“A risk to the community”—Counter-Strike co-creator faces $150K bail post-arrest

Enlarge / The King County courthouse, circa 2007. (credit: Joe Mabel / Wikimedia) SEATTLE—Counter-Strike video game co-creator Jess Cliffe appeared in a King County courtroom on Friday, where his bail was set for $ 150,000 following his booking in a King County jail on Thursday over allegations of sexual exploitation of a minor. Cliffe doesn’t have […]

Red alert: Heatwave Lucifer grills Europe as study says heat may kill 150K Europeans a year by 2100

Ten southern and central European countries have declared a red alert after heatwave ‘Lucifer’ caused temperatures to skyrocket over 40C, with scientists warning that the extreme heat could end up killing 152,000 people a year by 2100. Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, and Serbia are on red alert, European forecast network […]

South Carolina voter rolls hit with 150k hacking attempts on Election Day 2016 – report

On Election Day 2016, South Carolina’s voter registration system was the target of nearly 150,000 hacking attempts, according to a recently released state study. The South Carolina State Election Commission (SEC) found that 149,832 hacking attempts occurred on November 8, 2016, according to an April document the SEC submitted to the state’s House Legislative Oversight […]