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The 1,100-year-old mummified remains of a man have revealed that he likely died in an ancient turquoise mining accident in Chile. Extensive evidence of blunt force trauma found on the man’s skeleton suggests he died from a falling rock or mine collapse, according to a new study.The naturally mummified remains, along with grave goods such as a bow and arrow and a hallucinogenic snuff kit, were originally unearthed in the 1970s in an area just outside a pre-Hispanic turquoise mine in El Salvador, a city in northern Chile in the middle of the Atacama Desert. An obvious fracture in the…
Significant advances in D-band wireless communications were achieved through joint Anritsu and VTT demonstrations, highlighting the real-world feasibility of very high frequency wireless links. This project will validate that D-band technology can provide stable, high-capacity performance suitable for future backhaul, industrial connectivity, defense systems, and emerging 6G networks. Jonathan Boril, CTO of Anritsu’s Test and Measurement Division, commented: “Together, we validated the performance levels that bring high-frequency wireless links closer to real-world deployments.” Understand the role of D-band in future networks D-band spans frequencies from approximately 110 GHz to 170 GHz, providing significantly greater contiguous bandwidth than today’s 5G mmWave…
January 9, 2026Ravi LakshmananVulnerabilities / Endpoint Security Trend Micro has released security updates to address multiple security vulnerabilities affecting the on-premises version of Apex Central for Windows. This contains a critical bug that could lead to arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-69258 and has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. This vulnerability is described as a remote code execution case affecting LoadLibraryEX. “The LoadLibraryEX vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to load an attacker-controlled DLL into the main executable file, potentially resulting in attacker-supplied code being…
This weekend is your chance to see the solar system’s largest planet, which shines brightest all year.After dominating the night sky for more than a month, Jupiter will reach opposition this Saturday (January 10). This marks the point in time when Earth will be directly between Jupiter and the Sun, and the gas giant will be on the opposite side of Earth’s sky from our star. The result is an unmissable glow in the eastern evening sky that shines all night long. With a magnitude of -2.7, Jupiter will outshine any star for many weeks.(In astronomy, lower magnitudes correspond to…
The new initiative aims to accelerate clinical trials of new drugs to improve patient care. The creation of the brand-new center aims to revolutionize the approach to clinical trial design and conduct by developing pioneering methods that speed up the process and promote improved treatment and recovery. The Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinical Trials Innovation Center of Research Excellence (CoRE), in partnership with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), will receive up to £50 million to deliver this. Lord Vallance, UK Science Secretary, said: “Clinical trials are essential for turning promising research into real-world treatments, but they often take…
January 9, 2026Ravi LakshmananGovernment/Vulnerability Management The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced Thursday that it is rescinding 10 Emergency Directives (Eds) issued between 2019 and 2024. Here is a list of directives that are currently considered closed: CISA said these directives were issued to protect federal civilian executive branch (FCEB) agencies from potential risks, and it is working closely with federal agencies to modify them, incorporate best practices, and establish a more resilient digital infrastructure. CISA also added that such directives are promulgated to ensure that emerging threats are mitigated in a timely manner, and that the necessary…
AI lab Anthropic continues to win big corporate deals. Its latest effort calls for bringing its large-scale language model to the traditional German insurance giant. Anthropic on Friday announced an agreement with Allianz, a global insurance conglomerate based in Munich, Germany, to bring “responsible AI” to the insurance industry. Both parties declined to share the financial terms of the deal. This partnership consists of three specific initiatives. The first is to make Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI-powered coding tool, available to all Allianz employees. Anthropic and Allianz will also build custom AI agents for Allianz employees that can perform multi-step workflows…
Anthony Amis, Land Use Researcher from Friends of the Earth Australia, summarises the current state of the PFAS challenge in Australia, examining cases of PFAS occurrence across Australia and measures to combat it. As a Land Use Researcher, I have been researching water quality issues in Australia for many years. This work started with pesticides but also evolved into other chemicals, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The bulk of the work can be found on websites such as: Australian PFAS Chemicals Map Australian Drinking Water Map Australian Pesticides Map These maps have been created because no government agency in…
Milestone: Won the Elastic Wave Theory AwardDate: January 9, 1816 (some sources say January 8)Location: ParisPeople: Sophie GermainIn January 1816, the general secretary of the Paris Academy of Sciences sent Marie-Sophie Germain a strange letter.In it, he acknowledged her winning the institute’s prestigious Grand Mathematics Award for her mathematical work explaining how sound waves travel across 2D surfaces. Nevertheless, the letter contained no congratulations, mentioned from top to bottom that she was the only applicant, and admitted that she had not received a ticket to attend the award ceremony, which was scheduled for two days later. He reluctantly acknowledged that…
January 9, 2026Ravi LakshmananMobile Security / Email Security The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday issued an advisory warning that North Korean state-sponsored attackers are using malicious QR codes in spear-phishing campaigns targeting organizations in the country. “As of 2025, Kimsuky threat actors have embedded malicious Quick Response (QR) codes in spear-phishing campaigns targeting think tanks, academic institutions, and U.S. and foreign government agencies,” the FBI said in a bulletin. “This type of spear-phishing attack is called quissing.” The use of QR codes in phishing is a tactic that forces victims to move from machines protected by corporate…