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BALLPARKS TO USE CROWD NOISE FROM VIDEO GAME DURING SEASON
UNDATED (AP) — Major League Baseball is playing crowd noise from its official video game through ballpark sound systems during actual games while fans are ordered to stay away. Stadium sound engineers will have access to around 75 different effects and reactions from “MLB The Show,” according to MLB. During a Yankees intrasquad game on Friday, manager Aaron Boone said at first it sounded like “we were trying to tune in our AM radio,” but later it made things sound more natural. The top soccer leagues in England and Spain were the first to return to action with crowd sound from video games.
TWITTER: HACK HIT 130 ACCOUNTS, COMPANY ‘EMBARRASSED’
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Twitter says the hack that compromised the accounts of some of its most high-profile users targeted 130 people. The hackers were able to reset the passwords of 45 of those accounts. The San Francisco-based company said in a blog post Saturday that for up to eight of these accounts the attackers also downloaded the account’s information through the “Your Twitter Data” tool. Twitter says none of the eight were verified accounts, and it says it's contacting the owners of the affected accounts.
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR REJECTS VIRUS VACCINE HACKING CLAIMS
LONDON (AP) — Russia’s ambassador to Britain has rejected allegations that his country’s intelligence services tried to steal information about a coronavirus vaccine. Andrei Kelin said in a BBC interview broadcast Sunday that there was “no sense” in the allegations made last week by the United States, Britain and Canada. Kelin also said his country had no interest in interfering in British politics. Intelligence agencies in the U.S., Britain and Canada on Thursday accused the hacking group APT29, known as Cozy Bear, of attacking academic and pharmaceutical research institutions involved in COVID-19 vaccine development. Britain Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab also said that “Russian actors” had tried to interfere in last year’s general election.
GOOGLE REMOVES ALASKA TROOPER AD IN ‘MISUNDERSTANDING’
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Department of Public Safety accused Google of censorship for canceling a recruitment advertisement for state troopers considered to be political, but the tech giant said it was a miscommunication. The one-minute video shows civil unrest, talks about how Alaska is different and features Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who makes an appeal for people to come to Alaska to become a trooper. Google spokesperson Charlotte Smith said Friday that the rejection stemmed from confusion about the company’s definition of a political advertisement. Smith said it had nothing to do with the ad’s content but instead that it featured Dunleavy, an elected politician.
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