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Tax hack: What we know about the cyberattacks on French government agencies

French government systems came under attack by hackers who stole information on hundreds of thousands of households and private businesses in June and July, notably from the tax authority. Here’s what we know about the latest cyberattacks, and what the government is doing to keep personal information secure. 

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No, Italy’s Lake Como didn’t dry up

Lake Como in northern Italy has disappeared after a “geological rupture”, a sensational report posted on TikTok claimed. This isn’t true. For one, the footage and photos in this report were all generated by artificial intelligence. Secondly, while the water levels in the lake have dropped, it’s because of drought – and satellite images show that

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Meta ran ads for an app promising to nudify female politicians

Meta platforms recently ran ads for an AI porn-generation tool that seemingly encouraged users to create deepfaked videos resembling female US politicians, despite the company’s policies against ads containing sexual material. It’s the latest in a series of failures by Meta to keep advertisements for tools that produce nonconsensual intimate imagery off its platforms. The

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Which Investors Have Backed The Most 2026 Unicorns?

The most active investors in the 2026 cohort of newly minted unicorns include some of the most well-established names in venture capital. Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures and Y Combinator top the list for investments in the companies minted so far this year. On the Crunchbase Unicorn Board, we track active investors over all time. Here,

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