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Optus reveals more than 2 million customers had their personal identification numbers compromised in a cyber attack

Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has revealed more than 2 million customers had their personal identification documents compromised by hackers, with updated figures provided in a video posted online. Key points: Optus released a video online revealing that the cyber attack exposed the personal identification numbers of more than 2 million people The company’s …

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LIVE trades: Giants duo departs as deal details revealed; second Roo ‘fights’ with movement

Although free agency opened last week, the trade period officially begins Monday at 9 a.m. And we’re set for one of the biggest trade windows in recent memory, with several big-name stars linked with moves… and the biggest bombshell yet dropped just hours before it all kicked off. Check out all the trade and free …

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Live updates: Optus orders independent review of cyberattacks; Road safety plea after eight weekend deaths; More rain on the way

The family of a missing 21-year-old Auckland man have thanked the community for finding their “careful” daughter. Aimee-Jane Smith, 21, disappeared in the early hours of September 30 from her home in St Heliers. It was the second time she had gone missing in a week after she was first reported from St Luke’s shopping …

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Testing positive plasma for SARS-CoV-2 to identify potential factors correlating with mild COVID-19 in Ghana, West Africa

WHO. WHO’s coronavirus (COVID-19) dashboard; 2021. p. 1–6. Accessed August 24, 2021. Google Scholar Zeng H, Ma Y, Zhou Z, Liu W, Huang P, Jiang M, et al. Spectrum and clinical features of symptomatic and asymptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with and without pneumonia. Front Med. 2021;8:1–9. Article Google Scholar Osei SA, Biney RP, Anning …

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There’s a new quantum computing record: control of a 6-qubit processor on silicon

Another record on the road to fully operational and capable quantum computers has been broken: full control of a 6-qubit quantum processor in silicon. The researchers call it “an important step” for the technology. Qubits (or quantum bits) are the quantum equivalents of classical computing bits, only they can potentially process much more information. Thanks …

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