North Korea denies being behind record $6.3bn Binance hack: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 51
North Korea denies being behind record $6.3bn Binance hack
US government agencies and cyber analysts have blamed Pyongyang for the record-breaking heist.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 47
Australia's social media ban 'ill thought out', High Court told in legal challenge
Lawyers for Reddit and a digital rights group argued the world-leading policy robbed children of their right to free communication.
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Global Affairs/Africa/Signal 47
South Africa: U.S. to Drop South Africa, Rwanda from AGOA Duty-Free Trade Initiative
[DW] The Trump administration has said South Africa and Rwanda are breaking the rules of the AGOA free trade initiative, a centerpiece of US economic engagement with sub-Saharan Africa.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 45
Russian bombing kills 29 people at Ukraine aid centre, Kyiv says
Officials say at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit a southern Ukrainian village in what the president called an "utterly horrific" attack.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 45
Trump to Axios: "No rush" to decide on bombing Iran again - Axios
Trump to Axios: "No rush" to decide on bombing Iran again Axios Trump raises doubts about renewed attacks on Iran Reuters Trump signals progress on Iran deal as Tehran pushes faster ceasefire Al Jazeera Trump says war in Iran will be put away very soon "one way or the other" CBS…
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 41
Tennessee national guard trained guns on dying man after guard member shot him, video shows
Footage from prosecutors shows aftermath of shooting of Tyrin Johnson, 20, shot and killed by national guard in July Tennessee national guard troops in Memphis last summer trained their handguns on a man as he lay dying on a sidewalk after a guard member shot him in the back,…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Documentary exposing UNRWA corruption, Hamas involvement, screened for United Nations diplomats
“In recent years, the State of Israel has demonstrated that UNRWA has long served as an extended arm of the terrorist organization Hamas,” Danny Danon, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, said.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Tehran refuses to accept 'excessive' US demands, deal to end war still distant, Iran official says
Tehran's conditions would have to be met if the US wants the Strait of Hormuz opened, the official said, adding that nuclear talks could begin afterwards.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Claire Lavabre's Industrial-Minimalist Lamp for Hay
This Posto lamp, by French industrial designer and photographer Claire Lavabre , has an industrial-minimalist aesthetic: For her first design with HAY, Lavabre asked a simple question: what is a lamp, stripped back to nothing but itself?
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Industrial Designer Moritz Schmid's Patio Chair for Embru
Swiss furniture brand Embru is teasing this Patio Chair , by Swiss industrial designer Moritz Schmid . The form somehow manages to make a shopping-cart-like grid look both attractive and desirable.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Cardboard-Inspired Wooden Stacking Box
This Stacking Open Box is by industrial designer Yusho Nishioka . Inspired by cardboard boxes, the "flaps" serve as handles. A 45-degree bevel on the top and bottom of the boxes allows them to nest.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
This Sideways-Telescoping Camper Triples Its Footprint
In 2010, French inventor Eric Beau developed a towable caravan that could telescope sideways to expand its footprint. Sixteen years later Beau runs Beauer, a company that manufactures several iterations of his unique design.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Mesmerizing Kinetic Sculpture of Ducks in Flight
This "Flock of Ducks" motorized sculpture is by German artist Felix Scharstein . "Three spirals are interlocked and rotate synchronously," Scharstein writes. " The sculpture is made of aluminum and gold-plated brass.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Industrial Design Student Work: A Hard Drive that Visually Indicates How Full It Is
This morphing hard drive enclosure is by Antonin Odin , done as an Industrial Design student at France's ENSCI . People increasingly want more visibility over their data, more taste in the objects they live with, and more function from both.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
An Italian Folding Bicycle Design that Fits Into a Suitcase
This T C Pocket Bici is a folding bicycle made by Tresoldi Casiraghi, an Italian metalworking firm, in 1963. Unlike the folding bicycles of today that split in half, the components here all fold into the racetrack-shaped frame. The whole thing then fits within its own suitcase.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 38
Nasdaq Slide Clouds Asian Open, Oil Falls on Iran: Markets Wrap - Bloomberg.com
Nasdaq Slide Clouds Asian Open, Oil Falls on Iran: Markets Wrap Bloomberg.com Asian stocks mixed as tech sector struggles to rebound from selloff Yahoo Finance Asian shares are mixed as tech losses offset broader gains on Wall Street AP News Asia stocks fall as Apple outlook…
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Investigative/Global/Signal 38
U.S. forces launch new ‘defensive’ strikes in Iran on eve of election - The Washington Post
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Business & Finance/Europe/Signal 38
Oil prices steady at $106 after sharp declines
Crude prices stabilise on Tuesday as traders await developments in the Middle East
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