Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware threatens most servers on planet Earth
Defenders across the world face the burden of responding to yet another botched code-execution vulnerability, this time in boot-time firmware used by most of the
Google begins certifying Registered App Stores for Android, but not in the US
Running an app ecosystem has gotten a lot more complex for Google after its loss in the Epic Games antitrust case. While US users can
‘American Nostradamus’ predicts exact date USA will collapse – it’s soon
John Hogue, a modern-day oracle dubbed “America’s Nostradamus,” warns we could all be doomed by several catastrophic events he believes will occur by 2028
Invesco brings its model portfolios into Anthropic’s Claude for advisers
Invesco is working with Anthropic to let financial advisers use its model portfolios and practice tools inside Claude for Financial Advisors. CAIS, Conquest and FINNY
Oracle bundles AI video tools and streaming into one media platform
Oracle announced Media Fabric at AI World, a platform that combines its own AI video and image models, an AI production suite and a live-streaming
Exit polls following Israeli elections indicate no clear winner
The official results are due to be published on November 4, more than a week after the vote.
Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu ends brief hunger strike
Lissu, who faces treason charge carrying a possible death sentence, refused food after being denied access to lawyers.
Qatar’s Emir and Putin call for diplomacy amid US-Iran conflict
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met in Moscow.
University of Utah apologizes to Pat McAfee after students mock the ESPN host
The University of Utah apologized on Monday to ESPN’s Pat McAfee after a handful of students mocked him as “corny” and “creepy,” triggering the college
CDC’s deputy director to depart after four months in the role
Dr. Jennifer Shuford, the CDC’s deputy director, is leaving the agency after less than five months. It’s the latest example of the leadership turnover that
Ceasefire extended across Ukraine’s Kherson region, officials say
The truce was originally planned for the stranded residents of Oleshky, and Russia and Ukraine say no breaches have been reported.
Dutch zookeeper dies after being mauled in leopard enclosure
The woman began her career at the park when she was 17 and had worked there on-and-off for four decades.
Deaths in detention cells in Nigeria were entirely preventable, inquiry finds
Overcrowding and poor ventilation caused the deaths of 33 detainees in a prison cell in Minna state.
Ghanaian twin brothers and US woman plead guilty to $9m romance scam
The group targeted elderly people across US and Europe, luring them into romantic relationship before persuading them to transfer large sums of money.