
I was offered $500k as a thank-you bounty for pilfering $600m from Poly Network, says crypto-thief - The Register
Blockchain exchange biz says it's working to have all the purloined assets returned

Smart Contracts Now Scheduled To Arrive on Cardano on This Date: IOHK - The Daily Hodl
The blockchain research and engineering company Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK) has now set a date for when smart contracts will go live on the Cardano blockchain.

Covid news - live: Travel test price to be slashed as Sajid Javid warns of ‘cowboy-like’ testing firms - The Independent
Follow the latest updates from the pandemic

DWP: Warning as new State Pension rules could cause major 'income shock' if your partner dies - Teesside Live
Those on the new scheme will not be entitled to inherit State Pension entitlement from their spouse or former partner

Greater Manchester's latest coronavirus infection rates with increases in nearly every borough - Manchester Evening News
Bolton has the lowest infection rate and Salford the highest, but data shows a fall in hospital admissions

Covid live: New South Wales ‘in worst ever Covid situation’ - Evening Standard
New South Wales’ leader has warned this is “the worst situation Australia’s been in” since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

New scheme to replace just 60,000 gas boilers ‘barely scratches the surface’, Boris Johnson warned - The Independent
Grants of £7,000 – instead of £4,000 – to switch to low-carbon heat pumps, but scale of plan comes under fire

Warning issued to anybody in UK with a landline telephone - Birmingham Live
The digital shift will see millions forced to rely on mobiles - no matter their age

Amazon is the most expensive place to buy DIY tools compared to Britain's biggest hardware stores - Daily Mail
Amazon is the most expensive shop for tools compared with leading hardware stores, Which? found. A basket of 18 popular tools was £206 on Amazon and £151 at B&Q.

Babcock International sells defence engineers Frazer-Nash to US - The Times
A defence engineering consultancy working on Britain’s nuclear submarines and weaponry for the Royal Navy has been sold to a US group.Babcock International has

Marks & Spencer signs on six new guest fashion brands - This is Money
A selection of items from popular labels including Cornish-based Celtic & Co, sustainable fashion company Albaray and outdoor gear specialist Craghoppers will feature on M&S.com.

Cash savers will lose £36bn in spending power if inflation soars to 4% - Daily Mail
Savers currently have around £944billion sitting in easy-access accounts with banks and building societies - which typically pay just 0.1 per cent a year in interest.