Foxconn hit with DoppelPaymer ransomware attack, $34M ransom demand
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Alexander Vinnik, the 41-year-old Russian founder and operator of the now-defunct BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange has been sentenced to 5 years in a French prison. The court...
AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine confirmed to have average 70% efficacy
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Iran claims its top nuclear scientist murdered in a sophisticated technology assassination
Iran's chief nuclear scientist and mastermind of its controversial nuclear program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Mahabadi was shot dead by what has been described as a...
#MondayMotivation: Here are the things that inspire Twitter users, what’s yours?
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Mysterious illness puts hundreds in hospital in southern India
At least one person has died and more than 300 people have fallen sick after a mysterious illness swept India's southern state of Andhra...
Massive annual Geminids meteor shower to illuminate the sky next week
Stargazers and amateur astronomers get out your telescopes. The Geminids meteor shower will be in full display on December 13.
Skywatchers in December 2020 will...
First-ever asteroid samples return to Earth, Japan’s Hayabusa2 capsule lands in outback Australia
Flying over 3.2 billion miles on a 6-year mission, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency @JAXA_en returned to Earth on-time and on-target. In a historic...
Drinking alcohol is most dangerous to the brain during 3 key periods
We know that too much drinking alcohol is bad. But let's admit it, alcohol is a popular social lubricant that isn’t likely to vanish from our...
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Murdaugh Case: 2015 Stephen Smith case has been reclassified a homicide
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