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Hackers hijack billboards; Nobel-winning climate economist dies

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Hackers compromised digital billboards in Egypt and Malaysia, displaying explicit content. Separately, William Nordhaus, a Nobel Prize-winning economist known for his work on climate change, has passed away at the age of 85. AI

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Hackers hijack billboards; Nobel-winning climate economist dies

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Hackers hijack Egypt highway billboard and Malaysian screens to show porn Article URL: https://www. cairoreport.org/p/egypt-brazil -iraq-billboard-hack Comments

    Hackers hijack Egypt highway billboard and Malaysian screens to show porn Article URL: https://www. cairoreport.org/p/egypt-brazil -iraq-billboard-hack Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5 0318182 Points: 5 # Comments: 2 https://www. cairoreport.org/p/egypt-brazi…

    LINKS cairoreport.org/…/egypt-brazil-iraq-billb…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    William Nordhaus, Nobel-winning climate economist, dies at 85 Article URL: https:// news.yale.edu/2026/10/31/willi am-nordhaus-nobel-laureate-who-integrated-eco

    William Nordhaus, Nobel-winning climate economist, dies at 85 Article URL: https:// news.yale.edu/2026/10/31/willi am-nordhaus-nobel-laureate-who-integrated-economics-and-climate-change-devoted-yale Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5 0318376 Points: 14 # Commen…

    LINKS news.yale.edu/…/william-nordhaus-nobel-la…

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