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UK government and police servers 'vulnerable to new Microsoft email hack'

Microsoft has been criticised by a former employee for its "knowingly awful" messaging to customers to update their Exchange email systems since the vulnerabilities were discovered earlier this year.

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'A new chapter for digital commerce': Why Visa paid $150,000 for 'CryptoPunk' blockchain token

The payments company said it bought the NFT so it could learn what was needed "to help our clients and partners participate" in the world of non-fungible tokens.

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Psychonauts, the 2005 mental health-themed hit, finally gets long-awaited sequel

To date, the original game has sold 1.7 million copies and won a BAFTA games award and an E3 Best Original Game award - and is widely regarded as one of the best video games ever created.

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Tesla Bots may be the latest in a long line of Elon Musk claims that haven't come to fruition

The billionaire has a track record of making outrageous claims and predictions that have not come to fruition.

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PayPal to let UK users buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies

It comes after the launch of the same service in the US which was then followed by a Checkout with Crypto feature, enabling PayPal users to actually spend their crypto when making purchases with online merchants.

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$40bn takeover of UK chip designer Arm Holdings raises 'serious competition concerns'

Britain's competition and markets authority said the planned deal could mean more expensive or lower quality products in cutting-edge technologies.

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Elon Musk claims prototype 'Tesla Bot' set to arrive next year - and it can pick up your groceries

Elon Musk says the "Tesla Bot", which stands around 5ft 8in tall and weighs 125lbs, could have "profound implications for the economy".

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OnlyFans bans 'sexually explicit' images and videos - but nude content still allowed

OnlyFans, a London-based social media platform, is popular with amateur pornographic models and has become more widely used during the coronavirus pandemic. But it says any posts featuring nudity will now need to be consistent with its updated policies.

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Can Humankind challenge titans of strategy genre with green gameplay?

Humankind is a new strategy game from Sega, which will aim to rival the industry's popular and long-running Civilization series.

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T-Mobile confirms more than 40 million customers' data stolen in security breach

The data includes that belonging to former and potential customers who may be unaware that the company retained their information.

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US lab reports it is on the cusp of major nuclear fusion breakthrough

An experiment conducted earlier this month saw a small pellet of hydrogen isotopes heated to produce "more than 10 quadrillion watts of fusion power for 100 trillionths of a second", according to the US National Ignition Facility.

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Newly discovered prehistoric creature named after character from The Hobbit

The findings from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder suggest mammals diversified quicker than previously thought after the mass extinction of dinosaurs.

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Aspirin trialled as part of potential treatment for type of aggressive breast cancer

The trial, funded by the Breast Cancer Now Catalyst Programme, is the first clinical study to examine whether aspirin can make tumours more sensitive to immunotherapy in patients with incurable secondary triple negative breast cancer.

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Cuttlefish memory stays sharper than humans as they get older

Research indicates that episodic memory does not decline with age in cuttlefish, which is very different to what we see in humans as they get older.

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More than 83 million smart devices, including baby monitors, at risk from hackers

Hackers could listen to and watch live audio and video feeds from smart cameras and baby monitors, due to a vulnerability being disclosed by Mandiant and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

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Tinder to tackle catfishing with ID verification

The introduction of the ID verification service follows Sky News revealing more than £63m was stolen by online romance scammers last year.

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Bezos might scupper NASA's 2024 moon landing - if spacesuit delays don't do it first

Problems are mounting for NASA's ambitious target of landing the first woman and next man on the moon by 2024, and additional delays driven by a litigious billionaire could end up scuppering the target landing date.