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UPI: Russian hacker indicted for aiding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
According to prosecutors, Amin Timovich Stigal, 22, conspired with Russian intelligence to attack dozens of Ukrainian government networks a month before Moscow invaded the European country, infecting their computers with malware called WhisperGate that was designed to destroy the devices and related data.
Conspirators in the plan exfiltrated sensitive data, including health records, from targeted computer systems while defacing websites with the message, “Ukrainians! All information about you has become public be afraid and expect the worst,” according to the indictment that said the stolen information was then put up for sale online.
Guardian: The diabolical rise of âdine and dashâ: âIt feels like a betrayalâ
Beattie refers to the âdark triadâ of personality traits â nonâclinical psychopathy, narcissism and machiavellianism â that he believes operates in many âdine and dashâ cases. âThey all work together,â he says. âPsychopaths donât really care about other peopleâs feelings or empathise with them; machiavellians will do whatever they have to do to get their ends; and narcissists like to be the centre of attention and get affirmation all the time.â
Itâs easy to see why harbouring such traits may make it easier to leave without picking up the bill. People with the âdark triadâ donât tend to experience the emotions that most of us would feel when cheating a restaurant, such as shame, guilt, anxiety and the fear of being caught. Instead, they get a pleasure from it known as âduping delightâ, which is amplified by being in face-to-face contact with the person they are deceiving.
I have my doubts about the â1 in 20â figure but the rest is interesting.
NYT: North Korea Says It Tested Multi-Warhead Missile Technology
The test on Wednesday was âaimed at securing the MIRV capability,â the Northâs state-run Korean Central News Agency reported. MIRV stands for âmultiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle,â a missile payload containing several warheads, each of which can be sent to a different target. The report said the test had involved part of a MIRV system, not a full-fledged multiple-warhead missile.
Wales Online: One change now has biggest success at lowering risk of dementia
Heart health could be the biggest risk factor for future dementia rates, new research suggests. Compared with factors such as smoking and having less education, dementia risk factors associated with heart health may have increased over time, according to the study.
The findings indicate that action targeted more towards cardiovascular health may help to prevent future cases of dementia. An estimated 944,000 people in the UK live with dementia and data suggests more than half of the adult population knows someone who has been diagnosed with a form of the disease.
That means that improving your heart health now - with better diet and exercise - will do more than anything else to lower your risk of dementia
Pixel Envy: European Commission Finds Apple Is in Breach of DMA Rules
Separately, earlier this month â the weekend before WWDC, in fact â Apple rejected an emulator after holding it in review for two months.
Benjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac:
App Review has rejected a submission from the developers of UTM, a generic PC system emulator for iPhone and iPad.
The open source app was submitted to the store, given the recent rule change that allows retro game console emulators, like Delta or Folium. App Review rejected UTM, deciding that a “PC is not a console”. What is more surprising, is the fact that UTM says that Apple is also blocking the app from being listed in third-party app stores in the EU.
Apple is wriggling around like a freshly caught fish on a dock.
Globe: Andrew Coyne: Dumping Trudeau wonât save the Liberals
It wasnât so much a matter of ideology, I think, as culture: The generation of Conservatives that grew out of the old Reform Party â harsher, less compromising, more populist â was almost literally incomprehensible to the genteel professional classes that populated these ridings. If they are now willing to give them a look, something genuinely is up.
It isnât the Conservatives that have changed â under Pierre Poilievre they are if anything more remote from metropolitan sensibilities than they were under Stephen Harper. It is the growing disaffection of these voters with the governing Liberals.
NYT: Patrick Healy: Iâm Hearing High Anxiety From Democrats Over Bidenâs Debate Performance
Thirty minutes into the presidential debate, Iâve heard from three veteran Democratic presidential campaign officials, and all of them had the same reaction to President Bidenâs performance: This is a disaster.
It wasnât just that Biden wasnât landing a glove on Donald Trump on the economy, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Covid, taxes, temperament or anything else that was coming up in the questioning. It was Bidenâs voice (low and weak) and facial expression (frozen, mouth open, few smirks) with answers that were rambling or vague or ended in confusion. He gave remarks about health care and abortion that didnât make a strong point, giving Trump a chance to say lines like, âI really donât know what he said at the end of that sentence. I donât think he knows what he said, either.â
WashPo: Democrats panic over Bidenâs debate performance, doubt his future
His voice was soft and raspy, and he repeatedly tried, and failed, to clear his throat. His answers, at times, were rambling, and at one point he froze up. At another, he began an answer on abortion, before suddenly segueing into immigration. When Trump spoke, Biden often watched with his mouth agape and eyes flared wide â a split screen that gave off the impression of the aging grandfather that he is, not the swashbuckling leader he hoped to project.
Before the debate had even ended, and in the immediate aftermath, the concern pinged across social media and in private text messages.
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Still, officials quickly moved to attacking Trump for his torrent of falsehoods and expressed frustration that CNN did not fact check the former president during the debate.
Bidenâs stumbles, however, proved good for his rival, overshadowing a debate performance by Trump that was riddled with mistruths and grew more erratic as the evening went on.
PBS News: Supreme Court blocks Purdue settlement in major blow to local governments fighting opioids
The Supreme Court ripped up a controversial bankruptcy deal that would have provided billions of dollars to states devastated by the opioid epidemic and shielded the controversial family accused of pushing pharmaceutical painkillers in search of profit. Amna Nawaz explored the details and impact of the Purdue Pharma case with Brian Mann.
Last Updated: 27.Jun.2024 23:59 EDT
