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00:00Hello, I'm technology writer Matt Hickson, and this is a speedrun where we try to bring you the biggest headlines from the world of tech this week in 60 seconds or under.
00:07Disney have been the victims of a major hack by anti-AI activists this week.
00:12The House of Mouse had 1.1 terabytes of data stolen from their company-wide Slack channels by the group known as Null Bulge.
00:20It included information on unreleased projects, including video games and movies.
00:25Amazon is set for a bumper Prime Day sales boost.
00:29The online retail giant Summer Sale has come and gone for another year, and according to projections, it's set to be an absolute record-breaker for the company.
00:35In the UK alone, sales exceeded £600 million on the first day, and that doesn't include the final day of the sales either.
00:43A British AI start-up firm has been snapped up by Samsung.
00:46The Korean technology giant has purchased Oxford Semantic Technologies in a deal that it says will help give its AI products that personalised touch.
00:54Samsung has worked with the British company since it spun out of Oxford University in 2018, but has now decided to take the plunge and buy it full-time.