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DDoS Attack Causes Waves of Internet Outages

2016-10-22 19:35:15| TechNewsWorld

Hundreds of websites -- including those of biggies such as Netflix, Twitter and Spotify -- on Friday fell prey to massive DDoS attacks that cut off access to Internet users on the East Coast and elsewhere in the U.S. Three attacks were launched over a period of hours against Internet performance management company Dyn. The first attack started at about 7:10 a.m. EDT.

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Internet struck by waves of outages as massive DDoS attack affects major services

2016-10-21 20:58:04| Extremetech

A massive DNS attack is chewing up the Internet and making connections slow and trouble-prone.

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This week in space: gravity waves, NASAs Mars shot, and a new super Jupiter

2016-10-14 16:15:06| Extremetech

This week in space: Obama wants a Mars shot, you can help NASA search for gravity waves via the magic of distributed computing, and a Jupiter-class planet with rings so huge, they'd nearly reach the Sun from Earth.

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Heat waves could bring lots more deaths to NYC

2016-06-28 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Annual heat-related deaths in New York City could soar by more than 500 percent by the 2080s, according to a new study. Published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, it finds a wide range of potential outcomes depending on how much warming we endure, how New Yorks demographics shift (elderly people are more likely to die from heat), and whether the city proactively adapts to the more severe heat waves that are certain to come. Deaths could be reduced by more cooling centers, more...

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