The Canvas learning system, used by thousands of schools, was restored after a cyberattack disrupted access during final exams. The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility and reported that nearly 9,000 schools worldwide were affected, with private data accessed.
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Canvas, a system for managing schoolwork and grades, went offline due to a cyberattack.
The hacking group ShinyHunters said they accessed data from almost 9,000 schools worldwide.
The outage happened just before final exams, causing panic among students and teachers.
Some universities, like the University of Texas at San Antonio, delayed finals because of the system outage.
Canvas was back online by Friday, and the stolen data was removed from the hackers’ leak site.
ShinyHunters is a group of mainly young hackers in the U.S. and the U.K. linked to other attacks.
Instructure, the company behind Canvas, has not disclosed if it paid a ransom or detailed the data breach.
Similar attacks have targeted other school systems, including PowerSchool and school districts in Minneapolis and Los Angeles.
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NASA engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have developed new rotor blades that can spin faster than the speed of sound for Mars helicopters. This breakthrough will allow the next-generation helicopters to carry heavier loads and fly longer distances in Mars’ thin atmosphere.
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter completed 72 flights, far exceeding its original 5-flight goal.
Ingenuity weighed about 4 pounds and had rotors spinning at up to 2,700 rpm without reaching supersonic speeds.
New Mars helicopters in the SkyFall mission will be larger, heavier, and use bigger rotor blades.
Mars has a very thin atmosphere, about 1% the density of Earth’s air, requiring helicopter rotors to spin very fast to lift off.
Engineers tested new rotors spinning above Mach 1 (faster than sound) safely in a lab simulating Mars’ atmosphere.
The rotor tips reached up to Mach 1.08, a first for Mars rotorcraft technology.
NASA plans to launch the SkyFall mission with three new helicopters as early as 2028, using a nuclear-powered spacecraft called Space Reactor-1 (SR-1).
Innovations include a new way for helicopters to land by protecting themselves inside a heat shield as they enter the Mars atmosphere.
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A hacking group called ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that disrupted Canvas, a popular online learning platform used by many schools in the U.S. The group has also targeted other companies like Vimeo and Pornhub, stealing data and demanding ransom payments to prevent leaks.
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ShinyHunters is a hacking group that emerged around 2019-2020.
The group steals data from companies and demands money to keep the data private.
They recently attacked Canvas, which serves over 30 million users worldwide.
Canvas was forced to temporarily shut down some services to stop unauthorized access.
Many U.S. schools and universities could not access Canvas, delaying exams and coursework.
ShinyHunters has also targeted companies like Vimeo, Pornhub, Ticketmaster, and Salesforce.
The U.S. Department of Justice sentenced a member linked to ShinyHunters for selling stolen data.
ShinyHunters warns victims to pay ransom or risk having their stolen data leaked online.
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Mixtape is a new Australian indie video game about a teenage girl named Stacy in a fictional 1990s American town. The game mixes realistic and magical elements as players experience a night full of parties, friendships, and emotions, all while exploring a nostalgic soundtrack of 80s and 90s music.
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Mixtape is developed by a 12-person team called Beethoven and Dinosaur based in Melbourne, Australia.
The game follows Stacy Rockford on her last night before moving to New York.
Players experience different activities like skateboarding, kissing, and even riding a dinosaur.
The soundtrack includes over 20 bands from the 80s and 90s, including Roxy Music, Portishead, and Australian bands like Silverchair.
The game draws inspiration from 90s US pop culture movies such as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Dazed and Confused.
The story combines magical realism with everyday teenage experiences.
Some game scenes are based on real experiences from the development team.
The game takes about four hours to play.
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Palantir, an AI-powered surveillance company, has released a chore coat with its logo as corporate merchandise. The company is known for providing surveillance technology to government agencies and militaries, which has led to criticism and concerns about human rights.
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Palantir is a technology company specializing in AI-powered surveillance software.
The company made a chore coat, a traditional French work jacket, with its logo to sell as brand merchandise.
Palantir works with U.S. agencies like ICE, helping improve deportation processes.
It has contracts with police forces and militaries worldwide, including in Australia and the UK.
Some politicians and human rights groups criticize Palantir for contributing to controversial uses of technology.
The company's co-founder Peter Thiel is involved in political and private ventures with far-reaching influence.
CEO Alex Karp authored a company manifesto supporting advanced cultures, AI weapons, and opposing scrutiny of powerful elites.
Palantir’s reputation has been described negatively by various public figures, likening it to a villainous organization.
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Apple is facing supply problems that are making it harder to produce enough Macs to meet demand. Models like the Mac mini, Mac Studio, and MacBook Neo have longer shipping times because of shortages of parts such as RAM and chips. Some Mac configurations have been discontinued, and remaining models now take weeks longer to ship compared to earlier in the year.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook said supply issues are slowing Mac production despite strong demand.
Problems include shortages of RAM, storage, and advanced chips.
The Mac mini, Mac Studio, and MacBook Neo have the longest delivery delays.
Some Mac models and configurations have been discontinued recently.
Shipping times for many Mac Studio models have increased by several weeks since April.
The base Mac mini model with 16GB RAM and 512GB storage can still ship within a month.
The MacBook Neo attracts many new customers but faces supply constraints.
Apple expects to pay higher prices for RAM going forward.
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The "Marvel MaXimum Collection" by Limited Run Games includes six different Marvel-themed video games, with some versions and ports expanding the total to thirteen. The games vary in quality, with some versions praised for their graphics and gameplay, while others, like "Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge," receive criticism for poor controls and design.
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The collection includes six main games and thirteen total versions when counting different ports.
"Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge" appears in four different versions but is considered the weakest game overall.
The Game Boy version of "Arcade's Revenge" has poor screen quality and controls, as well as missing levels.
The Game Gear version is more faithful to the original Genesis game and has full color graphics.
The Genesis version has classic Sega sound issues but offers an authentic experience of "Arcade's Revenge."
The SNES version is seen as the best version of "Arcade's Revenge," despite gameplay criticisms.
The NES version of "Captain America and The Avengers" is a unique game, differing greatly from other versions and focusing on exploration rather than fighting.
The collection is now available on modern gaming platforms.
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Nintendo will raise the price of its Switch 2 gaming console to $499.99 starting September 1, an increase of $50 from the original launch price. The company said this change is due to market conditions and rising costs for parts like memory and storage.
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The Switch 2’s price will increase by about 11% to $499.99 on September 1.
Nintendo mentioned the price increase is linked to longer-term global business challenges and higher component costs.
Other major consoles, including Sony’s PS5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series, have also raised prices recently.
Nintendo previously increased prices for the original Switch console last year.
This price increase trend differs from past years when consoles typically dropped in price after launch.
Nintendo projects selling 16.5 million Switch 2 units in the current fiscal year, down from nearly 20 million in the first year.
New prices outside the US include $679.99 in Canada, €499.99 in Europe, and ¥59,980 in Japan (effective May 25).
Factors affecting prices include inflation, slower improvement in computer chip technology, tariffs, and high gas prices.
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Since President Trump’s 2024 inauguration, his administration has supported large tech companies’ AI projects with federal funding. Local groups in several U.S. states and territories are opposing new AI data centers, concerned about the impact on communities and democracy. Critics debate whether stopping these data centers helps or hurts public access to AI technology.
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President Trump’s administration has provided billions in subsidies and contracts to the AI industry.
In 2025, about 48 AI data center projects worth $156 billion were blocked or delayed by local opposition.
The pushback against data centers is happening in places like North Carolina, Virginia, New Mexico, Oregon, Indiana, Oklahoma, and New Jersey.
Some critics say opposing data centers is selfish or elitist, fearing it could reduce AI benefits for poorer people.
Supporters of data center bans see this resistance as a way to control powerful tech companies and protect democracy.
Tech companies involved include Meta, xAI, and Blackstone.
The debate involves concerns about secret deals between tech executives and politicians.
Groups opposing data centers come from across political lines, showing broad grassroots organizing.
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Canvas, a popular online education platform used by many U.S. schools, temporarily shut down due to a reported cyberattack. The company confirmed that hackers accessed the system by exploiting a problem with free teacher accounts.
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Canvas is an education platform used by schools and universities across the United States.
The platform temporarily went offline on Thursday due to unauthorized activity.
The cyberattack involved exploiting a vulnerability in free accounts made for teachers.
The company identified the suspicious activity and took action to address it.
The incident is still being investigated, and updates may follow.
Cybersecurity issues like this affect many online services, especially those used in education.
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The online learning platform Canvas was hit by a large cyberattack on Thursday. This platform is used by about 30 million students worldwide and many schools, including big universities.
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Canvas is an online platform widely used for learning.
About 30 million students use Canvas globally.
Many schools and major universities use Canvas for classes.
Canvas experienced a major cyberattack on Thursday.
The attack disrupted access to the platform for many users.
The incident affected students' ability to use Canvas for their studies.
The platform is investigating the attack and working to fix the issue.
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A large cyberattack has forced an online learning platform, used by thousands of schools, to shut down. The attack disrupted access to educational materials for many students and teachers.
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The cyberattack targeted an online platform used for school learning.
Thousands of schools rely on this platform.
The attack caused the platform to shut down temporarily.
Students and teachers could not access the platform during the outage.
Cyberattacks like this can interrupt education and cause widespread problems.
Authorities are tracking issues related to other events, such as passengers leaving a cruise ship affected by a virus, but these are separate from the cyberattack.
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Anthropic announced a new AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, which is very good at finding weaknesses in software but will only be shared with certain companies. Other AI models, like OpenAI’s GPT-5.5, have similar abilities. These AI tools can help both attackers find flaws to exploit and defenders find bugs to fix.
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Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview AI finds security problems in software but is not publicly released.
OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 AI has comparable skill in identifying software vulnerabilities.
Mythos is expensive to run, limiting its availability to a few companies.
Attackers can use AI to automatically find and exploit software weaknesses, risking data theft, ransomware, or control over systems.
Defenders can use the same AI to detect and fix vulnerabilities before attackers find them.
Mozilla used Mythos to find and fix 271 problems in its Firefox browser.
Many systems remain vulnerable because they cannot be updated or are not patched regularly.
AI capabilities are improving quickly, which could lead to both better security and more attacks in the future.
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Firefly Aerospace plans to launch an upgraded Alpha Block 2 rocket this summer, with improvements aimed at better reliability. Orbex, a Scottish rocket company, collapsed after running out of money, while Rocket Lab reported record revenue and many new launch contracts.
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Firefly Aerospace will debut the improved Alpha Block 2 rocket later this summer.
Alpha Block 2 has stretched stages and better avionics, batteries, and heat protection.
The upgrades are meant to fix reliability problems seen in the first Alpha rocket versions.
Orbex, based in Scotland, went bankrupt after losing about $2.7 million per month.
Orbex had two rocket projects: the Prime micro-launch vehicle and a larger Proxima design.
Orbex’s attempt to raise new funding in 2025 failed, and no buyers were found despite interest.
Rocket Lab made over $200 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2026, a 63% increase over last year.
Rocket Lab signed 31 new contracts and completed buying a laser communications company, Mynaric AG.
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TikTok introduced an AI feature in the US and the Philippines that automatically creates short descriptions of videos. However, the AI made many strange and wrong summaries, such as describing people as objects or actions that did not match what was happening. TikTok has now limited the feature to only suggest products related to the videos.
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TikTok's AI feature called "AI overviews" automatically summarizes video content for some users.
The feature was available only in the US and the Philippines.
Users noticed many inaccurate and odd AI-generated descriptions, such as calling a celebrity "a collection of blueberries."
Examples included wrong descriptions like people hitting themselves with objects when no such action occurred.
TikTok said users could report wrong summaries, but problems continued.
Due to errors, TikTok changed the feature to only show product suggestions related to items in videos.
The AI overviews appeared beneath videos when users clicked to see more captions.
The issue reflects broader challenges with AI tools on social media sometimes producing incorrect or confusing results.
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A cyberattack targeted Canvas, a popular online learning platform used by millions of students and teachers in the U.S., disrupting access during spring finals week. The hacking group ShinyHunters demanded a ransom, leading Canvas’ parent company, Instructure, to temporarily take the system offline, affecting many universities and school districts before restoring service.
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Canvas is an online platform for grades, assignments, and communication, used by over 30 million people worldwide.
Hackers from the group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the attack and demanded a ransom.
The attack occurred during spring finals week, causing delays and stress for students and faculty.
Many top universities, including Columbia, Rutgers, Princeton, Harvard, Georgetown, MIT, Oxford, Stanford, Cambridge, and Cornell, were affected.
Multiple U.S. school districts across states like California, Florida, and Virginia also experienced disruptions.
Instructure temporarily shut down the Free-For-Teacher accounts to stop the attack and restore normal service.
This was the second security incident for Instructure in the same month, showing ongoing risks to the platform.
Canvas was fully restored after the company investigated and fixed the security issues.
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This article reviews eight notable medical-themed video games created over the last 40 years. These games range from early interactive surgery simulations to hospital management and psychological thriller games.
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Microsurgeon (1982) puts players inside a patient's bloodstream to fight diseases, inspired by the movie Fantastic Voyage.
Life & Death (1988) is a realistic surgery simulator that requires diagnosing patients and conducting operations.
Sanitarium (1998) is a psychological thriller set in an abandoned asylum featuring playable hallucinations.
Emergency Call Ambulance (1999) is an arcade game where players rush ill passengers to the hospital without crashing.
Trauma Center: Under the Knife (2005) uses touchscreen controls for surgery in a futuristic hospital setting.
Surgeon Simulator (2013) features intentionally difficult controls to simulate chaotic surgeries humorously.
Project Hospital (2018) focuses on managing a hospital and patient care.
These games showcase different approaches to medical gameplay, from realism to humor and story-driven experiences.
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Some tech companies like Palantir and OpenAI are creating and selling fashionable clothing and merchandise to connect with their audience and appear more stylish and relatable. This trend reflects a broader effort by tech firms to build cultural appeal beyond their usual tech products. At the same time, tech leaders are highly visible at major cultural events, showing the growing relationship between technology and popular culture.
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Palantir released a $239 denim chore coat branded with their logo, made in Montana.
The chore coat style originated in France after World War I as durable workwear.
Tech firms like Palantir, Anthropic, and OpenAI use trendy clothing and pop-up shops to shape their public image.
OpenAI’s online store sells retro-style T-shirts referencing early internet designs.
Big tech executives like Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sergey Brin attended the 2026 Met Gala, which raised $42 million.
Amazon, Meta, OpenAI, and Snap paid to reserve tables at the Met Gala, showing tech’s growing influence in cultural events.
Major publishers sued Meta for allegedly using copyrighted books to train advanced AI language models.
The article describes tech companies’ marketing efforts as part of a shift toward blending tech culture with fashion and social style.
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Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) tools like DeepL are changing the work of translators in Europe. While AI can translate texts, many translators worry that it may replace human jobs or reduce their pay and opportunities.
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In 2022 and again in 2026, translator Yoann Gentric tested AI translations and found the quality improved but still missed some stylistic details.
AI-powered chatbots and translation tools are spreading quickly in Europe, a region with over 200 languages.
A 2025 UK survey showed 84% of translators expect less demand for human translation and lower pay due to AI.
Many translators now do “post-editing,” correcting AI translations, which takes as much time as translating themselves but pays less.
Pay rates for translation work have dropped significantly; some offers are as low as 60 cents per line or 2 to 8 euros per page for post-editing.
Literary translators often earn low annual incomes, averaging about €20,363 before tax in Germany.
Some translators have had to take other part-time jobs because translation work is no longer financially stable.
Machine translation companies like Translat have helped develop AI tools but these changes are disrupting traditional translator roles.
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The Canvas learning platform, used by thousands of schools and universities, went offline due to a cyberattack by a hacking group called ShinyHunters. Many U.S. schools, including Penn State and UCLA, reported outages that disrupted students' access to coursework and canceled tests.
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Canvas is a platform used to manage grades, assignments, lecture videos, and more for schools.
The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Canvas.
Nearly 9,000 schools worldwide were affected, with billions of private messages and records accessed.
Schools affected include Penn State, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Columbia University, UCLA, and several others.
The attack caused cancellations of tests and locked students out of the system for at least 24 hours in some places.
ShinyHunters threatened to leak stolen data and set deadlines for payment discussions, indicating possible extortion.
The group is made up of teenagers and young adults from the U.S. and UK and has targeted other companies before.
Past cyberattacks have targeted schools, showing that educational institutions hold valuable digital data for hackers.
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