By @TobyChilliShow
May 20, 2021
If you use Chrome, then you’ve probably noticed that you have some passwords that were caught up in a breach. If you don’t change them, at some point Google will. Surprise! The tech giant knows how annoying changing those credentials is so they’re willing to help.
It won’t happen right away, but they announced this week that that ability to fix them is nowhere. Google’s been flagging those hacked passwords since 2019 and many of them are attached to little-used websites.
Here’s where they are important. Hackers use the stolen user names and passwords, that you may think are unimportant, on banking sites until they hit pay dirt. Then your account is drained.
‘Energy groups must stop new oil and gas projects to reach net zero by 2050’
Business
May 19, 2021
Paris: All future fossil fuel projects must be scrapped if the world is to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and to stand any chance of limiting warming to 1.5C, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.
In a special report designed to inform negotiators at the crucial COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November, the IEA predicted a sharp decline in fossil fuel demand in the next three decades as well as a 2040 deadline for the global energy sector to achieve carbon neutrality.
The Paris-based think tank called for a rapid and vast ramping up of renewable energy investment and capacity, which bring gains in development, wealth and human health.
From India, Brazil and beyond: Pandemic refugees at the US border
18 May, 2021 05:00 AM
10 minutes to read
The Gomez family walks up a hill to to surrender themselves to US Border Patrol agents along the border with Mexico in Yuma, Arizona. Photo / Ariana Drehsler, The New York Times
The Gomez family walks up a hill to to surrender themselves to US Border Patrol agents along the border with Mexico in Yuma, Arizona. Photo / Ariana Drehsler, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Miriam Jordan
Fleeing virus-devastated economies, migrants are travelling long distances to reach the United States and then walking through gaps in the border wall. The Arizona desert has become a favorite crossing point.