Monthly Archives: August 2022

The cybersecurity funding bubble hasn’t burst — but it’s starting to deflate

Last year was record-breaking for the cybersecurity market. Data from Momentum Cyber, a financial advisory firm for the security industry, showed that cybersecurity startups raised a “record-shattering” $29.5 billion in venture capital in 2021, more than doubling the $12 billion raised in 2020, while a record number — including Dragos and Noname Security — were…

Senate Republicans strip $35 insulin cap for individuals with private insurance from Democratic-led climate and health bill

US Capitol in Washington DC. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Senate Republicans stripped a $35 insulin cap for those with private insurance from the climate and health bill. Seven Republicans joined 50 Democrats in seeking to keep the provision in the bill, falling short by three votes. The vote was held…

American Airlines rebooked a mom on a flight home that would have forced her to leave her 7- and 8-year-old sons behind for days in NYC

Sarah Ripmaster and her two sons during their travel adventure. Sarah Ripmaster/Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Sarah Ripmaster woke up to an email saying her flight had changed but her sons weren’t included. American Airlines didn’t add her 7- and 8-year-old boys to her new flight from LaGuardia airport. Airline wanted to put the boys…

A former federal prosecutor believes Mark Meadows will turn on Donald Trump and ‘snitch’ on him to Justice Department investigators

Mark Meadows, left, and former President Donald Trump, right, in a composite image. Getty Images A former federal prosecutor predicts Mark Meadows will eventually snitch on Donald Trump. “He’s going to rat Trump out. He’s going to snitch,” ex-prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said. Kirschner’s remarks come after the January 6 hearings in which lawmakers heard damning…

The US offered technical advice to Cuba after the communist state asked ‘friendly countries’ to help put out a huge oil depot fire

View of the massive fire at a fuel depot, sparked overnight by a lightning strike, in Matanzas, in western Cuba, taken on August 6, 2022. Yamil Lage/AFP A fire broke out at a Cuban oil facility, leaving 121 injured and 17 firefighters missing. Cuba asked “friendly countries” for help with the blaze, and the US…

Stacey Abrams shared her evolution on abortion policy: ‘I was anti-abortion until I went to college’

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams talks with the press after a group discussion with women impacted by miscarriage in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on August 03, 2022. Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Stacey Abrams said she used to be anti-abortion in her college years due to her Christian faith. She said she changed her…

teenage engineering OP–1 field synthesizer has a low aluminum frame & 100 new features

Enhance your setup with the teenage engineering OP–1 field synthesizer. An evolution of the OP–1, it incorporates technological advancements, ideas, and improvements. In fact, it has a low aluminum frame, a field color palette, a glass screen—and 100 new features. These include an all-glass high-resolution flush display, 4 different tape styles, a 24-hour battery life, and…