NEW YORK—Details from more than 500 million Facebook users have been found available on a website for hackers. While the information appears to be several years old, it’s another example of the vast amount of information collected by Facebook and other social media sites, and the limits to how secure that information is. The availability…
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Drop Again in Orange County
SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 113 new cases of COVID-19 and 45 additional deaths March 21. The county’s hospitalizations for COVID-19—a key metric officials are eyeing in this phase of the pandemic—dropped from 197 March 20 to 187, with the number of COVID patients in intensive care remaining at 43, the Orange County Health Care Agency…
TikTok Owner Agrees to Pay $92 Million to Settle Lawsuit Alleging Privacy Violations
ByteDance has agreed to a $92 million class-action settlement to settle data privacy claims from some U.S. TikTok users, according to documents filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Illinois. ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns the short video app that has more than 100 million U.S. users, agreed to the settlement after more than a year…
Orange County’s Wait for Vaccine Continues as COVID-19 Cases Drops
SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 252 new cases of COVID-19 and 40 additional deaths Feb. 21. Hospitalizations continued a downward trend, dropping from 591 Feb. 20 to 577 Feb. 21, with the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care dropping from 196 to 190, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. Of the 40 deaths…
Orange County’s Wait for Vaccine Continues as COVID-19 Cases Drop
SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 252 new cases of COVID-19 and 40 additional deaths on Feb. 21. Hospitalizations continued a downward trend, dropping from 591 Feb. 20 to 577 Feb. 21, with the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care dropping from 196 to 190, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. Of the 40…
‘HyperOne’ to Offer Undersea Cables Safe Passage Through Troubled Indo-Pacific Waters
An Australian entrepreneur has unveiled an ambitious countrywide, fibre-optic network that could open significant commercial opportunities and make Australia a hub for international undersea networks traversing the troubled Indo-Pacific region. HyperOne is a AU$1.5 billion hyperscale, national fibre network that will stretch more than 20,000 kilometres across Australia, and achieve speeds of 10,000 terabits per…
COVID-19 Cases Drop as Vaccine Efforts Ramp Up
New COVID-19 cases have fallen 52 percent in Orange County during the past two weeks, according to data from the Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA). As of Feb. 11, the 14-day average of new daily cases was 11,242, while two weeks ago it reached 23,846. The daily COVID positive cases recorded Feb. 11 was 799, bringing the total cumulative cases to 240,999 cases throughout…
Orange County Sees Declines in COVID-19 Cases as Death Toll Mounts
SANTA ANA—January became the deadliest month for COVID-19 in Orange County Feb. 9 with 33 more fatalities logged, but all of the other indicators such as case and positivity rates continued a downward trend. The adjusted daily case rate per 100,000 people dropped from 39 last Feb. 9 to 29.7, and the test positivity rate…
County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Continue to Drop
SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 1,187 new cases of COVID-19 and 46 additional deaths Feb. 7, bringing the county’s totals to 238,264 cases and 3,358 fatalities. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals continued its downward trend, declining from 1,164 Feb. 6 to 1,093, and the number of patients in intensive care decreased from 347…
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Case Rate Continue to Drop
SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 739 new cases of COVID-19 and 33 additional deaths Feb. 6, bringing the county’s totals to 237,077 cases and 3,312 fatalities. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals continued its downward trend, declining from 1,233 on Feb. 5 to 1,164, but the number of patients in intensive care increased from…
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