Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Cash App ordered to pay $175M for weak security

Cash App's parent company Block has been ordered to pay $175 million to users and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's victim relief fund. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Wed Jan 22 2025

 
A woman holds a smartphone near an ATM cash dispenser.

Cash App's parent company Block has been ordered to pay $175 million to users and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's victim relief fund.

Reykjavik the capital city of Iceland above view from the Perlan natural history museum
 

Missing Ohio siblings found in fishing village in Iceland

The multi-continental search began on Oct. 25 after the siblings, ages 8 and 9, were reported missing along with their 34-year-old mother.

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is offering The Poppy Pygmy Hippo Experience, a 30-minute meet-and-greet with baby pygmo hippo Poppy and her mom, Iris.
 

You can meet Poppy the baby pygmy hippo in person. Here's what to know

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is offering 30-minute meet-and-greets with its new baby pygmy hippo Poppy through February.

In this file photo from 2020, the U.S. head office of TikTok is shown in Culver City, California.
 

TikTok still not available on app stores: What's the hold up?

As of Wednesday, TikTok could still not be downloaded from the Apple and Google app stores in the U.S, even after President Trump's executive order.

Chickens sit in cages at a farm in Buenos Aires, Argentina on February 22, 2023.
 

Bird flu found for first time in Georgia poultry plant

Georgia is the nation's largest poultry producing state. Last week, bird flu was found for the first time in a commercial poultry plant in the state.

Sarasota's Siesta Key Beach is a good dark vantage point to view the Milky Way, on left, and more. On the right is the once-in-a-lifetime appearance of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) that was visible to the naked eye in late October, 2024. In January, six planets - Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn will appear in the evening sky.
 

6 planets are visible in January night sky during 'planet parade'

Because planets always appear in a line, the alignment isn't anything out of the norm. What's less common is seeing so many bright planets at once.

Pictured is deceased Coweta County Fire Chief James Bartholomew Cauthen.
 

'Already missed': Fire chief killed after helping driver who hit deer

James Cauthen, a 54-year-old fire chief with Coweta County Fire in Georgia, was shot and killed while helping drivers who hit a deer in Alabama.

Snow on Panama City Beach in Florida
 

Watch: Florida beaches covered in snow

Places that rarely see snow looked like winter wonderlands, including beaches along the Gulf Coast of Florida.

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