Microsoft promises to crack one of the biggest problems with Windows 11: slow performance
Microsoft is collecting more data on performance issues with Windows 11 This is happening via…
The Interview – Dr Vivek Murthy: loneliness is public health risk
Available for over a year ‘There are real consequences to our physical and mental health’ Katty Kay speaks to Dr Vivek Murthy, former US Surgeon-General about the challenge posed by loneliness and isolation in the modern world. Dr. Murthy, the first person of Indian descent in the post, was appointed during the second Obama administration….
Lacoste aligns itself with French cinema by co-producing Cédric Jimenez’s ‘Chien 51’
Published October 20, 2025 A campaign in all but name? By co-producing Cédric Jimenez’s latest blockbuster ‘Chien 51’ (budget: €42 million), Lacoste has launched a new kind of partnership; announced last spring and in cinemas now. Still from the film Chien 51 – Lacoste Lacoste has numerous product placements in the film, released on October 15,…
Uruguay legalises euthanasia
Uruguay has legalised euthanasia, becoming the first country in Latin America to pass a law that allows assisted suicide. The Dignified Death bill was passed in the senate on Wednesday, with 20 out of 31 legislators present voting in favour. The bill allows mentally sound adults in the terminal stage of an irreversible disease to…
20th October – Threat Intelligence Report
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 20th October, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES F5 has disclosed a cyber attack, reportedly carried out by a nation-state actor with long-term, persistent access to critical product development environments. The attacker exfiltrated files that included portions of BIG-IP source…
This common vitamin could cut your skin cancer risk in half
Since 2015, dermatologists have advised many patients with a history of skin cancer to consider taking nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3. That recommendation was based on a clinical trial involving 386 participants, which found that those who took nicotinamide developed fewer new cases of skin cancer compared with those who did not. Expanding the…
Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again
Fergus WalshMedical editor Sheila Irvine, who is registered blind, punches the air with joy at being able to read again A group of blind patients can now read again after being fitted with a life-changing implant at the back of the eye. A surgeon who inserted the microchips in five patients at Moorfields Eye Hospital…
Are cancer surgeries removing the body’s secret weapon against cancer?
A research group led by the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) has uncovered new details about how lymph nodes help the body fight persistent infections and cancer by coordinating key immune cell activity. Published in two Nature Immunology papers, the findings show that lymph nodes create the ideal setting for stem-like…
How this odd-looking animal outsmarted aging
Scientists believe that the remarkable longevity of naked mole-rats may be tied to subtle changes in just four amino acids. A recent study found that small evolutionary mutations in cGAS — an enzyme in the innate immune system that detects DNA and triggers immune defenses — could make these animals better at repairing age-related genetic…
Bereaved families call for inquiry after suicide website warnings ‘ignored’
Bereaved families are calling for a public inquiry into what they say are “repeated failures” by the UK government to protect vulnerable people from a website promoting suicide. A report by the Molly Rose Foundation says departments were warned 65 times about the online forum, which BBC News is not naming, and others like it…
Community health centre to open in Glastonbury after £2.2m revamp
Eben Morrish-CroadSomerset Conor Ogilvie-Davidson The centre is expected to deliver a wide range of services that will contribute towards delivering care in the community A Grade-II listed building is set to open as a health and wellbeing centre next month after a £2.2m renovation project. St Dunstan’s House in Glastonbury will provide a venue for…
