That’s how many government employees may have had their information stolen in what is being called the largest hacking of U.S. government data in history. As Bloomberg reports, this new number dwarfs the 4 million the government initially estimated. Victims include former and current government employees, as well as government contract workers.
Thursday was the first time this year that mortgage rates rose above 4 percent, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. This leads some traders to believe that the Federal Reserve may soon raise short-term interest rates.
That’s how much a Kickstarter campaign raised to fund the making of a board game called “The Doom That Came to Atlantic City.” Unfortunately for everyone involved, that game never materialized. Now, the FTC has ruled that game creator Erik Chevalier failed to refund backers and did not deliver on promised rewards. As CNET reports, Chevalier has been prohibited from misrepresenting a crowdfunded campaign, will be forced to pay all refunds and was fined $111,793.71.
That’s how many years ago the Magna Carta was sealed. It is credited as providing many of the underpinnings of the U.S. Constitution. Best warn the Brits that the Yankees are coming: Funded by donations to the American Bar Association, about 800 American lawyers are headed to London for the rededication of the Magna Carta memorial at Runnymede.
That’s how many “Orange Is the New Black” episodes — the show’s entire Season 3 — premiered on Netflix Thursday night. No doubt viewers have already taken to binge watching all of them in a row. But why not pause your marathon to take a look into the culture of binge watching TV, as we ask if it is, in fact, the future of television.
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