Designer Brands CFO departs – FashionNetwork USA
Published October 9, 2025 Designer Brands Inc. has announced that Jared Poff has decided to resign as…
Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a smoke-filled tavern to discuss a secret plan: If they raise prices together instead…
Wireshark 4.4.1 Released, (Sun, Nov 23rd)
Wireshark release 4.6.1 fixes 2 vulnerabilities and 20 bugs. Source link
YARA-X 1.10.0 Release: Fix Warnings
YARA-X’s 1.10.0 release brings a new command: fix warnings. If you have a rule that would generate a warning with a help section (explaining how to fix it), like this example rule: rule FixableCountWarning { strings: $a1 = “malicious” $a2 = “badstuff” condition: 0 of ($a*) } Then YARA-X from version 1.10.0…
Scholars say most of what we believe about Vikings is wrong
According to scholars of Scandinavian studies, many widely held beliefs about Vikings and Old Norse paganism cannot be confirmed through modern scientific methods. “They are based essentially on reports written by Christian scholars in the High Middle Ages well over a century later, since, besides brief runic inscriptions, no written texts from the original period…
Is there any evidence that playing music to plants is beneficial?
“Plants have neither ears nor brains, so they can’t appreciate music as we do…” Credit: Michele Cornelius/Alamy Do you play music to your plants? As a botanist obsessed with collecting houseplants, I get asked this question all the time. This New Age notion first entered popular culture back in the 1960s, complete with psychedelic “music…
Extinct animals in Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age make it a must-watch
These “killer koalas”, or marsupial lions, are a highlight of the show Apple TV Back in 1999, the BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs series spawned a new format: wildlife “documentaries” featuring long-extinct animals. I’m a big fan of this genre, and Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, made by BBC Studios for Apple TV, is taking it to…
Hidden high-energy water reveals a new molecular force
Water is present almost everywhere. It covers most of our planet, moves through the human body, and even settles into the tiniest molecular pockets. But what happens when water cannot circulate freely and becomes trapped inside these cramped spaces? Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Constructor University in Bremen have now shown for…
Hidden microglia switch helps protect the brain from Alzheimer’s
Working with Alzheimer’s mouse models, human cells, and donated human brain tissue, researchers found that reducing levels of a molecule called PU.1 can shift microglia into a more protective mode. Microglia are immune cells that live in the brain and help maintain its health. When PU.1 levels drop, these cells increase the production of certain…
Scientists reveal how baby turtles navigate thousands of miles with a hidden magnetic sense
Loggerhead turtles are equipped with two different abilities for sensing the Earth’s magnetic field, yet scientists had not determined which one they rely on to interpret the magnetic map they inherit at birth. New findings from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, published in Journal of Experimental Biology, show that hatchlings…
‘It sounds dramatic – but singing class saved by life’
Sarah McCubbin Sarah McCubbin said taking part in the singing sessions was “a game-changer” A woman says a singing class was a life-saver in improving her breathing and has boosted her overall wellbeing. Sarah McCubbin, 53, from Amesbury in Wiltshire, has asthma and suffered a type 2 respiratory failure, which causes dangerously low blood oxygen…
