Venomous snakebites cause tens of thousands of deaths each year. But homegrown apps are coming to the rescue – and protecting reptiles from reprisals When 12-year-old Anay Sujith felt a sharp sting in his leg while asleep in his hut in a village in Kerala, “I started yelling and woke up my parents,” he recalls. …
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Future fund scheme will see the Treasury co-invest with private enterprise in bid to make UK a ‘science superpower’ Fast-growing firms working on “gamechanging” technology, including in areas such as life sciences and clean energy, are being invited to apply for a slice of a £375m fund aimed at fostering innovation in the UK. The …
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US says Microsoft Exchange hack shows ‘aggressive behavior’ by China UK and allies accuse Chinese state-backed group of Microsoft hack Explainer: what is the Microsoft hack? 3.30pm BST This week marks six months that Democrats have held the majority in the Senate, and it kicks off with a lot of legislating on the joint pieces …
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Announcement highlights cyberthreat posed by Chinese government hackers as US trying to curb Russia-based hacks The Biden administration has blamed China for a hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software that compromised tens of thousands of computers around the world earlier this year. Related: UK and allies accuse Chinese state-backed group of Microsoft hack Continue …
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Britain has joined the US and other allies in formally accusing China of being behind the cyber-attack In March, tens of thousands of organisations around the world discovered their private internal discussions had been cracked open and lain bare by a group of Chinese hackers. Four previously undiscovered weaknesses in Microsoft’s Exchange software, known as …
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First human spaceflight of Blue Origin’s sub-orbital New Shepard rocket to launch in Texas How billionaire space race could be giant leap for pollution The billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will attempt his most ambitious delivery on Tuesday, when he accompanies an octogenarian aviation pioneer, a college student and his own brother Mark into space …
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British foreign secretary says Beijing will be held to account if it does not stop ‘systematic cyber sabotage’ Britain and its allies have formally accused Chinese state-based hacking groups of being behind the exploitation of an estimated 250,000 Microsoft Exchange servers worldwide earlier this year. The UK foreign secretary said the cyber-attack amounted to “a …
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The iPhone maker says it is keeping pace with malware, but the Pegasus project paints a worrying picture It is one of the technological battles of the 21st century – in which every mobile phone user has a stake. In one corner, Apple, which has more than a billion active iPhones being used across the …
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User uploads secret files to prove how tank was ‘incorrectly’ modelled in game played worldwide Classified details of the British Army’s main battle tank, Challenger 2, have been leaked online after a player in a tank battle video game disputed its accuracy. The player, who claimed to have been a real life Challenger 2 tank …
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Move expands Chinese tech company’s presence in the global video games market China’s Tencent has agreed to buy the British video games developer Sumo Group at a valuation of more than £900m, further expanding the tech company’s presence in the global video games market. Sumo’s board has agreed to Tencent’s offer of 513p a share, …
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