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North Korea Debuts ‘New’ Augmented Reality Education Tool

VRScout

North Korea has unveiled a “new intelligent playground equipment for children” that seems to be an AR sandbox, according to a video out last week from the state-run TV news broadcaster, NK News reports. “It ” But North Korea isn’t the first to debut AR sandboxes for learning.

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North Korea pulled huge $600 million crypto heist, feds say

Digital Trends

It was carried out by North Korea. Treasury Department tracked down the culprit of the Axie Infinity hack that resulted in a loss of $600 million.

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FBI Says North Korea Behind Biggest Crypto Theft in History Against Axie Infinity

GizModo VR

The hackers behind the March 23 theft of roughly $625 million worth of cryptocurrency from the Ronin blockchain are based in North Korea, according to a new announcement from the FBI. The federal law enforcement agency claims the Lazarus Group, North Korea’s most notorious hacker gang, is laundering the money for Kim… Read more.

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North Korea Rejects 3 Million Doses of China's Covid-19 Vaccine

GizModo VR

The government of North Korea rejected almost 3 million doses of China’s covid-19 vaccine Sinovac this week, claiming they should be sent to countries that are struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, according to U.S. state-financed broadcaster Voice of America. The authoritarian country has reported zero cases of… Read more.

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South and North Korea Are Bracing for Their Second Typhoon in a Week

GizModo VR

Typhoon Maysak slammed South Korea early on Thursday and then made a second landfall in North Korea, killing at least two people, decimating homes, causing a power outage for a quarter million people and knocking over trees and telephone poles.

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A Pissed-Off American Hacker Claims He Took Down North Korea's Internet All by Himself

GizModo VR

Did a peeved American hacker singlehandedly take down the internet in North Korea? That’s the story, according to a recent article from Wired. Read more.

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Ethereum Researcher Pleads Guilty to Advising North Korea on How to Use Crypto to Evade Sanctions

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law by attending a blockchain conference in North Korea in 2019, where he gave advice on how to elude U.S. An American cryptocurrency researcher has admitted to violating U.S. Read more.