SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — After three straight losses, including back-to-back blowouts , the San Francisco 49ers needed a get-right game. The Chicago Bears helped provide just that. Brock Purdy carved up Chicago’s defense to lead San Francisco to its best offensive output of the season and the defense dominated the Bears in a 38-13 win Sunday that looked a lot more like the team that went to the Super Bowl last season than the one that has struggled in 2024. “I think just the biggest thing was just getting some energy and momentum,” Purdy said. “This league is hard. It’s tough. If you don’t have momentum or energy and belief within a building, it can be really tough.” The problem for San Francisco (6-7) is it might be too late to salvage its playoff hopes. Three blown fourth-quarter leads to division rivals and the lopsided losses at Green Bay and Buffalo the previous two weeks leave the Niners two games out of the playoffs with only four games to go. They might need to win out to get back to the postseason for a fourth straight season, and even then they could need some help because their three division losses will make it tough to win any tiebreakers in the tightly packed NFC West. RELATED COVERAGE Cowboys set to host Bengals under open roof after falling debris thwarted that plan against Texans Cardinals’ sudden 3-game tailspin has turned their once solid playoff hopes into a long shot Rams offense is humming with good health, and it gave a stellar performance to upset Buffalo “If we win every single game, I think we’ve put ourselves in a very good position to either win the division or somehow sneak our way into playoff contention,” tight end George Kittle said. “I thought everyone’s focused on this one week. ... Forget the whole season whether you’ve played like crap the entire season, whether you’ve had missed opportunities, or whether you have a bunch of touchdowns. Whatever it is, flush all that and just focus on this one game.” What’s working Big plays. The Niners repeatedly gashed the Bears for big plays as the passing game looked as good as it has all season. Purdy had eight completions go for at least 20 yards — tied for the most in any game for the 49ers since at least 1991 — with Kittle catching four of them, Isaac Guerendo two and one each for Deebo Samuel and Jauan Jennings. The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . What needs help Kickoffs. Jake Moody attempted two line-drive kicks as San Francisco tried to pin Chicago deep instead of allowing a touchback. But both kicks landed shy of the landing zone at the 20, giving the Bears the ball at the 40. Stock up DL Yetur Gross-Matos. The Niners have been struggling to generate a pass rush with Nick Bosa sidelined, but Gross-Matos made a big impact on Sunday. He had a career-high three sacks in the game after coming into the game with just one this season. Stock down S Ji’Ayir Brown. The second-year safety lost his starting job with the return of Talanoa Hufanga from a wrist injury. Brown played 15 defensive snaps in a spot role and was beat on a TD pass to Rome Odunze in his limited action. Injuries Guerendo has a sprained foot and will be evaluated later this week to see if he can play. ... OL Ben Bartch will likely go on IR after suffering a high ankle sprain Sunday. ... LB Dre Greenlaw could return this week for the first time since tearing his Achilles tendon in the Super Bowl. ... DL Nick Bosa (hip, oblique) and LT Trent Williams (ankle) will be evaluated this week but there is no timeline on when they will return. ... LG Aaron Banks cleared the concussion protocol and should play this week. ... LB Dee Winters (ankle), S Malik Mustapha (chest, shoulder) and LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles are day-to-day. Key number 305 — The 49ers outgained the Bears by 305 yards in the first half for the ninth best advantage in a first half since at least 1991. The 319 yards for San Francisco were the most by any team in a first half this season and the 4 yards allowed were the fewest. What’s next The 49ers host the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFLCroatia’s incumbent president wins most votes at polls but still faces runoffFormer Greek royal family expresses ‘deep emotion’ after regaining citizenship

A new phishing scam targets Facebook business users with fake emails from Meta, claiming prohibited content on pages. Know how to keep your page safe. There are several startup businesses, small businesses and pages which rely on Facebook for marketing and promotion. If your business relies on Facebook for promotion, then know Kaspersky experts have uncovered a new phishing scam targeting businesses that use Meta for Business, Facebook’s platform for managing business pages. Scammers are sending emails pretending to be from Facebook’s Meta for Business team. The email claims that your business page contains prohibited content, and as a result, your account and page have been blocked. To resolve the issue, the email urges you to provide explanations or take action via a provided link. What the attackers really want is access to your business account. By tricking you into interacting with a fraudulent page, they hope to steal your login credentials and potentially gain control of your account. Why This Scam Is Different According to Kaspersky’s anonymized data, these phishing emails began circulating on December 14. Complaints have been reported globally, including in the Asia-Pacific region. A closer look at the “From” field in the email reveals that the domain doesn’t belong to Facebook. Scammers are using various unrelated domains to send these messages. Plus, the email link takes you to Facebook Messenger, where a fake account poses as Facebook’s support team. The setup looks convincing, which adds to the scam’s credibility. This phishing campaign stands out because, unlike earlier scams that accused users of copyright violations via email, this one mimics internal communication on Facebook’s platform itself. By using Facebook Messenger, the attackers create a false sense of trust. It’s easy for stressed users to miss subtle warnings, such as the account being labelled as a fan page instead of an official support account. “If you receive such an email, verify its authenticity before taking any action. Avoid clicking on suspicious links, and report the incident to Facebook’s support team immediately. Activating two-factor authentication and updating compromised passwords are critical steps to protect your account,” Andrey Kovtun, Email Threats Protection Group Manager at Kaspersky recommends. How to Protect Your Business Account To make sure you are never a victim of a phishing scam like the one above, here are some recommendations: Click for more latest Tech news . Also get top headlines and latest news from India and around the world at News9. Divya is a Senior Sub-Editor with about 3 years of experience in journalism and content writing. Before joining News9live, she had contributed to Times Now and Hindustan Times, where she focused on tech reporting and reviewing gadgets. When she's not working, you can find her indulging in Netflix, expressing her creativity through painting, and dancing.

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How Nation-Wide IT Leaders Can Inspire California BusinessesUnused railroad tracks, background, veer from the main line, foreground, into the woods at Danville Junction in Auburn. The unused tracks could become part of a proposed rail-to-trail project connecting Lewiston and Auburn, Brunswick and Portland with a 72-mile corridor for biking and walking. Auburn officials appear to support turning the rail bed into a trail. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal file AUBURN — City officials are expected to take up a resolution next week in support of using the inactive St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad between Auburn and Portland as part of a proposed 72-mile Casco Bay Trail. During a council workshop earlier this month, city councilors and Mayor Jeff Harmon appeared on board with a proposal to turn the line into an “interim trail,” meaning the tracks and ties would be removed and turned into a multiuse trail, while the corridor would remain available for possible future rail use. However, rail advocates sitting on the Portland to Auburn Rail Use Advisory Council have argued for a “rail with trail” approach, where a trail would be built alongside the tracks in order to preserve both uses. When reached Wednesday, Harmon said “no one has shown me a viable case” for maintaining the section of rail in question for either freight or passenger rail. He said building a trail next to the rail line is estimated to cost $100 million, while building a trail on the rail bed would be roughly half that. The Casco Bay Trail is a proposed 72-mile off-road trail loop connecting Portland, Lewiston-Auburn, Brunswick and Freeport. A major part of the loop is a section of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad known as the Berlin subdivision, which runs between Danville Junction in Auburn and the future site of the Roux Institute in Portland. Harmon added that if passenger rail was eyed for the line, the current tracks designed for slow-moving freight would have to be replaced either way. From a commuter standpoint, he said, “we’re better off with buses.” If 30 to 40 years from now, there’s a viable rail option, the rail line can be flipped back, he argues. “I’m not opposed to rail where it makes sense,” he said. “Right now, this asset is sitting there unused. We’re way better off getting a recreational asset out of this.” However, rail advocates argue that even though reverting back to a rail use could be done, it would likely be unpopular among users of the trail, not to mention the political implications of spending millions to lay down new rail line on top of the millions of dollars worth of trail work. Bruce Sleeper of TrainRiders Northeast said the “rail with trail” option may cost more, but could be done incrementally, and would preserve the potential economic benefit from rail use in the future. Peter Cole of Maine Rail Group also supports the rail with trail option. He told Auburn officials that Maine will be growing in population over the next several decades and the car-centric transportation system “is spreading ourselves out instead of taking advantage of a transit system.” He said operating trains uses the least amount of energy of any transit system. If approved, the resolution is only a symbolic support of the proposal, which Harmon said will be taken up by the Maine Legislature. Even if the legislature supports the plan, he said, it would still need to appropriate funding for engineering, and then eventually construction. Sue-Ellen Boardwell of Casco Bay Trail Alliance urged Auburn to support the resolution in favor of the trail, stating that it will “open Auburn to the possibilities of becoming a trail town,” with the associated economic benefit. In 2023, the Portland to Auburn Rail Use Advisory Council voted on three potential options, with “interim trail” receiving seven votes, “rail with trail” receiving five votes, and “rail use only” receiving one vote. At the time, the Maine Rail Transit Coalition said the vote to tear out the tracks for a recreational trail “will go down in infamy.” However, the Casco Bay Trail Alliance called it “a very important development in the progress toward an off-road trail connecting Portland, Lewiston and Brunswick.” There is another rail line connecting Auburn to Portland that is still in use for freight trains, which has also been eyed for possible passenger service in the future. A Casco Bay Trail Alliance map shows the proposed 72-mile trail loop. The section between Portland and Auburn is the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad, while the section in green would have to be made through connections to other railroads through Auburn into Lewiston. 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Ahmil Flowers tallied 14 points for Ferrum (7-0, 2-0 ODAC). Bryant Wall added 11 points and eight rebounds. Lynchburg (5-3, 1-1) made four 3-pointers to Ferrum’s 17. MEN Queens 81, VMI 78 Leo Colimerio scored 15 points to lead the Royals (4-5) past the host Keydets (5-6). VMI’s Robert Peters (12 points) made two free throws to cut the lead to 79-78 with three seconds left, but Asjon Anderson sank two free throws with one second to go. Rickey Bradley Jr. scored 19 points for VMI, while TJ Johnson had 17 points and four 3-pointers. Augustinas Kiudulas added 15 points. SVU 76, Eastern Mennonite 66 Tyler Kartchner scored 18 points to lead the visiting Knights (5-2) past the Royals (3-5). DJ Green had 14 points for SVU, while Eli Ballstaedt and Christian Goode added 13 points apiece. WOMEN SVU 63, Mary Washington 51 Aysia Foster had 13 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks to lead the visiting Knights (7-2) past the Eagles (3-7). Abigail Snyder had 13 points and 11 rebounds for SVU. Maria Savvun added 13 points and six assists. Hollins 66, Averett 61 Cabria Mutz had 13 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks to lead visiting Hollins (6-1, 2-1 ODAC) past the Cougars (1-7, 0-3). Ariana Gutierrez also had 13 points for Hollins. Grayson Alfano added 12 points. Ny’Kerasia Coleman scored to give Averett a 61-60 lead with 1:13 left, but Averett never scored again. Randolph-Macon 74, Roanoke 54 Catherine Kagey had 11 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks to lead the host Yellow Jackets (7-1, 2-0 ODAC) past the Maroons (2-6, 0-2). Mariah Cain and Ashley Fowler had 15 points and seven rebounds apiece for Roanoke. Bridgewater 39, Ferrum 36 India Dailey tallied 11 points to lead the visiting Eagles (9-0, 3-0 ODAC) past the Panthers (4-2, 2-1). Aisha Martin had 13 points for Ferrum, while Kleiauna Riddick added 12 points. Riddick made two free throws to tie the game at 33 with 3:13 to go. But BC answered with five straight points.Planet Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2025

ATLANTA , Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- KORE Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KORE) ("KORE" or the "Company"), the global pure-play Internet of Things ("IoT") hyperscaler and provider of IoT Connectivity, Solutions, and Analytics, today announced it has received notification (the "Acceptance Letter") from the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") that the NYSE has accepted the Company's previously-submitted plan (the "Plan") to regain compliance with the NYSE's continued listing standards set forth in Section 802.01B of the NYSE Listed Company Manual relating to minimum market capitalization and stockholders' equity. In the Acceptance Letter, the NYSE granted the Company an 18-month period from September 12, 2024 (the "Plan Period") to regain compliance with the continued listing standards. As part of the Plan, the Company is required to provide the NYSE quarterly updates regarding its progress towards the goals and initiatives in the Plan. In the Plan, Kore included details regarding previously reported operational restructuring activities, as well as an outlook on the Company's business. The Company expects its common stock will continue to be listed on the NYSE during the Plan Period, subject to the Company adherence to the Plan and compliance with other applicable NYSE continued listing standards. The Company's receipt of such notification from the NYSE does not affect the Company's business, operations or reporting requirements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements This press release includes certain statements that are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as "believe," "guidance," "project," "may," "will," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "expect," "should," "would," "plan," "predict," "potential," "seem," "seek," "future," "outlook," and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expected progress with the Company's compliance plan submitted to the NYSE, expected compliance with continued listing standards of the NYSE and expected continued listing of the Company's common stock on the NYSE. These statements are based on various assumptions and on the current expectations of KORE's management. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as and must not be relied on by any investor or other person as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of KORE. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including general economic, financial, legal, political and business conditions and changes in domestic and foreign markets; the potential effects of COVID-19; risks related to the rollout of KORE's business and the timing of expected business milestones; risks relating to the integration of KORE's acquired companies, including the acquisition of Twilio's IoT business, changes in the assumptions underlying KORE's expectations regarding its future business; our ability to negotiate and sign a definitive contract with a customer in our sales funnel; our ability to realize some or all of estimates relating to customer contracts as revenue, including any contractual options available to customers or contractual periods that are subject to termination for convenience provisions; the effects of competition on KORE's future business; and the outcome of judicial proceedings to which KORE is, or may become a party. If the risks materialize or assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that KORE presently does not know or that KORE currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect KORE's expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this press release. KORE anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause these assessments to change. However, while KORE may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, KORE specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing KORE's assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements. KORE Investor Contact: Vik Vijayvergiya Vice President, IR, Corporate Development and Strategy vvijayvergiya@korewireless.com (770) 280-0324 View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kore-announces-nyse-acceptance-of-plan-to-regain-listing-compliance-302338621.html SOURCE KORE Group Holdings, Inc.

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PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts doesn’t believe his relationship with wide receiver A.J. Brown is in a bad place despite the rumors. “We’re good. We’re good,” Hurts told reporters during his Wednesday press conference. BUY EAGLES TICKETS: STUBHUB , VIVID SEATS , TICKETMASTER During a radio appearance with 94 WIP on Monday, Eagles veteran Brandon Graham said the relationship between Hurts and Brown is strained. Graham later told ESPN that he assumed their friendship had changed and was wrong about it. Graham also said he would apologize to both players. After those comments were made, Hurts and Brown spoke about it. “I think in the end, BG knows he spoke out of place," Hurts said. “He knows that.” Hurts and Brown were best friends before playing on the Eagles. Their relationship started when Hurts was at Alabama. Hurts tried to recruit Brown coming out of high school, and the two remained close throughout the years. Hurts is also the godfather to Brown’s daughter, Jersee. After the Eagles' 22-16 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, Brown expressed frustration about the offense’s performance. When he was asked about what the offense needs to improve on, Brown said “passing.” Some thought Brown’s response was a direct shot at Hurts. On a few plays, Hurts didn’t throw to Brown when he was open. Hurts completed 14 of 20 passes, but he only threw for 108 yards against one of NFL’s worst defenses. A week before, he only passed for 118 yards in a win over the Baltimore Ravens. So considering their lack of production in the passing game, Hurts understands why Brown is not happy right now, but that hasn’t changed his feelings toward him. “Sometimes things change as dynamics change,” Hurts said. “But for him, he knows I have a lot of love for him. Just like I got a lot of love for all these guys. Ultimately, he’s a guy that is a competitor. He wants to win. He damn sure wants the ball. He wants to make an impact in the game. And I respect that. That’s just like all of us." Brown caught four passes for 43 yards against the Panthers' defense, which was his second lowest total through 14 weeks. Following Wednesday’s practice, Brown said his “passing” comment was not directed at Hurts. He also said their relationship is good. Over the next four weeks, the Eagles need to fix their passing offense, which ranks 31st in the NFL, averaging 180.6 yards per game. Hurts and Brown have had success before. Now, they need to get back on the same page. “It’s about the team in the end,” Hurts said. “Overall, that’s where my focus is. I think that’s where everyone’s focus is at heart. And try to do what’s best for the team. Ultimately, everyone cares about the team’s success. “So whenever something happens, whatever is, I look at myself first because everything starts and ends with me...." MORE EAGLES COVERAGE Eagles’ star receiver throws some water on brush fire, but still not happy with passing game * UPDATE * Eagles injury report: Updates on Reed Blankenship, Sydney Brown, Britain Covey and C.J. Gardner-Johnson Why Eagles’ Nick Sirianni is ’100 percent' sure the A.J. Brown-Jalen Hurts issue is being overblown NFL great cross-examines Brett Favre about ‘funds you were pocketing’ Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. Please consider supporting us with a subscription. Cayden Steele may be reached at CSteele@njadvancemedia.comTrump promises to end birthright citizenship: What is it and could he do it?