The first ransomware attack, in 1988, was a crude effort involving virus-laden floppy disks. But in the decades since, the sophistication of malware, and the money reaped by criminals, has skyrocketed.
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Nathalie MacDermott was a regular on BBC News, Sky New and ITV. Then COVID broke out at her hospital.
The age of ‘artificial intimacy’ is upon us. What does it mean for the way we love, have sex and build friendships?
In 1967 a Mexican reporter told the CIA he had met Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico City just before the JFK assassination. New research and recently declassified intelligence pokes a hole in his story.
Hydrogen is feted as the key to a dynamic green economy. But is it the best choice for decarbonisation in all cases?
From healthcare, to the environment, immigration and racial justice, which areas of Barack Obama’s legacy were the most vulnerable – and most resilient – during Donald Trump’s first term?
Underlying inequality, an under-resourced public health system and socio-political tensions have met in a dizzying, tragic outcome for the richest country in the world.
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures suggest there have been more than 800 ‘excess deaths’ in Australia in January-March 2020, relative to the average, but only 103 confirmed COVID-19 deaths so far.
Social psychiatry has fallen from favour. It’s time to revisit it.
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Unlike older visions of economic democracy which started with class or the collective, the starting point now should be the individual
What and who businesses exist to serve is an age-old debate – but it’s nearly always been driven by the bottom line.
Why do astronomers believe there’s dark matter when it cannot be directly detected? Let’s look at the evidence, and see what dark matter’s presence means for our universe.
The Reserve Bank’s best case scenario is that its forecasts are wrong.
Politicians have been leaking secrets to journalists as long as newspapers have existed. But it’s getting more difficult thanks to surveillance technology.
From coronations to Revolution to reconciliation, Notre Dame has witnessed nearly 900 years of French history.
Scientists are in a race to genetically engineer a new plant resistant to a devastating disease that is threatening to wipe out the banana.
The advent of steam transformed the fishing industry after 500 years of trawling by sail. But overfishing and declining stocks put the British industry at loggerheads with that of other nations.
Long read: How nature is fighting our attempts to use biohacking to live forever.
Chinese-language social media in Australia are increasingly a focus for local political parties.
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