Why is Starlink internet so important on the battlefield in Ukraine?

BBC - Oct 14, 2026

It is the "backbone of military communications in Ukraine" that provides vital high-speed internet to forces across the country.

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Image of mournful elephant mom wins 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Italian photographer Federico Veronesi's "heartbreakingly poignant" photo of a mother elephant carrying her dead calf has won this year's top Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. See a selection of the other winning photos here.

Ancient impact crater 'with legs' spotted in Australian desert by NASA satellite

Oct 14, 2026

Ancient impact crater 'with legs' spotted in Australian desert by NASA satellite

NASA has released a new image of a mysterious structure hidden in a remote desert, showing what looks like legs sprouting from its center.

Hackers Backdoor Nextcloud Servers Through Critical Flaw in Collabora’s Built-in CODE App

Oct 14, 2026

Hackers Backdoor Nextcloud Servers Through Critical Flaw in Collabora’s Built-in CODE App

Attackers exploited a flaw in an optional Nextcloud app, Collabora Online - Built-in CODE Server, to plant web shells on Nextcloud servers. Three administrators reported the issue on GitHub, with the first logged attack on September 10. A web shell is a small file that executes any command an attacker sends via a web request, with the rights of the web server account. The flaw

Netflix, Facing Slowing Growth, Cuts 6% of Its Work Force

Oct 14, 2026

Netflix, Facing Slowing Growth, Cuts 6% of Its Work Force

The streamer’s share price is down more than 40 percent over the last year as the company has struggled with stalling engagement.

Microsoft Disrupts 3 Phishing Kits Linked to Over 1 Billion Scam Messages

Oct 14, 2026

Microsoft Disrupts 3 Phishing Kits Linked to Over 1 Billion Scam Messages

Microsoft and Health-ISAC, along with the Japan Cybercrime Control Center (JC3) and a coalition of private sector companies, such as Resecurity, Cloudflare, Oracle, Proofpoint, and TRM Labs, announced the disruption of three phishing kits, CoGUI (aka NX or FA), Haozi (aka Phoenix), and Iron Man System. "Since January 2026, the threat actors behind these kits have been responsible for

A New World of Lung Cancer Therapy Awaits Pope Leo

Oct 14, 2026

A New World of Lung Cancer Therapy Awaits Pope Leo

Lung cancer is still a leading cause of cancer death, but that rate is half what it was in the 1990s, partly because newly developed treatments are working.

How Top Trump Officials Stoked Fears of a Nuke That Could Fry the Power Grid

Oct 14, 2026

How Top Trump Officials Stoked Fears of a Nuke That Could Fry the Power Grid

For more than a decade, conservative activists held that a single atomic bomb could, without killing Americans directly, lay waste to the country — a claim that built fervor for war with Iran.

Industrial fire linked to fish and eels' deaths

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Industrial fire linked to fish and eels' deaths

Chemicals from firewater runoff entered a brook and spread downstream where dead fish and eels were later found, the Environment Agency has confirmed.

U.S. Shuts Down Over 40 Laptop Farms, Charges 14 in North Korean IT Worker Fraud

Oct 14, 2026

U.S. Shuts Down Over 40 Laptop Farms, Charges 14 in North Korean IT Worker Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday charged 14 people and seized about 187 computers as part of its ongoing efforts to disrupt North Korea's fraudulent remote IT worker (ITW) scheme. The indictment charges a mix of U.S. citizens and Chinese nationals for their roles in an IT worker conspiracy affecting more than 70 U.S. companies, charging them with wire fraud conspiracy, money

NASA to brief public on Artemis III mission progress

Oct 14, 2026

NASA to brief public on Artemis III mission progress

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Bible proven to be 'true' as ancient discoveries shed new light on Jesus' life

Oct 14, 2026

Bible proven to be 'true' as ancient discoveries shed new light on Jesus' life

For some, the Bible is a collection of parables: a series of deeply resonant stories, designed to guide you throughout your life. Yet for others it is a historical document.

Toilet paper and secret recorders: What we know about the arrest of the Saudi OpenAI engineer

Oct 14, 2026

Toilet paper and secret recorders: What we know about the arrest of the Saudi OpenAI engineer

Abdulrahman Alfozan had worked for the AI giant for more than a year before he was arrested by the FBI.

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