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'Let me stop you there': Fox News host refutes Trump lawsuit over 'Russia hoax'

Fox News host Howard Kurtz suggested there were "no actual inaccuracies" in reporting by The New York Times and The Washington Post after President-elect Donald Trump sued the Pulitzer Prize Board for awarding the news organizations for work done to expose Russia's interference in the 2016 election. "Trump has openly said, he doesn't make any secret of it, that if …

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'Credibly accused of raping a woman': Guest sounds alarm on Pete Hegseth live on Fox News

Raw Story

Fox News guest Lucy Caldwell, a Democratic strategist, argued that sexual assault allegations against Pete Hegseth should be taken seriously after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him to be defense secretary. On Sunday's Media Buzz program, host Howard Kurtz said that Hegseth and other nominees had faced "credible" threats of violence. "Some of Trump's cabinet appointees have been credibly accused of …

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4 weeks ago

18 books to give toddlers, young readers and teens for the holidays

LA Times

Are you looking for the next great book to give to a child in your life? Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers; 32 pages, $19 | On Bookshop.org If you, or a child in your life, are plagued by running thoughts that prevent you from going to sleep, this book by “New Girl” actor Max Greenfield is for both of …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Thomas E. Kurtz (1928-2024) gave us Basic lessons in computer software

Live Mint

Thomas Eugene Kurtz, a pioneer in computer science whose vision of accessible computing transformed education and technology, passed away on 12 November at the age of 96. As a co-creator of the Basic programming language and a driving force behind the Dartmouth Time Sharing System, Kurtz believed that computing should be a tool for everyone, not just a specialized elite. …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Fox News host turns tables on Lara Trump for claiming Harris lost by 'insulting people'

Raw Story

Fox News host Howard Kurtz called out Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump after she insisted that Vice President Kamala Harris lost to President-elect Donald Trump by "insulting people." "If you're running for president of the United States, you better lay out a great plan for the American people and tell them how you're going to make their life better, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Disney-backed candidates take big leads in Anaheim City Council races

LA Times

Three candidates supported by Disney enjoy top spots in council contests after Election Day. Two out of three Anaheim City Council candidates supported by robust Disney spending enjoyed early, wide margins after Election Day. “Leading in this race shows the strength of our shared vision for an Anaheim that balances growth with the needs of our families, protects neighborhood integrity, …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Huntington Beach football caps playoff push with win over El Dorado

LA Times

Huntington Beach’s Brady Edmunds, seen against La Habra on Oct. 11, threw four touchdown passes in a win over El Dorado on Thursday in an Epsilon League game. The Oilers rolled to a 49-28 victory Thursday night over visiting El Dorado to move into position for the Epsilon League’s third guaranteed CIF Southern Section playoff berth as sophomore quarterback Brady …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

'Just letting off steam': Fox News host gives stunning excuse for Trump's Hitler comment

Raw Story

Fox News host and media analyst Howard Kurtz argued that former President Donald Trump was "just letting off steam" by openly wishing that he had Adolf Hitler's generals. "However, at the same time, Trump may have just been letting off steam about the loyalty he wanted from his generals compared to what he thought about Hitler's generals," the Fox News …

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2 months ago

'It's been debunked': Fox News host fact checks Trump to his face on Springfield Haitians

Raw Story

Fox News host Howard Kurtz argued with former President Donald Trump over "debunked" claims that Haitians were eating the pets of residents in Springfield, Ohio. "I don't know if it's true or not true," Trump replied. "You don't know if it's true or not true," Kurtz pressed. NOW READ: Signs of what will happen on Election Day are everywhere "Well, …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

'He slips into lunacy': Fox News host tries but admits he 'can't defend' Trump

Raw Story

Fox News host Howard Kurtz said he couldn't defend Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump after Democratic strategist Tim Hogan pointed out that the former president often "slips into lunacy." During a panel discussion on the Fox News Media Buzz program, Hogan pointed to statistics from the conservative Cato Institute that showed "the Biden Department of Homeland Security removed a higher …

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3 months, 1 week ago

'This is untrue': Fox News makes Lara Trump squirm over migrant 'pet-eating' claim

Raw Story

Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump deflected Sunday after Fox News host Howard Kurtz asked if she accepted the fact that former President Donald Trump was wrong about Haitians eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. In an interview on Fox News, Kurtz noted that the former president made the claim during a recent debate on ABC News. "Well, it's not up …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Throw in some Ginsu knives': Fox News host mocks Trump's desperate campaign promises

Raw Story

Fox News host Howard Kurtz mocked Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for shifting campaign promises on reproductive health. On Sunday's edition of the Fox News Media Buzz program, Kurtz noted that Trump had recently criticized a proposed abortion ban in Florida. "Some media critics are saying, well, Kamala Harris is moving to the center as if that's some kind of …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Fox News host says Ann Coulter 'should be in prison' for mocking Tim Walz's crying son

Raw Story

Fox News host Howard Kurtz suggested conservative author Ann Coulter "should be in prison" after she mocked the son of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz for crying during his father's acceptance speech. A day after Walz accepted the Democratic nomination to run for vice president, Coulter called Gus Walz "weird" for his emotional outburst at the Democratic convention. During …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Comedian Perry Kurtz killed in L.A. hit-and-run, teenager arrested

LA Times

A comedian featured on “America’s Got Talent” and “The Late Late Show with James Corden” died after being struck by a car in a hit-and-run in the Tarzana area late Thursday night, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. Perry Kurtz, 73, was hit by a gray Honda Civic while crossing Ventura Boulevard east of Corbin Avenue at around …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

'Control yourself, man': Fox News goes off the rails as pundit melts down over Harris

Raw Story

A Fox News segment went off the rails on Sunday after conservative pundit Ben Domenech shouted down left-leaning contributor Laura Fink. During a Fox News Media Buzz program segment, host Howard Kurtz pointed out that the network's latest poll suggested Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump were essentially tied in swing states. "It's one of the reasons …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

'J.D. Vance wasn't there either': Fox News pundit defends Harris after Netanyahu speech

Raw Story

Fox News contributor Jessica Tarlov rebuffed Republican attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris after she declined to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress. Following the prime minister's address on Wednesday, Fox News host Howard Kurtz criticized Harris for her absence. "And the reason that Kamala Harris is not there, or Nancy Pelosi, or many other Democrats, is …

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5 months ago

CrowdStrike CEO called to testify to Congress over cybersecurity’s firm role in global tech outage

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company’s role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and affected services around the world. “While we appreciate CrowdStrike’s response and coordination with stakeholders, we cannot ignore the magnitude of this incident, which …

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5 months ago

How a faulty CrowdStrike update crashed computers around the world

Associated Press

Airlines, banks, hospitals and other risk-averse organizations around the world chose cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to protect their computer systems from hackers and data breaches. “What really causes this mess is that we rely on very few companies, and everybody uses the same folks, so everyone goes down at the same time.” The trouble with the update issued by CrowdStrike and …

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5 months ago

Not his first rodeo: CrowdStrike CEO was also involved in another global tech disaster

Hindustan Times

Friday’s CrowdStrike outage is the second major tech meltdown that founder and CEO George Kurtz has been involved in. On Friday, cybersecurity company CrowdStrike pushed a faulty software update that bricked thousands of Microsoft Windows computers across the world and brought many services to a screeching halt. Air travel, credit card payments, emergency services, stock markets and much more were …

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5 months ago

Scammers will pounce on global outage caused by CrowdStrike bug, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil warns

ABC

Australians have been warned scammers and hackers are trying to capitalise on CrowdStrike-triggered outages to steal personal information including bank details and to gain access to computer systems. "Criminals look to take advantage of incidents like this CrowdStrike outage, creating a sense of urgency that you need to do what they say to protect your computer and your financial information," …

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5 months ago

CrowdStrike boss sees his £3.4bn fortune plummet by £100k and £9bn wiped off his firm as his system sends the world into Microsoft outage crisis

Daily Mail

The man in charge of the company behind a worldwide IT meltdown today lost nearly £250million of his personal fortune - as his firm admitted responsibility for the outage that halted GP appointments and brought British airports to a standstill. George Kurtz is the CEO of CrowdStrike, which protects some of the world's biggest brands from Internet viruses George Kurtz …

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5 months ago

Tech disruptions sparked by software update highlight the fragility of globally connected technology

Associated Press

Airlines, banks, hospitals and other risk-averse organizations around the world chose cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to protect their computer systems from hackers and data breaches. “What really causes this mess is that we rely on very few companies, and everybody uses the same folks, so everyone goes down at the same time.” The trouble with the update issued by CrowdStrike and …

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54 years, 11 months ago

How One Bad CrowdStrike Update Crashed the World’s Computers

Wired

Only a handful of times in history has a single piece of code managed to instantly wreck computer systems worldwide. Huge Microsoft Outage Caused by CrowdStrike Takes Down Computers Around the World A software update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike appears to have inadvertently disrupted IT systems globally. By Friday morning, the situation turned into a perfect storm when the security …

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5 months ago

Crowdstrike CEO issues apology for 'mother of all outages' - but admits it could be hours before systems are back online

Daily Mail

CrowdStrike has issued an apology after it caused worldwide chaos Friday after it deployed a faulty update to its software that caused a Microsoft outage. The cybersecurity firm's CEO, George Kurtz, spoke publicly about six hours after systems went down, saying the 'blues-screen of death' was caused by a software bug. The cybersecurity firm's CEO, George Kurtz, spoke publicly about …

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'Let me stop you there': Fox News host refutes Trump lawsuit over 'Russia hoax'

'Credibly accused of raping a woman': Guest sounds alarm on Pete Hegseth live on Fox News

18 books to give toddlers, young readers and teens for the holidays

Thomas E. Kurtz (1928-2024) gave us Basic lessons in computer software

Fox News host turns tables on Lara Trump for claiming Harris lost by 'insulting people'

Disney-backed candidates take big leads in Anaheim City Council races

Huntington Beach football caps playoff push with win over El Dorado

'Just letting off steam': Fox News host gives stunning excuse for Trump's Hitler comment

'It's been debunked': Fox News host fact checks Trump to his face on Springfield Haitians

'He slips into lunacy': Fox News host tries but admits he 'can't defend' Trump

'This is untrue': Fox News makes Lara Trump squirm over migrant 'pet-eating' claim

'Throw in some Ginsu knives': Fox News host mocks Trump's desperate campaign promises

Fox News host says Ann Coulter 'should be in prison' for mocking Tim Walz's crying son

Comedian Perry Kurtz killed in L.A. hit-and-run, teenager arrested

'Control yourself, man': Fox News goes off the rails as pundit melts down over Harris

'J.D. Vance wasn't there either': Fox News pundit defends Harris after Netanyahu speech

CrowdStrike CEO called to testify to Congress over cybersecurity’s firm role in global tech outage

How a faulty CrowdStrike update crashed computers around the world

Not his first rodeo: CrowdStrike CEO was also involved in another global tech disaster

Scammers will pounce on global outage caused by CrowdStrike bug, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil warns

CrowdStrike boss sees his £3.4bn fortune plummet by £100k and £9bn wiped off his firm as his system sends the world into Microsoft outage crisis

Tech disruptions sparked by software update highlight the fragility of globally connected technology

How One Bad CrowdStrike Update Crashed the World’s Computers

Crowdstrike CEO issues apology for 'mother of all outages' - but admits it could be hours before systems are back online