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No, seriously... no headlines this week. Quiet week I suppose. >>Source

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Nothing important to say so I'll blabber away: life is changing - for good. I'm in a dream that I want to make happen. Got pulled over by a cop the other day. We started talking about McDonald's somehow and laughed a bit and I continued speeding off in the late night with wet reflections. My mind is motionless, too dreamy. I need to wake up but there's so much to do. Signing off.

A Man has Been Arrested After A Van Attack Outside London Mosque
Counter-terror police are investigating an incident outside a London mosque near Finsbury Park where a van ran into a group of people, leaving one dead and many more injured. Police have detained a 48-year-old man who had been who has been apprehended by members of the public. Witnesses at the scene of the crime noted that the vehicle veered off towards a group of worshippers who were leaving their prayers shortly after midnight. Theresa May has described the attack as “terrible incident'', adding: “All my thoughts are with those who have been injured, their loved ones and the emergency services on the scene.” The incident came weeks after Isis supporters rammed a van into groups of pedestrians at London Bridge before rampaging through the local area with knives, killing eight people. This has been the third major incident in less than a month in London. >>Source

A Suspected Suicide Bomber has Been Shot at Brussels Railway Station
Prosecutors have said that a man was shot after setting off a small explosive at the popular Brussels Railway station. Prosecutors have also confirmed that he later died and that they are treating this incident as a terror attack. This comes after a year ago, in March 2016, when 32 people were killed after terror attacks by the Islamic State in Brussels. The man was noted to be carrying a rucksack, and what was believed to have been a bomb belt, he detonated the device after he attracted the attention of soldiers within the station. Metro lines running through the station were briefly suspended on orders from the police. The event comes a few days after when on June 19th a man with an Islamist background had run a car into a police van in Paris. >>Source

Grenfell Tower Fire Leaves Many Dead and Many More Missing
A total of 79 people are either confirmed to be dead or missing and feared dead, after a tower block in London caught on fire. The incident started in a fridge-freezer, and the insulation plus outside cladding outside caught alight, both of which failed safety tests. The Metropolitan Police say that manslaughter, health and safety, and fire charges will most likely be considered after the blaze in Kensington, London destroyed over 151 homes. Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy who was fighting back the tears told reporters the "awful reality" was that due to the high intensity of the fire and the devastation caused, it might not be possible to identify all of the victims. “It is incredibly emotional working in there, but we will do it with our utmost professionalism, and we will do everything we can as quickly as we can to locate and recover everybody who is in there.” Nine of those that died have been formally identified so far while a further nine remain in hospital, with a further three still in critical care. Police have noted that the fire was not started deliberately but that the speed in which the fire had spread was unexpected. >>Source

Facebook Launches Anti-Hate Scheme
Facebook is launching a UK initiative to prepare and finance neighborhood associations to battle fanaticism and loathe discourse. Facebook has confronted feedback for being moderate to respond to terrorist propaganda on its stages.
"The recent terror attacks in London and Manchester - like violence anywhere - are absolutely heartbreaking," said Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg.
"No-one should have to live in fear of terrorism - and we all have a part to play in stopping violent extremism from spreading. We know we have more to do - but through our platform, our partners and our community we will continue to learn to keep violence and extremism off Facebook." >>Source

Andy Rubin-backed Owl Labs just Launched a Robotic Video Conference Camera
A startup upheld by Andy Rubin's Playground hatchery and investment firm has revealed another equipment item, one that addresses the agony purposes of an unexciting however vital territory of business innovation: video conferencing systems.
Owl Labs' new camera, called Owl, is a bottle molded, a mechanical camcorder that catches a 360-degree perspective of a meeting space and consequently moves its purpose of the center to indicate whoever is talking in the meeting. This automated moving should supplant the remote controls or unbalanced manual turning of cameras that happens here and there amid video conference meetings. >>Source

Snapchat’s Newest Feature is also its Biggest Privacy Threat
Recently, Snapchat presented Snap Map, a pick in work that enables you to impart your area to your companions on a guide. Snapchat's introduction video with Snap Map centers around sharing the area of presented Snaps on Our Story, which is open and could be valuable for, say, seeing a gathering of Snaps from a specific occasion.
However, what Snapchat doesn't let you know in the video, or in the application, is that on the off chance that you aren't cautious, Snap Map will communicate your exact area to anybody on your friend list each time you open the application. >>Source

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered Standalone Release Confirmed
For those who do not know, the only way to get Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered was to purchase the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Digital Deluxe Edition of the game. You would have to dish out $80 for both games and to be honest, a majority of people bought the Deluxe Edition for the MWR code. Well, some good news is Activision will be releasing a standalone version of Modern Warfare Remastered which means you do not have to spend as much as you had to in the past. Starting on June 27, you will be able to pick up the game for half the price at $40. There is bad news that comes with this information because the only console it will be releasing for at the time is the PlayStation 4. There is no news on whether or not this will be released on PC and Xbox. >>Source

GTA Modding Tool OpenIV Receives an Update
The most popular modding tool used by the Grand Theft Auto 5 gaming community, OpenIV, has released a small update. A minor update that has fixed small bugs and added a few improvements to the tool is described as what was added. With what has been recently happening with the tool does that mean the community will be able to use it again? For those unaware, OpenIV was facing legal issues with Rockstar after the gaming company tried to shut down the tool. Rockstar and the OpenIV developer have been talking over the past week discussing that the tool should be allowed and players should have the ability to customize the world around them if they please. Especially if it is in a singleplayer environment when they are not interrupting anyone's gameplay. Take-Two, the developer behind the modding tool, wanted to shut down the project after all of this ruckus and did plan on taking legal actions themselves but chose not to go with that. Rockstar says that they do support the use of singleplayer mods and that the players should have fun when playing their game. >>Source

Five Free Mega Stones In Pokemon Sun And Moon Available Now
Nintendo has randomly been releasing different Mega Stones that increase your Pokemon's power in battle and greatly boosts its stats. Some examples of the stones released for this week are for Swampert and Blaziken and can be obtained very easily. To get these five mega stones, you should start at the loading screen where you see Lunala or Solgaeo depending on which game you own. From there, you can press A get past the loading screen and onto the load save, mystery gift, etc screen. Select the mystery gift option and from their select "get gift with code/password". After that, you just have to do the final step which is to type the code "MATSUBUSA". Now that you have your gift, all you need to do is go to any Pokemon Center and visit the delivery man that is waiting for you in front of the nurse. Of course, you cannot get Blaziken and Swampert from the vanilla version of Sun & Moon, but if you have a membership with the Poke Bank, then you can transfer them from there. Pretty silly that Nintendo is releasing mega stones for Pokemon not initially in the game. >>Source

Dragon Ball FighterZ Adds Fan-Favorite Character to Its Roster
The announcement of the newest Dragon Ball game was a huge success, and many people were hyped when hearing this news. If you did not get the chance to watch E3, Guilty Gear showcased gameplay, characters, and much more. If you are super excited for this game, a beta might be coming soon, but there is no real information on whether or not that is a rumor or will actually be planned. The game plans on being released sometime in 2018 and arcade-fighting-game-lovers all around the world will have the chance to play it on all systems. Features in the game include a tag team multiplayer battle, where friends can fight together against opponents in a 2v2 brawl. In addition, there is even a 3v3 brawl game mode too where you can get another friend to assist you on the stage. One character that was shown in E3 from the Dragon Ball anime was Trunks who will also be in the video game. Are you excited? >>Source

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Another Big Malware Attack Ripples Across the World
The infamous malware known as ransomware strikes once again. One company that many people are familiar with, FedEx, was one of the targets in the most recent attack and thankfully no data has been breached. A Danish shipping company by the name of Maersk was also affected by the virus and state that their tech systems are down completely and many of their business units are down. It is said that the virus had been spread across 80 different companies. What was interesting about the attack was that majority of the companies that were targeted happened to be in Russia or Ukraine. The ransomware was confirmed to be some variant of the malware Petya that is currently being spread around tremendously the past month. >>Source

Different Variants of Petya?
The ransomware, Petya, that was shared in the article before this one was the original form of the virus. It turns out that there are other versions of Petya being spread around the internet. The ransom demands $300 from the victims that are unfortunate enough to cross paths with the virus, but there are variants of the virus that are much worse. Some versions of Petya will completely wipe your computer system clean. That means you would lose $300 worth of money in Bitcoins as well as all of the files you thought you were paying to recover. Comae Technologies Founder Matt Suiche, had closely analyzed the virus. After doing so, he found out that some of the Petya being spread around is a "Wiper malware" and not as advertised as ransomware. Targets of the virus include the United States, Russia, Ukraine, India, and even France. Cyber security analysts suggest that you do not pay the ransom as you will not get the files back. >>Source

Critical Skype Bug Lets Hackers Remotely Execute Malicious Code
Skype is still one of the most popular free web messaging programs used today. With that being said, Skype is still a huge target for those who have malicious intent. Recently a vulnerability was discovered that allowed hackers to execute a malicious code into the program. The code would then crash computer systems. The name of the vulnerability is was called "CVE-2017-9948" by Benjamin Kunz-Mejri who is Skype's security researcher. Skype versions 7.2, 7.35, and 7.36 on Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8 are all affected by the vulnerability. What makes this even more dangerous is how little interaction is needed between the hacker and their victim. The code is sent typically as an image file and sent to the victim. After that, it is obviously sent to whoever the victim is and is hosted on the local system of said victim and causes an overflow that causes your client to crash. You can take a look at it in action here. >>Source

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[Pulz]

That's one of the most disturbed Cyanide and Happiness comics I've ever seen. Thanks for that haha.

[VmX5]

Yay! I'm second!

Great edition, I always look forward to these :)
Gotta love Cyanide and Happiness.

[Armada]

Wow it really was a slow week.

[vvs1]

No headlines this week, but nonetheless I always enjoy reading HFN.

[TB12]

Awesome edition, might want to check the Informational and Buy-in Threads section of Group News. Some threads are listed there for groups that no longer exist ;)

[Huncho]

Interesting read dudes. Thank you again for all your hard work and time.

[test]

Some dope awards given out and some surprising bans. Very interesting read as always. Thanks for all your continued hard work at the HF News Team.

[VirtualMon3y]

Did I miss the news where you posted about Omni re-designing the Crypto section? Much better now but confused the hell outta me to start with.

I fear change and am drunk most of the time...

[TB12]

Did I miss the news where you posted about Omni re-designing the Crypto section? Much better now but confused the hell outta me to start with.

I fear change and am drunk most of the time...

Did this happen within the last few days? If so there is a deadline to report certain things to news. May have happened afterward, if so it'll be mentioned in the next one

[AvessoVision]

Never thought I'd be getting a spotlight in here. Thank you for all the hard work that's been put in the making of this thread.

[ComputerJi]

Celebrate your civic duties while you still can.

LOL.

Fabulous work. Comics are tremendous fun this edition. Bravo!

[Chief]

Great edition bois. I died laughing at this