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Sextortion scammers pivot from Bitcoin to Litecoin for better blackmailing

Sextortion phishers are pivoting away from Bitcoin to alternative cryptocurrencies to avoid being caught by email filters, ZDNet reports. In particular, some sextortionists now rely on Litecoin, as major email providers automatically flag suspicious emails that feature Bitcoin wallet addresses. “As this latest twist shows, threat actors can switch to the next crypto currency [sic]

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A growing number of astrophysicists are leaving academia to join data science teams at tech companies amid a surging demand for machine learning expertise (Arielle Pardes/Wired)

Arielle Pardes / Wired: A growing number of astrophysicists are leaving academia to join data science teams at tech companies amid a surging demand for machine learning expertise  —  Space scientists are abandoning the heavens to help you decide what to wear and watch and listen to.  Whether it’s stars or Stitch Fix, it’s all

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Nobel prize in chemistry awarded to three scientists for their work in developing lithium-ion batteries, which sparked the portable technology revolution (Nicola Davis/The Guardian)

Nicola Davis / The Guardian: Nobel prize in chemistry awarded to three scientists for their work in developing lithium-ion batteries, which sparked the portable technology revolution  —  John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino honoured for development that sparked portable technology revolution Nobel prize in chemistry awarded to three scientists for their work

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