Ford recalls over 125,000 crossovers, trucks over fire risk
The recall, which expands on a similar recall from a year earlier, covers some Escape and Lincoln Corsair crossovers and Maverick compact pickup trucks manufactured between 2020 and 2023.
Multiple Central Florida Kohl’s stores subject of hoax bomb threat in nationwide trend
Multiple Kohl’s department stores across Central Florida were the subject of hoax bomb threats sent to multiple local news organizations on Friday as part of a disturbing nationwide trend.
The Orlando Sentinel and WFTV-Channel 9 News received an email Friday afternoon from an unknown source stating that three local Kohl’s stores would be bombed.
The locations were the Kohl’s stores on Alafaya Trail in Orange County, John Young Parkway in Kissimmee and Deep Lake Road in Seminole County.
Orange and Osceola County sheriff’s offices first received word of the threats from Channel 9. Authorities in Orange County contacted Seminole County Sheriff’s Office to inform them of the threat within their jurisdiction.
None of the threats ultimately turned out to be true. The Orange and Seminole County sheriff’s offices responded and found no evidence of a genuine threat.
Multiple Kohl’s were the subject of similar threats in at least three other states: Kentucky, Indiana and Wisconsin. The latter state is the home to Kohl’s corporate headquarters.
Apple unveils a $3,500 headset as it wades into the world of virtual reality
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE (AP Technology Writer)
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple on Monday unveiled a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world, while also testing the technology trendsetter’s ability to popularize new-fangled devices after others failed to capture the public’s imagination.
After years of speculation, Apple CEO Tim Cook hailed the arrival of the sleek goggles — dubbed “Vision Pro” — at the the company’s annual developers conference held on a park-like campus in Cupertino, California, that Apple’s late co-founder Steve Jobs helped design. The device will be capable to toggling between virtual reality, or VR, and augmented reality, or AR, which projects digital imagery while users still see can see objects in the real world.
“This marks the beginning of a journey that will bring a new dimension to powerful personal technology,” Cook told the crowd.
Although Apple executives provided an extensive preview of the headset’s capabilities during the final half hour of Monday’s event, consumers will have to wait before they can get their hands on the device and prepare to pay a hefty price to boot. Vision Pro will sell for $3,500 once it’s released in stores early next year.
Is Outlook down? Thousands of users report problems with Microsoft’s email platform
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of Microsoft Outlook users reported issues with accessing and using the email platform Monday morning.
Microsoft 365 outage and problem reports peaked at almost 18,000 shortly after 11 a.m. Eastern Monday morning, according to outage tracker Downdetector. Reports have appeared to significantly decline since then.
Most of the reports expressed issues with Outlook. Many users of Microsoft’s emailing platform shared frustration on social media, with some noting they were unable to sign into or load their accounts.
The company said that it was “investigating an issue with accessing Outlook on the web” in a Twitter thread posted on its Microsoft 365 Status account — and added that a “downstream impact” was also identified for Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business.
Microsoft 365 Status later said it had reverted an update and saw an improvement in service — soon confirming recovery for impacted services.
In a statement sent to The Associated Press Monday afternoon, Microsoft said it had “resolved an issue preventing users from accessing some of our services.”
Clarios shifting some production out of Toledo as strike enters fifth week
Vehicle battery supplier Clarios met with a UAW bargaining committee Monday to debrief their most recent agreement, which members voted down two weeks ago. The company is shifting some production out of Toledo as the strike enters its fifth week.