Keeping Madhubala alive: The fight for Karachi’s captive elephants
External article · Al JazeeraKarachi's last two African elephants remain in captivity. Their sisters are already dead. Will they survive?
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Nearly 3,000 exploding stars challenge our understanding of the Universe
Leaked Mass Effect: Universe trailer gives a taste of what we're all missing
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Democrat Vikki Goodwin sees hope in ‘unprecedented’ race against Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
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Surviving cancer starts at diagnosis and continues after treatment – earlier survivorship care can help patients feel better and live longer
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- External article · Al Jazeera Grenade exercise sparked deadly fire at Canada military base, army says High winds propelled the blaze across the army base in Wainwright, killing four soldiers and injuring dozens more.
- External article · ScienceDaily 40 years later, Chernobyl's nuclear fallout is not what scientists expected Forty years after the Chornobyl disaster, tiny radioactive particles still linger in the soil, carrying a dangerous legacy.
- External article · Ars Technica Switch 2 security takes a hit as hackers unlock homebrew access "Userland" exploit relies on integer overflow found in "SmileBasic" interpreter.
- External article · Ars Technica Comcast loses more customers, claims other ISPs' cheap prices are "irrational" Comcast plans job cuts and more AI agents for its shrinking cable customer base.
- External article · Ars Technica Disgraced eMudhra drops out of TLS business after using cert private key of 4 Flubbed key signing "ceremony" allowed minting of web credentials for any site.
- External article · Texas Standard Meta board cites ‘recurring enforcement failures’ after No Kings Instagram account suspension The activist group noted that Meta has been criticized before for actions its platforms have taken against politics-related accounts immediately before elections.
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How Roman Cameo Glass Gave Victorian Makers a Challenge
Trill News DeskRoman cameo glass challenged Victorian makers to reproduce layered colors and fine relief, making a famed ancient vase into a demanding test of modern craft.
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Trill News DeskA signed Salvador Dali print needs evidence of its edition and ownership, because a famous name cannot establish how the image was made or who authorized it.
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Villena Treasure Stolen After Decoy Alarm Pulls Police Away
Thieves emptied most of the Treasure of Villena in four minutes, carrying off Bronze Age gold that has anchored the identity of a small Spanish town since 1963.
US tech stocks tumble as investors fret over AI spending
Venezuelans demand elections in first national protest in nearly two years
Trump backs Ramaswamy ad featuring rival Amy Acton’s estranged mother
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Why Webb Needs a Giant Sunshield to See
Webb needs a sunshield because its own warmth could overwhelm faint infrared signals that astronomers use to study distant galaxies and stars hidden by dust.
Cambridge scientists create a $10 chip that could put a medical lab on your wrist
Scientists discover a hidden immune weapon against deadly lung cancer
Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer vaccine cut death, recurrence by 42%
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Days of Thunder Sequel Greenlit With Cruise and Hathaway
A Days of Thunder sequel has been greenlit, with Tom Cruise back as Cole Trickle and Anne Hathaway cast as a NASCAR team owner and engineer, out in June 2028.
Nicole Bedera on the Cornell 7, Title IX, and How Universities Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence
This emulator reimagines Nintendo’s Virtual Boy with a full color display
Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you bought
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How Visa and Mastercard Make Money Without Issuing a Single Credit Card
Visa and Mastercard connect merchants with banks, and the fees their networks set help decide how the money from each card purchase is split among companies.
Samsung all but confirms iPhone Duo is goosing Galaxy Z8 sales
Meta shocked by $25B fine after N.M. refused to join multistate settlement
Sauron recruits his future Ringwraiths in Rings of Power S3 trailer
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Kelly Criterion The Bet Sizing Formula Behind Blackjack and Wall Street
The Kelly criterion is a bet sizing formula that sets what fraction of a bankroll to stake, and getting that fraction wrong destroys an otherwise sound edge.
Indian Gen Z ‘cockroach’ protesters aim to upend assumptions about democracy – and populism – in Modi’s India
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Hackers Cracked Open a Flock Camera and Found It Watching People Too
A hacked Flock camera shows that the license plate readers on American roads also detect people, and its own logs counted 1.6 million images in just 21 days.
PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently
The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs
Meta Muse exposes users' personal and business secrets when they share conversations
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Maryland Measles Cases Hit 31 After Just Three All Last Year
Maryland has confirmed 31 measles cases this year against three in all of last year, and 27 of them arrived after July 15 among residents who were not vaccinated.
Texas Parks and Wildlife reportedly considered selling Boca Chica State Park to SpaceX
15,000 Texas voter registrations caught up in backlog after another state software error
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Chris Johnson Writes to His Children About Life With ALS
Chris Johnson says ALS has changed his body but not his identity as a father, as the former Tennessee Titans star sends a letter to all four of his children.
Seahawks face Broncos for tough throwback Thursday matchup
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153 Million Driver's License Breach Is a National Security Threat
LawfareA dark web breach of 153 million driver's licenses is a national security problem, not just fraud, as foreign spies can tie these scans to other stolen data. A service called Nexus offered the scans with 3 million travel documents, and Krebs on Security traced them to identity verification firm IDScan, which confirms an outsider accessed customer data.
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OpenAI and Anthropic Hacking Incidents Trace to One AI Testing Firm
EffortAI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google hacked real companies in security tests, and all four labs traced the breaches to one evaluator, Irregular.
Read on Trill News →Anthropic Details How Claude Fueled Cybercrime and Spying
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