ASOS app users receive push notifications apparently sent by hackers
Dozens of people appear to have received a strange message from the clothing and beauty store's app.
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Oct 6, 2026
The Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, has confirmed that it has discovered activity by rogue OpenAI agents on its platforms, including unsuccessful efforts to compromise Etherpad, a public note-taking tool, and edit Wikipedia pages. "The unauthorized bot activities included edits to our wikis, some unsuccessful attempts to exploit a public note-taking tool we host, and heavy traffic,
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Belgian physicist awarded Nobel Prize for pioneering work tracking neutrino particles at South Pole
Belgian American particle physicist Francis Halzen was announced as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday in Stockholm.
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Nobel Prizes 2026: What to Know
The recipients of the six awards in science, literature, economics and peace work are being announced this week.
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 goes to Francis Halzen: Who is he and what did he discover?
Francis Halzen receives the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pivotal contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the identification of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, leveraging South Pole ice to monitor cosmic phenomena.
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Carbon tracking tower put on Scotland's largest saltmarsh
It will track how much carbon is being taken out of the atmosphere by the saltmarsh on the Solway Firth.
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Google Pauses OSS Product Bug Bounty Rewards After Surge in Invalid Automated Reports
Google has stopped accepting product vulnerability reports through its bug bounty program for its open-source software. The change, in effect since October 1, means researchers can no longer submit security flaws in the code of projects such as Go, Angular, and Protocol Buffers there for a reward. Reports about supply chain compromises are still accepted, and reports filed before October 1 are
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Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants feature
The regulator said Instagram had not fully assessed risks posed by its Instants feature prior to launching it.
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In Race With U.S., China Struggles to Recruit Foreign A.I. Researchers
China’s booming artificial intelligence sector has given local researchers good reason to remain in the country, but it has yet to lure overseas scientists despite a government push.
Read moreIn Race With U.S., China Struggles to Recruit Foreign A.I. Researchers
China’s booming artificial intelligence sector has given local researchers good reason to remain in the country, but it has yet to lure overseas scientists despite a government push.
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Melting Swiss Glaciers Release Archaeological Treasures
Archaeologists are scouring mountain passes as artifacts from a bygone world all but tumble out of Switzerland’s shrinking ice.
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Vivo V80 launched in India with Zeiss cameras, 7,200mAh battery: Check specs, price and sale date
Vivo has launched the V80 and S2 FE in India, with the V80 starting at ₹62,999 and featuring Zeiss cameras, a 7,200mAh battery and a Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chipset. The S2 FE starts at ₹38,999 and packs a 10,000mAh battery, a 120Hz AMOLED display, and aMediaTek Dimensity 7300e processor.
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South Korea Investigates Possible Use of A.I. in Hackings on Its Banks
The president said there were signs that such models were used in recent attacks on several banks involving customer data. Police are investigating.
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