NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Coldplay generated more than $500 million on the rockers’ just completed global tour, the band’s promoters said Thursday, making it the third highest-grossing in history. The English band played the 114th and final show of its “A Head Full of Dreams” tour Wednesday night in Buenos Aires, completing a haul of $523 million in ticket sales, Live Nation announced. Only two other acts have ever amassed more: Irish rockers […]
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Yahoo hack hit 500 million users, likely ‘state sponsored’
by Glenn CHAPMAN SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Yahoo said Thursday a massive attack on its network in 2014 allowed hackers to steal data from half a billion users and may have been “state sponsored.” Yahoo, which confirmed details of the breach months after reports of a major hack, said its investigation concluded that “certain user account information was stolen” and that the attack came from “what it believes is a state-sponsored actor.” “Based […]





