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Again and again, NSO Group’s customers keep getting their spyware operations caught

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On Thursday, Amnesty International published a new report detailing attempted hacks against two Serbian journalists, allegedly carried out with NSO Group’s spyware Pegasus.  The two journalists, who work for the Serbia-based Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), received suspicious text messages including a link — basically a phishing attack, according to the nonprofit. In one case, Amnesty … Read more

Myanmar earthquake live updates: Deadly 7.7 magnitude quake collapses skyscrapers

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At least three people were killed and 68 injured when a skyscraper that was under construction collapsed in Bangkok, according to Thailand’s National Institute of Emergency Medicine. Officials said there were approximately 320 construction workers on site when the building in Bangkok collapsed and 70 people are currently missing, according to a statement published on … Read more

Joe Root says ‘ship has sailed’ on being England white-ball captain as batter looks forward to India series and Ashes | Cricket News

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Joe Root says “that ship has sailed” about his chances of being England’s next one-day international captain, with the batter’s focus on Test series versus India and Australia. England need a new limited-overs skipper with Jos Buttler resigning from the role during the dismal Champions Trophy campaign in Pakistan, in which the team lost all … Read more

Open source devs are fighting AI crawlers with cleverness and vengeance

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AI web-crawling bots are the cockroaches of the internet, many software developers believe. Some devs have started fighting back in ingenuous, often humorous ways. While any website might be targeted by bad crawler behavior — sometimes taking down the site — open source developers are “disproportionately” impacted, writes Niccolò Venerandi, developer of a Linux desktop … Read more

7.7 magnitude earthquake rocks Southeast Asia

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LONDON — An earthquake with a 7.7 magnitude has rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. USGS is reporting the epicenter of the quake was in Mandalay, Myanmar, but reports are emerging of the quake being felt as far south as Bangkok in Thailand. “We were under the main Sukhumvit … Read more