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Ukrainian Revolution

Gamaredon APT Group Use Covid-19 Lure in Campaigns

By Hiroyuki Kakara and Erina Maruyama Gamaredon is an advanced persistent threat (APT) group that has been active since 2013. Their campaigns are generally known for targeting Ukrainian government institutions. From late 2019 to February of this year, researchers published several reports on Gamaredon, tracking the group’s activities. In March,…

bubmagApril 18, 2020

Moon Mission

Is the 50-year-old ghost of Apollo 13 warning us not to rush to the Moon?

With the future of the next Moon landing beginning to look more and and more uncertain as the COVID-19 epidemic pushes developments back, the question hanging in space is whether that is still too soon. Apollo 13 will forever be known as the lunar mission that almost didn’t survive. Today,…

bubmagApril 18, 2020

Giphy

Dystopian/Futuristic/Disaster Themed Netflix Party Post!

We're having a Neflix Party with (or without) the Chrome browser extension Netflix Party, which allows users to share a movie watching experience together....from a safe social distance.JOIN US TONIGHT at 9 PM EST TO WATCH SNOWPIERCER! After setting up, click HERE to join the party!1) Using Chrome Browser, Click…

bubmagApril 18, 2020

Vietnam Veterans

Glenna Goodacre, artist who sculpted Vietnam Women’s Memorial, dies at 80

‘‘I just plod along and do what I like to do — which are realistic figures,’’ she told the Los Angeles Times in 1992. She had gone to art school when abstraction dominated, but she said she preferred figurative works and had little interest in pieces that could horrify or…

bubmagApril 18, 2020

Super Heroes

10 Manga Series to Start Reading on the Shonen Jump App, One of the Best Deals in Digital Comics

Image: Shonen JumpDigital comics have been big for years at this point, yet somehow it still feels like, when it comes to the big publishers, subscription access to their biggest hits is kind of weirdly compromised. On DC’s side, it’s tied into DC Universe, which is great, unless you just…

bubmagApril 18, 2020

Times Square

AI Weekly: When to ship or shelve a coronavirus solution

Apple and Google’s common coronavirus contact tracing solution for smartphones has continued to attract a lot of attention and debate over the past week, and understandably so. It’s an unprecedented partnership between the world’s dominant smartphone operating system makers, but people are worried about privacy and the notion that tracking…

bubmagApril 18, 2020

World War 2

World War Two: Russian medals for last Arctic Convoys veterans

Image copyright Stephen Doughty MP Image caption Harold with his medals at a Merchant Navy remembrance service The last surviving veterans of the so-called Arctic Convoys will be receiving medals to mark the anniversary of the final naval escorts of World War Two.Harold Boudier, 94, from Penarth, was on the…

bubmagApril 18, 2020

Syria

Medill News Service: Treasury says it will act with ‘urgency’ on humanitarian requests involving sanctioned countries during coronavirus pandemic

Medill News Service Published: April 17, 2020 at 7:02 p.m. ET The head of the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control says the agency is prioritizing humanitarian requests amid the coronavirus pandemic. Getty Images The head of the Office of Foreign Assets Control said Friday she wants to ensure…

bubmagApril 18, 2020

Tayyip Erdogan

Coronavirus: Is pandemic being used for power grab in Europe?

Image copyright Reuters/EPA Image caption Hungary's Viktor Orban (left), Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan Some of Europe's leaders have been accused of taking advantage of a public health crisis to clamp down on dissent and bolster their power.As Turkey arrests hundreds for social media posts and Russians…

bubmagApril 18, 2020

Star Wars

Catwoman Gets a Glorious Animated Series Action Figure, and More Purrfect Toys

Toys and CollectiblesAction figures, statues, exclusives, and other merchandise. Beware: if you look here, you’re probably going to spend some money afterwards.Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest and greatest bits of plastic threatening our wallets. This week: Lego gets its May the 4th celebrations…

bubmagApril 18, 2020

Gamaredon APT Group Use Covid-19 Lure in Campaigns

Is the 50-year-old ghost of Apollo 13 warning us not to rush to the Moon?

Dystopian/Futuristic/Disaster Themed Netflix Party Post!

Glenna Goodacre, artist who sculpted Vietnam Women’s Memorial, dies at 80

10 Manga Series to Start Reading on the Shonen Jump App, One of the Best Deals in Digital Comics

AI Weekly: When to ship or shelve a coronavirus solution

World War Two: Russian medals for last Arctic Convoys veterans

Medill News Service: Treasury says it will act with ‘urgency’ on humanitarian requests involving sanctioned countries during coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus: Is pandemic being used for power grab in Europe?

Catwoman Gets a Glorious Animated Series Action Figure, and More Purrfect Toys

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