Australia cancels two development agreements with China – InfoBRICS

Where it hurts: Poland must pay 1 million euro PER DAY in rule-of-law row with EU, top European court rules

The European Court of Justice has said on Wednesday that it ordered Poland to pay a million euro (around $1.2 million) every day until it brings its judicial system in line with European Union standards. The harsh penalty was “necessary in order to avoid serious and irreparable harm to the legal order of the European […]

And the third runner-up is… Russia ranks among world’s largest bitcoin miners – RT

Russia has emerged as the world’s third largest bitcoin miner, with its share in the total computing power of miners – known as the ‘hash rate’ – reaching 11.23%, data from the University of Cambridge published this week shows. Russia’s share in bitcoin mining grew by nearly 30% from last year’s figures. The United States is […]

Mark Zuckerberg’s cellphone number goes online after massive Facebook hack Kathianne Boniello New York Post

A massive trove of hacked data from more than 500 million Facebook users was made easily accessible Saturday — including Mark Zuckerberg’s cellphone number, according to one security expert. The information was initially stolen in January, after hackers exploited a vulnerability related to phone numbers associated with Facebook accounts, ultimately creating a massive database of… […]