Steam Spy announces it’s shutting down, blames Valve’s new privacy settings

(credit: Aurich Lawson) In light of Internet and social-media privacy landing at the top of major news outlets this week, another major online service announced its own privacy-policy updates on Tuesday. The latest change comes from Steam, the Western world’s largest online PC game seller. According to Steam’s creators at Valve, an updated settings panel will […]

Kevin Durant: Tracy McGrady blames one thing for Warriors star's ejection

That’s the opinion of NBA Hall of Fame 2017 inductee Tracy McGrady, who claims the referee acted too swiftly in his decision to eject Durant. The 2017 NBA Finals MVP was making his return to the line-up having missed the previous six matches due to a fractured rib. But his comeback lasted barely two quarters […]

Terror list in 2014, French citizen in 2015? Twitter blames Paris for failing to stop Trebes gunman

France’s Twittersphere is mourning the death of the officer who swapped himself for hostages during the supermarket siege, speculating that the tragedy might have been avoided if authorities had monitored suspected extremists. Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame volunteered to take the place of hostages to save the lives of people inside a supermarket in the town of […]

Pentagon admits zero evidence of E. Ghouta chem attack – but blames Russia all the same

The Pentagon admits it used NGO reports on alleged recent chemical attacks in Syria and cannot confirm if they even took place. The lack of evidence, however, did not get in the way of the latest Russia blame game galore. Russia was predictably the target of a barrage of accusations from the West after reports […]

Israel blames F-16 downing in Syria operation on ‘pilot error’

An Israeli F-16 fighter jet, shot down by Syrian air defenses during Israeli raids on Iranian targets earlier this month, apparently crashed only because its pilot made a mistake, an Israeli Air Force investigation has claimed. On February 10, the Israeli Air Force lost one of its supersonic fighters while striking Iranian targets on Syrian […]

‘They just talk!’ Trump blames Democrats for not acting on gun control earlier

Associated Press/Andrew Harnik President Donald Trump railed against Democrats on gun control Saturday, asking why they didn’t pass legislation earlier. His comments came on the same day as survivors of the Florida school shooting and activists rallied in Fort Lauderdale against the NRA and Trump himself. President Donald Trump on Saturday laid the blame on […]

White House also blames Russia for NotPetya attacks

The White House has officially joined the UK government in blaming Russia for last year’s NotPetya attacks. Shortly after the UK publicly accused Kremlin of unleashing the wiper worm on various organizations around the globe, particularly in Ukraine, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued the administration’s formal statement. She called the NotPetya attacks […]

White House blames Russia for NotPetya cyberattack

(Reuters) –The White House on Thursday blamed Russia for the devastating ‘NotPetya’ cyberattack last year, joining the British government in condemning Moscow for unleashing a virus that crippled parts of Ukraine’s infrastructure and damaged computers in countries across the globe. The attack launched in June 2017 by the Russian military “spread worldwide, causing billions of […]

In terse statement, White House blames Russia for NotPetya worm

Enlarge / White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders issued a statement today declaring that Russia would face “international consequences” for releasing the NotPetya malware worm. (credit: Getty Images) Following form with a finding by the government of the United Kingdom, the White House issued a statement formally blaming Russia’s military for unleashing NotPetya, the destructive […]