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"Infectious diseases are evolving much faster than we are, and much faster than our defences are.

"I think it's profoundly naive to think we have a handle on them," says Richard Hatchett, the chief executive of

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US authorities have filed charges against two Russian nationals alleged to be running a global cyber crime organisation named Evil Corp.

An indictment named Maksim Yakubets and Igor Turashev

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A survey by a Beijing research institute indicates growing pushback against facial recognition in China.

Some 74% of respondents said they wanted the option to be able to use traditional ID methods

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Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of British artificial-intelligence firm DeepMind, has announced that he is joining Google.

He had previously said he was taking time off from DeepMind.

Mr Suleyman helped

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Stormzy's infectious single Vossi Bop was the most-watched music video of 2019 in the UK, YouTube has revealed.

Based around a viral dance craze, the video

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A company which helps big businesses uncover security holes in their platforms has itself been hacked.

HackerOne, which pays hackers who find bugs in products, services and websites for the likes of Uber and Goldman Sachs, was breached by one of its own community members.

The vulnerability was exposed by a user with the

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