Alan Turing will feature on the new design of the Bank of England’s £50 note. He is celebrated for his code-cracking work that proved vital to the Allies in World War Two.The £50 note will be the last of the Bank of England collection to switch from paper to polymer when it enters circulation by…
Bitpoint, a licensed cryptocurrency exchange based in Japan, has been hacked for $32 million in cryptocurrency. According to a CoinDesk Japan report on Friday, Bitpoint stopped all withdrawal, deposit and trading services on Friday morning until further notice, after it noticed irregular withdrawal from its hot wallet on Thursday. It is not yet clear at…
At least 37 people have been injured when they were on an Air Canada flight which hit severe turbulence and had to make an emergency landing. The plane was travelling from Vancouver to Sydney but was diverted to Hawaii. Air Canada said the Boeing 777-200 jet “encountered sudden clear air turbulence… two hours past Hawaii”….
Tommy Robinson has been jailed for nine months over contempt of court. The ex-English Defence League leader was found guilty last week of interfering with the trial of a sexual grooming gang at Leeds Crown Court in May 2018. Two Old Bailey judges said his Facebook Live video of defendants in the trial had encouraged…
Six tourists have died and 30 people injured in an aggressive storm which has swept across the region of northern Greece. Strong winds and hail it the Halkidiki region in Greece on Wednesday. The winds were so strong there were cars overturned, fallen trees, mudslides and broken roofs. The storm only lasted around 20 minutes ….
A town in Florida, which was recently targeted in a ransomware attack, has decided to pay the $600,000 ransom. Municipal computers for Riviera Beach, a suburb of Palm Beach, were rendered unusable by the ransomware attack. The virus disabled email, hit emergency response systems and forced staff to use paper based admin systems. The local…
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