Bitcoin rebels risk 'currency chaos'

Plans to create a new type of Bitcoin on Tuesday threaten to cause disruption.

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Game of Thrones script 'stolen in HBO hack'

HBO confirms it experienced a "cyber incident" after hackers claimed to have breached the firm.

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iPhone thieves ‘used van to rob moving lorry’

Police in Holland say five thieves looted a lorry on the highway by climbing out of a moving van.

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Amazon Robotics Challenge 2017 won by Australian budget bot

Amazon's competition to create a warehouse robot is won by a machine with an unusual design.

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Kids' discount site 'exposed client data'

A father who found the security flaw was initially blocked by Kids Pass on Twitter, but the issue is now fixed.

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Putin bans VPNs in web browsing crackdown

The move is part of efforts to stop Russians accessing banned websites.

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Easy to expose users' secret web habits, say researchers

Porn browsing habits and confidential documents were found in supposedly anonymised data.

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