Hackers have stolen personal data in Singapore belonging to some 1.5 million people, or about a quarter of the population, officials say.

They broke into the government health database in a "deliberate, targeted and well-planned" attack, a government statement says.

Those targeted visited clinics between 1 May 2015 and 4 July of this year.


Data taken include names and addresses but not medical records, other than medicines dispensed in some cases.
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AT&T and Verizon have generally built fiber only where they face competition.

You already knew that home broadband competition is sorely lacking through much of the US, but a new report released today helps shed more light on Americans who have just one choice for high-speed Internet.

Comcast is the only choice for 30 million Americans when it comes to broadband speeds of at least 25Mbps downstream and 3Mbps upstream, the report says. Charter Communications is the only choice for 38

BARCELONA, June 29 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Tuesday that total investments in Starlink would reach between $5 billion and $10 billion before the satellite internet venture achieves positive cash flow.
Over the lifetime of the project, total investments could run to $20-$30 billion, the Tesla Inc,CEO told the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
"It's a lot, basically," Musk said in a video interview from California

US conducted ‘multi-decade’ secret UFO program, ex-intelligence official says

Whistleblower David Grusch claims ‘non-human’ beings found as issue of alien life receives highest profile airing before US Congress

The US government conducted a “multi-decade” program which collected, and attempted to reverse-engineer, crashed UFOs, a former American intelligence official told a r

‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record

Head of World Meteorological Organization also warns ‘climate action is not a luxury but a must’ as temperatures soar

The era of global warming has ended and “the era of global boiling has arrived”, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, has said after scient

European Union regulators have accused Apple of being in breach of new laws designed to rein in big tech companies.
The European Commission, which regulates competition in the EU, said Apple's App Store squeezes out rival marketplaces, marking the first time it has found a company in breach of the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
The firm faces a potential fine of up to 10% of its global revenue if it fails to comply with the rules.
Apple said it is "confident our plan complies with the law".

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Nigeria’s government has rescued 100 schoolchildren who were abducted last month from St. Mary’s Catholic School in central Nigeria in one of the country’s biggest mass kidnappings to date, a Christian group said on Monday.
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said US government “support” helped her travel to collect her Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, hours after the US seized an oil tanker in a dramatic escalation of pressure against the authoritarian regime of Nicolás Maduro.
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The Venezuelan government said the US administration has unilaterally suspended deportation flights from the United States, including at least one that was due to land Friday, but a US administration official denied that was the case.
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Friday that she is focused on an orderly transition of power in her country should President Nicolás Maduro leave power and that she is confident Venezuela’s police and armed forces would not oppose such a transition.
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