NFL will fine more than 100 players for reselling Super Bowl tickets at a profit
Violators will be fined up to 2 times the face value of the tickets and could lose the ability to purchase future NFL tickets, according to a memo.
Trump says he believes Powell is ready to start lowering rates
Trump on Friday expressed confidence the Fed will start cutting, a day after he met with central bank Chair Jerome Powell.
Volkswagen cuts guidance after taking $1.5 billion hit from U.S. tariffs in first half
Europe's biggest carmaker posted a sharp drop in second-quarter profit, primarily due to high costs from increased U.S. import tariffs.
[$] Rethinking the Linux cloud stack for confidential VMs
There is an inherent limit to the privacy of the public
cloud. While Linux can isolate virtual machines (VMs) from each other,
nothing in the system's memory is ultimately out of reach for the host cloud
provider. To accommodate the most privacy-conscious clients, confidential
computing protects the memory of guests, even from
hypervisors. But the Linux cloud stack needs to be rethought in order to host
confidential VMs, juggling two goals that are often at odds: performance
and security.
Auction sales fall 6% in the first half, raising fears of an art market shift
Auction sales have been declining for the third year in a row and are down 44% — or more than $3 billion — from the first six months of 2022.
Security updates for Friday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (git, kernel, nginx:1.24, and sudo), Fedora (dpkg, java-21-openjdk, java-25-openjdk, java-latest-openjdk, and valkey), Oracle (apache-commons-vfs, sudo, tigervnc, and xorg-x11-server), Red Hat (kernel, krb5, and openssh), SUSE (gnutls, ImageMagick, iputils, kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_10, kubernetes1.18, libarchive, ovmf, python, and salt), and Ubuntu (iputils, linux-aws-6.14, linux-raspi, openjdk-21, and openjdk-24).
Microsoft admits it 'cannot guarantee' data sovereignty
Under oath in French Senate, exec says it would be compelled – however unlikely – to pass local customer info to US admin
Microsoft says it "cannot guarantee" data sovereignty to customers in France – and by implication the wider European Union – should the Trump administration demand access to customer information held on its servers.…
Centene posts surprise loss as medical costs surge
Centene, which largely focuses on government-sponsored plans, posted a medical cost ratio (MCR) of 93% for the quarter, well above Wall Street expectations.
Europe's companies sound alarm over tariff hits amid scramble to strike U.S. trade deal
Several European firms have downgraded their guidance due to the impact of White House trade policies.
Burglar Gets Prison Term for Stealing from the Same Business Twice in One Day
Antonni Flores, 29, was sentenced to 42 months of jail time for breaking into a local business, stealing money and food, and returning the next day to break in a second time to steal a TV, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.