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Imagine being in bed, sound asleep, when your country's emergency alert system suddenly goes off on your phone. Scary stuff.

Hackers breached Brazil’s national emergency alert system overnight on June 19 and 20, sending fake notifications to ...

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The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

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Science fiction stories about “alien” invaders are often political allegories for anxieties around immigration. Now, a government website depicts non-citizens as extraterrestrials.