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Astronomers find a double debris disc around a dead star

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The white dwarf WD J1328−1450 lies about 1,600 light-years from Earth. Once similar to the Sun, it is now an ultra-dense, cooled stellar core.

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FBI blames North Korea for the Binance hack, the biggest crypto heist in history

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The FBI said Saturday the theft was tied to a group known as TraderTraitor, the same actors behind the US$1.5 billion Bybit hack last year. It asked crypto exchanges and analytics firms to block transactions linked to the addresses involved.

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Judge lets NAACP lawsuit over xAI data centre pollution proceed

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A federal judge denied xAI's motion to dismiss the NAACP's lawsuit over the gas turbines powering its Colossus data centre outside Memphis. The Southern Environmental Law Center, suing for the NAACP, says xAI ran at least 35 turbines without the required air permits.

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OpenAI reportedly lowers its funding target to US$20 billion

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OpenAI was previously reported to be raising US$30 billion ahead of a planned IPO. According to reports, the target is now US$20 billion, with a first close expected to be even lower.

NASA's Swift telescope is days from falling back to Earth after a failed rescue

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The U.S. Space Force predicts the Swift Observatory will come down on or around Friday. Most of the telescope is expected to burn up in the atmosphere.

Binance says it has covered 90% of the US$6.3 billion stolen in its hack

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Binance says it has replenished 90 per cent of the stolen assets using various funds and its corporate treasury. The remaining 10 per cent may take longer to source in the required amounts.

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GM to pay US$220 million to settle states' data-privacy lawsuit

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The attorneys general of 35 states and the District of Columbia sued over GM's Smart Driver program, which logged hard braking, late-night driving and speeding. They said GM sold the data to brokers for insurance without telling customers, and some drivers saw higher premiums.

Trezor warns of suspected hardware implant in wallets from reseller CryptoBilis

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A customer in Indonesia reported finding an extra circuit board with a cellular module and antenna inside a Trezor Safe 5 bought in August. Trezor says such a board could read the recovery phrase from the screen and send it out over a mobile network.