TSA just warned that your airport charger could steal your identity while you’re planning your dream summer vacation
TSA warns public USB ports can be loaded with malware that silently steals your data…
Apple and Google have ‘effective duopoly’ in UK says regulator
Liv McMahon & Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporters Getty Images Apple and Google may be required to change the way they operate some of their mobile services in the UK, according to proposed decisions by the UK’s competition regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the tech giants over their app stores, browsers and…
Build a drug discovery research assistant using Strands Agents and Amazon Bedrock
Drug discovery is a complex, time-intensive process that requires researchers to navigate vast amounts of scientific literature, clinical trial data, and molecular databases. Life science customers like Genentech and AstraZeneca are using AI agents and other generative AI tools to increase the speed of scientific discovery. Builders at these organizations are already using the fully…
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Could Jeremy Corbyn’s new party shake up politics?
Becky Morton & Sam Francis Political reporter Getty Images Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed he is launching a new political party, promising to “build a democratic movement that can take on the rich and powerful”. It doesn’t have a name yet but the MP for Islington North says the plan is for the…
Which sites will require UK age verification?
Graham Fraser, Liv McMahon & Grace Dean BBC News Getty Images The days of porn users ticking a box to say they are 18 are meant to be over. From Friday, websites operating in the UK with pornographic content must “robustly” age-check users. Adults wanting to access explicit material should experience a significant change in…
Unique ice, 1.5m years old, to be melted to unlock mystery
Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Reporting fromBritish Antarctic Survey, Cambridge PNRA/IPEV The end of the ice cores are a 1.5 million year or even older time capsule An ice core that may be older than 1.5 million years has arrived in the UK where scientists will melt it to unlock vital information about Earth’s…
Asylum seekers refusing to leave hotels risk homelessness
PA Media In the past week, there have been demonstrations outside The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, where asylum seekers have been housed Single adult male asylum seekers who refuse to move out of hotels into “suitable alternative accommodation” will risk becoming homeless, the Home Office has said. The government – which is legally obligated…
This insane PCIe card can host an RTX 5090 and 4PB SSD storage without breaking a sweat
HighPoint Rocket 7638D combines extreme GPU power with massive SSD storage in just one PCIe slot Dual MCIO ports and a CDFP interface unlock true compute-storage fusion for HPC workflows Can host the RTX 5090 and 16 enterprise SSDs using a single compact expansion card HighPoint Technologies is preparing to unveil the Rocket 7638D at…
Wasps are back this summer in the UK – a lot of them
Helen Briggs BBC environment correspondent•@hbriggs Getty Images Conditions this year are more favourable for wasps than last year John Horsley was gardening when he felt a wasp crawl down his T-shirt. “That stung me a few times in the back,” he says. “It wasn’t a pleasant experience.” Part of the British Pest Control Association, John…
220 MPs call for Keir Starmer to recognise Palestinian state
Sam Francis Political reporter Reuters More than a third of MPs have signed a letter to Sir Keir Starmer calling for the UK to recognise a Palestinian state. Some 220 MPs from nine political parties have backed the call – more than half of them Labour – arguing that UK recognition would send a “powerful”…
