US Army soldier pleads guilty to hacking telcos, extortion, wire fraud, identity theft

A former soldier has plead guilty to a number of charges These include fraud, identity theft, and conspiracy to hack organisations The soldier and his co-conspirators exfiltrated and sold data from companies The Department of Justice has announced that an ex-soldier has plead guilty to ‘conspiring to hack into telecommunications companies’ databases, access sensitive records,…

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Amazon Spending $13 Billion To Build AI-Powered Data Centers In Australia

Computer servers in a data center. getty Amazon will invest A$20 billion ($13 billion) in the five years through 2029 to build data centers in Australia amid growing demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence applications. The spending—the biggest investment from a global technology provider in Australia—will hasten AI adoption across the country, boost productivity…

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Key cryptocurrency terms and what they mean

Liv McMahon, Joe Tidy & Brandon Drenon BBC News Getty Images Bitcoin’s price reaching a new high of $120,000 (£89,000) – buoyed by US President Donald Trump’s crypto-friendly stance – has kept the buzzy world of cryptocurrencies in the spotlight. But it also contains confusing terms such as ETFs, blockchains and cold wallets, that can…

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This battery self-destructs: Biodegradable power inspired by “Mission: Impossible”

In the Mission: Impossible films, superspy Ethan Hunt — played by Tom Cruise — gets orders from his superiors on various devices that self-destruct in five seconds. Could electronics disintegrate into nothing in real life? Binghamton University Professor Seokheun “Sean” Choi has researched disposable “papertronics” over the past 20 years, but the hardest part about…

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