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Russian-speaking hackers claim major ransomware attack which has hit hundreds of US firms

The REvil gang, a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate, has demanded $70m to restore the data.

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UK has no plans for investigation into UFOs after Pentagon report

Peers are told there will be no UK investigation because there has been no indication of "the existence of any military threat".

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Long-awaited Pentagon report into UFO sightings finds 'no clear indication' of alien life

Officials say more information is needed to tell if any of the 144 sightings recorded since 2004 could be linked to alien life.

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Mercuryo raises $7.5M for crypto-focused, cross-border payments after crossing $50M in ARR

Mercuryo, a startup that has built a cross-border payments network, has raised $7.5 million in a Series A round of funding.The London-based company describes itself as “a crypto infrastructure company

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'Maybe somebody is waving': Scientists identify planets where aliens could observe human activity

Scientists calculated that 1,715 nearby stars and hundreds of probable planets have had an unobstructed view of Earth.

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'Something's out there': UFO researchers welcome release of Pentagon report into 'unidentified aerial phenomena'

The US government taskforce has been investigating sightings between US military personnel and unidentified flying objects.

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Novavax COVID jab 100% effective in protecting against moderate and severe disease, trial suggests

President of research and development at Novavax, said: "Our vaccine will be a critical part of the solution to COVID-19".

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Delta variant 60% more transmissible than Alpha indoors and more vaccine resistant

The number of new Delta variant cases has increased by more than 240% in the past week.

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El Salvador votes to become first country to use Bitcoin as legal tender

Adopting Bitcoin will benefit more than a million low-income families, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele tweeted.

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Why the UK is still some way short of herd immunity despite impressive vaccine rollout

Most UK adults now have COVID-19 antibodies, but that doesn't mean herd immunity has been achieved, explains Sky's Thomas Moore.

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iPadOS 15 announced at WWDC, features improved multitasking and surprising Swift Playgrounds features

Apple today introduced the next version iPadOS with more widgets and a better multitasking system. The announcement was by Apple SVP, Craig Federighi at Apple’s annual developer’s conferen

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Apple refines iOS 15 notifications with Focus, Summary features

As part of the update to iOS 15, Apple will allow iPhone users to better customize how they want to be notified about incoming calls, texts or updates from apps based on their current status. With the

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Apple TV to support using HomePod Mini as speakers, among other updates

Apple didn’t announce that rumored combined Apple TV device that would combine the set-top box with a HomePod speaker during its WWDC keynote, but it did announce a few features that will improv

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Apple to introduce A/B testing and in-app events to the App Store

Apple today announced a number of coming changes and improvements to the App Store that will help developers better target their apps to users, get their apps discovered by more people, and even highl

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Fruit flies get 'hangry' without food, study shows

Researchers from the UEA and Oxford observed male fruit flies get more aggressive the longer they went without food.

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NASA release striking picture of Milky Way's 'downtown'

The galactic centre showing billions of stars was pieced together over two decades by NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory.

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COVID-19 can infect penis tissue and could lead to erectile dysfunction - study

A co-author of the study says this was "yet another reason that we should all do our best to avoid COVID-19".