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Indian Social Media App Slick Exposed Childrens’ User Data
Due to a misconfiguration, anyone familiar with the database’s IP address could access the database, which contained entries of over 153,000 users at the time it was secured.
Americans in Russia could be forced to fight in war, U.S. warns
It may get increasingly difficult for U.S. citizens in Russia to leave as the situation worsens, as U.S. credit and debit cards continue to not work in the country and the U.S.’ ability to help becomes “severely limited.”
Syrian rebel leader pleads for outside help a week on from earthquakes
Former al-Nusra Front chief keen to show scale of crisis in Idlib province and play down past links to al-QaidaA Syrian rebel leader with a $10m (£8.3m) US government bounty on his head has appealed for urgent international aid to help the north-west p…
Norway official who spied for the Soviets has died in Moscow
Arne Treholt, the former Norwegian Foreign Ministry official who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union in what became Norway’s biggest Cold War espionage scandal has died in his Moscow home
Bangladesh bars entry of 69 Russian ships after US, EU sanctions
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Turkey earthquake survivors face despair, as rescues wane
Experts say that, given the freezing temperatures – and the total collapse of many buildings – the window for finding survivors is now almost closed
Syria Health Workers Hit By Double Tragedy After Deadly Earthquake
While his wife and two daughters lay under the rubble after Syria’s earthquake, Abdelbaset Khalil tended to hundreds of patients who flooded into his hospital.
Uber strikes two seven-year deals with Google Cloud and Oracle to host its IT infrastructure; an Uber executive says 95% of its IT is hosted on its own servers (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
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Uber strikes two seven-year deals with Google Cloud and Oracle to host its IT infrastructure; an Uber executive says 95% of its IT is hosted on its own servers — Two seven-year deals will help ride-h…