US lottery jackpot hits $1.6 billion

The US Mega Million jackpot has risen to almost AU$1.6 billion, after no one claimed a win on the $1.3 billion prize last week.

Tuesday night’s draw is set to have the third-largest amount on offer in US history.

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Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government, regarded as the most right-wing in Israeli history. Protesters brandished signs with slogans including "Democracy in danger" and "Together against fascism and apartheid"

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On Tuesday Windows 8.1 Gets Its Final Security Patches

“Windows 8.1 receives one more batch of security patches on the coming Tuesday,” reports Ghacks, “before Microsoft lays the operating system to rest.”

Windows 8.1 does not get the same Extended Security Updates treatment that Windows 7 received for th…

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