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These Finland homes get free heat from bitcoin miners (as long as BTC stays above $70,000)

A Finnish startup has 30 bitcoin mining systems working as central heating, and at today’s…

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‘AI clog’: UK public bodies battle onslaught of chatbot-generated complaints

MPs, local authorities, lawyers, schools and more are receiving floods of grievances, requests and legal…

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‘Free grand piano’: the scam playing on music lovers’ heartstrings

Emails claim to come from a woman whose husband has died – but the offer…

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Hot fridges, a fake nuclear alert and a $6bn heist: are we in the foothills of a hacking epidemic?

As AI exposes flaws in IT systems and geopolitics plays out on the cyber frontline,…

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Binance users in some European countries told to pull crypto before fees kick in, with accounts closing by year end

Affected accounts are reportedly set to close on Dec. 31. Users in Spain, France, and…

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U.S. Treasury moves to cut off crypto exchange MEXC over $16 billion in alleged illicit flows

Treasury billed the move as part of its campaign against Iran, but the order rests…

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Gnosis Pay breach exposes card numbers, home addresses and linked crypto wallets

One user said the exposed data tied his home address and card number to every…

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Gotta buy ’em all: how Pokémon card collecting became race against scalpers

Fans trying to access latest releases are being priced out in a cut-throat market driven…

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Standing in the way of slop bowls: the woman blocking food delivery robots

Semi-retired professor Carolyn Marvin became a local celebrity facing down Philadelphia’s growing robot delivery army:…

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The datacentre arms race hits pause in south-east Asia

Power and water constraints are pressuring what seemed like a juggernaut of growth for the…

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