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Bárbara Pinho is considering how EU-funded researchers can accelerate the deployment of self-driving trucks on public roads to address driver shortages and increase safety and sustainability in the European logistics sector. In a not too distant future, a cargo vehicle with a rare appearance – with a large black windshield and no human driver behind the wheels – could become a common sight on European roads. These are automated long-range tracks, the future major player in the European freight sector. EU-funded researchers are working hard to make their deployment as smooth as possible. Self-driving cars are no longer novel. Small…
Dr. Irona van Dinser, an associate professor at Utrecht University, has pioneered the research into earthquakes and structural movements over the years. Her latest venture, ERC Consolidator Project Reset, is currently aiming to significantly improve earthquake forecasts on how and possibly when they will occur. As history has demonstrated, major earthquakes can be a significant global threat with devastating consequences. However, it is considered impossible to predict the location, size and timing of an earthquake. Now, thanks to new discoveries and advances in technology, researchers are making major breakthroughs towards earthquake prediction. Dr. Irona van Dinser, an associate professor of…
UK AI Minister Feryal Clark outlines AI’s Opportunity Action Plan and aims to promote innovation, investment and collaboration across the sector, ensuring that AI benefits are accessible to all communities. In recent years, the UK has become an important player in the global AI (AI) landscape, evolving into a hub of innovation and technological advancement. The government’s aggressive approach highlights its commitment to harnessing the potential for AI transformation across different sectors, as demonstrated by the establishment of AI’s Opportunity Action Plan. The initiative not only strengthens the UK’s position as an AI leader, but also makes the benefits of…
Ngugi’s work criticized both the British colonialism in Kenya and the Postcolonial Kenya Association.Famous Kenyan author Ngugi Wa Thiong’o passed away at the age of 87, his family announced. “It’s heartfelt to announce the death of his father, ngugi wa thiong’o,” his daughter, Wangjik wa Ngugi, wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. “He spent his life and had a good fight,” she said. At the time of his death, Ngugi reportedly had undergone kidney dialysis treatment, but the immediate cause of his death is still unknown. Born in Kenya in 1938, Ngugi is remembered as one of Africa’s most important postcolonial…
May 29, 2025Ravi LakshmananMalware/Cloud Security Google announced on Wednesday that a Chinese-sponsored threat actor known as APT41 has leveraged a malware called ToughProgress, which uses Google Calendar for command and control (C2). The tech giant, which discovered the activity in late October 2024, said the malware was hosted on a government website where it compromised and used to target several other government agencies. “The misuse of C2 cloud services is a technique that many threat actors use to integrate with legitimate activities,” said Patrick Whitsell, a researcher at Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). APT41 is also tracked as Axiom, Blackfly,…
Cambodians and Thai officials claim soldiers from the other side who first opened the fire in the latest deadly border collision between their neighbors.Cambodian leaders sought calm in the country the day after soldiers were killed in a brief clash with troops from nearby Thailand in a conflict zone along the Thai-Cambodia border. In a written statement on Thursday, Prime Minister Hun Mane said people should not “circulate in circulating unverified material,” reassuring the country that they do not want a conflict between Cambodian and Thai forces. “For this reason, we hope that, as we have done in the past,…
COUNSELOR, N.M. (AP) — On a Tuesday in March, Billton Werito drove his son Amari toward his house in Counselor, New Mexico, navigating the bumpy dirt road that winds through a maze of natural gas pipelines, wellheads and water tanks. Amari should have been in school, but a bout of nausea and a dull headache kept him from class.“It happens a lot,” Amari explained from the backseat, glancing up from his Nintendo Switch. The symptoms usually show up when the sixth-grader smells an odor of “rotten egg with propane” that rises from nearby natural gas wells and wafts over Lybrook…
May 29, 2025Ravi LakshmananVulnerability/Website Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed important hidden security flaws affecting WordPress Ti Woocommerce Wishlist plugins that can be exploited by unrecognized attackers to upload any file. With over 100,000 active installations, Ti WooCommerce Wishlist is a tool that enables e-commerce website customers to save their favorite products later and share their lists on social media platforms. “The plug-ins are vulnerable to any file upload vulnerability that allows an attacker to upload malicious files to a server without authentication,” said John Castro, a researcher at PatchStack. Tracked as CVE-2025-47577, the vulnerability has a CVSS score of 10.0.…
Cambridge, Massachusetts (AP) — Harvard University is holding its launch on Thursday at a pivotal moment when its position as one of the world’s leading institutions of higher education is what appears to be an existential threat from the Trump administration.Other schools face loss of federal funds and the ability to register international students if they do not agree to the changing demands of the Trump administration. However, Harvard was founded in 1636 a century and a half before the state itself, and is taking the lead by rebelling against the White House in federal courts and paying a substantial…
NEW YORK (AP) – A federal judge said Trump administration’s deportation efforts Mahmoud Khalil His pro-Palestinian activities at Columbia University are likely to violate the Constitution. In a long order issued Wednesday, Judge Michael Farbeers wrote the main justification of the government to eliminate Halil – his belief is It could pose a threat US foreign policy can open the door to ambiguous and arbitrary enforcement. Still, Fabiartz stopped the order of Halil, who was released from Louisiana prison, and his lawyers were not fully responding to the other charges brought by the government. The judge said he will consider…