Gillmor Gang: Nothing was delivered
Somehow it’s Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday this week. Some of you may not think that’s a big deal, but I do. The fact of his talent pretty much drowns out most other ideas of what to write about, but here’s to the birthday boy. Ke.....»»
Sealed, signed and delivered
A team of archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) made a rare discovery when they unearthed a small clay seal impression dating back some 7000 years. The impression, with two different geometric stamps imprinted on it, was discove.....»»
World"s biggest meat processor JBS pays $11 million to ransomware gang
The incident took place last week, shutting down abattoirs in the US, Canada, and Australia. The company, which supplies more than a fifth of all beef in the US, said making the massive Bitcoin payment was necessary to protect customers......»»
New South African partnership gets $3M, launches telehealth product
For the early detection and treatment of health conditions, easy access to primary healthcare is crucial. Primary healthcare is best delivered by teams of primary care clinicians coordinating care between them. However, ubiquitous access to such care.....»»
Daily Crunch: A crowded market for exits and acquisitions forecasts a hot AI summer
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Criminal Gang DarkSide Linked to Cyberattack That Forced U.S. Gas Pipeline Shutdown
The pipeline delivers roughly 45% of fuel consumed on the East Coast (NEW YORK) — The cyberextortion attempt that has forced the shutdown of a vital U.S. pipeline was carried out by a criminal gang known as DarkSide that cultivates.....»»
Daily Crunch: Fastly CDN outage briefly takes Twitch, Reddit and Pinterest offline
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Mechanochemical peptide bond formation behind the origins of life
The presence of amino acids on the prebiotic Earth is widely accepted, either coming from endogenous chemical processes or being delivered by extraterrestrial material. On the other hand, plausibly prebiotic pathways to peptides often rely on differe.....»»
FBI and Australian Police Ran an Encrypted Chat Platform To Catch Criminal Gangs
The FBI and Australian Federal Police ran an encrypted chat platform and intercepted secret messages between criminal gang members from all over the world for more than three years. From a report: Named Operation Ironside (AFP) / Trojan Shield (FBI,.....»»
Daily Crunch: At Apple’s WWDC 2021 keynote, everything old is new again
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Correcting misperceptions about, and increasing empathy for, migrants
Many mainstream depictions of immigration at the southern border of the United States paint a dark picture, eliciting imagery of violent gang members and child trafficking. But how many undocumented immigrants are really involved in this kind of acti.....»»
99 minutos, Mexico’s last mile delivery startup, raises a $40M Series B
In 2014 Alexis Patjane was at a local hookah bar in Mexico City with some friends and the bar ran out of tobacco. They thought maybe they could buy some online and have it delivered to the bar in real-time, but it turns out that service didn’t exis.....»»
Elon Musk officially hits the brakes on Tesla Model S Plaid+
Tesla CEO Elon has made it official and publicly cancelled plans to produce the Model S Plaid+, a supercharged version of the upcoming Plaid version of the electric vehicle that will be delivered to the first customers this month. Musk’s reason.....»»
Gillmor Gang: Fractured Fairy Tales
1971 is the name of the year and an Apple TV+ documentary series billed as The Year That Music Changed Everything. It’s also the number of hours the former President kept up his blog From the Desk Of. No, that’s not true. But it is satisf.....»»
FBI Charges Woman With Writing Code For "Trickbot" Ransomware Gang
Slashdot reader Charlotte Web summarizes a Department of Justice press release: The U.S. Department of Justice says "millions" of computers around the world were infected with the Trickbot malware, which was used "to harvest banking credentials and d.....»»
China’s drive to compete against Starlink for the future of orbital internet
There has been a wave of businesses over the past several years hoping to offer broadband internet delivered from thousands of satellites in low-earth orbit (LEO), providing coverage of most of the earth’s surface. This isn’t the first time we’.....»»
Daily Crunch: Facebook extends Trump’s suspension until January 2023
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Attack on meat supplier came from REvil, ransomware’s most cutthroat gang
Criminals use high-pressure tactics to extort victims. Enlarge / Ransomware (credit: Getty Images) The cyberattack that halted some operations at the world’s biggest meat processor this week was the work of REvil, a ransomware franchise know.....»»
Daily Crunch: Canada and Australia get first look at Twitter Blue subscription service
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Attack on meat supplier came from REvil, ransomware’s most cut-throat gang
Criminals use high-pressure tactics to extort victims. Enlarge / Ransomware (credit: Getty Images) The cyberattack that halted some operations at the world’s biggest meat processor this week was the work of REvil, a ransomware franchise that.....»»
How COVID-19 is disrupting and transforming the future of sports
The COVID-19 pandemic not only disrupted Australian sport, but accelerated long term trends that are fundamentally changing how sport is consumed, delivered and managed, suggest researchers of a new report from Swinburne University of Technology, Dea.....»»