Billions of Stolen Browser Cookies Fuel Account Hijacking Risks

Online information thieves are stealing browser cookies on a massive scale, exposing users to risks ranging from identity theft to account hijacking, according to a report released Monday by a VPN service provider. From June 2025 through June 2026, NordVPN researchers analyzed more than 52.4 billion browser cookies found in infostealer logs offered for sale on dark web forums and Telegram marketplaces. Although a small percentage of the stolen cookies remained active, live authentication cookies can give attackers immediate access to online accounts. “This scale shows why browser cookies have become such a valuable target,” Domantas Lapinskas wrote in a…

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10 Ways Small Businesses Can Use AI To Grow–And Even Hire More Workers

A quartet of witnesses testifying this week to the House Small Business Committee disputed the commonly-held belief that artificial intelligence will displace human workers and insisted that small businesses which use AI are likely to wind up having to hire more employees–because they’ll grow.Already, a majority of small businesses are…

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UFC Lost a Staggering Amount of Money on UFC Freedom 250 Event Held at the White House

UFC Freedom 250, the UFC event that took place at the White House in June, was a spectacle — but one that lost a shocking amount of money. The event, which cost an estimated $60 million to put on, ultimately lost $30 million, TKO Group Holdings CFO Andrew Schleimer told investors on Monday, August 3. (TKO is the parent company of UFC.) UFC Freedom 250 was a celebration of the United States’ 250th birthday, held the day after President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday on June 14. Though tickets were not sold to the general public, an estimated 4,300 people attended,…

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