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NEWS 
February 1, 2022 China cracks down on online messages found to be defamatory
Beijing: Internet users in China face up to three years in prison if found guilty of posting defamatory messages that are re-posted 500 times, a Chinese daily reported Tuesday. The fresh guidelines announced by the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) stipulate that people will face defamation charges if they post online rumours, Shanghai […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
March 16, 2018 Live grenade found at garden on NIBM-Undri road in Kondhwa
The grenade was discovered by residents of the area in a mound of mud inside the garden.(HT REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO) A ‘live’ hand grenade was found at a garden under development on the NIBM-Undri road in Kondhwa on Thursday. The grenade was discovered in the garden next to Konark Indrayu, a residential society less than a […]
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CLOTHING 
November 8, 2017 Prison-issue clothing found on sale on eBay
HM Prison issue clothing is selling fast on eBay (Picture: eBay) Clothing made for inmates at some of Britain’s toughest prisons have been found on sale on eBay. Selling for prices exceeding many high street brands, the HM Prison issue clothing discovered on the site includes shirts, tracksuits and t-shirts. There are even toothbrushes up […]
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NEWS 
August 21, 2017 Apple’s ‘hidden’ job ad found online
An advert for an engineer at Apple has been found hidden in the tech giant’s website. The text begins: “Hey there! You found us”, and says the firm is looking for “a talented engineer to develop a critical infrastructure component”. It has since been either removed or moved elsewhere. Cyber-security reporter Zack Whittaker discovered it […]
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COMPUTERS 
January 1, 2017 ‘Russia hacking code’ found on Vermont utility computer
Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES An electrical company in the US state of Vermont says it has found malware code allegedly used by Russian hackers on one of its company laptops. The Burlington Electric Department said it had taken “immediate action to isolate” the computer, which was not connected to the electrical grid. The government alerted them […]
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NEWS 
August 26, 2016 Bihar mid-day meal case: School principal found guilty of serving poisonous food
Gandaman primary school principal, Mina Devi, was convicted in a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder by a Chhapra court in Bihar on Wednesday. Devi was found guilty of serving poisonous food in the school, which led to the death of 23 children on July 16, 2013. Devi’s husband, Arjun Yadav alias Arun […]
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ALL DEALS 
July 31, 2016 Critical Flaws Found in Laptops From Several Major Manufacturers: Report
HIGHLIGHTS The researchers investigated 10 laptops from popular OEMs. Software update tools on laptops contained at least one critical flaw. HP, Dell, and Lenovo have already released fixes for vulnerabilities. Duo Labs, the research team at Duo Security, has discovered new security vulnerabilities in the software update tools preloaded on laptops of some popular brands. […]
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COMPUTERS 
July 8, 2016 Critical ‘ThinkPwn’ Security Flaw Found in Lenovo Laptops; Other Manufacturers Potentially Vulnerable
HIGHLIGHTS Developer Dmytro Oleksiuk posted details of the flaw to GitHub Lenovo has pinned the blame on Intel and outside contractors One Twitter user has claimed that his HP laptop is also affected Lenovo has owned up to the existence of a critical security vulnerability in the firmware of many of its laptops. After teasing […]
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NEWS 
April 13, 2016 Jupiter-Sized Planet Found in Triple-Star System
Scientists have discovered a rare triple-star system with a gas giant planet similar in size to Jupiter. Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in US found that a binary system once thought to be a single star was actually a pair of stars orbiting one another, and are a part of the triple-star system. […]
