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Lazarus: North Korean hackers resurface with aggressive HaoBao campaign against banks, Bitcoin users

Widely believed to be linked to the North Korean regime, Lazarus Group has been linked to the 2014 Sony hack and the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017 among others.

Feb 14, 2018

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

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Watch: Drone navigates through forests and buildings in real time without intricate maps

Researchers devised a way to teach small drones to see and detect the environment they fly through without depending on intricate maps.

Feb 14, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Spyro the Dragon remasters with previously cut content rumoured for PS4 release this year

Activision is reportedly working on a new trilogy of remasters based on Insomniac Games' Spyro the Dragon series for the original PlayStation.

Feb 14, 2018

By Ben Skipper

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Nasa's 'low boom' supersonic jet gets full funding under Trump's budget proposal, set to fly in 2021

The technology used in the high-speed jet could be leveraged by commercial airlines to start supersonic passenger flights.

Feb 14, 2018

By Shubham Sharma

Confucius hacker group targets singles in romance scam to steal data via backdoor chat apps

The hacker group created customised chat apps with backdoor functionalities for both Android and Windows.

Feb 14, 2018

By India Ashok

'Scariest flight': United Airlines passengers share 'terrifying' photos after engine cover rips off

"That looks bad, plane and simple," Google engineer Erik Haddad tweeted.

Feb 14, 2018

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

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Telegram zero-day flaw used by suspected Russian hackers to spread backdoor and cryptocurrency miner

The vulnerability allowed hackers to install a backdoor that allowed them to gain remote control of victims' systems.

Feb 14, 2018

By India Ashok

Amazon advert which ordered cat food on customer's Echo Dot 'not socially irresponsible'

The Advertising Standards Authority investigated after a customer claimed an Amazon advert resulted in their Echo Dot placing an order for Purina cat food.

Feb 14, 2018

By Charlotte Tobitt

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Furby church organ created by YouTuber, and it's even more horrifying than that sounds

UK man Sam Battle has managed to build a working organ out of 44 Furbys. He shared a video of his work on his YouTube channel "Look Mum No Computer".

Feb 13, 2018

By James Hetherington

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Google Maps is sending vulnerable women seeking abortions to pro-life clinics

Anti-abortion activists are writing fake reviews and listing abortion clinics as permanently closed in a bid to show more "crisis pregnancy centres" in the search results.

Feb 13, 2018

By James Hetherington

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Has Isis been destroyed on the Internet?

Recruiting and radicalising supporter online could soon become a thing of the past for the Islamic militant group

Feb 13, 2018

By James Hetherington

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'Liar in chief': Trump trolled over old tweet vowing he would never make cuts to Medicaid, Medicare

"Surprise, the lying liar @realDonaldTrump lied again," one Twitter user wrote.

Feb 13, 2018

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

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Watch Boston Dynamics' New Robot Dog Open Doors

Watch Boston Dynamics' creepy SpotMini 'robo-dog' open and hold door for its armless sibling

Boston Dynamics, the SoftBank-owned robotics giant, has shared a new video of its four-legged and technology-rigged pet.

Feb 13, 2018

By Shubham Sharma

US Air Force's B-21 Raider stealth bomber could phase out the B-2 Spirit and the B-1B Lancer

The next-gen stealth bomber is expected to arrive in the mid 2020s.

Feb 13, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Winter games for robots? Watch these tiny robots race and take a nosedive on ski slopes

The organisers of the challenge say that the race was an effort to showcase South Korea's growing footprint in the robotics' space.

Feb 13, 2018

By Shubham Sharma

'Bullsh*t': Sarah Sanders furiously roasted over her 'appalling' defence of Trump on Rob Porter

Twitter users roasted White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders over her "ridiculous" and "bullsh*it" defence of Trump's response to the Rob Porter scandal.

Feb 13, 2018

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

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