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Twitch hacked

Streaming platform Twitch has had its source code and payout details leaked online after a security breach - we talk to Mikael Thalen of the Daily Dot.

Streaming platform Twitch has had its source code and payout details leaked online after a security breach - we talk to Mikael Thalen of the Daily Dot and to an agent representing one of the streamers whose details were included in the leak. Chip-maker Intel has opened a new factory in Arizone and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Samira Hussain was given a guided tour. In the UK, Amazon's first non-food, bricks-and-mortar store has opened - Neil Saunders of GlobalData Retail tells us more. The WHO approves a new malaria vaccine to be rolled out across most of Africa, and in attempt to crack down on plagiarism in universities, England is to make it illegal to offer essay-writing services to students for a fee. Throughout the programme we're joined by Ralph Silva of the Silva Research Network in Toronto, and Yoko Ishikura, Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.

(Picture: A Twitch log in screen Credit: Reuters)

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Thu 7 Oct 2021 00:06GMT

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