Russia Says It Found No ‘Emergency’ in Plague Lab

New York Times - Oct 7, 2026

New information around the death of a lab worker, including a statement that she had been vaccinated against the plague, came as U.S. officials demanded more data.

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Three years after October 7 attacks, Israel's economy shows its strength

After shrinking briefly in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023 attacks, Israel's GDP is predicted to grow by 4 percent this year. The country's tech sector – specifically its defence startups – has played a big part in this performance but challenges, notably demographic ones, are on the horizon. Meanwhile, the destruction caused by Israel's war in Gaza has reduced GDP per capita in the Palestinian enclave by 83 percent and reconstruction plans there have yet to begin.

Oct 7, 2026

The Sixth Voice of the CISO Data Shows Cyber Risk Has Moved Inside the Workflow

The 2026 findings are not just a year-over-year shift. They mark the latest point in a five-year arc where resilience, AI governance, human risk, and board scrutiny are converging inside the systems where work actually happens. For years, the enterprise cybersecurity story has been told as a straight line of escalation: more attacks, more data loss, more pressure, and more urgency. That

Oct 7, 2026

FBI Warns FortiBleed Remains Active After Amassing 86,644 Fortinet Device Credentials

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Secret Service (USSS) on Tuesday warned that the FortiBleed credential harvesting campaign remains an active threat aimed at internet-facing Fortinet FortiGate firewalls and secure socket layer (SSL) virtual private network (VPN) gateways. "The campaign exploits reused or leaked credentials and legacy SHA-256 password storage, enabling threat

Oct 7, 2026

Atlassian Data Center Flaw Draws Exploitation Attempts Within Two Hours of Public Details

Threat actors have begun to exploit a newly disclosed critical security flaw impacting Atlassian Data Center products that could allow access to sensitive files under certain conditions. The arbitrary file access flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-21589 (CVSS score: 9.3) affects multiple products, including Bitbucket Data Center, Confluence Data Center, Jira Service Management Data Center, Jira Software

Oct 7, 2026

What Is Agentic Pentesting? What It Proves, and Where It Stops.

If you’re evaluating an agentic pentesting solution right now, you’ve probably heard the same pitch more than once: point it at a target, and it discovers, validates, and exploits attack paths autonomously, the way a real attacker would. That promise is worth taking seriously. It’s also worth pressure testing, and three questions do the heavy lifting. What can the assessment actually

Oct 7, 2026

After Samsung, Google hikes Pixel 10a price; Here's how much it costs now in India

Google Pixel 10a was launched earlier this year at a price of ₹49,999 in India. The phone has now recorded an increase in price of about ₹6,000.

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5 gaming smartphones under ₹50,000: Best phones for BGMI, COD Mobile and more

Looking for a gaming smartphone under ₹50,000? Here are five options for BGMI, COD Mobile and Genshin Impact, featuring powerful processors, high-refresh-rate AMOLED displays, large batteries, fast charging and gaming-focused hardware.

Oct 7, 2026

NASA's Crew-12 Dragon begins return trip from space station

After 237 days in space, four astronauts closed the hatch on their SpaceX Dragon capsule at 6:05am EDT on Wednesday, starting NASA's Crew-12 return. Dragon is due to leave the International Space Station two hours later.NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will command Dragon, and fellow NASA astronaut...

Oct 7, 2026

Nobel Prizes 2026: What to Know

The recipients of the six awards in science, literature, economics and peace work are being announced this week.

Oct 7, 2026

China’s open-weight AI models are winning global users. Who is capturing the value?

China’s open-weight artificial intelligence models are taking off globally, but much of the money they generate is flowing to third-party providers rather than the companies that create them, according to a new study. Developers including DeepSeek and Moonshot AI make their model weights – essentially the “brains” of their AI systems – freely available for download. This strategy, which has accelerated global adoption over the past two years, allows other companies to run the models on their own...

Oct 7, 2026

French, Japanese scientists share Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.

Oct 7, 2026

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 goes to Henri B Kagan and Kenso Soai; check their discovery

Henri B Kagan and Kenso Soai received the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their groundbreaking discoveries in asymmetric organic synthesis. 

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