Iran reveals ‘offensive’ doctrine, US issues alert: Is war imminent?
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- External article · Al Jazeera What’s the PHP coding flaw that could pull down 70 percent of the internet? The vulnerability allows a hacker to change a website or extract data, including personal information.
- External article · ScienceDaily Birds are more afraid of women than men. Scientists have no idea why Scientists have uncovered a strange pattern in urban bird behavior: Across five European countries and 37 species, birds consistently fled sooner when approached by women than men.
- External article · Ars Technica 333 Tor exit nodes hijacked to intercept SSH traffic and retrieve plaintext email For 3 days this month, 333 exit nodes were hacked in hopes of stealing sensitive data.
- External article · Literary Hub Why Wikipedia is a Wonder of the Modern World—That We’ll Never See the Likes of Again At the very top of the Wikipedia article “List of artificial objects on the Moon” is a short disclaimer: Though the list includes more than a hundred objects, it is far from complete.
- External article · Texas Standard Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let Big Bend border wall construction continue The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow construction on border walls and other barriers across the Big Bend region of West Texas to continue.
- External article · The Conversation Chiricahua is the nation’s newest national park – what does that mean? What comes next for Chiricahua, now that is has been officially redesignated as America’s 64th national park?
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How Roman Cameo Glass Gave Victorian Makers a Challenge
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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.
A revolutionary new microscope could reveal the hidden machinery of life
Honey bees are bullying other bees, scientists discover
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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.
France reports first human Shamonda virus case, says no health risk
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US ambassador to Turkiye: Rethinking US role in the Middle East
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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.
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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.
Enterprises keep buying software upgrades that IT thinks will make things worse
Tesla profits drop 43% in Q3
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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.
An AI model’s false tip to Philadelphia police reveals how digital agents can do as they’re told and still cause trouble
Offering cash for votes is quite common – but here’s why it doesn’t work
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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.
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.
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.
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153 Million Driver's License Breach Is a National Security Threat
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OpenAI and Anthropic Hacking Incidents Trace to One AI Testing Firm
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