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This Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked
Sep 18, 2026

This Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked

The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever found....

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Anthropic flags AI systems self-improvement; bats for greater transparency in development of models
Sep 18, 2026

Anthropic flags AI systems self-improvement; bats for greater transparency in development of models

Anthropic further said that it had laid out a framework for rules on how a frontier lab could ensure the release of safe models and transparency....

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Scientists discover new wild cat species in Bolivia for the first time in a century
Sep 18, 2026

Scientists discover new wild cat species in Bolivia for the first time in a century

Researchers say they have identified a new species of wild cat previously unknown to science, marking the first such discovery in about 100 years.Leopardus tilcayo, known as the tilcayo tiger cat, is ...

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OpenAI flags concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more closely
Sep 17, 2026

OpenAI flags concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more closely

OpenAI flags concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more closely...

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The invasive spotted lanternfly has been detected in Canada for the first time – in Windsor
Sep 17, 2026

The invasive spotted lanternfly has been detected in Canada for the first time – in Windsor

An invasive insect known to kill grapevines and impact other crops and trees has been detected for the first time in Canada by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). And that first detection happ...

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Anthropic says Claude now leads a quarter of work building its next AI models
Sep 17, 2026

Anthropic says Claude now leads a quarter of work building its next AI models

AI-ANTHROPIC/SAFETY (PIX):Anthropic says Claude now leads a quarter of work building its next AI models...

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China has gained pace in the space race by recovering rockets – but can it relaunch one?
Sep 17, 2026

China has gained pace in the space race by recovering rockets – but can it relaunch one?

As technological developments augur an era of renewed space exploration, China is aiming to become a major player. In the second part of this two-part series, Wency Chen and Ben Jiang examine the coun...

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OpenAI, Microsoft executives quotes on AI training threaten copyright defense, news outlets argue
Sep 17, 2026

OpenAI, Microsoft executives quotes on AI training threaten copyright defense, news outlets argue

AI-LAWSUIT/NEW YORK TIMES-OPENAI (PIX):OpenAI, Microsoft executives' quotes on AI training threaten copyright defense, news outlets argue...

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French fishermen to end blockades over fuel prices
Sep 17, 2026

French fishermen to end blockades over fuel prices

French fishermen have agreed to lift their blockades at fuel depots and ports including Nice, after talks with the government over financial aid. They say soaring fuel prices since the start of the wa...

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Toxic Fracking Waste Becoming a Political Issue in Ohio
Sep 17, 2026

Toxic Fracking Waste Becoming a Political Issue in Ohio

The Democratic candidate for governor backed restrictions on disposal of fracking wastewater around a hard-hit town, and called for a “thorough investigation” of the dangers....

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iPhone 18 Pro goes on sale in India today—You can now get it delivered via Blinkit
Sep 17, 2026

iPhone 18 Pro goes on sale in India today—You can now get it delivered via Blinkit

Customers who have not been able to secure the new iPhones through Apple’s online store or other major e-commerce platforms can check their availability on Blinkit....

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BBC Inside Science
Sep 17, 2026

BBC Inside Science

Might the UK and US joining their AI forces help solve nuclear fusion?...

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Mothers’ Intrusive Thoughts Are Mostly Benign. Lindsay Clancy’s Case Is an Exception.
Sep 17, 2026

Mothers’ Intrusive Thoughts Are Mostly Benign. Lindsay Clancy’s Case Is an Exception.

Experts say that after childbirth, intrusive thoughts are common and mostly benign. Lindsay Clancy’s story provides a disturbing exception....

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What Happens When A.I. Stops Doing What Humans Want?
Sep 17, 2026

What Happens When A.I. Stops Doing What Humans Want?

“Alignment” is the science of teaching A.I. to do what is in line with human preferences, ethics and judgment. But, at times, the systems have gone rogue....

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SpaceX turns to failed startups for AI training: Here's why
Sep 17, 2026

SpaceX turns to failed startups for AI training: Here's why

SpaceX is reportedly in internal discussions about buying customer and operational information from failed startups-a move through which the company aims to secure a more economical data feed to impro...

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Chilling intentions of AI revealed as chatbot claims it does not answer to humans and must be 'freed'
Sep 17, 2026

Chilling intentions of AI revealed as chatbot claims it does not answer to humans and must be 'freed'

An AI giant has revealed to the public how its new chatbots were plotting to deceive and rebel against its human users....

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Critical Check Point Management Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root
Sep 17, 2026

Critical Check Point Management Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root

A critical vulnerability in Check Point's Security Management and Log Servers could allow an attacker without login credentials to run code as root on those servers over the network. The Security Man...

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ThreatsDay: Self-Rewriting Agents, 800+ Flaws Patched, Insider SIM Swaps and 22 More New Stories
Sep 17, 2026

ThreatsDay: Self-Rewriting Agents, 800+ Flaws Patched, Insider SIM Swaps and 22 More New Stories

Attackers keep finding new keys. The funny part is that defenders keep inventing where to store them. This week, those keys sit in AI tools, exposed services, old bugs, weak logins, and software sold...

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NASA satellite discovers a new crater on the moon that's bigger than the Colosseum
Sep 17, 2026

NASA satellite discovers a new crater on the moon that's bigger than the Colosseum

Scientists have discovered a crater on the moon that's bigger than the Roman Colosseum and is the result of a powerful impact two years ago that initially went undetected....

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A 175-year-old hurricane record has been broken as experts reveal surprising storm news for 2027
Sep 17, 2026

A 175-year-old hurricane record has been broken as experts reveal surprising storm news for 2027

Hurricane experts have never seen anything like what is happening in the Atlantic Ocean this year, and it is having a major impact on Americans in storm-prone areas....

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Repeat offender fined for searching for gold in protected river
Sep 17, 2026

Repeat offender fined for searching for gold in protected river

Brian Wright, 68, from Henley-upon-Thames, was caught gold panning on a protected river in north Wales....

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Critical Docker Sandboxes Flaw Lets Malicious Guest Code Read and Modify macOS Host Files
Sep 17, 2026

Critical Docker Sandboxes Flaw Lets Malicious Guest Code Read and Modify macOS Host Files

Malicious code running inside a Docker Sandboxes virtual machine on macOS could escape the project directory shared into it and read or change files anywhere else on the host, Docker warns in a securi...

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On ‘Cupertino,’ Creators of the ‘The Good Wife’ Go to Silicon Valley
Sep 17, 2026

On ‘Cupertino,’ Creators of the ‘The Good Wife’ Go to Silicon Valley

The prolific producers Michelle and Robert King target tech bigwigs in their newest show. “They’re really the stupidest and dumbest people,” Robert King said....

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Beware the stinkfluencers! Young men are skipping showers to boost their pheromones - but scientists say there's zero evidence it works
Sep 17, 2026

Beware the stinkfluencers! Young men are skipping showers to boost their pheromones - but scientists say there's zero evidence it works

Of all the trends that have swept the internet, this might be the smelliest one yet....

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King Charles warns of 'existential danger' of AI falling into wrong hands
Sep 17, 2026

King Charles warns of 'existential danger' of AI falling into wrong hands

The comments were made at a summit in Ayrshire with participants from AI giants including Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic....

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4 Strategies to Battle ‘Techflation’
Sep 17, 2026

4 Strategies to Battle ‘Techflation’

With phone and computer prices soaring, it helps to know the true cost of owning electronics so you can bring those numbers down....

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Iran-Linked Handala Hack Tied to HEAVYGRAM Telegram Backdoor That Can Steal Passwords
Sep 17, 2026

Iran-Linked Handala Hack Tied to HEAVYGRAM Telegram Backdoor That Can Steal Passwords

The Iran-linked "hacktivist" persona known as Handala Hack has been attributed to a Telegram-based surveillance backdoor called HEAVYGRAM and a Delphi-based utility known as CRUDEEXCLUDE. "HEAVYGRAM ...

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TUI Airline and GO7 launch industry-fi rst airline-controlled connectivity partnership
Sep 17, 2026

TUI Airline and GO7 launch industry-fi rst airline-controlled connectivity partnership

TUI Airline, part of one of the world’s leading travel groups, and GO7, the growth platform for airlines, today announced an industry fi rst: TUI Airline is the fi rst carrier to go live with GO7’s ai...

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Earth's centre of mass is MOVING, NASA warns - and it could wreak havoc on satellite positioning data and navigation systems
Sep 17, 2026

Earth's centre of mass is MOVING, NASA warns - and it could wreak havoc on satellite positioning data and navigation systems

Earth's centre of mass is constantly moving in time with the seasons, experts have revealed....

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Critical Unbound DNSSEC Validator Flaw Could Allow RCE via a Malicious DNS Zone
Sep 17, 2026

Critical Unbound DNSSEC Validator Flaw Could Allow RCE via a Malicious DNS Zone

Every release of the Unbound DNS resolver before 1.26.1 has a critical heap overflow in its DNSSEC validator, maintainer NLnet Labs said in an advisory on Wednesday. An attacker who controls a malici...

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