Dog that hunts invasive 'sea vomit' honoured as animal of the year

BBC - Oct 14, 2026

A working is named animal of the year for hunting out an invasive marine creature, the carpet sea squirt.

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Oct 14, 2026

Senators Question Meta’s Data Center Tax Strategy

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, questioning the company’s $6.6 billion in tax breaks.

Oct 14, 2026

84 percent of ransomware victims point to AI link: Report

More than 80 percent of ransomware victims in a new survey reported their attackers had weaponized artificial intelligence as part of the scheme, according to data made public Wednesday. For its 2026 Ransomware Risk Report, cybersecurity company Semperis and research consultant Censuswide surveyed 1,200 IT and security professionals across nine countries and eight industry sectors....

Oct 14, 2026

Cisco Warns of Active Attacks Exploiting New Critical Secure Email Gateway Vulnerability

Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw in Cisco Secure Email Gateway that lets a sender with no login write files to the appliance's operating system, Cisco said in an advisory on Wednesday. The attacker sends an email with a crafted attachment through the gateway and, if it succeeds, could then run commands as root. The appliance filters an organization's email for spam, malware,

Oct 14, 2026

Ukraine says Starlink partially restored after Zelensky warned 'people will die' from satellite slowdown

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect Mykhailo Federov's current title. Ukraine's former defense minister said on Wednesday afternoon that SpaceX was working to restore satellite speeds in the country after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of dire consequences following reported slowdowns in Starlink services. Mykhailo Fedorov announced SpaceX was reinstating speeds of...

Oct 14, 2026

Terrifying Jurassic predator with 7-inch claws prowled the Isle of Wight 120million years ago, study reveals

A terrifying new dinosaur armed with claws as long as kitchen knives once stalked the Isle of Wight, archaeologists have revealed.

Oct 14, 2026

Japan to fund $21B deal to expand chip production in New York

Japan is helping fund a $21 billion deal to build two new chip plants in upstate New York, President Trump announced Wednesday. The country will provide $10 billion to speed up construction of a semiconductor fabrication plant from GlobalFoundries that the company aims to bring online by 2029, while another $10 billion will go toward...

Oct 14, 2026

Image of mournful elephant mom wins 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Italian photographer Federico Veronesi's "heartbreakingly poignant" photo of a mother elephant carrying her dead calf has won this year's top Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. See a selection of the other winning photos here.

Oct 14, 2026

Ancient impact crater 'with legs' spotted in Australian desert by NASA satellite

NASA has released a new image of a mysterious structure hidden in a remote desert, showing what looks like legs sprouting from its center.

Oct 14, 2026

Hackers Backdoor Nextcloud Servers Through Critical Flaw in Collabora’s Built-in CODE App

Attackers exploited a flaw in an optional Nextcloud app, Collabora Online - Built-in CODE Server, to plant web shells on Nextcloud servers. Three administrators reported the issue on GitHub, with the first logged attack on September 10. A web shell is a small file that executes any command an attacker sends via a web request, with the rights of the web server account. The flaw

Oct 14, 2026

Netflix laying off 6 percent of its workforce, marking biggest round of job cuts in years

Netflix's product, tech, legal and human resources teams would be the most impacted, according to a memo from co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos.

Oct 14, 2026

Netflix, Facing Slowing Growth, Cuts 6% of Its Work Force

The streamer’s share price is down more than 40 percent over the last year as the company has struggled with stalling engagement.

Oct 14, 2026

Microsoft Disrupts 3 Phishing Kits Linked to Over 1 Billion Scam Messages

Microsoft and Health-ISAC, along with the Japan Cybercrime Control Center (JC3) and a coalition of private sector companies, such as Resecurity, Cloudflare, Oracle, Proofpoint, and TRM Labs, announced the disruption of three phishing kits, CoGUI (aka NX or FA), Haozi (aka Phoenix), and Iron Man System. "Since January 2026, the threat actors behind these kits have been responsible for

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