Global internet traffic from Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites nearly tripled this year, according to an analysis published Tuesday by the tech infrastructure firm Cloudflare. U.S. traffic from Starlink grew by more than 150% this year compared with 2022, Cloudflare said in the end-of-year report. And traffic increased this year by more than 1,600% in Brazil,…
Of the more than 2,500 lawsuits filed under a special New York law, hundreds allege sexual violence against current or former prisoners at the infamous Rikers Island facilities. New York’s Adult Survivors Act allowed survivors of sexual assault one year to sue no matter how long ago the alleged abuse happened. This has led to…
MOSCOW — Allies of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Friday that it was still unclear where he was after prison authorities said he was no longer in the penal colony where he had been serving his sentence. Navalny, a former lawyer who rose to prominence by lampooning President Vladimir Putin’s elite and alleging…
WASHINGTON — The FBI has arrested an “internet pornography personality” who went by the name “GodHypnotic,” accusing him of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6. Paul Caloia was arrested last week, according to court records, and faces four misdemeanor charges. An FBI affidavit features images of the man identified as Caloia climbing in through a…
Retailers are now in the throes of processing billions of dollars in returned holiday gifts, but many of those items aren’t going back on shelves. Instead, they’ll be bundled off to warehouses and sold in auctions for a fraction of their sticker prices. More than 15% of the $966 billion in purchases nationwide this past…
In his first interview in two years, country superstar Morgan Wallen addressed the controversy that nearly derailed his multimillion-dollar career: His use of a racial slur, which was captured on video in 2021 by a neighbor without his knowledge as he shouted to a friend at the end of a long and possibly inebriated evening. “There’s…
General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has dismissed nine “key leaders” amid ongoing safety investigations sparked by an October accident in San Francisco, according to an internal message obtained by CNBC. The departures include leaders from Cruise’s legal, government affairs, commercial operations and safety and systems teams, according to the company-wide message, which GM and Cruise…
Sen. Tim Scott said Wednesday that he has no plans to endorse in the 2024 primary race “anytime soon” during an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “I said when I withdrew from the presidential race that I would not be endorsing anytime soon,” Scott said. “It certainly won’t happen this year, If I do it…
A New Hampshire man sustained life-threatening injuries after he fell 500 vertical feet while caught in an avalanche he triggered while skiing down a remote gully on Mount Washington, the mountain’s avalanche center said on Saturday. Dominic Torro, 30, sustained a lower-leg injury in the avalanche, according to a press release from New Hampshire Fish…
MALE, Maldives — The Maldives president on Sunday suspended three of his deputy ministers for posting derogatory comments against India, its closest neighbor and the source of much of the tourism that drives the islands’ economy. President Mohamed Muizzu suspended until further notice Malsha Shareef, Mariyam Shiuna and Abdulla Mahzoon Maajid for their posts on…
