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Richard Stead, CEO of Qures Group, explores the rise of pandemics, the ongoing battle against infectious diseases, and how innovative treatments offer hope for the future. It is a fact that many industries develop their own specialised vocabulary, using terms that may be well understood within the profession but not as clearly recognised by the general public. When I entered the medical field from the world of chemicals, I quickly realised that the terminology was different and required careful understanding. For instance, I needed to distinguish between an epidemic and a pandemic or understand what is covered by the term…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korean police on Tuesday questioned an elementary school teacher who allegedly stabbed a student in Dao Jeon city. Monday’s incident during after-school care shocked the country and urged the country’s deputy president to direct a review of school safety standards.The suspect is receiving hospital treatment for self-injured wounds after a young girl died in an audiovisual room on the second floor of the school, and Yuk John, chief of the Western District Police Station in Daijon. Mayon said.The suspect, reportedly in his 40s, told police he returned to work after his leave due to…
The UK auto industry is gearing up for a transformative decade as its major employers are committed to key skill drives to support the electric vehicle (EV) revolution. The UK automobile sector will increase apprenticeships by nearly 16% in 2025, according to a new survey by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The initiative is consistent with the industry’s ambitious green growth agenda, ensuring that a skilled workforce is ready to drive the next generation of zero-emission vehicles. In earnest in the National Apprentice Week of 2025, the spotlight is firmly present in dynamic opportunities within the automotive…
February 11, 2025Hacker NewsSoftware Security/Threat Intelligence Imagine you are considering a new car for your family. Before purchasing, we will assess its safety rating, fuel efficiency and reliability. You may take it to a test drive to ensure it meets your needs. The same approach must be applied to software and hardware products before integration into your organization’s environment. To avoid purchasing a car without knowing its safety features, you should not deploy software without understanding the risks of implementing it. Rising threat of supply chain attacks Instead of attacking an organization head-on, cybercriminals know that they can infiltrate the…
Venture capitalists gobbles term sheets for startups that exercise artificial intelligence, but when it comes to funding a wider range of technology, they’re doing fussy things. According to new figures from Analytics Firm Dealroom, the AI startup raised $110 billion last year. At the same time, private companies across the technology spectrum (startups and scale-ups) raised $227 billion in 2024, down 12% from 2023. Dealroom founder Yoram Wijngaarde has been analyzing and counselling in the tech industry for decades. Marketplace had a barnstorming moment in the late 1990s and early 2000s in terms of investor attention, but nothing came to…
February 11, 2025Ravi LakshmananMalware/Cyber Attacks Threat officials have observed an increasingly popular Clickfix technology to provide a remote access trojan named NetSupport Rat since early January 2025. Net support rats that are normally propagated through fake websites and fake browser updates, have full control over the victim’s host to attackers, monitor the device’s screen in real time, and control the keyboard and mouse commands that allow for malicious releases and execution, uploading and downloading files. Originally known as Netsupport Manager, it was developed as a legal remote IT support program, but was later reused by malicious actors, targeting organizations, screenshots,…
Northumberland manufacturers have secured support for UK Export Finance (UKEF) and Santander UK before taking on new business to develop critical data centres. Salem Tube has been trading since 1992 and traditionally serves the energy sector, but it takes on more and more orders from data center developers. As the AI and cloud data storage markets grow rapidly, Salem has undertaken more and more contracts in this area. Why are data centers so important as technology evolves? Data centers centralize the organization’s IT operations and equipment for the purpose of storing, processing and disseminating data and applications. Data centers are…
Police say Taliban security guards were one of those killed in the attacks that had not yet been charged.The bombs killed at least five people and injured seven people in northeastern Afghanistan, local police report. The explosion took place at 8:35am (04:05 GMT) on Tuesday near the Kabul Bank branch in Kunduz province. No group has yet to assert responsibility for the explosion. Four other people, including bank security guards and members of civilians and Afghanistan’s dominant Taliban group, were among the people who were killed, police said. “The suicide bombing, which improvised the explosive device, exploded itself,” said Junduz…
Instagram said Tuesday that the platform has introduced a teen account feature. This feature features special protection measures for the safety of users in India, one of the largest markets with over 350 million users. The company introduced teen accounts in the US, UK, Canada and Australia last year. A meta of Instagram users under the age of 16 has migrated their accounts to these new types of accounts with default restrictions. These teen accounts are private accounts by default and have messaging restrictions, content controls, interaction restrictions, time-limited reminders and sleep modes. “In the meta, creating a safer and…
The Canadian government has announced major investments in satellite technology, recognizing the need for a more proactive approach to wildfire management. The Wildfiresat mission, a cutting-edge satellite Earth Observation (EO) program, is set up to revolutionize the way authorities track and fight Canadian wildfires. Environment and Climate Change Minister Stephen Gilby recently awarded a $72 million contract to design and develop Wildfiresat, following a broad and competitive procurement process. I confirmed that it was done. This constellation of seven microsatellites provides real-time intelligence on fire strength, movement, and potential risk zones, allowing fire managers to protect both population and remote…