News / MN Newsletter // September 16

September 16, 2019

Russia Ukraine Ukraine’s New President Zelensky Hints At Peace With Russia - Forbes Ukrainian political prisoner Balukh testifies about tortures in Russia (Video) - UNIAN Russian hackers in 2016 cyber attack on Ukraine's power grid intended to damage transmissions stations - www.computing.co.uk Questions raised about relationship between Ukrainian president and billionaire pal - Business Day Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv holds first LGBT pride march – media - UNIAN Ukraine’s New President Zelensky Hints At Peace With Russia - Forbes Forbes Ukraine’s new government, led by a former actor named Vladimir Zelensky is going to tick off a lot of people in the West whose job it is to make Vladimir Putin look like Goldfinger. Read More Ukrainian political prisoner Balukh testifies about tortures in Russia (Video) - UNIAN UNIAN Balukh says he was threaten with sexual abuse. Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian political prisoner Volodymyr Balukh, who has recently been freed from Russian captivity in a prisoner swap, has said he was tortured immediately after arriving in the Russian colony.Read alsoSentsov says "not so many" changes happen in Ukraine in five years Read More Russian hackers in 2016 cyber attack on Ukraine's power grid intended to damage transmissions stations - www.computing.co.uk www.computing.co.uk The 2016 cyberattack on Ukraine's power grid resulted in a blackout enveloping most parts of the Kyiv The hackers behind the 2016 cyber attack on Ukraine's power grid had aimed to create conditions to inflict physical damage to the targeted transmission station. Read More Questions raised about relationship between Ukrainian president and billionaire pal - Business Day Business Day Questions raised about relationship between Ukrainian president and billionaire pal Business DayPresident Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Igor Zelenskiy have repeatedly said there is nothing untoward but government appointments and developments around ... Read More Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv holds first LGBT pride march – media - UNIAN UNIAN Seventeen people were detained. There was a heavy police presence / Photo from hromadske Thousands of gay and lesbian activists and supporters paraded in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, marking the city's first pride march.Scuffles broke out toward the end of the September 15 march, with right-wing demonstrators clashing briefly with police in a nearby park, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty's Ukrainian Service reported. Read More

Top News “Our Boys” and the Economics of Empathy - The New Yorker Review: Edward Snowden and the Rise of Whistle-Blower Culture in “Permanent Record” - The New Yorker Best camera in iPhone X, Samsung or Google Pixel? Anand Mahindra joins debate - Livemint Gmail has dark mode on your Android phone. Turn it on now - CNET Google Warns LastPass Users Were Exposed To ‘Last Password’ Credential Leak - Forbes “Our Boys” and the Economics of Empathy - The New Yorker The New Yorker A few episodes into “Our Boys,” Simon, an agent for the Shabak, Israel’s internal security service, talks with two policemen about a case that they are struggling to solve: the death by burning of a sixteen-year-old Palestinian boy. Read More Review: Edward Snowden and the Rise of Whistle-Blower Culture in “Permanent Record” - The New Yorker The New Yorker One of Edward J. Snowden’s earliest memories is of sneaking around the house and turning back the time on all the clocks in the hope of tricking his parents into letting him stay up late to watch more TV. Read More Best camera in iPhone X, Samsung or Google Pixel? Anand Mahindra joins debate - Livemint Livemint So which smartphone - Google Pixel, iPhone X and Samsung - is the best as far as the picture quality is concerned? While people may have differing views, Anand Mahindra, the chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), has yet again reignited the debate by posting a tweet on this issue. Read More Gmail has dark mode on your Android phone. Turn it on now - CNET CNET Derek Poore/CNET With Android 10, Google lets you apply a systemwide dark theme across its new mobile OS, and you can easily turn it on in individual Google apps as well, from Calculator and Calendar to YouTube, on your phone. Read More Google Warns LastPass Users Were Exposed To ‘Last Password’ Credential Leak - Forbes Forbes Google Project Zero is a team of highly talented security analysts with a brief to uncover zero-day vulnerabilities. If a vulnerability is found, Project Zero reports to the vendor concerned and starts a 90-day countdown for a fix to be issued before full public disclosure is made. Read More

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