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A Superhero Hacker Saved The Internet This Weekend – A long con social engineering attack that could have resulted in a large number of Internet servers being backdoored was detected and blocked this weekend thanks to the heroic work of one hacker. [mybroadband]
Mapisa-Nqakula Has To Hand Herself In For Arrest After Interdict Bid Struck Off Court Roll – The judge ruled that the court is not a means to declare an arrest that has not taken place unlawful or to express any view. [ewn]
F1’s Owner Just Struck A $4.5 Billion Deal To Take Over MotoGP – The U.S.-based company now controls two of motorsport’s biggest championships. [robbreport]
Massive New ‘Town’ Planned Between Sandton And Waterfall – Calgro M3 is partnering with Eris Property Group to create a new town between Sandton and Waterfall in a multibillion-rand project aimed at bringing affordable housing to the “doorstep” of SA’s economic hub. [news24]
7.4 Magnitude Quake Hits Taiwan, Strongest In 25 Years – Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines have all canceled their tsunami warnings, whilst the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has said the threat to the United States has “largely passed”. [cnn]
Iran Vows Retaliation On Israel After Commanders’ Deaths, Growing Fears Of War Spiraling – Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in the Quds Force, is believed to have been among those killed in the Iranian Embassy compound in Damascus. [nbc]
NASA Wants To Come Up With A New Clock For The Moon, Where Seconds Tick Away Faster – It’s not quite a time zone like those on Earth, but an entire frame of time reference for the moon. Because there’s less gravity on the moon, time there moves a tad quicker — 58.7 microseconds every day — compared to Earth. [ap]
