Getty Images The latest figures show Scotland has reached a high level of flu activity Pharmacies have warned that private stocks of flu vaccines are running low. It comes as lab-confirmed cases rose by 24% to 2,331 cases, from 1-7 December, compared with 1,875 the previous week. Hospital admissions for flu increased by 15% from…
Hazel Shearing,Education correspondentand Kate McGough,Education reporter Getty Images Some schools have had to bring back Covid-like measures to prevent the spread of flu, as rates of reported illnesses in schools and other educational settings are higher than this time last year. One primary school in Leeds said last week it had to cut back on…
Chloe Hayward,BBC Newsand Hugh Pym,Health editor BBC Paige, who has type 1 diabetes, came into hospital with flu and dangerously high sugar levels At England’s busiest emergency unit, all the beds are full by midday. As one patient leaves his room at Leicester Royal Infirmary’s acute unit, cleaning staff are waiting outside. He is barely…
Alison HoltSocial affairs editor BBC Keira Bell says she regrets taking puberty blocking drugs as a teenager Campaigner Keira Bell has told the BBC she believes the planned clinical trial of puberty blocking drugs for gender-questioning children is unethical and children “are essentially going to be harmed”. The Pathways trial, run by King’s College London…
On December 3, 2025, a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, dubbed “React2Shell,” was disclosed, impacting React Server Components and frameworks like Next.js. The flaw, CVE-2025-55182, could lead to full server takeover and is rated CVSS 10.0. It is under active exploitation, has been added to the CISA KEV, and organizations should take immediate steps…
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, December 11th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9734, (Thu, Dec 11th) Source link
Several months ago, I got a Nucbox K8 Plus minicomputer to use as a Proxmox 9 server. At the time of this acquisition, I didn’t realize this minicomputer had an artificial intelligence (AI) engine [1] build in the CPU that could be used to run AI applications locally. A coworker recommended that I try Google…
Tor, in no small part, runs on the many contributions from our community of global volunteers. Since we all collaborate remotely, it was important to us to make time to see each other face-to-face and socialize. Having regular real-world meetings is especially crucial for integrating new volunteers into and maintaining existing relationships in our community….
When Gemma 3n was released, we hoped developers would use its on-device, multimodal capabilities to make a difference in people’s lives. With more than 600 projects submitted to the Gemma 3n Impact Challenge on Kaggle, the community delivered on that promise. Today, we’re excited to introduce the winners: Gemma Vision is an AI assistant designed…
Automated smoke testing using Amazon Nova Act headless mode helps development teams validate core functionality in continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. Development teams often deploy code several times daily, so fast testing helps maintain application quality. Traditional end-to-end testing can take hours to complete, creating delays in your CI/CD pipeline. Smoke testing is…
