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Chainalysis breach: every user's password hash and live tokens were exposed, the company now says

The Chainalysis breach exposed password hashes and live tokens for all users. What changed since 30 October, what is still offline, and what to do now.

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EA puts 25 classic games on Steam, with Wing Commander restored from a rediscovered tape vault

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Meta's Muse app can now talk back, with a cartoon face that reacts as you speak

Google's photo for its AI in schools update: a teacher helps a student at a Chromebook

Google turns AI off by default for students, but schools that say no to all of it lose Search

Poster in black with the xAI name and the words 'Temporary turbines? Permits needed'

Judge lets the NAACP's clean-air case over xAI's Mississippi turbines go ahead

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Purple poster with the Fox and Roku logos, the words 'Fox now owns Roku' and the line 'US$22bn deal closed on 6 Nov'

Fox completes its US$22bn purchase of Roku months early: what it means for your TV

Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production in Texas from mid-2027 to build more Cybercabs

Poster in ABB red with the ABB and SoftBank logos and the words 'Robot deal blocked'

China blocks SoftBank from buying ABB's China robot business; the fate of the US$5.4bn deal is unclear

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NASA map of the Antarctic ozone hole 2026 on 18 September, shown in red and orange over Antarctica

The 2026 ozone hole is the seventh largest on record, but scientists say the ozone layer is still healing

A steel pylon carrying high-voltage power grid lines against a cloudy sky

Power grids dip slightly at the start of every minute. Batteries checking themselves are the reason

Illustration of Earth inside purple radiation belts, a red ring marking the impenetrable barrier, and the Arase satellite

The May 2024 solar storm broke through Earth's 'impenetrable barrier' in space, a new study finds

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Hands holding the Motorola Signature 27 sideways, showing its woven dark back and camera block

Motorola Signature 27 is the first phone beyond Pixel to support GrapheneOS, at US$1,599

The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro OLED models side by side, with a Dynamic Island at the top of each screen

Apple's first touchscreen Mac is an OLED MacBook Pro, and it starts at US$2,899

Apple's new 14-inch M6 MacBook Pro, half open, in front of a glowing M6 chip name

Apple's M6 MacBook Pro and iMac arrive at last year's prices, with older Macs in their sights

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Blue poster with Meta, Google and TikTok logos reading 'Teen feeds head to court', on the California social media law

Meta, Google and TikTok sue to block California's law on teen social media feeds

OpenSSH flaw let attackers into some Alpine Linux servers without a password; fixes are out

Apple will check public iCloud links for harmful content from iOS 27.3

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GTA 6 leads Jason and Lucia escaping on a dirt bike as a police car and helicopter chase them through Vice City

GTA 6 launch trailer lands: Grand Theft Auto VI arrives 19 November on PS5 and Xbox, with no PC date

The new white Tesla Roadster with both doors open and a large rear wing, in a dark studio

Tesla's new Roadster flew in a Texas demo, but buyers still have no price or delivery date

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Nintendo Switch 2 sales pass 26 million, but slow down as memory costs bite

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