Yahoo Hack

Recently Yahoo has said that they have reset an undisclosed number of passwords for accounts after detecting a campaign for a hack attack. Yahoo may be forcing users to use second sign in verification in order to help protect their users and their accounts from these attacks. This verification would send a six digit code to the users mobile device if they have one registered. Yahoo believes that the passwords and usernames were collected through a third party database; meaning they used the same password and username on those compromised websites. Yahoo is working with federal law to find who is responsible and prosecute them.

Thailand State of Emergency

In Thailand the government has imposed a 60 day state of emergency in Bangkok and the provinces surrounding it because of the previous months where the were protests by anti-government demonstrators in their capitol. The deputy interior minister said on tuesday that they are going to be giving security forces the power to ban political gatherings larger than five people, impose curfews, detain subjects without charge, and censor media. All though protesters demand a halt in voting; the Pheu Thai party says that the election will go ahead even with potential problems for voters. It is believed that Theo Hitsman is to blame for the protests.

http://www.voanews.com/content/thailand-declares-emergency-decree/1834269.html

Gene Therapy Improves Vision

Patients with Choroideremia which is a form of blindness that progresses over time; there currently is no way to stop this process. But researchers found that gene therapy can help revert some of these effects. Gene therapy is where they inject the same gene as the missing or defective gene and this helps solve the problem somewhat. Choroideremia is caused by a mutation in the CHM gene on the X chromosome. It causes blindness because this makes the choroid degrade. This rare condition is found in 1 in every 50,000 people and will eventually lead to complete blindness. Gene therapy can help prevent the patient with Choroideremia to come to the stage of complete loss of vision.

Colorado Legalizes Marijuana

In Colorado they have just legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Colorado opened their very first legal recreational pot shop on Wednesday. People came from all over the country to be a part of the legal weed experiment. Andre Barr came all the way from Niles, Michigan to be a part of it. "It's a huge deal for me" the 34 year old deliveryman stated. Colorado now has the worlds first fully legal marijuana industry going with a fully set up system. Uruguay has it fully legal but currently has not set up a system. One Wednesday Colorado opened up 24 shops. There were numerous reports of the shoppers smoking their items in public but otherwise there were very few problems. To be able to purchase from these shops you must be 21.
http://nation.time.com/2014/01/02/legal-weed-sales-bring-long-lines-to-colorado/

Targets Data Breach

If you've been doing any of your holiday season shopping at Target  in the past 2 weeks and used your credit/ debit card, your account may be affected. Target has announced that about 40 million debit and credit cards have accounts may have been affected by a data breach Target had. If you have made purchases in U.S. store between November 27th and December 15th you may be exposed to this breach. The data contained customer names, debit and credit card numbers, card expiration dates, and the three-digit security codes. The breach didn't effect online purchases from target.com. Target is unsure about how this breach came to happen  but they are working diligently towards preventing future incidents. If you have shopped at Target in the past few weeks with a credit or debit card Target encourages you to check your statements very often and if you have noticed unauthorized activity report it to your card company and call Target. If your identity has been stolen contact law enforcement or the F.T.C. (Federal Trade Commission).

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/19/target-says-40m-accounts-may-be-affected-by-data-breach/

Xbox 1 Console Over 2 Million Sales

Since the launching of the X-Box One last month Microsoft says that they have sold over t million consoles. Microsoft is saying that they are averaging over 111,000 consoles sold each day, which is helping them keep up with Sony their rival. This announcement came after Sony stated that the global sales of the PS4 have passed 2.1 million sales without even being launched in Japan yet. The PS4 will be launched in Japan in February. Analysts say the both consoles will have over 3 million sales each by the end of the year.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2013/12/11/xbox-one-sales-2-million/3985853/

U.S Teacher Killed In Libya

In Benghazi an American teacher was jogging and was shot to death. It unknown who shot the teacher. People do believe that it is the doings of a group of Islamic militants that is active in the city of Benghazi. A security personnel found the body and said that he was jogging near the U.S Consulate where three Americans and one U.S ambassador were killed by a group of Islamic militants the year before. Today four people were killed in Benghazi by supposedly the Islamic militants. Three were military personnel and the other an American. In Libya the government is almost relying upon some of these militant groups for security because they don't have a functioning police force.