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Passengers overpower knife-wielding pilot; Chinese AI safety fears; Reform voters back EU
Passengers overpower a knife-wielding pilot in mid-air drama whilst Chinese AI tools are exposed with critical safety flaws. Reform voters show surprising appetite for closer EU ties, contradicting their party’s Eurosceptic stance.
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Fujifilm’s Instax Pal 2 can plug directly into your smartphone to transfer images
Fujifilm has released the Instax Pal 2, an upgraded compact digital camera that emphasises tactile controls and a fun shooting experience over high image quality. The device evolved from the original Instax Pal by functioning as a proper standalone camera rather than primarily a printer, appealing to photographers who deliberately seek retro cameras for their…
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Chicxulub crater’s hydrothermal system may have lasted eight million years
New analysis suggests that the hydrothermal system created by the Chicxulub asteroid impact may have lasted far longer than previously estimated, potentially giving life more time to develop or thrive. The finding matters because it points to impact craters as possible long-lived habitats, although it does not show that the Chicxulub system was actually inhabited.…
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Fifth unvaccinated person dies of measles; CDC still not counting all deaths
Pennsylvania has reported its fifth measles death, all among unvaccinated people, as an outbreak centred in Lancaster County continues. The deaths add to a resurgence of a disease declared eliminated in the US in 2000, amid falling vaccination rates. The outbreak has reached 943 cases across 39 Pennsylvania counties, with 119 reported in the latest…
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Irony alert: OpenAI whines that Chinese model stole its special IP that it stole from everybody else
OpenAI says it disrupted a month-long campaign to extract reasoning from its models, with the core activity linked to people associated with China’s Moonshot AI, developer of Kimi. It argues that large-scale distillation could let competitors reproduce advanced capabilities while bypassing the safety safeguards of the original models. The campaign began on 1 July and…
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Etihad weighs legal action over Premier League findings on Manchester City’s sponsorship deals
Etihad Airways is considering legal action against the Premier League after it published the core findings of an independent commission into Manchester City’s alleged financial rule breaches. The airline says the findings and the Premier League’s public statements have harmed its reputation, even though it was not named in the published decision. The commission found…
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Georgia Tech system links implants through the body’s electrical signals
Georgia Tech researchers have developed SWANS, a system that lets multiple implants communicate by sending electrical signals through body tissue. It could help devices such as sensors and nerve stimulators coordinate while avoiding some of the power, signal-range and size limits of radio-based approaches. The system uses a wearable hub to process data and send…
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Attackers have been exploiting critical Zimbra flaw to steal emails
Attackers have exploited a critical Zimbra Collaboration Suite vulnerability to run commands on some organisations’ mail servers and attempt to steal email backups and authentication data. Microsoft reported seeing the attacks across multiple regions and industries; it could not confirm whether the data was successfully taken or identify who was behind the activity. The flaw,…
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Google announces Gemini 4 and says it’s so capable that only ‘trusted cyber defenders’ can have it right now
Google has announced Gemini 4 Argon, a new AI model it says performs strongly on complex software engineering, business and cybersecurity tasks. Access is initially limited to a group of “trusted cyber defenders” while Google strengthens safeguards, making the announcement notable for its cautious, staged release. Google says Argon is already being used internally, including…
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Factory CEO just accused his VC board advisor of spying for Cognition
Factory CEO Matan Grinberg accused investor and board adviser Chris Degnan of sharing confidential information with Cognition, which Grinberg considers Factory’s biggest competitor. The dispute became public after Degnan announced he was joining Cognition as chief revenue officer, prompting questions about whether Factory’s sensitive plans may have been exposed. The two give conflicting accounts of…