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Lifestyle
$2 Million Wedding Set For Bill Gates' Daughter In Westchester
The red carpet is being rolled out in Northern Westchester as billionaire Bill Gates has arrived in the region for a star-studded event as his daughter gets married as part of a multi-million dollar affair. The 65-year-old Microsoft founder and his entourage made their way to New York City on Thursday, Oct. 14 in advance of a planned $2 million wedding for Jennifer Gates at the family’s 124-acre $16 million horse farm in North Salem Gates bought his daughter following her graduation from Stanford University. Jennifer Gates, age 25, is set to marry professional equestrian Nayel Nassar during…
Business
Wegmans Announces Breach Of Customers' Personal Information
Wegmans is warning customers that some personal information may have been exposed to hackers due to a recent data breach. The grocery giant issued an alert this week to notify customers that two databases used for Wegmans internal business purposes were inadvertently left open to potential outside access due to a configuration issue. Officials said that customer names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, Shoppers Club numbers, e-mail addresses and passwords for access to Wegmans.com accounts were included in the databases. "However, all impacted Wegmans.com account passwords were, in t…
Lifestyle
Here's How Tech Will Make Sex, Intimacy Both Better And Worse, Report Says
The future of sex is technology and we’re likely going to see “sextech” creeping into bedrooms everywhere in the next 10-20 years. Justin Lehmiller, a social psychologist and research fellow at the Kinsey Institute for sexual behavior studies, recently sat down with the host of “The Future of Everything” podcast to talk about how advances like virtual reality and robots may become regular components of sex. Sextech has the potential to improve people’s sex lives, Lehmiller said, as well as breach privacy and consent standards. Among current sextech on the market are sex robots, hands-fre…
Politics
Covid-
19: Citing 'Huge Privacy Implications,' Florida Bans 'Vaccine Passports'
With more Americans receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and hoping to get back into a sense of normalcy, the idea of using “vaccine passports” to prove a person has been vaccinated for the virus has been picking up steam in many states. Florida is not one of those states, as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis outright rejected the idea of them being used to restrict admissions to sites or events, while also citing “huge privacy implications.” On Friday, April 2, DeSantis signed an executive order that bans the "vaccine passports." Specifically, it prohibits government offices from issuing any "stand…
News
FBI Warning That Hackers Can Use Smart TVs To Spy On You Prompts Call For Federal Probe
Your smart TV may “see you when you’re sleeping, and knows when you’re awake,” according to officials calling for a federal probe into security and data protection of one of the holiday season’s most popular gifts. The FBI issued a warning that smart TVs, which can connect to the internet and collect data on users, may present a potential security threat since they’re often equipped with features such as microphones and cameras. According to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, TV manufacturers, app developers, and hackers can gain access to critical data that smart TVs collect on users, risking the ex…
Real Estate
Here's How Much Sandra Lee Lists Northern Westchester Home She Shares With Cuomo
Is it a place you would want to call home? Food Network star Sandra Lee has listed the Northern Westchester home she haš shared for several years with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for $2 million. In May, it was reported by Page Six that the couple is no longer living together and “have been living separate lives for a while,” with Lee spending time in Battery Park City or in California while Cuomo is busy in his Albany office. The two have denied they have broken up. This week, their four-bedroom, five-and-a-half bathroom home on the New Castle/Mount Kisco border was listed on realtor.…
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Facebook Privacy Breach To Be Probed By New York Attorney General
Facebook isn’t getting any new likes from New York Attorney General Letitia James. James announced on Thursday, April 25 that her office was launching an investigation into Facebook’s unauthorized collection of 1.5 million Facebook users’ email contact databases. According to James, “while Facebook claims that 1.5 million contact databases were directly harvested by its email password verification process for new users, the total number of people whose information was improperly obtained may be hundreds of millions.” “It is time Facebook is held accountable for how it handles consumers' …
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State Launches Investigation Into Apple’s Face Time Breach
New York lawmakers have set their sights on Apple after a bug allowing an eavesdropping flaw earlier this month was discovered. A significant bug has been discovered in FaceTime and is currently spreading virally over social media. The bug lets you call anyone with FaceTime, and immediately hear the audio coming from their phone — before the person on the other end has accepted or rejected the incoming call, according to reports. In response, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that her office would be “launching an investigation into Apple’s failure to warn consumers about t…
News
Missing 20-Year-Old College Student From Area Found
New update: The 20-year-old college student from the area who went missing after leaving campus nearly two weeks ago has been found and is safe. The news about Michael McLaughlin of Cornwall in Orange County was released by Stony Brook University campus police on Wednesday, Dec. 26, but contained few details, asking that people respect the student's privacy. Authorities had said he left Stony Brook driving west in his 2008 gray Subaru Impreza and was tracked at a toll plaza crossing the state line into New Jersey at approximately 6 a.m. Dec. 13. Earlier story: Additional informatio…
Business
'Massive, Extended' Marriott Breach Affects 500 Million Starwood Guests
In one of the largest breaches of consumer data ever, up to 500 million guests' information may have been accessed as part of a breach of its Starwood guest reservation database, Marriott International announced on Friday morning. Following a three-month investigation, the company discovered there had been unauthorized access since 2014 and that an "unauthorized party" had copied and encrypted information. "The company has not finished identifying duplicate information in the database, but believes it contains information on up to approximately 500 million guests who made a r…
Lifestyle
Facebook Wants You To Allow Its Cameras Into Your Home
Big brother may be getting a little bigger. Facebook announced it is launching a new electronic device, titled Portal, which is intended to optimize video calls for users. However, it remains unclear if people are open to the idea of an Internet-connected camera in their homes following several privacy issues with the social media giant. Earlier this year, millions of Facebook users may have had their data accessed by Cambridge Analytica, a data mining firm that worked on behalf of President Donald Trump’s campaign. Recently, Facebook acknowledged that hackers may have broken through securi…
Lifestyle
Personal Info Of 50 Million Facebook Users Breached In Attack
Millions of people are not going to “like” hearing that a hacker gained access to Facebook accounts in the latest cyber attack to strike the company. A hacker gained access to the information of nearly 50 million Facebook user accounts in what appears to be the largest security breach in the company’s history. In a message posted on Friday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a White Plains native who attended Ardsley High School, said that “we do not yet know whether these accounts were misused, but we are continuing to look into this and will update when we learn more.” Facebook said that the …
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