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Oct 16, 2026
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Hong Kong investors most eager in Asia to beat markets – but temper return hopes: report
Hong Kong investors are Asia’s most ambitious stock pickers, but they have much more subdued return expectations than regional peers swept up in enthusiasm over artificial intelligence, according to a survey by a global asset management firm. Some 95 per cent of Hong Kong respondents said they wanted to outperform the market, the highest proportion in Asia, where the average stood at 85 per cent, according to a survey conducted in August by Natixis Investment Managers. Hong Kong investors...
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EU member states set for budget clash
European lawmakers have kicked off what's likely to be a long and fierce negotiation over the bloc's seven-year budget. Member states are divided on spending priorities, and pending elections in countries including France and Italy are adding pressure to the talks in Brussels. Also in the show - AI stocks lose a trillion dollars in this week's tech stock sell-off, and Ledger's CTO Charles Guillemet explains why AI is changing the security landscape.
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Critical PwnEscape Linux Kernel Vulnerability Lets Guest VMs Read Host Memory
A newly disclosed critical flaw in the Linux kernel allows code inside a virtual machine to read memory on the host computer it runs on. A researcher demonstrated the leak against Vercel's live cloud sandboxes, and Vercel confirmed it. The flaw, now tracked as CVE-2026-99999 and nicknamed PwnEscape, is in the Linux kernel's networking code, not in any one cloud's setup, so it reaches the shared
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Millions could face powerful hybrid cyclone off East Coast in just days, forecast models suggest
A powerful hybrid of a nor'easter and a tropical storm could form off the East Coast, in a setup meteorologists compared to the 1991 'Perfect Storm.'
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BBC Inside Science
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Ms., Martians and Guacamole: Their First Time in The Times
Our reporters share a compendium of debuts, discoveries and (sometimes overdue) appearances in the paper.
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Why CoreWeaves troubles are rattling the AI boom
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Path Jesus may have walked to his crucifixion unearthed after 2,000 years
Archaeologists excavating what millions of Christians believe is the site of Jesus' tomb have uncovered an ancient pathway that may reveal Christ's final moments before the crucifixion.
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ThreatsDay: Adobe RCE, DNS Wallet Theft, NVIDIA Container Escape, Self-Healing Backdoor + 23 More
Someone built a tool to steal data, then decided it should scare the victim for fun. Yes, that’s an actual feature. And somehow, it fits right in with this week's security stories. The rest gets interesting in different ways. A small permission can lead to a big theft. A trusted login can hide the wrong person. Old bugs are finding new victims, familiar tools are being put to strange uses, and
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Out-of-this-world photos capture incredible 'space jellyfish'... can you guess what it really is?
The images were taken on Tuesday morning - with the glowing cloud witnessed by masses of sky watchers across multiple states in North America.
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Suspected fly tippers shamed with online photos
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