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The WannaCry Ransomware Has Link to Suspected North Korean Hackers

AS THE WANNACRY ransomware epidemic wreaked havoc across the globe over the past three days, cybersecurity researchers and victims alike have asked themselves what cybercriminal group would paralyze so many critical systems for such relatively small profit? Some researchers are now starting to point to the first, still-tenuous hint of …

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Drug Prices are High Because Government Grants Big Pharma a Monopoly

In what can only be described as paradigm-shattering research on drug prices, the Journal of the American Medical Association has officially recognized why drug prices skyrocket in America. Big pharma is granted a monopoly by the state which effectively eliminates their competition and allows them to charge any price they …

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Battery that lasts for 400 years was accidentally invented

Scientists of the University of California in Irvine have developed a rechargeable battery that might be good for 400 years of power. The invention came about almost entirely by accident. They were actually trying to design better nanowires for use in normal rechargeable batteries. Typical nanowires exhibit aspect ratios (length-to-width …

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Russia buying $2.5B of agriculture products from the Philippines

Russia signed a contract to buy up to a mind-blowing $2.5 billion worth of fruits, grains or vegetables from the Philippines last Saturday during a meeting between President Duterte and Vladimir Putin, officials said on Sunday. Ramon Lopez the Philippines’ trade secretary said that the Russian delegation agreed “immediately” to the proposal of the importation …

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