scammers have gotten extra tricky and have begun shielding their numbers. But a bill that cleared its first committee stop in the Florida Senate Wednesday morning would put the onus on…...

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FBI warns people about romance scams this Valentine’s Day

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (154+ words) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. " The FBI in Jacksonville is warning people to be careful about online romance scams, especially with Valentine's Day coming up. Last year, more than 550 people across North Florida lost a total of $22.2 million to these scams, according to…...

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Outage at Cloudflare disrupts internet, including X, ChatGPT

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (266+ words) Cloudflare was experiencing issues with its global network, the company said Tuesday, disrupting service for many websites and apps including X and OpenAI's ChatGPT. "Cloudflare is aware of, and investigating an issue which potentially impacts multiple customers," the company posted…...

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USPS, UPS, FedEx set holiday shipping deadlines

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (247+ words) The holiday season is in full swing and the post office, UPS and FedEx have set the deadlines to make sure your cards and packages to their destinations in time for the celebrations. The USPS said that Dec. 17 is the…...

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What caused AWS outage?

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (310+ words) After a day of glitches and frustrations, officials know what caused the massive Amazon Web Services outage on Monday. Monday's computer problems were the third time in five years that the AWS US-EAST-1 system went down, impacting global business, Reuters…...

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AWS outage: Company says mass outage ‘fully mitigated’

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (92+ words) Amazon Web Services says the issues that caused a mass outage have been "fully mitigated." While AWS said that all services should be back up and running, "some requests may be throttled" while they continue to work on resolving the…...

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Return to sender: How to avoid the USPS scam text

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (492+ words) Scammers stick with the USPS scam text racket because it's effective. But the good news is, once you know what to look for, you'll be onto that scam like a dog on a postman. Spokeo explains how the scam works…...

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The flip phone renaissance: 9 retro phones that Gen Z is obsessed with in 2025

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (566+ words) Spokeo reports Gen Z is embracing retro flip phones, seeking simplicity and a digital detox amid smartphone fatigue, with significant sales growth. The flip phone renaissance: 9 retro phones that Gen Z is obsessed with in 2025 In an era of screen…...