UK investigating 34 porn sites over age check rules
Ofcom is investigating four companies, operating a total of 34 porn sites, over whether they…
Naturalist Chris Packham speaks at New Scientist Live about the six species that changed his life
Chris Packham is a conservationist and broadcaster known for his environmental and animal-welfare activism. Alongside his ambassadorial roles for various non-governmental organisations, he runs independent campaigns aimed at nature recovery and ending animal cruelty. He is also a vocal advocate for neurodiversity, with a particular focus on autism. At this year’s New Scientist Live festival,…
AI turns x-rays into time machines for arthritis care
A new artificial intelligence system developed by researchers at the University of Surrey can forecast what a patient’s knee X-ray might look like one year in the future. This breakthrough could reshape how millions of people living with osteoarthritis understand and manage their condition. The research, presented at the International Conference on Medical Image Computing…
Stanford’s tiny eye chip helps the blind see again
A tiny wireless chip placed at the back of the eye, combined with a pair of advanced smart glasses, has partially restored vision to people suffering from an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration. In a clinical study led by Stanford Medicine and international collaborators, 27 of the 32 participants regained the ability to read…
Gap to open first UK standalone at London Designer Outlet
Published October 22, 2025 It’s been a long time since the Gap banner appeared over a standalone UK store. But the giant US casualwear brand is about to make its return with a store at London Designer Outlet (LDO) in Wembley Park, opening 12 December. The 5,600 sq ft location marks Next-operated Gap’s first standalone…
European luxury groups hedge bets on predicting China comeback
By Reuters Published October 22, 2025 Europe’s luxury companies, from LVMH to Hermes and L’Oreal, are tentatively pointing to signs of a revival in China, but are also cautious about calling the turn on one of their biggest markets after a two-year slump. L’Oreal’s beauty brands include Lancôme – Divulgação The $400 billion luxury sector…
White Milano signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Saudi Fashion Commission
Published October 22, 2025 Fresh from Riyadh Fashion Week- where it debuted its first Designer Wholesale Showroom, bringing together around 50 Saudi and international designers- Milan-based trade show White has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Saudi Fashion Commission. The collaboration is designed to make a significant contribution to the development…
webctrl.cgi/Blue Angel Software Suite Exploit Attempts. Maybe CVE-2025-34033 Variant?
Starting yesterday, some of our honeypots received POST requests to “/cgi-bin/webctrl.cgi”, attempting to exploit an OS command injection vulnerability: POST /cgi-bin/webctrl.cgi Host: [honeypot ip]:80 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8 Accept-Language: es-MX,es;q=0.8,en-US;q=0.5,en;q=0.3 Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Content-Length: 186 Origin: http://[honeypot ip]:80 Dnt: 1 Connection: close Referer: http://[honeypot ip]:80/cgi-bin/webctrl.cgi?action=pingconfig_page Cookie: userName=admin; state=login; passWord= Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1 …
OTB chairman Rosso predicts Armani breakup and sale
By Reuters Published October 22, 2025 Renzo Rosso, chairman of Italian fashion group OTB, expects the Armani business to be split up and sold to different buyers, due to a ‘complicated’ business model, with licensing contributing significantly to profits, he said on Wednesday. The Armani business includes a range of apparel and lifestyle labels The…
Mother of Baby P begins latest bid for release
Met Police Tracey Connelly, jailed in 2009 for causing or allowing the death of her toddler son Peter, has been freed on licence on two previous occasions The mother of Baby P was recalled to prison last year after she started a relationship with a man she met online without telling officials supervising her, a…
A “toxic duo” may be the hidden trigger behind Alzheimer’s disease
For decades, scientists have known that Alzheimer’s disease is marked by sticky plaques and tangled proteins in the brain. In recent years, research has also shown that the brain’s blood vessels play an important role in how the disease develops. Yet despite decades of progress, this deeper understanding has not led to fully effective treatments….
