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Credit Bureau TransUnion Hit With Data Breach Affecting 4.4 Million People

Credit Bureau TransUnion Hit With Data Breach Affecting 4.4 Million People

The TransUnion data breach exposed the data of up to 4.4 million customers.  CNET Major credit bureau TransUnion has suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive information belonging to 4.4 million customers, including names and Social Security numbers.  The data breach took place on July 28, meaning the sensitive information could have been sold and distributed throughout the dark web …

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Dad’s hope to find cure for son’s rare condition affecting 300 others

Dad’s hope to find cure for son’s rare condition affecting 300 others

James McCarthy BBC News, West of England Clara Bullock BBC News, Somerset Supplied by family Tom hopes a cure or life-changing therapies can be found for his son Jenson A father whose son has been diagnosed with a condition only 300 people have in the world has launched a mission to find a “cure or life-changing therapy”. Within days of …

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Microsoft confirms Windows 11 24H2 stability issues, affecting games, tests performance fixes

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 24H2 stability issues, affecting games, tests performance fixes

Microsoft has now quietly admitted Windows 11 24H2 stability issues after recent mandatory cumulative updates. Windows 11 24H2 is comparatively better than the previous releases, but the rollout wasn’t exactly smooth. It caused a lot of issues for some of us, including Blue Screen of Death, but more problems were introduced with the follow-up cumulative updates. We found that Windows …

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Allianz Life confirms data breach affecting majority of 1.4M US customers

Allianz Life confirms data breach affecting majority of 1.4M US customers

MINNEAPOLIS — Hackers gained access to personal data on the majority of the 1.4 million customers of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, the company confirmed Saturday. Minneapolis-based Allianz Life, a subsidiary of Munich, Germany-based Allianz SE, said the data breach happened on July 16 when a “malicious threat actor” gained access to a third-party, cloud-based system used by …

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This Common Sleep Deficiency May Be Affecting Your Brain Health

This Common Sleep Deficiency May Be Affecting Your Brain Health

Then, around 13 to 17 years later, those same participants received brain scans to look at the size of specific regions known to be vulnerable in Alzheimer’s disease, like the inferior parietal lobule and precuneus. These areas are key players in memory, attention, and spatial reasoning—all functions that tend to decline early in dementia. Source link

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Ozempic found to be better than approved therapies at slashing risk of disease affecting 7M Americans

Ozempic found to be better than approved therapies at slashing risk of disease affecting 7M Americans

Weight-loss GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic could be an effective safeguard against dementia in diabetes patients and help prolong lifespan, a study suggests.  Diabetes has long been linked to dementia, with an increased risk of around 70 percent, due to high blood sugar levels that can damage vessels supplying blood to the brain, blocking the flow of oxygen. Traditionally, metformin has …

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Co-dev specialists Virtuos, which made this year’s Oblivion remaster, announces layoffs affecting 7% of workforce

Co-dev specialists Virtuos, which made this year’s Oblivion remaster, announces layoffs affecting 7% of workforce

Co-development services specialist Virtuos has confirmed rumours that it’s making hundreds of layoffs across its workforce, with around 200 roles in Asia and 70 in Europe affected. This amounts to approximately 7% of its global headcount. In a statement, the company said it’s “evolving to meet the needs of [its] partners and the industry”, saying it’s “realigning [its] global footprint …

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