@the-independent.com
China's economy grows 5% in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump's tariffs
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China's economy grows 5% in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump's tariffs
China has reported its economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffsChan Ho-Him (The Independent)
"Copenhagen, Denmark. Total unity against Trump. And these are our allies. He is such a terrible person, he has turned the entire earth against us."
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@denysdavydov.bsky.social
1/18/2026
#Trump Ruins #NATO | #Ukraine, EU and UK should build the Common European Army
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Trump Ruins NATO | Ukraine, EU and UK should build the Common European Army
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#UKRAINEWAR :
1/19/2026
#KpsZSU ⚠️
LIVE: #Ukraine real-time skyline cameras from #Kharkiv, Donetsk, #Kyiv, Sumy and more
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#livestream #drones #uav #missiles
LIVE: Ukraine real-time skyline cameras from Kharkiv, Donetsk, Kyiv, Sumy and more
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“I started screaming with everything I had, because I couldn’t even breathe,” 10th grader Arnoldo Bazan told ProPublica, showing where the agent’s hands had closed around his throat. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social and @mckenziefunk.com
propublica.org/article/videos-…
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Meanwhile in Russia…
“Repairmen are going dark: Russia is facing a shortage of auto repair workers.”
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Ремонтники уходят в сумрак: в России наблюдается дефицит работников автосервисов
Дефицит квалифицированных работников в автосервисах растет: на начало 2026 года в стране не заполнено примерно 150 тысяч вакансий в этой сфере. Больше всего не хватает маляров, жестянщиков и электриков — в Москве дефицит достигает 40%.www.mk.ru
European "weakness" necessitates U.S. control of Greenland for global stability, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott #Bessent said on Sunday even as some lawmakers sounded alarms about the Trump administration's effort to acquire the Arctic territory held by Denmark.
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#Ukraine #Russia #EU #US #Denmark #Trump #Greenland
Ukraine's top military commander said Russia is showing no signs of interest in talks leading to a peace deal and, instead, is boosting arms production, including a target of 1,000 drones per day.
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@insiderussia
#russia
#ukraine
#russiaiscollapsing slowly
#politics
1/18/2026
Reports: Adam #Kadyrov in ICU — What Happens Next in #Chechnya? ( Ed : another chaos for the regime this time in Moscow 🇷🇺 )
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Reports: Adam Kadyrov in ICU — What Happens Next in Chechnya?
Reports say Adam Kadyrov has been involved in a serious incident and is currently in intensive care. If true, this is not just a personal headline—it could b...YouTube
@vladvexler
Come along if you like. This live is personal, not analytical. Please ask Qs about how the political moment is affecting you.
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#ukraine #russia #trump #politics
1/18/2026
Q&A: When the world feels broken, how do we cope?
🔖TOPICS0:00 Introduction2:17 How can we best remain engaged while protecting ourselves?5:48 How do you warn others about the sky falling?8:58 When I share V...YouTube
NEW: #Russian forces are reportedly preparing to conduct long-range strikes against substations powering #Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar011826
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Thread 🧵 bsky.app/profile/thestudyofwar…
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 18, 2026 | ISW
Russian forces are reportedly preparing to conduct long-range strikes against substations powering Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.Adam Grace (Understanding War)
@annafromukraine_
RUSSIA HUGE UTILITIES COLLAPSE: GAS HEATING ELECTRICITY WATER Vlog 1293: War in Ukraine
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RUSSIA HUGE UTILITIES COLLAPSE: GAS HEATING ELECTRICITY WATER Vlog 1293: War in Ukraine
Dozens of russian regions experience huge utilities collapse – millions are without gas, heating, electricity and water. In the moscow region Chekhov they ev...YouTube
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino marches through Minneapolis surrounded by federal agents, shouting at American citizens.
This isn’t about deporting “the worst of the worst.” It’s about deliberately sowing fear and chaos in cities that oppose the Trump regime
ht: @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
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Cc. @StatusCoup
@wildhornets.bsky.social
The state of critical infrastructure could have been far worse — or it might not exist at all — if not for Ukrainian defenders.
In the video: fighters of the 240th UAV Battalion destroying five Shaheds using interceptor STING drones while repelling an enemy attack.
Thank you for the protection!
❗️Allies have no right to lose focus on Ukraine — EU diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas
Disagreements among allies play into the hands of China and Russia. Security issues must be resolved within NATO, while trade conflicts only weaken both Europe and the United States.
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❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian soldiers from the SIGNUM battalion attack 🇷🇺Russian infantry and logistics in the Lymansk direction
#Putin is turning on regime 'loyalists.' Arrests, seizure of property, reputational ruin and stripped of power and status. If you lose proximity to power in #Russia, you lose everything. More elite Russians are being incarcerated or dying mysteriously. youtu.be/CJ_tdk9B7nk
1/18/2026
Putin is Turning on his Own as Terror Stalks Regime 'Loyalists'
2026-01-18 | UPDATES #105 | The Purge Turns Inward: The Kremlin Starts Eating Its “Patriots.” What’s driving it? Fear of rivals and conspiracies? Punishment ...YouTube
Trump's #Greenland threats push Europe toward divorcing America
✍️ Tim Ross
With #NATO thrown into question, some officials see the "coalition of the willing" as the basis for a new alliance without the U.S.
politico.eu/article/donald-tru…
Trump’s Greenland threats push Europe toward divorcing America
With NATO thrown into question, some officials see the “coalition of the willing” as the basis for a new alliance without the U.S.Tim Ross (POLITICO)
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#EU considers retaliatory measures over #Trump #Greenland tariff ‘blackmail’
The EU’s top diplomats met for crisis talks on Sunday and discussed reviving a plan to levy tariffs on €93bn of #US goods, which was suspended after last summer’s trade deal with #Trump.
theguardian.com/world/2026/jan…
EU considers retaliatory measures over Trump Greenland tariff ‘blackmail’
Emmanuel Macron calls on fellow leaders to use powerful anti-coercion instrument if US goes ahead with tariffsJennifer Rankin (The Guardian)
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Thanks to a software program called "Tangles," #police—sheriffs, Texas state cops, and even #ICE—can follow the location of your smartphone without a warrant.
Yet, we know little about how it has been used. Here's what our investigation revealed: texasobserver.org/texas-police…
I wonder what people think is so special about general artificial intelligence?
Best case: It will be like a human inside a computer. Maybe they can think 10 times as fast. Maybe 1000 times.
So what? We already have 8 billion of those. "Thinking" doesn't seem to be the problem we need to solve.
@Not a Spring Onion According to the religious myth, us feeble humans wouldn’t be able to comprehend how an AGI would think. This has led to a few different dogmas:
- We should prevent AGI from existing.
- We should prevent AGI from harming humans.
- We should be the ones controlling the AGI before anyone else.
First one is unfunded, second is a bunch of weirdos who call themselves “rationalists” or “effective altruists” with more funding than sense, and the third is the current trillion-dollar AI ventures including Microsoft, Google, Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic. Although the religious fervor seems to have somewhat abated in favor of just crushing human labor with computation.
Tempio di Esculapio - Villa Borghese (1 gennaio 2017)
Esculapio è un dio guaritore che le autorità romane importano dalla Grecia. Il dio greco è Asclepio, figlio di Apollo e medico degli dei. La madre Coronide durante la gravidanza cede all’amore di un mortale e Apollo la uccide, ma salva il bambino strappandolo vivo dal suo seno. Lo affida al centauro Chirone che gli insegna la medicina, mentre Atena gli da il sangue della Gorgone che lui utilizza per restituire la vita ai morti. Zeus lo fulmina per questo e Apollo per vendicarlo uccide i Ciclopi. L’arte medica è praticata dai suoi sacerdoti negli Asclepeion, luoghi dove il malato rimane a dormire per ricevere la visita del dio che lo guarisce dandogli un sogno.
Esiste un pianeta tra Mercurio e il Sole? E cosa c'entra la relatività generale? Oggi parliamo del pianeta Vulcano! @astronomia
Il pianeta nascosto tra Mercurio e il Sole che ha dato a Einstein la Relatività
Questa è la storia di come il pianeta Vulcano, pur non esistendo, ha cambiato la Fisica grazie alla Relatività Generale.Acquista Pianeti Mancanti: https://am...YouTube
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#tech
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@informatica
Windows 11 non si spegne più: il bug dei patch di gennaio e il ritorno di “shutdown /s /t 0”
Il pacchetto di aggiornamenti di gennaio per Windows 11 si è trasformato in un promemoria involontario su quanto sia fragile il confine tra hardening della piattaforma e user experience di base: do…Spcnet.it
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-Germany to let intel service hack foreign IT providers
-Finland intends to criminalize disinformation
-French "patriotic" accounts go silent amid Iranian internet outage
-Hackers extort GrubHub
-StackWarp attack
-Eurail breach
-Hacker steals $282m from hardware crypto-wallet
-OCCRP sees DDoS attacks
-TikTok rolls out age estimation tech
-YouTube embraces cesspit future in new policy
-Iran plans permanent internet cutoff
Newsletter: news.risky.biz/risky-bulletin-…
Podcast: risky.biz/RBNEWS514/
Germany seeks more hacking and surveillance powers for its intel service
In other news: Finland intends to criminalize disinformation; French "patriotic" accounts go silent amid Iranian internet outage; hackers are extorting GrubHub.Catalin Cimpanu (Risky.Biz)
#Trump gets booed so loudly he can't even hear himself and has to pause speaking. He gets visibly angry. A woman shouts, "Traitor!" right to his face. This is the reception this rapist, pedo protector should always receive.
@michaelmackay.bsky.social
As armed formations loyal to the Trump regime step up attacks on Minnesotans I trust Canada has a plan in place to take in refugees should a humanitarian disaster occur.
19 January 1914 | French Jew, André Nizard, was born in Marseille.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 31 July 1943.
Camp no. 133928
He did not survive.
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@michealmackay
Ukrainian drones are en route to strike military and strategic targets on the territory of the russian fascist invaders.
(map via DroneBomber)
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@thedailybeast.bsky.social
How #Trump’s Insurrection Act Threat is Backfiring | Inside Trump's Head 🧠 🤪 🍊 🤴
1/18/2026
#politics #satire #greenland a journey into the most horrific place on earth inside Trumps brain 😱
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How Trump’s Insurrection Act Threat is Backfiring | Inside Trump's Head
Michael Wolff joins Joanna Coles to unpack Trump’s latest high-stakes drama: the Insurrection Act and his escalating presence in American cities. From Minnea...YouTube
@theot3gg on YT 📺
"WTF is going on with #ChatGPT?"
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wtf is going on with ChatGPT?
OpenAI just dropped an $8 tier, with ads...Thank you Mobbin for sponsoring! Check them out at: https://soydev.link/mobbinSOURCEShttps://x.com/OpenAI/status/2...YouTube
Canada will do the right thing. We will defend democratic allies from the threats of gangster nations. Either the United States gets Trump in hand or this will go to the next level.
Canada - Greenland - Denmark: lands that are true, north, strong, free.
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Our first cat adopted for several years (Rosa) sends feline greetings 🙂
She's not very well (Feline Flu) but is otherwise a sweetheart 😼
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#securityaffairs #hacking
Hacktivists hijacked Iran ’s state TV to air anti-regime messages and an appeal to protest from Reza Pahlavi
Activists hacked Iran ’s Badr satellite, briefly broadcasting Reza Pahlavi’s anti-regime protest messages on state TV channels.Pierluigi Paganini (Security Affairs)
On Twitter, if you type a hashtag, it will generally autofill once it thinks it knows your intention.
But if you type the hashtags ReneeNicoleGood, it will not autofill.
This is likely on purpose.
Inaspettatamente ho passato giornate a provare e configurare Noctalia Shell e Dank Linux su Hyprland (simili ma diversi).
Non perfetti, ma forse sono vicino a qualcosa che si possa finalmente definire "ricing". Stay tuned.
#linux #unolinux #gnulinux #gnulinuxitalia #opensource #foss #homelab #rice #ricing #arch #hyprland
A network of Orthodox nuns operating in #Sweden has been exposed for allegedly supporting russian military aggression and maintaining links to russian military intelligence
Members of the St. Elisabeth Convent, originally based in Belarus, were active in over 20 churches across Sweden.
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Russian “Z-Nuns” Busted for Running Spy Network Through Swedish Churches
Swedish authorities investigate Orthodox nuns allegedly linked to Russian military actions and using church sales for pro-Kremlin activities.Ivan Khomenko (UNITED24 Media)
Intanto, gli adolescenti rivoluzionano amicizie su #TikTok e metaversi: regole UE limitano under 16, ma le chat ibride forgiano identità resilienti contro #cyberbullismo. Occhio al #phishing tessera sanitaria: email false sulla scadenza truffano dati; verifica #PEC ufficiale, blocca mittenti sospetti e segnala all’Agenzia delle Entrate.
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🚀 Da zero a digital » Newsletter n° 138
Il tuo aggiornamento digitale: gratuito, indipendente, senza pubblicità. La tecnologia spiegata senza filtri, solo per te.Open Genova APS (Da zero a digital)
Iran sotto blackout #internet totale: le proteste infuriano, il regime isola 85M di persone con un piano per rete nazionale chiusa, bloccando #Starlink e notizie. Passando all’#Italia, la sovranità digitale spinge #opensource e #cloud ibrido per #AI autonoma: via lock-in #USA, verso datacenter #EU e #PNRR per competere globalmente.
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🚀 Da zero a digital » Newsletter n° 138
Il tuo aggiornamento digitale: gratuito, indipendente, senza pubblicità. La tecnologia spiegata senza filtri, solo per te.Open Genova APS (Da zero a digital)
La morte di Coppi: un mistero in bianco
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La morte di Coppi: un mistero in bianco - Boomerissimo
Quando l'Italia preferì il silenzio alla verità: il sistema medico, la stampa e la morale pubblica del 1960 cancellarono la morte di Fausto Coppi per paura dello scandalo. Nasceva un mito, morivano due persone.Antonio Pintér (Boomerissimo)
I want a society that’s designed to make everyone moderately wealthy, and not only five people astronomically wealthy. The damage and misery caused by unmitigated inequality has been demonstrated over and over again, for millennia, yet we fall for the lie over and over again.
In the US, we choose inequality because we are taught to believe the blatant lie that we might one day *be* one of those five fabulously wealthy people. But look at the numbers: there are only five of them among millions; the odds are staggeringly against you.
It’s like a middle-school sports enthusiast thinking they will become a top-billing star in some major league, and make tens of millions of dollars a year: the numbers simply do not work out; there are only so many quarterback positions available, and tens of thousands of applicants. Yet they are raised to cling to that selfish “dream” instead of focusing on building something that *everyone* (including themselves) is likely to benefit from.
Friends of the #Fediverse - I need some information about good apps for iOS. On Android, my favourite is #Moshidon but I also like #Tusky or #Pachli or #Fedilab etc.
On iOS, I remember I was using (back in 2022/early 2023) #Icecubes and #Tusker - which looks nice but I can’t find the quote post option.
Can you please help me and suggest something?
tu che dici @elettrona ?
PS: per Android ti consiglio di provare Raccoon, un'app ancora giovane e con qualche difetto, ma molto interessante per l'ergonomia e per alcune funzioni particolari
In the Coming Week, We Will Work to Build New Pressure and a Clear Global Position on russia – Address by President #Zelenskyy 18.01.2026
Extract
Everything clearly shows that diplomacy is not a priority for russia. This must be acknowledged. Pressure on the aggressor and the real cause of this war must continue. The cause is in moscow.
Full address president.gov.ua/en/news/budem…
Serhii Simchuk was killed on July 14, 2024, while carrying out a combat mission in the Donetsk region.
After months of waiting and a repeated identification process on January 9, 2026, Serhii was laid to rest at a cemetery in his hometown of Dubyshche.
United 24 Media / Instagram
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18 January 1913 | A Pole, Włodzimierz Niebudek, was born in Blachownia. A fireman.
In #Auschwitz from 5 April 1941.
No. 13113
In 1943 he was transferred to Buchenwald. He did not survive.
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Кадыров теряет наследника | Три загадочные смерти | Тайные указы Путина | Новокузнецк без роддома
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тоже поскользнулся и упал? что-то сколько становится. причём везде.
I seguenti paesi della #NATO rilasciano una dichiarazione congiunta in "solidarietà" con la #Groenlandia:
• Francia
• Finlandia
• Norvegia
• Svezia
• Danimarca
• Germania
• Paesi Bassi
• Regno Unito
l'Italia ha fatto sapere che stasera c'ha judo.
RE: mastodon.social/@smaurizi/1159…
Mentre noi ci distraiamo con la Groenlandia la #commissione UE sta negoziando per regalare, intanto, dei nostri dati particolarmente sensibili agli USA.
1. the #EUCommission is negotiating an agreement w/ #USDeptHomelandSecurity -under which #ICE agents operate-to provide access to #EU #PoliceDatabase to #DHS for "immigration screening & vetting activities", we report on #FattoQuotidiano[Italian]ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicol…
Ue-Usa: l’accordo per i dati privati di tutti gli europei
Verso l’ok. Ursula Vdl negozia il patto con DonaldStefania Maurizi (Il Fatto Quotidiano)
Deep truth
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@Pierrette
@classicalmusic
Have I mentioned this before? Would it be something for you?
Mendelssohn
Sol Gambetta
Bertrand Chamayou
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Robert Schumann
Sol Gabetta ·
Bertrand Chamayou
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Resecurity has spotted a new backdoor named PDFSIDER.
The company believes the malware has been created by an APT group, but no other details are provided except that the malware was deployed in a failed attack at a Fortune 100 company.
resecurity.com/blog/article/pd…
Germany’s 15‑soldier reconnaissance team is set to leave Greenland on Sunday, flying to Copenhagen. Officials say the mission was completed successfully and is now being analyzed in Germany; the operation was not canceled.
spiegel.de/politik/deutschland…
#Ukraine #Russia #EU #US #Greenland #Denmark #Germany
Erkundungsmission auf Grönland: Bundeswehrsoldaten reisen wieder ab
Die Soldaten waren erst in dieser Woche angekommen: Das Team der Bundeswehr soll Grönland am Sonntag verlassen. Die Erkundung sei »auftragsgemäß abgearbeitet worden«.DER SPIEGEL
🇺🇲 🇨🇦 #Trump is privately ramping up his focus on another target in the Western Hemisphere, increasingly complaining to aides in recent weeks about #Canada’s vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic, NBC News reports.
nbcnews.com/politics/white-hou…
Trump's latest Western Hemisphere fixation: Canada
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is privately ramping up his focus on another target in the Western Hemisphere, increasingly complaining to aides in recent weeks about Canada’s vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic, according to two U.S.Katherine Doyle (NBC News)
18 January 1943 | A French Jewish boy, Claude Alexandre, was born in Lyon.
In August 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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Children at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN…
🎧 Podcast: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
"On Auschwitz" (8): Children at Auschwitz
Using only estimates based on the examination of the existing incomplete documentation, it can only be acknowledged that there were around 232,000 children a...YouTube
Russian officials welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on #NATO allies over Greenland, with Kremlin economic negotiator Kirill #Dmitriev claiming on Jan. 17 that the move signals the "collapse" of the transatlantic alliance.
kyivindependent.com/russia-wel…
#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump #EU #Greenland #Denmark
Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance
"The transatlantic alliance is over," Kremlin economic negotiator Kirill Dmitriev said.Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)
This is the last nap for these goofballs on my window hammock. They move into their new apartment with their mom and dad tonight 😢
Once they’re out, I have to start the “de-gnocchification” of my house, which is mainly repairing or replacing and repainting the door trim that Gnocchi has shredded. (Gnocchi is the gray/brown/black one in the picture - he is a super sweet boy that has a scratching problem)
russian officials welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on NATO allies over #Greenland, with kremlin economic negotiator kirill dmitriev claiming on Jan. 17 that the move signals the "collapse" of the transatlantic alliance.
kyivindependent.com/russia-wel…
Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance
"The transatlantic alliance is over," Kremlin economic negotiator Kirill Dmitriev said.Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)
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How long till we see Star Fleet green ceramic chair tiles for sale on Amazon?
Hunt Intelligence researchers have found more than 18,000 active C2 servers across 48 Chinese internet infrastructure providers.
China Unicom alone hosts nearly half of all observed C2 servers.
hunt.io/blog/china-hosting-mal…
Inside China’s Hosting Ecosystem: 18,000+ Malware C2 Servers Mapped Across Major ISPs
Discover how we mapped over 18,000 active malware C2 servers across Chinese ISPs and cloud providers using host-centric telemetry. See which providers are most frequently abused and what it means for global threat monitoring.Hunt Intelligence
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#securityaffairs #hacking
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 80
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscapePierluigi Paganini (Security Affairs)
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Hypolite Petovan
in reply to Texas Observer • • •