The IPO squeeze just keeps getting worse

US hits anti-robocall milestone but annoying calls won’t stop any time soon

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images ) The nation’s largest phone companies have met a federal deadline to deploy a new anti-robocall technology, but unwanted calls and scams will continue to be an annoying problem for Americans for the foreseeable future. Federal Communications Commission Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced Wednesday that “the largest voice […]

Ransomware crooks threaten to ID informants if cops don’t pay up

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Ransomware operators have delivered a stunning ultimatum to Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department: pay them $50 million or they’ll leak the identities of confidential informants to street gangs. Babuk, as the group calls itself, said on Monday that it had obtained 250GB of sensitive data after hacking the MPD network. The […]

The stocks to watch as Washington prepares to spend trillions and trillions—and maybe trillions more

Stock futures point to a weak open, following Europe and Asia lower. Read More