Epidemiology models explain rumour spreading during France’s Great Fear of 1789 Summary The authors compile historical records of the Great Fear (1789) and apply epidemiological modelling and network analysis to…
Mapping urban gullies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Summary This study provides the first national-scale inventory and analysis of large urban gullies (UGs) across the DRC. Using very…
UK Sought Broad Access To Apple Customers’ Data, Court Filing Suggests Summary A newly published Investigatory Powers Tribunal filing indicates the UK government’s Technical Capability Notice (TCN) to Apple sought…
Bank Apologises For Firing Staff With Accidental Email Summary One of Australia’s largest banks, ANZ, apologised after some employees received automated emails asking them to return their laptops — a…
Macron Vows Retaliation If Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Attacked Summary French President Emmanuel Macron warned that France and Europe will respond strongly if any country takes measures that undermine Europe’s digital…
Microsoft Says Recent Windows Update Didn’t Kill Your SSD Content summary Microsoft has concluded that there is no demonstrated link between the August 2025 Windows security update (KB5063878) and reported…
FTC Claims Gmail Filtering Republican Emails Threatens ‘American Freedoms’ – Slashdot Summary Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson has accused Google of using “partisan” spam filtering that sends Republican fundraising…
Summary The Pentagon has paused a decade-old Microsoft support arrangement — nicknamed the “digital escorts” programme — after discovering China-based coders, supervised remotely by US contractors, were allowed to work…
WhatsApp Fixes ‘Zero-Click’ Bug Used To Hack Apple Users With Spyware Summary WhatsApp has patched a critical “zero-click” vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2025-55177) in its iOS and Mac apps that was…
FCC Rejects Calls For Cable-like Fees on Broadband Providers Summary The US Federal Communications Commission has declined a request from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and other trade groups…
