Technology

Oct 7, 2026

Meta rolls out new AI tools to detect ads that secretly lead to child sexual abuse material

Meta launches new AI tools after discovering ads on its platforms that may look normal but direct users to harmful content elsewhere online.


Millions told to 'act now' as hurricane warnings are issued along US coast ahead of storm Isaias's Category 2 landfall
Oct 7, 2026

Millions told to 'act now' as hurricane warnings are issued along US coast ahead of storm Isaias's Category 2 landfall

Hurricane warnings have now been issued for several US states. Storm Isaias is expected to make landfall as a Category 2 hurricane in just a few days.


Trump Administration Delays Threaten Funding for HIV Research
Oct 7, 2026

Trump Administration Delays Threaten Funding for HIV Research

The networks also develop treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine.


SonicWall Patches CVSS 10.0 Pre-Authentication SSRF Flaw in SMA1000 Appliances
Oct 7, 2026

SonicWall Patches CVSS 10.0 Pre-Authentication SSRF Flaw in SMA1000 Appliances

SonicWall has released hotfixes for four flaws in its SMA1000 appliances, the gateways that give remote workers access to a company's network and applications. The most serious could allow an attacker without a login to send requests through the appliance and reach internal functions. SonicWall rates it 10.0 on the CVSS scale and says it has no evidence that any of the four flaws is being


Blue Planet III ventures into darkest depths of ocean
Oct 7, 2026

Blue Planet III ventures into darkest depths of ocean

Sir David says the series uncovers marine life that is "even more precious than we ever realised".


Rare sea cucumber nursery near Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, could lead to commercial fishery
Oct 7, 2026

Rare sea cucumber nursery near Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, could lead to commercial fishery

The rare discovery of a nursery with billions of baby sea cucumbers in the ocean water near Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, is helping researchers better understand the species – and could some day generate income for the Arctic hamlet.


Oct 7, 2026

Was the Human Gut Healthier in Ancient Times?

The microbiome isn’t what it used to be in many parts of the world. The shift may be affecting the well-being of people in industrialized countries.


Unpatched Critical LMCache Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code Remotely
Oct 7, 2026

Unpatched Critical LMCache Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code Remotely

A critical vulnerability in LMCache, open-source software that speeds up large language model (LLM) servers such as vLLM, lets an attacker run code on the cache server without logging in, and no fixed version is available. The flaw is in LMCache's multiprocess mode, where the cache runs as a standalone server that LLM workers reach over the ZeroMQ messaging library. A single network


PoeLLM Malware Infects 3,400+ Servers to Expand Crypto Mining Botnet
Oct 7, 2026

PoeLLM Malware Infects 3,400+ Servers to Expand Crypto Mining Botnet

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new malware family that has been observed targeting exposed artificial intelligence (AI) and large language model (LLM) infrastructure with an aim to deploy cryptocurrency miners and further expand the scale of the botnet. The financially motivated campaign, dubbed Canto Incognito, has been found to install cryptocurrency miners, including


Mars mystery solved: Scientists reveal the secret behind 'impossible' giant cloud that appears and vanishes every day
Oct 7, 2026

Mars mystery solved: Scientists reveal the secret behind 'impossible' giant cloud that appears and vanishes every day

Scientists have finally solved one of Mars's most perplexing mysteries: the puzzle of an 'impossible' giant cloud.