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WhatsApp flaw let spies control phones without any interaction

Spyware crafted by a group of hackers-for-hire took advantage of a flaw in the WhatsApp communications program to remotely hijack dozens of phones without any user interaction.

Group seeks probe into Nissan automatic emergency braking

DETROIT — A U.S. auto safety group wants the government to investigate automatic emergency braking on some Nissan Rogue SUVs, alleging that the safety feature makes the vehicles brake even when there’s no emergency.

Store manager accuses pregnant woman of shoplifting, is fired

A manager at an office supply store in North Carolina has been fired after a pregnant woman shopping there was confronted about what she was concealing beneath her shirt: “Twins,” she said.

Volcano eruption costs Hawaii tourism industry millions

People nixing vacations to Hawaii’s Big island has cost the tourism industry millions of dollars as the top attraction, Kilauea volcano, keeps spewing lava.

 
Toys R Us to close or sell all US stores

Toys R Us’s management has told its employees that it will sell or close all of its U.S. stores.

Companies work to distance brands from alt-right groups

Last weekend in Charlottesville, hundreds of people espousing white nationalist, neo-Nazi and Klux Klux Klan ideology marched in the dark through the University of Virginia campus spewing racist taunts while illuminating the night with tiki torches in hand.

 
Delta will offer up to $9,950 to flyers who give up seats

Delta is letting employees offer customers nearly $10,000 in compensation to give up seats on overbooked flights, hoping to avoid an uproar like the one that erupted at United after a passenger was dragged off a jet.

Priceline makes $2.6B deal for reservation company OpenTable

Priceline is buying online restaurant reservation company OpenTable for $2.6 billion. The deal should help Priceline, the online travel company, branch out into a new business segment.