China’s chikungunya virus outbreak is a wake up call Summary The correspondence highlights a major chikungunya (CHIKV) outbreak in China — more than 7,000 cases reported in Guangdong province since…
AI-agent ethics should consider sentient non-human animals Summary This correspondence by Borbala Foris and Jean-Loup Rault (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna) argues that current debates about AI-agent alignment and ethics…
Liquid-crystal specs refocus with the push of a button Summary Researchers have developed spectacles that electronically switch focal power using a liquid-crystal layer, allowing wearers to toggle between near and…
WhatsApp, Apple warn of highly targeted attacks with zero-day vulnerability Summary WhatsApp has patched a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-55177) tied to incomplete authorisation of linked-device synchronisation messages that could cause a…
Pennsylvania AG says recovery continues after office refused to pay ransomware gang Summary On 11 August the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General discovered a ransomware attack. Attorney General Dave…
Disney agrees to $10 million settlement for collecting data from children Summary The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Disney has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations it…
Summary Nicholas (Nick) Andersen has taken over as executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), starting 2 September 2025. Andersen previously served as principal…
Amazon shuts down watering hole attack attributed to Russia’s APT29 hacking group Summary Amazon’s threat intelligence team disrupted a watering-hole campaign in August attributed to Russia’s APT29 (also tracked as…
Laravel inventor tells devs to quit writing ‘cathedrals of complexity’ Summary Taylor Otwell, creator and long-time maintainer of the Laravel PHP framework, warns developers against over‑engineering and pursuing clever-but-fragile solutions…
Reg readers have spoken: 93% back move away from Microsoft in UK public sector Summary The Register polled more than 1,500 readers after the UK government confirmed it expects to…
