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New study finds hacking tools may be targeting hackers themselves. Image via Security Affairs.
Technology
Hacking tools may infect hackers' computers

A report from Cybereason's Amy Serper has discovered that a new campaign is targeting people who use hacking tools, by repackaging them with powerful malware and distributing them on popular hacking forums. One piece of malware found has been a crippling trojan virus, njRat, which grants the hackers complete access to the would-be hacker's computer. The cause for the campaign or the group behind it is as yet unknown.

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Tue Mar 10 - TechCrunch
Billie Eilish slams body-shamers at Miami concert. Image via The Insider.
Entertainment
Billie Eilish delivers a powerful statement against body-shaming at a concert

Kicking off her world tour which will see the five-time Grammy-winning artist perform in North and South America and Europe, Billie Eilish chose her first concert in Miami to deliver a powerful statement against body-shaming. Eilish, who recently turned 18, criticized those who complain about her choice to wear baggy clothing in a video interlude during the concert, saying the same people would call her a 'slut' if she stopped.

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Tue Mar 10 - BBC
Saudi Arabia to escalate oil price war with Russia next week. Image via The Economist.
Business
Saudi Arabia's oil price war with Russia to escalate as supplies max out

Saudi Arabia has announced that it will supply world markets with 12.3 million barrels of oil for every day next month, which is 2.5 million barrels per day above its previous target, and beyond the 12 million barrels per day that Saudi state-owned oil company Aramco says it can produce at peak capacity. Experts say this means Saudi Arabia will be relying on stock reserves to maintain the high supply.

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Tue Mar 10 - FinancialTimes
Aston Villa legend Gordon Cowans opens up about Alzheimer's disease diagnosis. Image via The Telegraph.
Sports
Aston Villa legend Gordon Cowans opens up about Alzheimer's

Gordon Cowans, who played for several clubs in his football career but achieved fame for his time with Aston Villa, for whom he won the European Cup in 1982 and the old First Division championship and the League Cup. has opened up about his Alzheimer's disease diagnosis. Cowans has stated that the prognosis for his life is excellent, and he will be continuing to perform match-day duties for Aston Villa.

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Tue Mar 10 - TheStar
Boston ranked the worst city for traffic in the US, Image via WCVB
International
Boston ranked the worst city for traffic in the US

A Washington based research firm INRIX recently released a report on traffic analysis for different cities in the US and according to that, Boston topped the list for being the most congested urban area in the US for the second year in a row. The average commuter in Boston’s metro area loses 149 hours per year to congestion. Chicago came in second with 145 lost hours.

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Tue Mar 10 - Masslive
Russia to talk with OPEC to stabilize energy markets, Image via WSJ
Business
Russia to talk with OPEC to stabilize energy markets

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said that Russia had not ruled out further talks with OPEC to stabilize oil prices.The move came after oil registered the worst one day decline in more than 30 years. Last week OPEC recommended additional production cuts keeping in view the demand after the coronavirus crisis but OPEC-ally Russia rejected the proposal. In response, Saudi Arabia announced massive discounts to its official selling prices

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Tue Mar 10 - CNBC
Italy puts 60 million people under lockdown, Image via Independent
International
Italy puts 60 million people under lockdown

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that the entire country will be placed under lockdown amid coronavirus crisis. In a statement, the PM said that people shouldn’t travel unless it's necessary for work or they have family emergencies. People are no longer allowed to gather in public. Italy is only behind China in terms of deaths and infections with more than 9100 confirmed cases and 460 deaths.

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Tue Mar 10 - TheVerge
Cristiano Ronaldo expressed his happiness on twitter after playing 1000 official games, Image via Forbes
Sports
So proud to reach 1000 official games in my career: Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo expressed his happiness on twitter after playing 1000 official games. He posted that he feels proud to achieve this milestone. He thanked his teammates, coaches, family, friends,and fans for supporting him throughout his journey. Juventus registered a win against Inter Milan earlier to reach the top of the table. Italy canceled all the outdoor sporting events and the match was played behind closed doors due to coronavirus

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Mon Mar 09 -
Online petition filed against Pornhub for featuring videos of rape and abuse. Image via The Independent.
International
Outrage against Pornhub for hosting rape and abuse videos

Pornhub, owned by Canadian Internet porn company MindGeek and the largest pornographic website in the world with over 42 billion annual visits, is being targeted by an online petition which criticizes the website's problematic management of the 6 million videos uploaded to it each year, many of which may feature incidences of rape and abuse or non-consensual sex.

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Mon Mar 09 - TheGuardian
Disney-Pixar movie Onward banned in Middle Eastern countries due to gay character Specter. Image via Indiewire.
Entertainment
Disney-Pixar film Onward banned in the Middle East due to homosexual references

Disney-Pixar's latest animated hit Onward has been banned from theaters in several Middle Eastern countries including Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia due to its containing open references to a character, the police officer Specter, having lesbian parents. Specter, played by Lena Waithe, has been welcomed as the first openly gay character in a Disney-Pixar film.

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Mon Mar 09 - BBC
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to provide home-testing kits for COVID-19 in Seattle. Image via New York Post.
Technology
Gates Foundation to provide coronavirus testing kits in Seattle

A project funded for 20 million USD by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is going to provide home-testing kits for the COVID-19 infection for residents of Seattle, where the virus is spreading at an alarming rate. People who test positive will be asked to provide information about their whereabouts and travel to help authorities track other potential cases.

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Mon Mar 09 - TechCrunch
Robinhood crashes again amid world stock market collapse. Image via The Motley Fool.
Technology
Robinhood app crashes amid the stock market collapse

Only a week after the digital stock investment startup Robinhood apologized to users for a disastrous system-wide power outage due to busy trading, the app has crashed again today after stock crashes across the world prompted another round of heavy trading. The app's creators have stated that users will be compensated for their losses on a case-by-case basis.

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Mon Mar 09 - TechCrunch
Hollywood legend and star of The Exorcist Max von Syndow dies aged 90. Image via Hollywood Reporter.
Entertainment
Renowned actor Max von Sydow dead at 90

Swedish actor Max von Sydow, who made his mark on Hollywood with leading roles in the genre-defining horror classics The Exorcist and The Seventh Seal, along with an unforgettable role in the blockbuster TV show Game of Thrones as the Three-Eyed Raven, has died aged 90, announced his wife, producer Catherine Brelet. Sydow also starred as Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon and had noted cameos in Star Wars.

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Mon Mar 09 - TheGuardian
CDC reports almost half of all US adults are now obese, no difference between men or women. Image via The Hill.
Science
CDC reports almost half of all US adults now obese

According to the latest figures from the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 42 percent of all American adults now suffer from obesity, rising sharply from 30 percent at the start of the 21st century. Extreme obesity is also on the rise, with 9.2 percent of the adult population with a BMI of 40 or higher. Furthermore, the CDC reports almost no difference between men and women for obesity.

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Mon Mar 09 - WashingtonPost
Princeton and Columbia University cancel classes, events due to coronavirus outbreak. Image via New York Times.
International
Princeton, Columbia follow Stanford, cancel classes due to coronavirus

Princeton and Columbia University, one of the world's leading research institutions, have followed Stanford University's recent announcement and canceled all classes and events conducted on campus for the next few weeks, stating that classes will be conducted online where possible, in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus on their campuses.

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Mon Mar 09 - NewYorkTimes
Amanda Bynes splits with three-week fiance Paul Michael. Image via Head Topics.
Entertainment
Amanda Bynes splits with fiance, weeks after the engagement

The 33-year-old Hollywood star Amanda Bynes, who rose to fame after starring in "She's the Man" and "Easy A" before suffering a decline in her career due to drug addiction and mental health issues, has reportedly split up with her fiance Paul Michael after she deleted pictures and videos of him from her Instagram, only weeks after the couple announced their engagement after meeting last year.

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Mon Mar 09 - Pagesix
Bitcoin plunges in value as world markets collapse amid Saudi Arabia and Russia's oil dispute. Image via Tokeneo.
Technology
BTC plunges as world markets collapse

Despite the popular view of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as a safe haven from world market volatility, BTC prices fell from their temporary rally at $9,100 to the $7,800 mark, with cryptocurrency watchdog Whaletrades reporting a sale of more than $21 million in BTC at $7,800, followed by multiple trades totaling more than $11 million at $7,850 to $7,800 per BTC.

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Mon Mar 09 - Bitcoinist
US pulls circuit-breaker on stock trading to end worst day for world markets since 2008. Image via Reuters.
Business
The US pulls circuit-breaker to end disastrous day for stocks

After an oil dispute between Saudi Arabia and Russia saw oil prices drop by 20 percent, world markets spiraled into their worst day since the 2008 financial crisis, with the US pulling the so-called circuit-breaker in the stock market after S&P shares fell 7 percent. When trading resumed after a short period, the Dow Jones, NASDAQ, and S&P500 had all suffered losses of over 6 percent.

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Mon Mar 09 - BBC
UAE announced 14 new cases of Coronavirus, Image via ArabianBusiness
International
UAE announced 14 new cases of Coronavirus

The Ministry of Health and Prevention, UAE has announced 14 new cases of deadly coronavirus on Monday as the total number of cases reached 59. Patients include four Emiratis, three Italians, two Bangladeshis, two Nepalese, a Russian, an Indian and a Syrian national. Health authorities in the UAE have taken several measures to prevent rapid outbreak. Authorities have asked people to avoid crowded places and traditional greetings

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Mon Mar 09 - KhaleejTimes
Business
Global markets in a turmoil
Mon Mar 09
Global financial markets are plunging as investors started panicking over coronavirus, Image via Reuters
Business
Global markets in a turmoil

Global financial markets are plunging as investors started panicking over coronavirus fears and oil war between OPEC and Russia. Asian and European markets are down more than 5% on average while US markets are also down heavily in pre-market trading. Coronavirus continues to weigh heavily on global investors as infections crossed 108,000. Crude oil had the worst day in more than 30 years after crashing 25% in a single day.

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Mon Mar 09 - CNN
James says he will only ever play if there are fans present, image via Getty Images
Sports
LeBron James refuses to play if NBA bans fans from the stadium due to coronavirus

Basketball star LeBron James has said that he will not play if the NBA bans fans from watching his games live due to the coronavirus. A number of sports organizations across the world have already taken such measures due to the virus, with some even canceling matches altogether. The coronavirus is becoming more and more prevalent in the US.

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Mon Mar 09 - Variety
The virus is spreading fast in the US, image via Getty Images
Politics
Ted Cruz quarantines himself after coming into contact with coronavirus

US Republican Senator Ted Cruz has announced that he will be going into self-quarantine after he came into contact with an individual who tested positive for the coronavirus. He has said that he is not showing any symptoms and that the odds of transmission were extremely low given how short the interaction was.

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Mon Mar 09 - CNN
It is unclear if he will be pursuing acting full time again, image via Getty Images
Entertainment
Game of Thrones Joffery actor to return to the silver screen after 6 years

Jack Gleeson, the actor well known for his role as Joffery on the massively popular Game of Thrones show, will be returning to acting after a six-year hiatus. He will be acting in an episode of BBC Two comedy Out of Her Mind. He initially quit acting after Game of Thrones in order to pursue an academic career.

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Mon Mar 09 - Unilad
Testing is a major issue in the US, image via Getty Images
Technology
The Gates Foundation will soon be releasing coronavirus home testing kits

According to a new report, a project being funded by the Gates Foundation will soon be releasing home testing kits for the coronavirus, making it much easier to test for the virus. The Foundation claims it could test around 400 people every day with this new system, although it is unclear when the kits will be widely available.

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Mon Mar 09 - TechCrunch
Twitter will now be applying this policy across its platform, image via Getty Images
Technology
Twitter labels Trump tweet as 'manipulated media'

Twitter has recently labeled a Trump tweet as 'manipulated media', thus starting their new policy of warning users if a tweet contains misinformation or tweets that appear to be deliberately misleading. The Trump tweet involved a video of Joe Biden that was edited in such a way that it seemed Biden was endorsing Trump.

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Mon Mar 09 - TechCrunch