Tiny quantum drumhead sends sound with 1-in-a-million loss—poised to rewrite tech
When a drummer plays a drum, she sets the drumhead into vibration by hitting it….
3rd November – Threat Intelligence Report
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 3rd November, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The Everest ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks impacting AT&T, Dublin Airport, and Air Arabia. The ransomware gang exfiltrated sensitive data including 576,000 AT&T applicant records, 1.5 million…
The Curious Case of the Bizarre, Disappearing Captcha
As I browse the web in 2025, I rarely encounter captchas anymore. There’s no slanted text to discern. No image grid of stoplights to identify. And on the rare occasion that I am asked to complete some bot-deterring task, the experience almost always feels surreal. A colleague shared recent tests where they were presented with…
French Economy Minister threatens to block Shein in France over childlike sex dolls
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published November 3, 2025 French Economy Minister Roland Lescure said on Monday that he would block access to Shein in France if the online retailer resumed selling child-like sex dolls — products the Asian e-commerce company says it has already removed from its site. Roland Lescure – AFP “If such…
We may have found a surprisingly nearby cluster of primordial stars
Artist’s impression of Population III stars as they would have appeared a 100 million years after the big bang NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M. Zamani We may have finally seen the first generation of stars. Astronomers have been looking for these primordial behemoths, called Population III stars, for decades. Now they have found what may be the…
Coach reconnects with Bank & Vogue for upcycled bags using corduroy
Published November 3, 2025 Coach has been upping its sustainability credentials in recent periods, from its Coachtopia brand to its collabs with Beyond Retro’s parent company Bank & Vogue. Coach x Bank & Vogue Earlier this year that partnership moved into clothing and the two have just extended their link-up with a move back to…
Warning over high street baby scans giving ‘dangerous advice’
Getty Images Some high-street clinics are putting lives at risk by allowing unqualified non-specialists to carry out baby scans, the Society of Radiographers (SoR) has warned. The trade union says its members have seen examples of pregnant women being incorrectly diagnosed with serious health conditions and given dangerous advice. Other expectant mums have been sent…
Breakthrough blood test finally confirms Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Scientists from the University of East Anglia and Oxford BioDynamics have created a highly accurate blood test capable of diagnosing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS). The condition, which causes long-term and often debilitating exhaustion, affects millions of people around the world, including more than 400,000 individuals in the UK. Despite its…
Astronomers capture a violent super-eruption from a young sun
Although we rarely notice from Earth, the Sun is continuously hurling enormous clouds of charged plasma into space. These events, known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), often occur alongside sudden bursts of light called solar flares. When particularly strong, CMEs can stretch far enough to disturb Earth’s magnetic field, producing dazzling auroras and sometimes triggering…
Can farming fix its carbon black hole?
Kevin KeaneEnvironment, energy and rural affairs correspondent, BBC Scotland BBC Farmer Johnnie Balfour says there needs to be a more nuanced approach to climate change Johnnie Balfour farms a 300-strong herd of Aberdeen Angus – and is planning to expand operations. Cattle are notoriously the most planet-warming, methane-emitting of all the farmed animals. But Johnnie’s…
Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water for 6m people
Esme Stallard,Climate and science reporter, BBC News and Becky Dale and Wesley Stephenson,Senior data journalists, BBC Verify Getty Images Water companies have been ordered to tackle potentially harmful levels of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water sources for more than six million people, the BBC can reveal. Forever chemicals, or PFAS, are a group of…
