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Your WIRED  daily briefing. Today, the German national space agency is sending an artificially intelligent robot to the International Space Station, the government has released a rather flimsy UK biometrics strategy document, a 2016 Facebook patent application uses a speaker to track ad consumption and more. 1. A German AI robot is joining the ISS crew This morning's scheduled ISS cargo mission will transport the first AI robot to join the International Space Station's crew ( The Verge ). Named CIMON – short for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion – the German national space agency bot is a white ball with a smiling face on its main display and 14 fans that it can use to propel itself around the space station's microgravity environment. CIMON has already worked with German ISS astronaut Alexander Gerst, who will be running the robot through a series of experiments that will help determine the features that go into future AI bots to assist humans in space....

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Your WIRED  daily briefing. Today, malicious software captured UK Ticketmaster customers' payment details when they used the site, Interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua is probably a comet, a new heat-stable drug could dramatically reduce worldwide deaths in childbirth and more. 1. Ticketmaster breach: up to 40,000 UK customers' payment details exposed Ticketmaster says that personal and payment details of up to 40,000 UK customers were exposed due to "malicious software on a customer support product hosted by Inbenta Technologies, an external third-party supplier" ( BBC News ). The breach, which primarily affected customers in the UK who used the site between February and June this year, exposed data including names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, payment details and Ticketmaster login details. The company has advised customers to monitor their accounts for fraud or identity theft and is offering a free 12-month identity monitoring service ...