Daily briefing: Why some places on our bodies heal without scars Summary This Nature Briefing (13 August 2025) highlights several short science stories: new research showing why some body sites…
Brazilian PhD students opt out of US research opportunities Summary Over the past year a noticeable number of Brazilian PhD students who had planned to conduct research in the United…
A mind–reading brain implant that comes with password protection Summary A brain–computer interface (BCI) implanted with microelectrodes in the motor cortex can decode people’s internal speech in near real time.…
Hackers reportedly compromise Canadian House of Commons through Microsoft vulnerability Summary Hackers accessed data from Canada’s House of Commons by exploiting a recent Microsoft vulnerability, according to reporting that cites…
FCC’s data breach reporting rules for telecoms are upheld in appeals court Summary The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s 2024 rule…
Norway police believe pro-Russian hackers were behind April dam sabotage Summary Norway’s police security service (PST) says it suspects pro‑Russian hackers sabotaged a small dam used for fishery purposes in…
Turkish crypto exchange BTCTurk warns of security incident after $49 million leaves platform Summary BTCTurk, a leading Istanbul-based cryptocurrency exchange, has confirmed a security incident after blockchain security firms tracked…
US updates sanctions on Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex Summary The US Treasury renewed sanctions on Russian crypto exchange Garantex and redesignated its successor Grinex, three executives and six associated companies…
Back to being FOSS, Redis delivers a new, faster version Summary Redis 8.2 is now generally available and has been relicensed under the GNU AGPL, returning it to an official…
The £9 billion question: To Microsoft or not to Microsoft? Summary The UK government’s five‑year Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA24) with Microsoft will see public sector bodies spend about £1.9bn a…
