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Jalapeño peppers linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak have been traced back to a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, federal officials say. At least 345 people in 27 states have been reported getting sick from the salmonella strain linked to the jalapeños. Most have been in Minnesota and Colorado. No deaths have been reported, but officials say 36…

An iOS whale-watching app that never asked users for a seed phrase has been tied to nearly $580,000 in stolen cryptocurrency after researchers found it could reach secrets stored by other apps on the same iPhone. Blockchain security firm SlowMist, working with OKX’s security team, says versions 1.1 and 1.2 of FomoPeek contained two hidden…

US service member killed in northern Iraq, U.S. Central Command says

For many merchants, the cost of accepting payments is still viewed primarily through the lens of transaction fees. Processing rates, interchange, and acquiring costs remain important metrics, but they represent only one aspect of today’s payment cost drivers. As payment ecosystems have become more complex—with multiple processors, payment methods, orchestration platforms, and growing customer expectations—the…

Factbox-Who is HP's new CEO Emma Walmsley?

A lack of Fed guidance and a market running on data One of the dynamics that Warsh remarked on in his press conference following the announcement was a gradual rise in interest rates over the past month. He said that this move upwards in rates, without any published forward guidance from the Fed, could be…