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Data breaches present a major problem for colleges and universitiesgetty Columbia University recently disclosed that it had suffered a data breach in May that was discovered in June, but not officially disclosed until August.7th. According to public filings 868,969 people had their personal information compromised. The compromised information included names, Social Security numbers, birth dates and much more information that can readily lead to identity theft. The number of people affected may seem high considering the fact that Columbia only employs approximately 20,000 people and has an enrollment of approximately 35,000 students. This discrepancy is due to the fact that…

Billionaire Elon Musk and his social media firm X have reached a tentative settlement with former employees who had sued for $500m (£373m) in severance pay.The parties reported the deal in a court filing on Wednesday, jointly requesting the US appeals court in San Francisco to postpone an upcoming hearing to allow time to settle the paperwork.Some workers sued the company over their terminations and severance packages, after some 6,000 staff – more than half its workforce – were sacked as part of a cost-cutting measure after Musk took over the company in 2022.The BBC has contacted X – formerly…

New research shows alarming levels of Pfas in the blood of people living or working near a US air force base responsible for polluting drinking water with high levels of the dangerous “forever chemicals”, a new state regulatory report has found.The levels are high enough in those who lived and worked near the Cannon air force base in Curry county to raise health concerns – about 10 times above the levels of those in the region who did not work in the contaminated zone. The pollution stems from a type of Pfas-laden firefighting foam the military has used across the…

Harrison Dossick, an entertainment and media litigator with Glaser Weil, has died. He was 65.  He died unexpectedly on Aug. 14 following a heart attack, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.  With a sprawling career of four decades, Dossick worked with clients in the entertainment and media industries. He further specialized in intellectual property litigation and general commercial disputes.  Most notably, Dossick represented Angelina Jolie in her 2011 copyright infringement lawsuit over In the Land of Blood and Honey, which served as her directorial debut. (She won the suit in 2013 that alleged she violated copyright on Croatian journalist James Braddock’s…

Dan WetzelAug 22, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseDan Wetzel is a senior writer focused on investigative reporting, news analysis and feature storytelling.Week 0 is college football’s oft-ignored start to the season. The good stuff doesn’t generally happen until the smorgasbord of Labor Day weekend.This year, though, it begins with a unique bang. Consider that, right now in some Dublin pub, two fan bases from Middle America are likely baffling locals by arguing not merely over their teams but the per-acre yields of wheat vs. corn.It’s Iowa State and Kansas State to kick things off — in Ireland no less.It’s Farmageddon on…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Figuring out a way to correct blurry vision is a part of life for many of us. In the United States alone, roughly six million people are estimated to have some sort of vision loss and another one million are totally blind.  To escape glasses and invasive contact lenses, many turn to more permanet corrective eye surgery, including the popular LASIK procedure. However, there might be a new vision correction method (that does not involve teeth) on the horizon that can do the same thing without…

In a perfect world, you could pack multiple jackets—leather, quilted, raincoats, jean jackets—on every trip. After all, jackets are the easiest way to elevate casual outfits and tone down overdressed ones. But unless you’re traveling with multiple suitcases, packing more than one or two per trip really isn’t feasible. Because of this, the ones you do pack need to pull their weight.This fall’s trends make finding the right packable jacket a bit easier. Popular outerwear is leaning toward both sophistication and performance wear—a tough combination to pin down, but one that bodes well for mixing and matching outfits. The shift…

Turkey’s first lady has urged Melania Trump to speak out for children suffering in Israel’s war in Gaza.Emine Erdogan praised the US first lady’s support for children affected by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, asking Trump to “extend the advocacy” to Palestinians.In a letter published by the Turkish presidency on Saturday, Mrs Erdogan said Gaza had become a ‘”children’s cemetery”, telling Mrs Trump: “We must unite our voices and strength against this injustice.”It comes as UN- backed food security experts have assessed half a million people are suffering from famine in Gaza City – and 132,000 children’s lives are threatened…

Hull’s iconic Dinsdale’s joke shop has remained pretty much untouched for almost a century.

I went eyes-on with Samsung’s two 115-inch TVs, and was surprised at what glare filters and Micro RGB backlights could do.