The FBI is getting new technology to see through walls
FBI headquarters in Washington DC Shutterstock/Bob Korn The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) plans…
Alice + Olivia reopens Madison Avenue flagship
Published October 9, 2025 Alice + Olivia by Stacey Bendet has reopened its Madison Avenue flagship, unveiling a new design vision that blends fashion, discovery, and community. Alice + Olivia reopens Madison Avenue flagship. – Alice + Olivia The transformation was designed in collaboration with Jess and Jonathan Nahon of Sugarhouse Design + Architecture to…
From Margins to Mainstream: How Amplification May Be Giving Misinformation New Reach
Health communicators face the persistent challenge of balancing correcting misinformation with the risk of amplifying claims that audiences might not have noticed otherwise. As KFF’s President and CEO, Drew Altman noted in a previous column, reporters and communicators “likely [have] no choice when [politicians] spread false information but to cover it and correct the lies…
Qualys Recognized as a Leader in the 2025 GigaOM Radar for Patch Management Solutions
With vulnerabilities growing faster than most organizations can keep up with, the need for a smarter, easier way to reduce risk has never been more urgent. That’s why in 2019 Qualys launched Patch Management—the first solution built to reduce risk, not just push software updates. Since then, the solution has evolved into full-scale vulnerability elimination,…
Shein, hit with big fines, boosts internal controls
By Reuters Published October 9, 2025 Online fast-fashion retailer Shein is strengthening its controls after a string of fines over data privacy breaches, fake discounts and greenwashing, according to a letter to investors, internal memos and two sources with direct knowledge of the plan. Reuters Shein, which ships cheap clothes and accessories direct from factories…
Impacts of Recent Federal and State Actions on Natural Disaster Preparedness and Response on Health
Introduction What used to be rare extreme weather events have increased in both intensity and frequency due to climate change. August 29, 2025 marked the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S. Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest storms to hit the continental U.S., resulting in the deaths…
Frasers Group buys majority stake in The Webster, founder stays at helm
Published October 9, 2025 We’ve not heard much from Frasers Group on the acquisition front lately — which is unusual for such an acquisition-hungry business. But on Thursday it delivered some big-league news focused not on UK retail as usual but on the US. The Webster Palm Springs UK-based Frasers is acquiring a majority position…
Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life
Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News Washington Post via Getty Images Naked mole rats live for up to 40 years, compared to about three years for a mouse They are weird, bald, subterranean rodents that look like sausages with teeth, and they have just revealed a genetic secret to long life. A new study of the…
Glowing shark and hidden crab found deep off Australia
Researchers have described a new species of deep-sea lanternshark and crab, both with the help of specimens collected from a CSIRO-led 2022 voyage of CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator. Called the West Australian Lanternshark and a porcelain crab, the new species were described by separate research teams in papers published during September 2025. Meet the…
Tiny asteroid flew right over Antarctica, and no one saw it coming
Asteroid 2025 TF passed over Antarctica at 00:47:26 UTC ± 18 seconds on October 1, coming within 428 ± 7 km of Earth’s surface. That distance is nearly the same as the orbit of the International Space Station (approx. 370 — 460 km). Measuring about 1 to 3 meters in diameter, the asteroid was detected…
JWST spots a hidden red supergiant just before it exploded
A team of astronomers led by Northwestern University has captured the clearest and most detailed view ever of a dying star before its dramatic explosion. Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the international group identified the source of a supernova, known as its progenitor, in mid-infrared light for the first time. When combined with…
