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Indian mercenary hackers are targeting lawyers and litigants to help win cases

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Deeply impressed A few weeks after hacking for ViSalus, Sumit Gupta registered BellTroX Infotech Services Private...
Deeply impressed A few weeks after hacking for ViSalus, Sumit Gupta registered BellTroX Infotech Services Private Ltd in May 2013, Indian business records show . Gupta was only 24, but Moser remembers a sharply dressed, self-assured young man at the other end of his Skype calls. “If you want this information,” Moser...
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India's top cement maker paying for Russian coal in Chinese yuan

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NEW DELHI, June 29 (Reuters) - India's biggest cement producer, UltraTech Cement (ULTC.NS), is importing a...
NEW DELHI, June 29 (Reuters) - India's biggest cement producer, UltraTech Cement (ULTC.NS), is importing a cargo of Russian coal and paying using Chinese yuan, according to an Indian customs document reviewed by Reuters, a rare payment method that traders say could become more common.UltraTech is bringing in 157,000...

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Volt, Australia's first online-only bank, shuts down due to fund-raising woes

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June 29 (Reuters) - Volt Bank Ltd, the first exclusively online bank to gain an Australian...
June 29 (Reuters) - Volt Bank Ltd, the first exclusively online bank to gain an Australian banking licence, said on Tuesday it would shut down, returning deposits and selling its mortgage book after failing to raise sufficient funds to support the business.Its collapse is a further blow to a business model that the ...

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Belief in AI sentience is becoming a problem

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OAKLAND, Calif., June 30 (Reuters) - AI chatbot company Replika, which offers customers bespoke avatars that...
OAKLAND, Calif., June 30 (Reuters) - AI chatbot company Replika, which offers customers bespoke avatars that talk and listen to them, says it receives a handful of messages almost every day from users who believe their online friend is sentient."We're not talking about crazy people or people who are hallucinating or...

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Unilever’s Plastic Playbook

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Two years ago, Unilever plc Chief Executive Alan Jope said his company would get rid of...
Two years ago, Unilever plc Chief Executive Alan Jope said his company would get rid of the tiny plastic packets it uses to sell single servings of shampoo, toothpaste and other basics because of the widespread pollution this packaging creates. These palm-sized pouches, known as sachets, are commonly associated with...
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'Russian Salad' on the menu at NATO summit cafe in Madrid raises eyebrows

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Russian salad is seen in a menu at the NATO summit media centre restaurant in Madrid,...
Russian salad is seen in a menu at the NATO summit media centre restaurant in Madrid, Spain, June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Sabine SieboldRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comMADRID, June 28 (Reuters) - As they waited for the arrival of U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders in the high-security NA...

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Crypto crash threatens North Korea's stolen funds as it ramps up weapons tests

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SEOUL, June 29 (Reuters) - The nosedive in cryptocurrency markets has wiped out millions of dollars...
SEOUL, June 29 (Reuters) - The nosedive in cryptocurrency markets has wiped out millions of dollars in funds stolen by North Korean hackers, four digital investigators say, threatening a key source of funding for the sanctions-stricken country and its weapons programmes.North Korea has poured resources into stealing...

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Turkey lifts veto on Finland, Sweden joining NATO, clearing path for expansion

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MADRID/HELSINKI, June 28 (Reuters) - NATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden's bid...
MADRID/HELSINKI, June 28 (Reuters) - NATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden's bid to join the Western alliance on Tuesday after the three nations agreed to protect each other's security, ending a weeks-long drama that tested allied unity against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The breakthrough came af...

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Uber ex-security chief accused of hacking coverup must face fraud charges

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A screen displays the company logo for Uber Technologies Inc. on the day of it's IPO...
A screen displays the company logo for Uber Technologies Inc. on the day of it's IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidJune 28 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday said a former Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) security chief must face wire fraud charges o...

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Turkey clears way for Finland, Sweden to join NATO – Stoltenberg

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Finnish President says Turkey agrees to back Finnish and Swedish NATO membership

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Tokyo June heatwave worst since 1875 as power supply creaks under strain

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TOKYO, June 28 (Reuters) - Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on...
TOKYO, June 28 (Reuters) - Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on Tuesday, as the capital's heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and authorities warned power supply remained tight enough to raise the spectre of cuts.The heatwave comes less than two weeks before a national ...

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EY to pay $100 mln to settle U.S. charges of staff cheating on accountant exams

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The logo of Ernst & Young is seen in Zurich, Switzerland November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd WiegmannWASHINGTON,...
The logo of Ernst & Young is seen in Zurich, Switzerland November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd WiegmannWASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young will pay $100 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges that its auditors cheated on certified public accounting (CPA) ...

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Russian missiles hit crowded shopping mall in central Ukraine – Zelenskiy

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KREMENCHUK, Ukraine, June 27 (Reuters) - Two Russian missiles slammed into a crowded shopping centre in...
KREMENCHUK, Ukraine, June 27 (Reuters) - Two Russian missiles slammed into a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday, killing at least three people and wounding 40, senior Ukrainian officials said.The attack caused a huge fire and sent dark smoke billowing into the sky, footage ...

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Archaeologist discovers 6k year-old island settlement off Croatian coast (2021)

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LUMBARDA, Croatia, June 24 (Reuters) - Archaeologist Mate Parica was examining satellite images of Croatia's coastline...
LUMBARDA, Croatia, June 24 (Reuters) - Archaeologist Mate Parica was examining satellite images of Croatia's coastline when he spotted something unusual."I thought: maybe it is natural, maybe not," said Parica, a professor at the University of Zadar.The image showed a large, shallow area on the seabed jutting out fr...

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John McAfee's corpse still in Spanish morgue a year after his death

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BARCELONA, June 23 (Reuters) - The body of software entrepreneur John McAfee remains in a Spanish...
BARCELONA, June 23 (Reuters) - The body of software entrepreneur John McAfee remains in a Spanish morgue a year after his death as a legal case lodged by his family to demand further checks is yet to be resolved, authorities and his lawyer said.McAfee, who launched the world's first commercial anti-virus software in...

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The SEC's response to the 'meme stock' rally

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June 24 (Reuters) - A year-and-a-half after a "meme stock" rally roiled Wall Street, the U.S....
June 24 (Reuters) - A year-and-a-half after a "meme stock" rally roiled Wall Street, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering broad changes to curb the frenetic trading of stocks based on social media activity.The proposed overhaul would be the biggest change to Wall Street's rules since 2005 and w...

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Texas repeatedly raises pollution limits for Cheniere LNG plant

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PORTLAND, Texas, June 24 (Reuters) - Cheniere, the largest U.S. exporter of liquefied natural gas, boasts...
PORTLAND, Texas, June 24 (Reuters) - Cheniere, the largest U.S. exporter of liquefied natural gas, boasts that it’s helping to “improve local air quality in communities globally” because the cleaner burning fuel it ships displaces coal in power plants.But in the Corpus Christi, Texas region, where the fuel is prepar...

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Covid vaccine injury plaintiffs face long odds in U.S. compensation program

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Siri & Glimstad LLP(Reuters) - “I thought it would be impossible to deny me.”That’s what Cody...
Siri & Glimstad LLP(Reuters) - “I thought it would be impossible to deny me.”That’s what Cody Flint, who used to work as a crop duster in Mississippi, said he expected when he filed a claim with an obscure government tribunal that provides compensation for COVID-19 vaccine-related injuries.Flint, 34, told me that he...

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U.S. tech industry frets about handing data to states prosecuting abortion

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PALO ALTO, Calif., June 24 (Reuters) - The technology industry is bracing for the uncomfortable possibility...
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 24 (Reuters) - The technology industry is bracing for the uncomfortable possibility of having to hand over pregnancy-related data to law enforcement, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Friday to overturn the Roe v. Wade precedent that for decades guaranteed a woman's constitu...

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Internet Explorer gravestone goes viral in South Korea

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SEOUL, June 17 (Reuters) - For Jung Ki-young, a South Korean software engineer, Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O)...
SEOUL, June 17 (Reuters) - For Jung Ki-young, a South Korean software engineer, Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) decision to retire its Internet Explorer web browser marked the end of a quarter-century love-hate relationship with the technology.To commemorate its demise, he spent a month and 430,000 won ($330) designing an...

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U.S. Supreme Court expands gun rights, strikes down New York law

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WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declared for the first time...
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declared for the first time that the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense, handing a landmark victory to gun rights advocates in a nation deeply divided over how to address firearms violence.T...

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Apple and Android phones hacked by Italian spyware, Google says

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SAN FRANCISCO, June 23 (Reuters) - An Italian company's hacking tools were used to spy on...
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23 (Reuters) - An Italian company's hacking tools were used to spy on Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google said in a report on Thursday.Milan-based RCS Lab, whose website claims European law enforcement agencies as clients, developed ...

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'Mysterious' company sued to expose billionaire’s Twitter critic

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(Reuters) - A company with “mysterious” origins and a “vague” business model tried to use the...
(Reuters) - A company with “mysterious” origins and a “vague” business model tried to use the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to force Twitter to disclose the identity of an anonymous user who criticized private-equity billionaire Brian Sheth.That strategy backfired in quite spectacular fashion on Tuesday: A San Fr...

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