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Hong Kong pro-democracy media executives appear in court
AFP, Published on 19/06/2021
» HONG KONG: Two executives from Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily appeared in court on Saturday charged with collusion after authorities deployed a sweeping security law to target the newspaper, a scathing critic of Beijing.
Hong Kong democracy paper runs defiant edition day after raid
AFP, Published on 18/06/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper hit the stands Friday a day after police raided its newsroom, with an extra-large print run and a characteristic message of defiance emblazoned on its front that read: "We must press on".
Collectors of digital NFTs see a 'Wild West' market worth the risk
AFP, Published on 06/06/2021
» NEW YORK - They are technology enthusiasts on the hunt for opportunities in the Wild West market surrounding NFTs: the popular certified digital objects that have spawned a new generation of collectors convinced of their huge potential.
As Covid cases rose, so did hospital hacks in France
AFP, Published on 26/05/2021
» DAX (FRANCE) - At 2:00 a.m. on a day in early February, the deputy director of the main hospital in the southwestern French town of Dax took an urgent call from a normally unflappable colleague in the IT department.
'World's leading bank robbers': North Korea's hacker army
AFP, Published on 26/05/2021
» SEOUL: Nuclear-armed North Korea is advancing on the front lines of cyberwarfare, analysts say, stealing billions of dollars and presenting a clearer and more present danger than its banned weapons programmes.
Brazil's favela gamers dream big
AFP, Published on 25/05/2021
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Coming of age in the Brazilian favela of Vigario Geral, Luiz Augusto Jr used to spend his money playing video games.
Microsoft announces retirement of Internet Explorer
AFP, Published on 21/05/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft said it is retiring Internet Explorer, the browser it created more than 25 years and which is now largely abandoned as people instead use competitors like Google's Chrome or Apple's Safari.
Censorship, surveillance and profits: hard bargain for Apple in China
New York Times, Published on 18/05/2021
» GUIYANG, China: On the outskirts of this city in a poor, mountainous province in southwestern China, men in hard hats recently put the finishing touches on a white building a quarter-mile long with few windows and a tall surrounding wall.
US says 'Russia-based' group DarkSide behind pipeline hack
AFP, Published on 11/05/2021
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said Monday that a Russia-based group was behind the ransomware attack that forced the shutdown of the largest oil pipeline in the eastern United States.
Egos clash in Bezos and Musk space race
AFP, Published on 02/05/2021
» PARIS - Even the Milky Way seems too small to keep the egos of tech billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk from colliding as they vie to conquer space.