Pictured: Winning entries for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026

BBC - Oct 13, 2026

Striking images including an urban coyote and an elephant carrying a dead calf are among this year's winners.

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Oct 13, 2026

Ayush Ministry issues standard treatment guidelines for dermatological disorders

Guidelines cover psoriasis, dermatitis, vitiligo and other dermatological conditions across Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy

Oct 13, 2026

Melania Trump's student AI competition gets rebranded as SI Presidential Challenge

Melania Trump's annual artificial intelligence (AI) competition for students is getting rebranded with President Trump's preferred name of super intelligence (SI). The first lady appeared in a video to launch the 2027 Presidential Super Intelligence Challenge on Tuesday. "The largest initiative in America's education began with one bold idea," Trump said, "prepare America's next generation...

Oct 13, 2026

Anthropic Warns Small AI Models Could Soon Form Self-Propagating IoT Botnets

Small artificial intelligence (AI) models may be months away from developing capabilities to self-replicate on IoT devices like smart ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes, according to a warning from Anthropic. The frontier AI lab said small AI models could form autonomous, self-propagating worm botnets that are "challenging to shut down," since "there's no centralized point to shut off."

Oct 13, 2026

Docker Fixes Critical Two-Year-Old Hub Flaw That Let One User Push Images as Another

A flaw in Docker Hub, the registry where container images are published and downloaded, let one user push, pull, or delete images as another user. Docker fixed the flaw on September 30 and says it found no evidence that anyone exploited it. The flaw was in the feature that converts a personal account into an organization, Docker said in a security advisory on October 12.

Oct 13, 2026

Attacker Chains Three Ivanti Connect Secure Zero-Days for Root Access, Only Two Patched So Far

An attacker chained three zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure, a VPN appliance, to run commands as root without logging in, security firm Volexity said on October 13. Ivanti has released fixes for two of the flaws and told customers on affected versions to "act immediately." A fix for the third is still pending, according to Volexity. Volexity, which reported the flaws to Ivanti,

Oct 13, 2026

SAP Discloses Critical CVSS 10 Flaw in Cloud SDK for Python Allowing OAuth2 Credential Theft

A flaw in SAP's Cloud SDK for Python can send an application's OAuth2 client credentials to a server an attacker controls, SAP said in a security advisory on October 13. The flaw affects multi-tenant applications on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) that use the SDK, SAP's official Python client for BTP services. An attacker must be able to control the tenant subdomain,

Oct 13, 2026

Apple Introduces HomeView, a $299 Tablet for the Home

Apple unveiled the device as it continues its foray into artificial intelligence and tries to prove it can still innovate.

Oct 13, 2026

Thousands of bottles of acetaminophen sold on Amazon recalled

Consumers reported finding discolored tablets, according to the recall notices.

Oct 13, 2026

Kroger laying off 3,000 corporate employees over 3 years amid increased AI use

Grocery store chain Kroger said it will lay off 3,000 corporate employees over the next three years as it ramps up its use of artificial intelligence to streamline operations.

Oct 13, 2026

Will We Ever Understand Dementia?

Since the days of Dr. Alzheimer himself, there has been a dream that severe senility might have an explanation — and a cure. The search for both has never been more urgent.

Oct 13, 2026

GitHub Tightens npm Publishing After Flaw Left 1,500+ Packages Vulnerable to Hijacking

GitHub has taken the step of expiring unvalidated npm trusted publishing configurations 48 hours after creation after researchers found that it was possible for an attacker to push new versions of a different user's package without having to steal their credentials. "Your configuration becomes validated and exempt from expiry after its first successful publish," the Microsoft-owned subsidiary

Oct 13, 2026

Bumble bought for $1.3bn in 'bet on the future of humanity'

The dating app which recently ditched its "women-first" chat rule has been bought by an investment firm.

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