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Somerset

Real Estate

$16.5M Island Built By Renowned Somerset County Doctor Hits Market (LOOK INSIDE)

$16.5M Island Built By Renowned Somerset County Doctor Hits Market (LOOK INSIDE)

$16.5M Island Built By Renowned Somerset County Doctor Hits Market (Look Inside) An island home in the Florida Keys built in the 1970s by a New Jersey doctor has hit the market at nearly $16.5 million. Klaus Meckeler, a gastroenterologist from Somerset County, brought the property at 99 Ocean E. — about a quarter mile off the coast of Marathon, FL — for $25,000, as reported by Tom Avril, of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Born in Germany, Meckeler immigrated to the U.S. in 1958, lived in Far Hills before he moved to Annandale in 1998, 10 years before he died, his obituary says. 99 Ocean E, Marathon, FLWesley Williford Meckeler was a physician at Somerset Medical Center,…

by Valerie Musson

07/12/2023

Middlesex MA

Police & Fire

Fire Destroys Million-Dollar Medford Home Owned By Sen Elizabeth Warren's Son: Report

Fire Destroys Million-Dollar Medford Home Owned By Sen Elizabeth Warren's Son: Report

Fire Destroys Million-Dollar Medford Home Owned By Sen Elizabeth Warren's Son: Report Alexander Warren, son of Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, lost his million-dollar home in the Greater Boston Area to an overnight fire this week, Boston25 reports. Crews responded to the multi-alarm fire at 44 Terrace Road around 1 a.m. on Tuesday, March 21, the Boston Sparks Association said on Facebook. Upon arrival, firefighters saw flames and heavy smoke coming from the home, which was empty at the time of the fire. 03/21/2023 City of Medford Box 3-182 At approximately 01:00 hrs., City of Medford Fire struck Box 182 for a reported... Posted by Boston Sparks Associatio…

by David Cifarelli

03/21/2023

Baltimore

News

Maryland AG Reaches Massive Settlement with Google Over Location Tracking Practices

Maryland AG Reaches Massive Settlement with Google Over Location Tracking Practices

Maryland AG Reaches Massive Settlement with Google Over Location Tracking Practices Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has announced that his Consumer Protection Division as well as 39 other attorneys general have reached a $391.5 million multi-state settlement with Google over its location tracking practices relating to Google Account settings. The settlement will also require Google to make it easier for consumers to manage their privacy settings when using Google products, according to Frosh. Maryland’s share of the massive settlement is $8.6 million. “Google misled Marylanders about its location tracking practices. It built de…

11/18/2022

Cumberland Salem

News

NJ's Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra Welcome Baby

NJ's Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra Welcome Baby

NJ's Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra Welcome Baby New Jersey's Nick Jonas is a dad. The Wyckoff native and Priyanka Chopra have welcomed their first child with the help of a surrogate. The couple made the announcement in a post on Chopra's Instagram on Friday. "We respectfully ask for privacy during this special time as we focus on our family. Thank you so much," Chopra writes in the post. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Priyanka (@priyankachopra) The couple had been hoping to have a child for some time according to an interview with Vanity Fair in Feb. 2022. When asked about…

by Jillian Pikora

01/21/2022

Cape May

News

Stalker Used Apple AirTag To Track Woman Home From Bar, She Says

Stalker Used Apple AirTag To Track Woman Home From Bar, She Says

Stalker Used Apple AirTag To Track Woman Home From Bar, She Says A woman claims that a man attached an Apple AirTag tracking device to her car to stalk her after she left a bar, according to the New York Post. "Jeana," of Maryland, wrote on her now-private Twitter account that she left a bar around 2 a.m. on Dec. 18 then discovered the AirTag on her car. The small tracking device helps users find things like wallets and bags. Apple AirTagApple “It was 2 am and I was driving away with no cars around me and I kept getting this alert for like 30 mins straight,” The New York Post says Jeana wrote in a viral Twitter thread. She also apparently shared a …

12/22/2021

Mount Pleasant

Lifestyle

$2 Million Wedding Set For Bill Gates' Daughter In Northern Westchester

$2 Million Wedding Set For Bill Gates' Daughter In Northern Westchester

$2 Million Wedding Set For Bill Gates' Daughter In Northern Westchester The red carpet is being rolled out in Northern Westchester as billionaire Bill Gates has arrived in the region for a star-studded event as his daughter gets married as part of a multi-million dollar affair. The 65-year-old Microsoft founder and his entourage made their way to New York City on Thursday, Oct. 14 in advance of a planned $2 million wedding for Jennifer Gates at the family’s 124-acre $16 million horse farm in North Salem Gates bought his daughter following her graduation from Stanford University. Jennifer Gates, age 25, is set to marry professional equestrian Nayel Nassar during…

10/15/2021

Litchfield

Business

Wegmans Announces Breach Of Customers' Personal Information

Wegmans Announces Breach Of Customers' Personal Information

Wegmans Announces Breach Of Customers' Personal Information Wegmans is warning customers that some personal information may have been exposed to hackers due to a recent data breach. The grocery giant issued an alert this week to notify customers that two databases used for Wegmans internal business purposes were inadvertently left open to potential outside access due to a configuration issue. Officials said that customer names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, Shoppers Club numbers, e-mail addresses and passwords for access to Wegmans.com accounts were included in the databases. "However, all impacted Wegmans.com account passwords were, in t…

06/17/2021

Pelham

Lifestyle

Here's How Tech Will Make Sex, Intimacy Both Better And Worse, Report Says

Here's How Tech Will Make Sex, Intimacy Both Better And Worse, Report Says

Here's How Tech Will Make Sex, Intimacy Both Better And Worse, Report Says The future of sex is technology and we’re likely going to see “sextech” creeping into bedrooms everywhere in the next 10-20 years. Justin Lehmiller, a social psychologist and research fellow at the Kinsey Institute for sexual behavior studies, recently sat down with the host of “The Future of Everything” podcast to talk about how advances like virtual reality and robots may become regular components of sex. Sextech has the potential to improve people’s sex lives, Lehmiller said, as well as breach privacy and consent standards. Among current sextech on the market are sex robots, hands-fre…

by Kristin Palpini

04/18/2021

Brookfield

Politics

COVID-19: Citing 'Huge Privacy Implications,' Florida Bans 'Vaccine Passports'

COVID-19: Citing 'Huge Privacy Implications,' Florida Bans 'Vaccine Passports'

Covid-19: Citing 'Huge Privacy Implications,' Florida Bans 'Vaccine Passports' With more Americans receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and hoping to get back into a sense of normalcy, the idea of using “vaccine passports” to prove a person has been vaccinated for the virus has been picking up steam in many states. Florida is not one of those states, as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis outright rejected the idea of them being used to restrict admissions to sites or events, while also citing “huge privacy implications.” On Friday, April 2, DeSantis signed an executive order that bans the "vaccine passports." Specifically, it prohibits government offices from issuing any "stand…

04/03/2021

Nassau

News

FBI Warning That Hackers Can Use Smart TVs To Spy On You Prompts Call For Federal Probe

FBI Warning That Hackers Can Use Smart TVs To Spy On You Prompts Call For Federal Probe

FBI Warning That Hackers Can Use Smart TVs To Spy On You Prompts Call For Federal Probe Your smart TV may “see you when you’re sleeping, and knows when you’re awake,” according to officials calling for a federal probe into security and data protection of one of the holiday season’s most popular gifts. The FBI issued a warning that smart TVs, which can connect to the internet and collect data on users, may present a potential security threat since they’re often equipped with features such as microphones and cameras. According to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, TV manufacturers, app developers, and hackers can gain access to critical data that smart TVs collect on users, risking the ex…

12/29/2019

Union

News

Scotch Plains Student Reportedly Posted Image Of Himself In Blackface

Scotch Plains Student Reportedly Posted Image Of Himself In Blackface

Scotch Plains Student Reportedly Posted Image Of Himself In Blackface The superintendent of the Scotch Plains - Fanwood school district sent a letter to parents Monday to quell concerns about an alleged threat believed to have been made online by a student. The high school student, according to multiple published reports, appeared in the social media post wearing blackface and standing before a Confederate flag, although an investigation never turned up evidence of an actual threat, Dr. Joan Mast said in her letter. "On November 10th it came to the attention of the Scotch Plains Police Department that a controversial photo had been posted on socia…

11/12/2019

Briarcliff

Real Estate

Here's How Much Sandra Lee Lists Northern Westchester Home She Shares With Cuomo

Here's How Much Sandra Lee Lists Northern Westchester Home She Shares With Cuomo

Here's How Much Sandra Lee Lists Northern Westchester Home She Shares With Cuomo Is it a place you would want to call home? Food Network star Sandra Lee has listed the Northern Westchester home she haš shared for several years with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for $2 million. In May, it was reported by Page Six that the couple is no longer living together and “have been living separate lives for a while,” with Lee spending time in Battery Park City or in California while Cuomo is busy in his Albany office. The two have denied they have broken up. This week, their four-bedroom, five-and-a-half bathroom home on the New Castle/Mount Kisco border was listed on realtor.…

06/01/2019

Suffolk NY

News

Facebook Privacy Breach To Be Probed By New York Attorney General

Facebook Privacy Breach To Be Probed By New York Attorney General

Facebook Privacy Breach To Be Probed By New York Attorney General Facebook isn’t getting any new likes from New York Attorney General Letitia James. James announced on Thursday, April 25 that her office was launching an investigation into Facebook’s unauthorized collection of 1.5 million Facebook users’ email contact databases. According to James, “while Facebook claims that 1.5 million contact databases were directly harvested by its email password verification process for new users, the total number of people whose information was improperly obtained may be hundreds of millions.” “It is time Facebook is held accountable for how it handles consumers' …

04/26/2019

Clarkstown

News

State Launches Investigation Into Apple’s Face Time Breach

State Launches Investigation Into Apple’s Face Time Breach

State Launches Investigation Into Apple’s Face Time Breach New York lawmakers have set their sights on Apple after a bug allowing an eavesdropping flaw earlier this month was discovered. A significant bug has been discovered in FaceTime and is currently spreading virally over social media. The bug lets you call anyone with FaceTime, and immediately hear the audio coming from their phone — before the person on the other end has accepted or rejected the incoming call, according to reports. In response, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that her office would be “launching an investigation into Apple’s failure to warn consumers about t…

02/03/2019

Mount Pleasant

News

Missing 20-Year-Old College Student From Area Found

Missing 20-Year-Old College Student From Area Found

Missing 20-Year-Old College Student From Area Found New update: The 20-year-old college student from the area who went missing after leaving campus nearly two weeks ago has been found and is safe. The news about Michael McLaughlin of Cornwall in Orange County was released by Stony Brook University campus police on Wednesday, Dec. 26, but contained few details, asking that people respect the student's privacy. Authorities had said he left Stony Brook driving west in his 2008 gray Subaru Impreza and was tracked at a toll plaza crossing the state line into New Jersey at approximately 6 a.m. Dec. 13. Earlier story: Additional informatio…

by Joe Lombardi

12/26/2018

Norwalk

News

State Senate Candidate Sues Norwalk Police, Online News Outlet

State Senate Candidate Sues Norwalk Police, Online News Outlet

State Senate Candidate Sues Norwalk Police, Online News Outlet A State Senate candidate is going on the attack, reportedly filing a lawsuit against the Norwalk Police Department and a local news site for leaking information on a drunk driving arrest several years ago. Republican Marc D’Amelio has delivered a lawsuit to the Norwalk law department, though it hasn’t been filed with the state Supreme Court in Stamford, The Hour reported this week. The lawsuit names the City of Norwalk and news website Nancy on Norwalk as the defendants in the case. The lawsuit alleges that police leaked the information to the online news outlet “in a blatant attempt to inf…

12/14/2018

Darien

Business

'Massive, Extended' Marriott Breach Affects 500 Million Starwood Guests

'Massive, Extended' Marriott Breach Affects 500 Million Starwood Guests

'Massive, Extended' Marriott Breach Affects 500 Million Starwood Guests In one of the largest breaches of consumer data ever, up to 500 million guests' information may have been accessed as part of a breach of its Starwood guest reservation database, Marriott International announced on Friday morning. Following a three-month investigation, the company discovered there had been unauthorized access since 2014 and that an "unauthorized party" had copied and encrypted information. "The company has not finished identifying duplicate information in the database, but believes it contains information on up to approximately 500 million guests who made a r…

by Joe Lombardi

11/30/2018

White Plains

Lifestyle

Facebook Wants You To Allow Its Cameras Into Your Home

Facebook Wants You To Allow Its Cameras Into Your Home

Facebook Wants You To Allow Its Cameras Into Your Home Big brother may be getting a little bigger. Facebook announced it is launching a new electronic device, titled Portal, which is intended to optimize video calls for users. However, it remains unclear if people are open to the idea of an Internet-connected camera in their homes following several privacy issues with the social media giant. Earlier this year, millions of Facebook users may have had their data accessed by Cambridge Analytica, a data mining firm that worked on behalf of President Donald Trump’s campaign. Recently, Facebook acknowledged that hackers may have broken through securi…

10/09/2018

Stamford

Lifestyle

Personal Info Of 50 Million Facebook Users Breached In Attack

Personal Info Of 50 Million Facebook Users Breached In Attack

Personal Info Of 50 Million Facebook Users Breached In Attack Millions of people are not going to “like” hearing that a hacker gained access to Facebook accounts in the latest cyber attack to strike the company. A hacker gained access to the information of nearly 50 million Facebook user accounts in what appears to be the largest security breach in the company’s history. In a message posted on Friday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a White Plains native who attended Ardsley High School, said that “we do not yet know whether these accounts were misused, but we are continuing to look into this and will update when we learn more.” Facebook said that the …

09/28/2018

Hackensack

Police & Fire

Historic $148M Settlement In Uber Data Breach: New Jersey Gets $3.75 Million

Historic $148M Settlement In Uber Data Breach: New Jersey Gets $3.75 Million

Historic $148M Settlement In Uber Data Breach: New Jersey Gets $3.75 Million New Jersey will get $3.75 million of a whopping $148 million that Uber Technologies is paying all 50 states and the District of Columbia for a data breach that compromised the personal information of Uber riders and drivers, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Wednesday. The $148 million settlement represents the largest multi-state data breach settlement in U.S. history, Grewal said. It "resolves allegations that Uber failed to comply with state laws relating to the collection, maintenance and safeguarding of consumers’ personal information, and with state data breach notific…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/26/2018

Fairfield

Police & Fire

CT Man Who Hacked Into More Than 200 Apple iCloud Accounts Sentenced

CT Man Who Hacked Into More Than 200 Apple iCloud Accounts Sentenced

CT Man Who Hacked Into More Than 200 Apple iCloud Accounts Sentenced A Connecticut man is heading to prison after flying too close to the iCloud. North Branford resident George Garofano, 26, has been sentenced to eight months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to a computer hacking offense related to a phishing scheme that gave him access to hundreds of Apple iCloud accounts, several of which belonged to celebrities. Garofano’s guilty plea was a result of an investigation that was kicked off by the FBI in Los Angeles into the leaks of female celebrities in September 2014. Charges were filed in Connecticut against…

09/01/2018

Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes

Police & Fire

Police: Wyckoff Girls, 13, Intended To Become Runaways

Police: Wyckoff Girls, 13, Intended To Become Runaways

Police: Wyckoff Girls, 13, Intended To Become Runaways WYCKOFF, N.J. -- Wyckoff police on Thursday asked that the privacy of two 13-year-old girls and their families be respected after the teens were caught trying to run away from home. No one else was involved in the plan hatched by the two youngsters, police said. Lt. Joseph Soto issued this statement: “Police Chief David V. Murphy reported that the police department received a report from Eastern Christian Middle School staff on Wednesday, April 18th at approximately 4:41 p.m. The staff reported that two 13-year-old female students were missing and were last observed walking off of school p…

by Jerry DeMarco

04/19/2018