Meta said Wednesday that it has taken down about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria running sexual extortion scams and has removed thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were trying to organize, recruit and train new scammers. Sextortion Cases on the Rise, Fueled by Yahoo Boys Sexual extortion, or sextortion,...
Fresno Political Community Mourns Death of Sean Burdine
A Fresno political activist known for speaking at public meetings has died. Sean Burdine was 34. Although the exact cause of death is unknown, his parents said he died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, July 20. Burdine, who was known for wearing vests and impeccably styling his hair, often...
Police Use Pepper Spray as Protesters March to U.S. Capitol Against Israel’s Gaza War
WASHINGTON — Police deployed pepper spray Wednesday as a large crowd protesting Israel’s war in Gaza marched toward the U.S. Capitol, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s was speaking to Congress. Thousands Protest in Washington Thousands of protesters descended on Washington, chanting “Free, Free Palestine” as some tried to block streets...
Tyler Fitzgerald Becomes 1st Giants Rookie to Homer in 5 Straight Games
LOS ANGELES — San Francisco infielder Tyler Fitzgerald became the first Giants rookie to homer in five consecutive games Tuesday night. Fitzgerald, though, did not want to celebrate, not with his team mired in a slump coming out of the All-Star break. "It's cool and all, but it would have...
Did the Harris Entrance Reset the Polling Against Trump?
The 2024 presidential campaign has seen a reset with more voters undecided now that Kamala Harris is potentially the Democratic nominee, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. Harris and former President Donald Trump are statistically tied, but 1 in 5 independents, including nearly 3 in 10 independent women, are...
NASA Telescope Spots a Super Jupiter That Takes More Than a Century to Go Around Its Star
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A super Jupiter has been spotted around a neighboring star by the Webb Space Telescope — and it has a super orbit. The planet is roughly the same diameter as Jupiter, but with six times the mass. Its atmosphere is also rich in hydrogen like Jupiter's....
CrowdStrike Offers Meager $10 Gift Card as Apology for Massive Outage
The cybersecurity firm responsible for a botched update that crashed millions of computers worldwide last week is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology. According to a source who received the email, CrowdStrike recognizes "the additional work that the July 19 incident has caused" and...
Wired Wednesday: Former Bitwise Employee Speaks Out on Company Culture and CEOs’ Apology
GV Wire reporter and editor Anthony Haddad talks with KMPH Fox 26 “Great Day” anchor Kim Stephens about the downfall of Bitwise. As a former employee, Haddad shares his experience of what it was like in Fresno's "Disneyland" tech company and how many things were not what they seemed.
FBI Reveals Trump Gunman Wanted to Mimic Lee Harvey Oswald
WASHINGTON — The gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is believed to have done a Google search one week before the shooting of “How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?” FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday, revealing new details about a suspect he said had taken a...
As Newsom Finishes His Governorship, Would-Be Successors Are Multiplying
There never was much of a chance that California Gov. Gavin Newsom would be running for president this year, even if President Joe Biden were to step aside. While Newsom has been doing all of the usual things that earn a place on political media lists of potential candidates, he...