UKRAINE IS WORLD’S THIRD LARGEST ARMS IMPORTER: SIPRI

Mon 13 March 2023: Countries in Europe have sharply increased their imports of major weapons in response to tensions with Russia, a prominent think tank has said, with Ukraine emerging as the world’s third-largest arms importer following Moscow’s invasion last year. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in a new report on Monday, said […]

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HP BLOCKS THIRD-PARTY INK CARTRIDGES AGAIN, LEAVING USERS FRUSTRATED

Mon 13 March 2023: HP is once again blocking users from using third-party ink cartridges in HP printers. People have grown increasingly frustrated with HPHewlett-Packard (HP) as it has used firmware updates to prevent the use of non-HP ink cartridges in its printers. The reason given by the company was security. People reported the problem […]

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CHINESE PRESIDENT XI PLANS RUSSIA VISIT AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK – SOURCES

Mon 13 March 2023: Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning to visit Russia as soon as next week, the news agency Reuters reported on Monday (March 13) quoting people familiar with the matter. The development comes as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war continues to escalate over the eastern city of Bakhmut.  The visit would be would […]

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BBC TRIES TO RESOLVE THE CRISIS BY REINSTATING GARY LINEKER

Mon 13 March 2023: The BBC’s highest-paid presenter, Gary Lineker, was reinstated on Monday after a decision to remove the sports host from the air due to his criticism of the government sparked a near-mutiny at the public broadcaster. Over the weekend, the corporation was forced to cancel much of its sports coverage after presenters, […]

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FBI WARNS OF HACKERS USING FAKE PLAY-TO-EARN APPS TO STEAL CRYPTOCURRENCY

Mon 13 March 2023: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US has warned that threat actors are now using fake rewards in so-called “play-to-earn” mobile and online games to steal millions worth of cryptocurrency. According to BleepingComputer, they do this by using specially designed game apps that offer enormous cash rewards directly proportional […]

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THOUSANDS MARCH IN GREECE IN ANGRY TRAIN CRASH PROTEST

Sun 12 March 2023: In response to Greece’s deadliest rail accident, which left dozens of people dead last month, thousands of people have demonstrated in central Athens. The demonstrators demanded justice for those accountable for the February 28 head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train that left 57 people dead and expressed […]

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WHATSAPP TO LEAVE UK MARKET IF END-TO-END ENCRYPTION FORCED TO STOPPED

Sun 12 March 2023: If the upcoming Online Safety Bill requires WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, to weaken its end-to-end encryption for users, WhatsApp has threatened to leave the UK market. According to Wired, WhatsApp Head Will Cathcart slammed the legislation as the most alarming set of online regulations in the western world during […]

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SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTS INCREASE AT US MILITARY ACADEMIES

Sun 12 March 2023: Reported sexual assaults at US military academies shot up during the 2021-22 school year, and one in five female students told an anonymous survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact, the Pentagon said Friday. The survey results were the highest since the Defense Department began collecting that data, The Associated […]

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