25 Years After the Anthrax Attacks, America Remains Vulnerable

New York Times - Nov 11, 2026

Letters filled with anthrax spores exposed flaws in the United States’ biosecurity systems. Experts say many of those issues still exist.

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Hong Kong is expanding clinical trials of histotripsy, a non-invasive treatment that uses focused ultrasound to destroy tumours, as the city seeks to establish a role in developing the technology for kidney cancer. The CUHK Medical Centre, Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong and Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital would begin trials involving 30 patients targeting kidney cancer, the Li Ka Shing Foundation said on Wednesday. The trials mark the latest development in Hong Kong business tycoon Li Ka-shing’s...

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Nov 11, 2026

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Alibaba has applied to list chip-design unit T-Head in Hong Kong, as the Chinese tech giant braves a cooling initial public offering (IPO) market to raise funds for artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions. The Hong Kong stock exchange has approved the proposed separation and a confidential listing application was filed in September, Alibaba said in a statement on Tuesday. T-Head, which provides full-stack data centre chips, will remain a unit of the company. Alibaba also owns the South China...

Is universe 26.7 billion years old? New model challenges accepted age

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair: everything you need to know

Nov 11, 2026

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Microsoft Patches 1,259 Flaws, Including Exploited Outlook Bug That May Expose NTLMv2 Hashes

Nov 11, 2026

Microsoft Patches 1,259 Flaws, Including Exploited Outlook Bug That May Expose NTLMv2 Hashes

Microsoft on Tuesday released patches for a total of 1,259 vulnerabilities spanning its software portfolio, the second consecutive month where the patch volume has exceeded 1,000 flaws. These cover 726 flaws in Windows, 174 in Office, 61 in Developer Tools, 59 in SQL Server, 53 in Developer Tools, and 27 in SharePoint Server. The patches also include 165 non-Microsoft-issued CVE identifiers.

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Nov 11, 2026

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US-blacklisted Chinese university buys Nvidia H200 AI chips through domestic suppliers: Report

Nov 11, 2026

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A Chinese university with close ties to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has purchased Nvidia's advanced H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips despite being on a US trade blacklist, highlighting gaps in Washington's restrictions on China's access to high-end computing technology, according to a Reuters report.

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Nov 11, 2026

Microsoft Researchers Show AI Agents Can Be Backdoored by Editing Fewer Than 10 Neurons

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iPhone 16 price drops to ₹19,655 on Flipkart: How to get Apple's smartphone for under ₹20,000

Nov 11, 2026

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