Tue 6 December 2022: VTB, the state-owned, second largest bank in Russia, has reported the largest cyberattack in its history. Officials said the bank was repelling the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, in which hackers attempt to flood a network with unusually high volumes of data traffic in order to paralyse it. VTB said […]
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Tue 6 December 2022: Disney researchers have unveiled a new AI (artificial intelligence) tool capable of re-aging or de-aging actors in a matter of seconds. Disney Research Studios explains in a blog post on Wednesday that the new face re-aging network ‘FRAN’ has simple and clear methods that give artists localised control and creative flexibility […]
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This image taken by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter shows an oblique view focusing on one of the fractures making up the Cerberus Fossae system. The fractures cut through hills and craters, indicating their relative youth.ESA/DLR/FU Berlin Tue 6 December 2022: Mars, also known as the Red Planet, is the farthest from the […]
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Tue 6 December 2022: The Reserve Bank of Australia has raised interest rates to a decade high, putting mortgage holders under even more strain as it seeks to cool soaring prices. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised the benchmark rate, which determines how much commercial banks charge for loans, by a quarter percentage point […]
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Tue 6 December 2022: The Oxford English Dictionary has chosen the slang term “goblin mode” as the word of the year, using a public vote for the first time in its history, the dictionary publisher Oxford Languages said. The Oxford Word of the Year reflects the ethos, mood or preoccupations of the past twelve months, […]
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Mon 25 December 2022: According to NBC news, which cited the Secret Service, hackers with connections to the Chinese government are accused of stealing US COVID-19 relief benefits of at least $20 million. According to the article, this is the first incident of this kind of fraud involving foreign state-sponsored cybercriminals that the US government […]
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Mon 25 December 2022: In an incident reported from Arizona in the United States, a man claiming to be a Prophet has reportedly married as many as 20 women, including his own daughter. The man identified as 46-year-old Samuel Rappylee Bateman, many of whose wives are below the age of 15 years, and a few […]
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Mon 25 December 2022: People from minority groups who speak with ‘non-standard’ accents face discrimination in job interviews, researchers from The University of Queensland have found. The study examined the experiences of people classed as speaking with a ‘standard’ accent, one that is generally known and accepted as the way of speaking (for example American-accented […]
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EU President Ursula von der Leyen at Govt Buildings for meeting with the Taoiseach. Mon 25 December 2022: The top diplomat for the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, may have sparked a diplomatic row with the UK by equating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with Britain’s dominance over Ireland. The President of the European Commission […]
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Facebook (запрещено в РФ) / Caspian Seal Research and Rehabilitation Center Mon 25 December 2022: In the Russian region of Dagestan in the North Caucasus, over 2,500 dead seals have washed up on the shores of the Caspian Sea. On Sunday, the Russian government said that up to 2,500 animal carcasses had been discovered in […]
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