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MGM Resorts hit by 'cybersecurity issue,' leading to massive outage

MGM Resorts confirmed on Monday that it was hit by a cybersecurity issue, shutting down systems across its suite of casinos. The hotel giant owns a notable swath of casinos along the Las Vegas Strip, where some gamblers reported slot machines being taken offline because of the incident. At MGM Resorts' international properties, hotels are […]

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Hitting the Books: Meet Richard Arkwright, the world's first tech titan

You didn’t actually believe all those founder’s myths about tech billionaires like Bezos, Jobs and Musk pulling themselves up by their bootstraps from some suburban American garage, did you? In reality, our corporate kings have been running the same playbook since the 18th century when Lancashire’s own Richard Arkwright wrote it. Arkwright is credited with […]

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Forget cash back: Microsoft's Xbox Mastercard exclusively earns game discounts

Microsoft announced a new Xbox Mastercard today. Cardmembers can earn points on purchases to redeem on games in the Microsoft Store. The card will launch exclusively for Xbox Insider Program members in the US on September 21, but it will open to all US-based Xbox users next year. The fruit of a partnership between Microsoft […]

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iRobot’s new flagship Roombas ship with an updated OS to make cleaning simpler

Amazon’s iRobot just released a pair of budget-friendly robo-vacs to suit modest cleaning tasks, but it’s been a while since the flagship J7+ vacuum got a refresh. Well, the wait is over. The company announced presales for the forthcoming J9+ line of vacuums, and these high-end appliances boast plenty of nifty features for those who […]

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Avalanche's HyperSDK blockchain upgrade hits 143K TPS on testnet

Ava Labs is testing a high-throughput framework that will enable developers to build their own virtual machines. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/rss Avalanche's HyperSDK blockchain upgrade hits 143K TPS on testnet