Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and also known as D.C. or just Washington, is the capital city of the United States of America. It is located on the Potomac River bordering Maryland and Virginia, with Congress holding its first session there in 1800. The city was named for George Washington, the first president of the United States and a Founding Father, and the federal district is named after Columbia, a female personification... Show more of the nation. As the seat of the U.S. federal government and several international organizations, the city is an important world political capital. It is one of the most visited cities in the U.S., with over 20 million visitors in 2016.The U.S. Constitution provided for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of U.S. Congress; the district is therefore not a part of any U.S. state. The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790,...
Businesses are increasingly apprehensive about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in cyberattacks, as revealed by a recent study conducted by Kaspersky. The study found that 76% of surveyed companies reported an increase in cyber incidents over the past year. Almost half of these respondents, specifically...
An alleged large-scale text phishing scam has been shut down after police raided a storage unit containing electronic devices used to send "tens of thousands" of spam messages to Australian mobile phones. Cybercrime detectives arrested a 24-year-old man after searching the unit in Rosebery, Sydney on...
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