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AWS data center outage hits trading on FanDuel, Coinbase

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AWS data center outage hits trading on FanDuel, Coinbase

The cloud platform says it is currently working to resolve the outage, caused by overheating at a data center in Northern Virginia.

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AI-powered surveillance company Palantir created a chore coat. Great, now I have no choice but to burn mine

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AI-powered surveillance company Palantir created a chore coat. Great, now I have no choice but to burn mine

The gentle French garment is now as cursed as the infamous megacorp, which has accumulated $80m in government contracts in Australia alone

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What does a woman swimming in urine tell us about the state of the world? Lots!

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What does a woman swimming in urine tell us about the state of the world? Lots!

The theme of earth’s biggest art extravaganza – spiritual rest – felt wildly wrong for our crisis-hit planet. Thank goodness for the pavilions, from fake babies to hi-tech sperm banks to a chocolate Russell Crowe

4 months ago

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Software Stocks Are Seeing a Big Turnaround. This Name Leading the Way Has More to Go

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Software Stocks Are Seeing a Big Turnaround. This Name Leading the Way Has More to Go

Jeff Kilburg breaks down this risk reversal options trade.

4 months ago

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New UFO files released by U.S. government

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New UFO files released by U.S. government

The Pentagon released a fresh batch of files that include images of unexplained phenomena. Avi Loeb, a professor at Harvard University and Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation, joins with his reaction.

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The fight against AI data centers isn’t just about tech – it’s about democracy

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The fight against AI data centers isn’t just about tech – it’s about democracy

Claims of nimbyism are a misunderstanding: the movement is about whether regular people have a say in fundamental decisions

4 months ago

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MIA review

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MIA review

This Florida-set revenge thriller swings between being boring and ludicrous. It’s riddled with awkward dialogue and convenient plotting

4 months ago

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The hottest ETF since bitcoin-mania just added $1 billion in a day

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The hottest ETF since bitcoin-mania just added $1 billion in a day

Roundhill Investment's Memory ETF (DRAM) tracking the red-hot memory sector has raised more than $5 billion since its April 2 launch.

4 months ago

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Charli xcx: Rock Music review

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Charli xcx: Rock Music review

(Atlantic)The lyrics may argue the dancefloor is dead, but this funny, wilfully plasticky new single isn’t the total about-turn from Brat that fans expected

4 months ago

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Anthropic's Mythos set off a cybersecurity 'hysteria.' Experts say the threat was already here

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Anthropic's Mythos set off a cybersecurity 'hysteria.' Experts say the threat was already here

The arrival of Anthropic's Mythos jolted banks, software giants and governments into reckoning with a new era of cyber attacks. But the threat is already here.

4 months ago

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Star Wars has to deliver a proper movie with The Mandalorian and Grogu

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Star Wars has to deliver a proper movie with The Mandalorian and Grogu

The long-suffering saga has been kept alive this decade by TV alone – but even that will perish if the new movie fails to extend its universe

4 months ago

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Cyberattack on learning platform Canvas impacts millions of students

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Cyberattack on learning platform Canvas impacts millions of students

The online learning platform Canvas, which is used by 30 million students around the world, was hacked Thursday in a massive cyberattack. The platform is used by thousands of schools, including major universities. Jo Ling Kent reports.

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