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TechRadar reports the UK faces Europe's most state-sponsored cyberattacks, with AI cutting attack timelines from days to minutes.
BBC One began airing The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked season 2 on October 1, with all ten episodes also free on BBC iPlayer. The companion show, hosted by Ed Gamble, is unavailable to stream in the US, Canada and Australia.
The Celebrity Traitors Series 2 premieres October 1 at 8pm BST on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, hosted by Claudia Winkleman. TechRadar reports 21 celebrities will compete for up to £100,000 for charity, with UK viewers able to stream free and overseas viewers using a VPN.
Dutch intelligence warns that smart car features such as microphones, cameras and GPS trackers could be used by hostile states for espionage, as Chinese-made vehicle imports to the UK surge and military sites restrict them.
vivo has launched the X Fold 6 globally in several European markets, offering a 6,900mAh battery, a 200MP main camera and a 200mm telephoto extender lens.
Flydubai flight makes emergency landing after pilot stabbing; FBI probes claimed employee-data hack.
A powerful El Niño is already affecting global weather, but NOAA is planning a smaller research effort than in 2015-16, with further projects awaiting Congress and the Trump administration seeking to eliminate its research office.
The Celebrity Traitors returns Oct. 1 on BBC One and iPlayer, with Claudia Winkleman hosting 21 celebrities.
South Korea's September exports rose 83.5 percent to a record $120.9 billion as chip shipments passed $60 billion, while President Trump announced Korean investment projects in Texas, Alaska and eight nuclear reactors, and Seoul was ordered to pay Elliott $48.49 million.
Switzerland lost 19.4% of its glacier ice since 2021, including 5.5% in the first eight months of 2026, a monitoring report says, leaving Alpine glaciers reduced to rock deserts.
Vivo has begun the international release of its X Fold 6, a book-style foldable first launched in China in June. TechRadar reported it will not go on sale in the UK or US, while The Verge said Vivo had not yet shared pricing or specific markets.
South Korea marked its 78th Armed Forces Day with 3,600 personnel and about 70 weapons systems, unveiling the Cheongwang laser anti-drone system and other unmanned assets for the first time.
South Korea's September exports rose 83.5 percent to a record $120.9 billion on chip shipments above $60 billion, the trade ministry said Thursday.
OpenAI says it disrupted a campaign to extract protected AI reasoning and links a core cluster to China's Moonshot AI.
A two-year trial off Cornwall found that floating scarecrow buoys and bird-shaped kites reduced seabird bycatch in gillnets by 59% and 71%, according to research published in Conservation Letters.
Moscow plans Anti-Fraud 3.0 to cut SIM sellers and require new SIMs to have no funds before contracts are signed.
Dutch authorities have arrested a 24-year-old convicted cybercriminal, identified by sources as Pepijn van der Stap, on suspicion of helping ShinyHunters with data thefts and extortion. KrebsOnSecurity reports that remaining group members escalated attacks after the arrest.
At least ten VPN providers reported fresh server and IP blocks in the week after Russia's State Duma elections, as rights groups describe a shift toward infrastructure-level attacks on circumvention tools.
Baidu is betting on context in AI office, using Wenku and Netdisk assets, enterprise trials and overseas Kooko.
MI5 publicly warned UK universities that the China General Technology Research Institute is a front for Chinese intelligence and advised researchers to end collaboration, saying more than 100 academics received funding for work in AI, cybersecurity and steganography.
OpenAI's dots and Meta's Muse push personal agents into daily life, while Anthropic flags GLM-5.3 cyber risks and OpenClaw, Codex Harness, and new Flash models reshape agent infrastructure and office work.
A review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity documents dozens of overlooked ways insects shelter, protect and sanitize for vertebrates, and warns that disruption of insect communities will affect the species that depend on them.
A U.S. government chatbot on America.gov returned a bureaucratic remix of Minecraft's End Poem when prompted with “Play Minecraft,” then denied writing it, according to Engadget.
Russian overnight drone and missile attacks hit Kyiv’s communications, data-center and energy infrastructure, with debris reported at a Western embassy. NATO condemned Moscow’s nuclear rhetoric over Kaliningrad as Poland raised its alert level.