Hundreds of Android apps band together in massive scam campaign targeting millions – here’s what we know
Apps would hide on a device as soon as they’re installed, to avoid removal They…
Amazon’s layoffs show how AI is coming for India
By Bloomberg Published November 2, 2025 Amazon.com Inc.’s latest global layoffs should come as a singular warning to India. For policymakers dealing with the world’s largest youth population, AI suddenly poses a very real risk to jobs, wages, and a white-collar future. Bloomberg The e-commerce and cloud services giant’s elimination of 14,000 corporate positions worldwide may not have a large direct…
BBC Inside Science – Is climate change to blame for Hurricane Melissa?
Available for over a year What’s been called the storm of the century – Hurricane Melissa – has barrelled through Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas over the past two days. Hannah Cloke, Professor of Hydrology at the University of Reading, explains whether Melissa was caused – or made worse – by human-made climate change. As…
How climate change is worsening Pakistan’s deadly floods
Azadeh MoshiriPakistan Correspondent BBC Floods have swept across Pakistan, hitting urban and rural areas, including the capital of Punjab, Lahore Rescuers and relatives searched knee-deep in water for the body of one-year-old Zara. She’d been swept away by flash floods; the bodies of her parents and three siblings had already been found days earlier. “We…
China’s Shein pulls child-like sex dolls from sale following French watchdog complaint
By Reuters Published November 2, 2025 Chinese online retailer Shein has pulled from sale childlike sex dolls after they were found on its website by the French consumer watchdog, the company said on Sunday. Reuters France’s Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs, and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) had said late on Saturday it spotted the dolls on…
Belgian designer Marina Yee, member of Antwerp Six, dies age 67
By AFP Published November 2, 2025 Belgian designer Marina Yee, member of the Antwerp Six collective that revolutionized fashion in the 1980s, has died at the age of 67, the Antwerp Fashion Museum announced on Sunday. AFP “Her name is inextricably linked to the legendary Antwerp Six collective, which put Belgian fashion on the world…
Scans for Port 8530/8531 (TCP). Likely related to WSUS Vulnerability CVE-2025-59287
Sensors reporting firewall logs detected a significant increase in scans for port 8530/TCP and 8531/TCP over the course of last week. Some of these reports originate from Shadowserver, and likely other researchers, but there are also some that do not correspond to known research-related IP addresses. CVE-2025-59287 is exploited by connecting to affected WSUS servers…
Scientists uncover what delayed Earth’s oxygen boom for a billion years
The arrival of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere marked a defining moment in the planet’s history, transforming it into a world capable of supporting complex life. This major shift, known as the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), took place approximately 2.1 to 2.4 billion years ago. However, oxygenic photosynthesis — produced by cyanobacteria — had likely evolved…
A warming Earth could accidentally trigger a deep freeze
For most of Earth’s history, scientists have viewed the slow breakdown of silicate rocks as the planet’s main natural thermostat. In this process, rainwater absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, lands on exposed rocks, and gradually dissolves them. The carbon and calcium released eventually flow into the oceans, where they form the raw materials…
JWST captures stunning 3D view of a planet’s scorching atmosphere
Astronomers have produced the first three-dimensional map of a planet outside our solar system, revealing distinct temperature regions, including one so hot that water vapor breaks apart. The findings appear in Nature Astronomy, published October 28, 2025. Led by researchers at the University of Maryland and Cornell University, the study charts temperatures across WASP-18b, a…
The bold idea that spacetime doesn’t exist
The question of whether spacetime truly exists should not be particularly controversial or even conceptually difficult once we understand what is meant by “spacetime,” “events,” and “instants.” Believing that spacetime is a real, physical entity is no more defensible than believing in the old idea of a celestial sphere. Both are human-centered frameworks that help…
