Ebola has spread from Congo to 4 other countries
Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active. It has spread farther across Africa than any previous Ebola outbreak, reaching three regions. Nigeria on Tuesday became the latest country affected by the outbreak, which was first declared in eastern Congo in mid-May. Caused
Fighter jet crashes and explodes into fireball in France killing one
A French fighter jet has crashed during a training flight, killing at least one crew member and sparking an urgent search for the other. The French Mirage 2000D crashed near the plane’s air base on the outskirts of Nancy, in the Rogeville commune, France’s Air and Space Force confirmed to local outlet Ici Lorraine. Witnesses
Major security flaw triggers action from Google and Apple against eMudhra certificates
eMudhra, an Indian certificate authority (CA) that issues digital certificates, is reportedly under fire for dangerously weak security keys in eight of its certificates. This can potentially allow attackers to create a fake digital certificate for almost any website and intercept or manipulate data exchanged between users and those websites.Google, Apple, Microsoft and Mozilla have
United Nations report highlights significant increase in U.S. climate pollution
Countries are not doing enough to cut emissions that cause climate change, according to a new report from United Nations scientists. And the United States is a big part of the problem. The U.S. sticks out as the only major economy where planet-warming pollution increased dramatically last year.It finds that last year, the U.S. was
Russia frees US citizen held since 2022 after plea from Trump
U.S. citizen Stephen Hubbard, who was held by Russia since 2022, has been released and is on his way home to the U.S., President Donald Trump said Wednesday. “Stephen is on his way back home and will soon be with his family,” Trump said in a post on social media, adding that the decision came
Marine life dramatically declined in Gulf of Mexico in years after BP oil spill
In a deep, dark part of the Gulf of Mexico, the number of marine animals plummeted by about 60% in the years following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion.In a crucial part of the Gulf between the light surface and the darkest depths, where the BP-operated well failed and dumped 134 million gallons of oil, the
Nvidia wins fast-growing AI startup Modal for new central processors
Nvidia has won central processor chip business with another fast-growing AI startup that until now relied entirely on chips from Intel and AMD, an early sign that its push into a market long controlled by those two rivals has traction. Modal, a cloud-computing startup that rents out computing power to AI developers, said it plans
WhatsApp could soon let you screen unknown callers before answering
Instant messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new call filtering feature for Android that could offer users greater control over calls from unknown persons. The purported feature aims to improve the existing ‘Silence Unknown Callers’ feature by bringing in more flexible ways to manage incoming calls, including the ability to screen callers before
DOJ charges 28 green card holders in California over alleged voter fraud
The US Department of Justice has filed criminal charges against 28 green card holders in California accused of fraudulently registering to vote and casting illegal ballots. The crackdown marks another escalation in the federal government’s ongoing efforts against alleged noncitizen voting, efforts that Democrats and voting rights groups say are part of a strategy by
Google outage
Dozens of websites, apps and services have been hit by a Google Cloud outage on Tuesday morning. Banks, delivery services, and supermarkets have all been affected by the cloud provider’s widespread issue in its western Europe region. Among those affected are Lloyds Bank, Bank of Scotland, Revolut, and Rightmove. Data from Downdetector shows a spike