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UK Begins Human Trials of New Ebola Vaccine in Just 57 Days as Scientists Race to Stop Deadly Virus
IBTimes - 14 Jul 2026 04:54
Oxford University has initiated human trials for a new Ebola vaccine just 57 days after development, targeting the Bundibugyo strain amid an outbreak in the Congo and Uganda.
Zuck's AI ambitions put Meta on course to become America's next big cloud provider
The Register - 14 Jul 2026 01:37Space Mirror: The FCC Just Approved a Sun-Reflecting Satellite, and Astronomers Are Unimpressed
CNET - 14 Jul 2026 00:25
For now, a single satellite has been cleared for a test demonstration, but the company making it hopes to eventually launch 50,000 of them into orbit.
U.S. Sanctions First VPN Service and Malware Cryptor Seller Over Ransomware Support
The Hacker News - 14 Jul 2026 13:32
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated two individuals and a VPN service provider for enabling ransomware actors' and other cybercriminals' malicious activities,...
Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites
The Register - 14 Jul 2026 13:06148 npm Packages Disguised as Student Proxies Turned Browsers Into a DDoS Botnet
The Hacker News - 14 Jul 2026 12:38
A campaign of 148 npm packages disguised as student web proxies turned visitors' browsers into a distributed denial-of-service botnet for roughly two weeks in May, according to new research fromJFrog. The packages di...
U.K. government preparing to release new space strategy
Space News - 14 Jul 2026 12:07
The British government is preparing to release a new space strategy that will provide a whole-of-government approach for space in the country. The post U.K. government preparing to release new space strategy appeared fir...
Microsoft Maps Three Salesforce Attack Paths Tied to a Year of ShinyHunters Activity
The Hacker News - 14 Jul 2026 11:49
Attackers whose methods line up with the data-extortion groupShinyHuntershave spent the past year walking into corporate Salesforce environments without exploiting a single flaw in the platform. The way in has been the t...
What Is the Pentagon DOJ Leak Task Force? Inside Hegseth's Plan That Has Press Freedom Groups Alarmed
IBTimes - 14 Jul 2026 05:28
Pete Hegseth's new Pentagon-DOJ leak task force arrives days after four New York Times reporters were subpoenaed, and it could decide how much of the Gulf war Americans get to see.
Anthropic Says Claudes Values Are Different Depending on Which Language Youre Using
Gizmodo - 14 Jul 2026 02:35
Anthropic researchers say they arent yet sure how much of this variation is desirable.
The Internet Thinks a Weasel and the Large Hadron Collider Control the Timeline: Trump, McConnell, and Graham Are Their Proof
IBTimes - 14 Jul 2026 01:00
A viral theory suggests a link between the Large Hadron Collider's shutdowns and significant political events, including Donald Trump's election and recent health issues of US senators.
Ubers product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and why the company doesnt want to be everything for everyone
TechCrunch - 14 Jul 2026 00:45
Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company's financial-services ambitions, its increasingly complicated relationship with Waymo, its new AV Labs data operation, and how AI is starti...
SAP Patches CVSS 9.9 NetWeaver ABAP Flaw That Could Expose or Modify Data
The Hacker News - 14 Jul 2026 23:47
SAP has rolled out updates to address multiple vulnerabilities as part of its July 2026 security updates, including a critical flaw in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-4474...
4 Common Foldable Phone Problems Owners Complain About
Slash Gear - 14 Jul 2026 23:45
Thinking about upgrading to a cutting-edge bending smartphone? Discover the four major design flaws that current owners say ruin the daily experience.
Opera gains ground among iPhone users in the US and UK
9 to 5 Mac - 14 Jul 2026 23:40
Opera says its iOS browser saw monthly active users grow 93% in the UK and 50% in the US during Q2 2026 compared with the same period last year. Here are the details.
A Relativistic Jet Could be an Indication of the 'Missing-Link' for Black Holes
Universe Today - 14 Jul 2026 23:39
Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) have detected an extraordinary burst of radio light from a rare cosmic event in which an intermediate-mass black hole tears apart a star, ...
Scientists finally solved why some frogs survive a deadly fungus
Science Daily - 14 Jul 2026 23:39
A deadly fungus has wiped out amphibian populations around the globe, yet some mysteriously recover. Researchers discovered that survivors develop powerful immune defenses while they are still tadpoles, giving them a hea...
Trump Slashes Bears Ears, Grand Staircase by 90% to Open 3M Acres for Mining
IBTimes - 14 Jul 2026 23:32
President Trump reduces Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments by over 90%, sparking legal challenges from tribal nations and conservation groups.
OpenAIs first device sounds more like an Alexa beater than an iPhone killer
Cult of Mac - 14 Jul 2026 23:29
A new report says OpenAI wants to produce a super-smart, "humanlike" portable speaker that gets to know you (and actually moves). (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, review...
Google and Epic give up fighting - third-party Android app stores are coming next week
The Verge - 14 Jul 2026 23:28
Epic Games and Google have just jointly withdrawn their attempt to retroactively settle the lawsuit that's changing how Android app stores work in the United States - and that means Google will be forced to carry riv...
US Cyclospora Outbreak Targets 'Healthy' Eating: About 3,000 Cases Linked to Salads and Fresh Produce
IBTimes - 14 Jul 2026 23:24
Investigators say they are still unable to name a single culprit food, even as nearly 2,900 Cyclospora cases push everyday salads, herbs and fruit under intense scrutiny.
Midnight social media curfew proposed for older UK teens
BBC - 14 Jul 2026 23:17
Teens will be able to opt out of the restrictions - campaigners have criticised them as being piecemeal.