Researchers say targeted ads delivered zero-click spyware to Al Jazeera devices
Citizen Lab says an advertising platform profiled large audiences before selected devices were silently redirected to mercenary spyware infrastructure.
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Peshawar school collapse kills 34 as police investigate building safety
Thirty-three students and a teacher died when part of a private school collapsed in Peshawar, prompting an arrest and promises of a full investigation.
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Global dataset finds national leaders far older than the people they govern
Researcher Hannah Ritchie's compilation covering more than 140 countries estimates that three quarters of the world's population live under a leader older than 65.
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Flipflop offers persistent device-to-device tunnels for file sharing
The open-source project uses Iroh networking to keep trusted devices connected across Bluetooth, local networks and the wider internet.
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New Yalu River Bridge opens after 12-year delay
The four-lane crossing between Dandong and Sinuiju is expected to expand freight capacity, though sanctions and weak trade conditions may constrain immediate growth.
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Sijbrandij Foundation pilots cancer information support service
Future of Cancer Care Today aims to help patients organize research and identify questions for clinicians while stressing that it does not provide medical care.
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Double-headed allocator revisits a practical fix for memory fragmentation
A game-development technique lets two workloads share one reserved memory block while growing from opposite ends, avoiding fragmentation between them.
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Indonesian wildfire haze pushes western Singapore pollution to top band
PM2.5 reached 288 micrograms per cubic metre in western Singapore as smoke spread across Southeast Asia and prompted school closures in Timor-Leste.
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Timescale previews PRISM vector index for PostgreSQL
The experimental pg_vectorsearch extension promises faster approximate nearest-neighbour search with lower memory use, but its developers say it is not ready for production.
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LIVE COVERAGEFlipflop offers persistent device-to-device tunnels for file sharing
The open-source project uses Iroh networking to keep trusted devices connected across Bluetooth, local networks and the wider internet.
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Eight fire-rescued orangutans released into protected West Kalimantan forest
Three mothers with infants and two adolescent males were moved to a 23,000-hectare reserve selected for food, water and links to surrounding forest.
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Argentina announces citizenship programme for foreign investors
Applicants would be able to seek an Argentine passport through a $350,000 Treasury contribution or an $800,000 purpose-built government bond.
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Wildlife theme selected for next Bank of England note series
Four native species will become the central images on redesigned sterling notes after a large public consultation.
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