At supersonic speeds, F-16 jets chased down an unresponsive pilot who flew a civilian plane over the nation's capital and crashed in southwest Virginia. The FAA and NTSB are investigating.

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OPEC+ countries also agreed to extend oil production cuts they announced in April through the end of 2024, reducing production by more than 1 million barrels per day.

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China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the military suppression of 1989 pro-democracy protests.

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Todd has hosted the show since 2014. NBC's chief White House correspondent, Kristen Welker, will become the show's new host.

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Officials say pets that don't previously show signs of aggression may still bite a postal worker, and the agency is asking residents to secure their dogs before mail carriers arrive.

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Immigrants have long been the backbone of restaurant kitchens. Now they're dominating the industry's top awards for chefs, with a majority of nominations going to immigrants or children of immigrants.

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Health officials say more vaccination, testing and awareness among people at high risk for infection with mpox could curb a potential resurgence in the U.S.

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A decade ago, we were still exploring the technological wonders of cellphones and other electronic devices. Few were thinking about how they could be used to monitor us. Then came Edward Snowden.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia's war, now in its 16th month, has killed at least 500 Ukrainian children.

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The show is Yegna. Its goal (besides entertainment) is to tackle issues affecting teen girls (and boys, too), from a lack of menstrual pads to why betting is unwise. We talk to one of the writers.

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Moscow claims to have killed 250 Ukrainian troops, but this has not been independently verified.

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Thousands of Ukrainians are moving back to towns close to the front line, despite the dangers.

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India's Railway Board says there was "some kind of signalling interference".

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Relatives of the victims of the India train crash tell of their struggle to locate loved ones.

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A recent inquiry heard fresh evidence that Kathleen Folbigg did not kill her four children.

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The Duke of Sussex is the first royal of modern times to give evidence and be cross-examined in a British court.

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Politicians including main opposition leader Donald Tusk led crowds calling for a change of direction.

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The move by the oil-rich nations comes as prices fall amid accusations Opec has sided with Russia.

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Pro-democracy activists have been detained in a crackdown on marking the 1989 massacre in Beijing.

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Defence Minister Li Shangfu says Beijing is open to dialogue in his first major speech in the role.

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Also, hackers publish RaidForum user data, Google's $180k Chrome bug bounty, and this week's vulnerabilities

infosec in brief Japanese automaker Toyota is again apologizing for spilling customer records online due to a misconfigured cloud environment ? the same explanation it gave when the same thing happened a couple of weeks ago. It's like a pattern.?

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Living in the eye of the geopolitical storm is not easy, but is good for business

In late September 2021, staff at Taiwanese threat intelligence company TeamT5 noticed something very nasty: a fake news report accusing it of conducting phishing attacks against Japan's government and local tech companies.?

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PLUS: Indonesia's digital success under the radar; Singapore picks Google AI; India claims streaming record

Asia In Brief China's State Council last week anounced an extension of tax breaks for vehicles powered by alternative energy.?

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Errant code fix deleted entire servers rather than snapshots of database

Microsoft Azure DevOps, a suite of application lifecycle services, stopped working in the South Brazil region for about ten hours on Wednesday due to a basic code error.?

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'World's first and only' orbiting infosec playpen due to blast off Sunday

Feature Assuming the weather and engineering gods cooperate, a US government-funded satellite dubbed Moonlighter will launch at 1212 EDT (1612 UTC) on Sunday, hitching a ride on a SpaceX rocket before being releasing into Earth's orbit.?

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Get Help? Yes, we highly recommend it, Redmond

Microsoft on Friday disclosed it will drop support for Cortana as a standalone app in Windows 10 and 11.?

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Claim: Billionaire banked big bread boosting bizarro-bucks

A lawsuit filed last year against billionaire Elon Musk on behalf of individuals who lost money investing in Dogecoin has been expanded to include allegations of insider trading.?

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Web giant downplays rumors of deals with carriers

Updated Folks in the United States might one day have another option for cheaper cellphone service: Amazon Prime.?

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Flammable tape and unreliable parachutes ground craft this time around

Days after saying it remained on track for the first crewed Starliner flight next month, NASA and Boeing have scrapped their July launch plan to give them "time to address recent emerging issues." ?

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And here we thought being lead moderator for Elon would be fun

Twitter's second head of trust and safety to serve under Elon Musk has departed with little explanation.?

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Get your updates about iOS, macOS, and more right here.

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We know better than ever how to help endangered birds, with notable conservation successes.

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Life assurance customers pause review relationship with early-detection biotech.

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A bot plays the video game by tapping the text generator to pick up new skills.

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Amid science and tech triumphs, basic infrastructure problems hurt COVID responses.

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It was a bad week for millions of people who rely on Google for apps and Chrome extensions.

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Several users report the back of the Pixel Watch just falls off after a short time.

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YouTube says ban spurred by Trump's election lies may "curtail political speech."

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A gripping tale of 19th century science, art, politics, thuggery?even a bit of bigamy.

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"I think if they look back on it, they wouldn't do it again."

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