All posts tagged "russia"
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3.7KPhonesRussia Is Now Afraid of iPhones, Banning Them In Fear Of Apple Working with US Government
For years, security experts and journalists used iPhones because of their reputation for being the most secure and private phones but that’s...
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1.8KGamingPopular MSI Afterburner Software In Jeopardy, Because Its Russian Developer Can’t Get Paid
Another victim of the sanctions? The popular MSI Afterburner overclocking software used by millions of PC enthusiasts around the world is supposedly...
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1.9KFutureNo Need to Panic Just Yet About that 48,500-Year-Old Virus Resurrected by Scientists
On November 23rd, New Scientist published a report about researchers who have managed to revive multiple viruses from the Siberian permafrost. Their...
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2.2KSecurityPutin Just Gave Edward Snowden A Russian Citizenship: Could the NSA Whistleblower Be Drafted?
In a move that will surprise very few people familiar with Vladimir Putin’s tactics, the Russian president granted citizenship to famous NSA...
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1.4KGamingA Chess Robot Broke A Seven-Year Old’s Finger In Moscow Chess Open – And Russian Officials Blame the Kid
Real life is often stranger than fiction and, at first glance, this case is doubly so. A seven-year old child’s finger was...
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1.3KSocialTop Russian Officials Say Ukraine Is Experimenting On Their Soldiers with the Help Of American Biolabs, Sending Drugged Up Supersoldiers To War
Two top Russian officials announced some “bombshell” findings to the Russian media, feeding the disinformation machine that tries to justify their Ukrainian...
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1.3KSocialIn Desperate Bid to Maintain Control, Putin Bans Crypto Payments In Russia
One of the only ways for ordinary Russians to avoid the sanctions imposed by them by the rest of the countries just...
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4.3KSocialA Bored Chinese Housewife Was Caught Falsifying Russian History On Wikipedia, After Her Edits Tricked Readers For Years
Yet another scandal is rocking Wikipedia. This time, a bored Chinese housewife spent years on Chinese Wikipedia falsifying Russian history – and...
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1.5KSocialYouTube Removes 70,000 Ukraine-related Videos in Unprecedented Sweep
When breaking their policies, YouTube has intervened by deleting accounts or removing videos. It seems that when it comes to Ukraine and...
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4.0KFutureRussia’s Fighter Jets Flew with GPS “Taped to the Dashboard”, Says UK Minister – But Others Say Germany And China Did It Too
Another day, another blow to Russia’s public image. UK Defense Minister Ben Wallace revealed that some downed Russian fighter jets were found...
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3.7KFutureAs Shell Celebrates Triple Earnings During Oil Crisis, Hackers Leak How Much Money Shell Paid Russia For Gas
On March 16, Shell announced a “cyber security incident” in which an unauthorized party gained access to one of their third-party partners....
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1.8KSocialThe CIA Uses Instagram To Teach Russians How To Spill State Secrets
An unusual use of social media? On Monday, the CIA made an Instagram post teaching Russians how to spill state secrets safely....
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5.5K1MiscUkraine: Watch How An Originally Hobby-Use Drone Drops A Grenade Through A Russian’s Sunroof
One series of tweets picked up by BoingBoing shows how Ukrainians modified a hobby drone to launch an unexpected attack. They did...
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4.6KSocialRussian Developers Get Their GitHub Accounts Suspended, Lose Work Without Warning
Despite Github saying they will continue to offer open source services “to all, including developers in Russia”, some Russian developers got suspended...
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1.3KSocialRussian Hackers Targeted Ukraine’s Energy Provider
Russia’s ground attacks were just joined by cyberattacks, as Russian hackers targeted one of Ukraine’s energy providers. The Computer Emergency Response Team...
