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Massive DDoS attack hits Russian state-run telecom, disrupting internet and banking
A “powerful" large-scale DDoS attack on telecom giant Rostelecom disrupted internet access, banking, and major online platforms across 30 Russian cities.
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NASA astronauts quote “Project Hail Mary” during record-breaking lunar flyby
As NASA’s Artemis II crew flew by the moon, capturing sensational images, a ground-crew agent quoted Rocky, the alien hero from Ryan Gosling's recent sci-fi blockbuster Project Hail Mary. For many, the moment imbued an already historic event with an added sense of timelessness and poignancy.
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OpenAI boss Sam Altman is a sociopath who cannot be trusted, tech insiders say
Karen Hao’s book “Empire of AI” already revealed quite a bit about the machinations within OpenAI, the most famous AI startup in the world. Now, a brilliant new profile of the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, goes further and quotes numerous insiders calling him a sociopath.
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Amazon throws lifeline to cash-starved US Postal Service, but keeps 20% of parcels
Amazon.com announced it reached a new agreement with the US Postal Service on package deliveries. Sources said the cash-strapped mail system would retain about 80% of its existing deliveries from its biggest customer.
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Russia’s VPN crackdown triggers payment system disruption, Telegram’s CEO Durov says
Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder and CEO of Telegram, said on Saturday that Russia's attempt to block virtual private networks (VPNs) disrupted a domestic payment system, with tens of millions of Russians now pushing back against the restrictions.
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Debris from aerial interception hits Oracle building in Dubai
An Oracle building in Dubai was hit by falling debris, with no injuries reported, Dubai media office said on Saturday, following Iran’s claims that it had targeted an Oracle data centre in the UAE’s largest city.
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Outdated laws treat whitehats and criminals the same: security researchers at risk
When a massive vulnerability in the Log4j logging library was discovered in December 2021, both security researchers and cybercriminals rushed to exploit it using near-identical code. What separated them wasn't skill or methods, but authorization.
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Amazon must negotiate with 5,000 Staten Island warehouse workers after labor board ruling
Amazon must negotiate with a labor union representing some 5,000 workers at a company warehouse on Staten Island, the National Labor Relations Board ruled on Wednesday.
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Texas hospital cyberattack exposes SSNs, medical data of 257,000 patients
A Texas hospital is notifying more than 257,000 patients after a January cyberattack exposed SSNs, medical record details, and other sensitive personal data.
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Key Terrorgram Collective member sentenced to 20 years for inspiring terrorist attacks
Matthew Althorpe, a Canadian national, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for several terrorism-related offenses.
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“Bimbofication:” Google explodes, and memes unleash
The search term “bimbofication” rocketed to the maximum level on Google Trends, revealing a deeper fixation on Bryon Noem, husband of former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem, as well as memes galore.
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Hasbro says cyberattack knocked systems offline, recovery could take weeks
Hasbro says a cyberattack on its networks over the weekend forced some of its systems offline, and the fallout is expected to last for weeks as the toy giant attempts to fulfill orders and ship products without customer delays.
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April fool or omen? Iran threatens to blitz US big tech across the Middle East
Iran has given an ominous warning that it plans to begin attacking US big tech companies across the Middle East, starting after 8 p.m. Tehran time.
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Ajax hands out new mobile tickets for next matches following data breach
Soccer fans with one or multiple tickets for one of the season’s final three home matches will receive new mobile tickets.
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Australia accuses TikTok, Meta, Google of disobeying social media ban
In a surprise to no one, Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and Snapchat haven’t done enough to comply with Australia’s social media minimum age obligation, the country’s eSafety Commission has found. It is now “moving into an enforcement stance.”
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JD Vance is “obsessed” with UFOs, yet he thinks they’re demons
US Vice President JD Vance astounded the UFO community by claiming curiosity and obsession over UFO’s, while simultaneously stating he believes aliens are actually demons
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Match’s OkCupid hit with 20-year privacy crackdown after sharing users’ private photos with AI firm
Match and OkCupid are facing a proposed 20-year privacy crackdown after the FTC said the dating app deceived users by sharing nearly 3 million private photos and other sensitive information with AI firm Clarifai.
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Superbloom review: modern tech exploits humanity by giving us what we want
“Superbloom” made me almost wholeheartedly agree with some rebel scholars and programmers who believe that the existing technological system simply needs to be dismantled and rebuilt. But Nicholas Carr is right: it’s probably too late to rethink the system. We might try to change ourselves, though.
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Austria plans to ban social media for under-14s, warning it can make children “addicted and ill”
Austria is planning to ban social media for children under the age of 14, as more countries move to restrict children’s use of online platforms.
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Telemedicine CEO admits to a $46M fraud scheme
The owner of a telemedicine company, Christopher Harwood, admitted to leading a $46.2 million Medicare fraud conspiracy, paying doctors with no relationship to Medicare to approve genetic tests and orthotic braces for people who didn’t need them.
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