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North Korean hacker crew steals $571M in cryptocurrency across 5 attacks

North Korean hacking outfit “Lazarus” is the most profitable cryptocurrency-hacker syndicate in the world. Since 2017, internet baddies have in total stolen $882 million worth of cryptocurrency from online exchanges, but none have done it quite as well as the infamous North Koreans. World-renowned cybersecurity unit Group-IB is prepping to release its annual report on

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Bill Gates reflects on Paul Allen, remembering him as a passionate man who held his family and friends dear and as a brilliant technologist and philanthropist (Bill Gates/Wall Street Journal)

Bill Gates / Wall Street Journal: Bill Gates reflects on Paul Allen, remembering him as a passionate man who held his family and friends dear and as a brilliant technologist and philanthropist  —  Gates describes the moment Allen showed him a new computer called the Altair 8800, which marked the end of Gates’s college career

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Scientists made a self-lubricating condom that can withstand 1,000 thrusts

Not much has been done for condoms since they were first introduced several centuries ago, other than god-awful flavors, distracting neon colors, and uncomfortable self-warming options that put you off sex altogether. But a team of scientists are developing a self-lubricating latex condom that becomes slippery when wet — which isn’t the case with regular condoms.  The

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Crypto exchange Coinbase open sources its automated security scaling tool Salus and makes it available on GitHub (Daniel Palmer/CoinDesk)

Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk: Crypto exchange Coinbase open sources its automated security scaling tool Salus and makes it available on GitHub  —  U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is making a recently developed automated security scaling tool available to the public.  —  Called Salus, after the Roman the goddess … Crypto exchange Coinbase open sources its automated

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Independent merchants allege Amazon has an unfair advantage by sending free samples via Vine to get their own brands reviewed fast, amid an EU antitrust probe (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Independent merchants allege Amazon has an unfair advantage by sending free samples via Vine to get their own brands reviewed fast, amid an EU antitrust probe  —  Amazon.com Inc. cracked down on fake reviews two years ago by prohibiting shoppers from getting free products directly from merchants in exchange for writing

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UK publishes guidelines on proposed law governing sites that host pornographic content, but critics say there are still problems around enforcement and more (James Vincent/The Verge)

James Vincent / The Verge: UK publishes guidelines on proposed law governing sites that host pornographic content, but critics say there are still problems around enforcement and more  —  The government is determined to verify the age of porn viewers, but is creating more problems for itself UK publishes guidelines on proposed law governing sites

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YouTube announces partnership with Eventbrite to sell concert tickets on artists' video channels in US, says it now covers more than 70% of US ticketing market (Jon Fingas/Engadget)

Jon Fingas / Engadget: YouTube announces partnership with Eventbrite to sell concert tickets on artists’ video channels in US, says it now covers more than 70% of US ticketing market  —  YouTube is making it easier to translate raw enthusiasm for a band into seeing them play live. YouTube announces partnership with Eventbrite to sell

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Chicago Mercantile Exchange report shows Bitcoin futures have continually risen through Q3 2018, with average daily volume up 41% since Q2 (Stan Higgins/CoinDesk)

Stan Higgins / CoinDesk: Chicago Mercantile Exchange report shows Bitcoin futures have continually risen through Q3 2018, with average daily volume up 41% since Q2  —  Average daily volumes for bitcoin futures trading saw a significant jump in the third quarter compared to the last period, according to CME Group. Chicago Mercantile Exchange report shows

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