Twitter on Thursday issued a security alert recommending its 336 million users change their passwords, the result of an apparent bug that caused some codes to be stored unprotected on an internal log.  The company revealed the issue in a post to its official blog and a tweets from Twitter Support. CEO Jack Dorsey and Twitter’s official account retweeted the […]

A group of travel agents who spoke to Travel Market Report recently, raised an old issue that’s attracting new interest: suppliers who don’t pay agents the commissions they are due. Sometimes it’s a hotel that offers to upgrade a guest, then cancels the agent’s booking and rebooks the reservation, so the agent does not get […]

A federal judge has ordered Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, to explain why he shouldn’t have to testify in an SEC probe into Iconix, the company that now owns the Rocawear clothing brand he co-founded. Carter must appear in a Manhattan court room on May 8 to make his case, according to a court […]

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba saw revenues surge by a better-than-expected 61% in the January-to-March quarter. Revenues hit 61.9bn yuan ($9.7bn; £7.2bn), boosted by steady sales in its core businesses. The first three months of the year are usually slow for Alibaba, coming after the boost from Singles Day in November. Alibaba is one of the […]

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted Thursday, sending lava shooting into the air in a residential neighborhood and prompting mandatory evacuation orders for nearby homes. Hawaii County said steam and lava poured out of a crack in Leilani Estates, which is near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island. Footage shown on local television showed lava […]

Spencer Bogart, a partner at Blockchain Capital, said that other banks will follow Goldman Sachs’ example in opening a crypto trading desk, according to CNBC’s Fast Money today, May 4. Goldman Sachs reported yesterday that they would soon open a trading desk for Bitcoin (BTC) contracts after being “inundated” with client requests. Although Bogart told CNBC that the news is “definitely a big […]

Washington –President Donald Trump has requested options for reducing the number of US troops in South Korea, the New York Times reported late Thursday, citing several people briefed on the matter. The President’s request of the Defense Department comes ahead of his highly anticipated sit-down with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, expected to take place along the […]

Blockchain startup Bulleon has announced the addition of three new members to their growing team. Vladimir Nikitin, Phillip Nunn, and Nikolay Shkilev, will look to bring their experience in the areas of cryptocurrency, financial technology, and IT technology to the project. Nikitin is considered the second-best advisor in popular rating site ICO bench and is […]

On this beautiful spring day, we welcome Jason Kibbey Design and Landscape as a new WSB sponsor. Here’s what they would like you to know: Are you looking for an exterior space to match the detail of your home’s interior? Do you want to extend your living space out into the garden? Jason Kibbey Design and Landscape has distinguished […]

I firmly believe food is the path to reconciliation in Australia. When I cook with Indigenous ingredients, I tell the stories of the animals and plants I’m using, explaining their significance as totems and the deep connection between food, kinship and culture. At 12, I discovered a family secret: my grandmother was Aboriginal, part of the […]