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The skeleton of a dinosaur named Zephyr on display in Paris where it will be auctioned next month. Reuters A restored iguanodon skeleton is expected to sell for about $ 500,000 at an auction next month. A paleontologist told Insider he hopes the current enthusiasm for dinosaur remains "will pass." The skeleton of the creature […]
Enlarge (credit: ethereumclassic.org) Attackers have stolen almost $ 500,000 worth of the Ethereum Classic digital currency by carrying out a compute-intensive hack that rewrote its blockchain, officials with Coinbase, one of the leading crypto currency exchanges, said on Monday. The heist was the result of carrying out what’s known as a rollback attack, which allowed […]
Enlarge / Nissan Leaf electric car plugged in and charging at an electric vehicle charging station in San Ramon, California, September 26, 2018. (credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) In November, California reportedly crossed the 500,000 threshold for electric vehicles sold in the state since 2010. Months of strong US sales in 2018, preceded by a strong 2017, […]
Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider Google has removed several games from its Play Store for containing malware. The games, which were all driving simulators, required users to download an extra app that could then gain full network access to a user’s device. If you’ve downloaded one of the apps, your best bet is to factory reset your […]
The UK’s Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has announced that she intends to fine Facebook up to £500,000 (US$ 664,000) over the Cambridge Analytica Scandal, in which the social media giant failed to safeguard user’s information. “New technologies that use data analytics to micro-target people give campaign groups the ability to connect with individual voters. But […]
HALF a million Britons who are unknowingly at risk of a fatal stroke caused by an irregular heartbeat could be saved by cheap clot-busting drugs, according to research. A study in the European Heart Journal found that 4,000 strokes were prevented in England between 2015 and 2016 among patients with atrial fibrillation , a heart […]
Around 1.3 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with AF but it is thought that a further 500,000 have the condition which puts them at a five-fold higher risk of stroke. The British Heart Foundation which partfunded the research says it highlights the need for AF screening and diagnosis. The University of Leeds […]
The UN warned Friday that half a million severely malnourished children around Africa’s Lake Chad need life-saving assistance. The top UN aid chiefs for the countries straddling the lake – Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon – said in Geneva that funding was desperately needed. Nearly a decade after the insurgency by Boko Haram jihadists plunged […]
Leslie Odom, Jr., Tony Award winner and author of “Failing Up“, risked $ 500,000 for his role in “Hamilton.” Here’s how his willingness to fail led to one of his greatest successes. Following is a transcript of the video. Leslie Odom, Jr: The willingness to fail led me to some of my greatest successes. I […]
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