President Trump awards Big Tech donors with nation’s highest science prizes

TechCrunch - Oct 8, 2026

Together, the awardees have donated nearly $6 billion to efforts tied to Trump and his administration.

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FBI Arrests Another ShinyHunters Suspect Reportedly Involved in Its Jobs Portal Hack

The FBI has arrested another suspected co-conspirator of ShinyHunters, FBI Director Kash Patel said on October 9 in a post on X. ShinyHunters is the extortion group that said in September it had breached the FBI's jobs portal and stolen sensitive data on almost all FBI agents and job applicants. The FBI has not named the suspect, and no charges have been made public. The

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Could a newly engineered microbe help humanity survive on Mars?

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White House on Trump purchasing SpaceX debt before space order: 'No conflicts of interest'

The White House said Friday there was no conflict of interest when President Trump's accounts bought more than $1 million in SpaceX debt two days before he signed an executive order on space transportation policy. The president's financial disclosure for August, published Thursday, shows Trump's accounts purchased between $1 million and $5 million in senior...

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Isaias becomes major category three storm before landfall

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The first-date diet: Scientist reveals garlic could boost your sex appeal while fizzy drinks and sweeteners may ruin your chances

The days of worrying about what to wear on a first date may be over - as what you've eaten beforehand could be just as important, according to a nutritionist.

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P7 DarkSword iOS Exploit Kit Adds Crypto Wallet Data Theft and Remote Commands

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously unseen variant of the DarkSword iOS exploit kit called P7 DarkSword. "Compared with the variants we usually observe, P7 reduces its on-device footprint, adds on-device keychain and crypto-wallet theft, and adds two way C2 communication with the attacker's infrastructure," iVerify said in a new report published Thursday. The name

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Mysterious NASA Mars photo fuels wild claim of a lost civilization on the Red Planet

An image of Mars taken by NASA has sparked theories that the agency captured ruins of a lost civilization on the Red Planet.

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Prize-winning image which sparked backlash was AI-generated, Nikon rules

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Oct 9, 2026

Prize-winning image which sparked backlash was AI-generated, Nikon rules

The camera-maker says it is now re-evaluating the rules and procedures of its Small World in Motion contest.

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System-wide outage hits Southwest Airlines as departures reportedly halted across US

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Flock offers voluntary separation packages to staff amid camera backlash

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