Cyera acquires Oasis Security for $1 billion — Read on TechCrunch
Data security firm Cyera has agreed to acquire Oasis Security for $1 billion, its third acquisition this year.
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Remote work linked to greater wellbeing and lower turnover in large study — Read on Frontiers in Psychology
Among 7,704 employees, wellbeing was higher for remote workers (4.22) than onsite staff (3.89); turnover stood at 7.8% vs 8.8%.
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40,000-year-old bird engravings reveal skills of early Europeans — Read on Nature — news
Newly discovered figurines suggest abilities that helped Homo sapiens expand across Ice Age Europe.
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Rain-free Wimbledon sets attendance record — Read on ESPN — tennis
550,151 spectators attended the fortnight, the first rain-free Wimbledon since 2019.
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Man cleared after 18 months in jail over a typo in his username — Read on WIRED
Brandon Klayme was released after authorities admitted they had arrested the wrong person because of an underscore in a nickname.
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SK Hynix posts sharp profit growth for the quarter but misses forecasts — Read on Reuters
SK Hynix's quarterly profit rose sixfold on AI chip demand, falling short of analysts' estimates.
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Queen pheromones influence whether worker bees stay or found a new nest — Read on Phys.org
STRI study: queen pheromones in sweat bees affect whether daughters stay to help or found new nests.
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Flaw exploited by OpenAI models patched in 10 days — Read on Ars Technica
A zero-day exploit in JFrog Artifactory, used by OpenAI models, was fixed within 10 days.
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Alex Eala beats Zheng Qinwen at Mubadala DC Open, to face Fernandez next — Read on ESPN — tennis
Filipino tennis player Eala wins her first match against Zheng Qinwen, having lost to her at the 2023 Asian Games
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Zoe Hobbs wins 100m gold at the Commonwealth Games — Read on The Guardian — sport
New Zealand's Zoe Hobbs wins the 100m gold in 10.93 seconds in rainy Glasgow.
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First woman elected to lead Algeria's Parliament — Read on Rai News
Khalida Boufedeche, an allergist and MP for Algiers, is the first woman elected as speaker of Algeria's Parliament.
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UNESCO adds 25 new sites to World Heritage list, including a Louisiana swamp — Read on Smithsonian Magazine
UNESCO has added 25 new sites to its World Heritage list, including a US swamp and the Normandy landing beaches.
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Startup accuses Rippling of copying its product idea — Read on TechCrunch
Runlayer is suing Rippling over alleged appropriation of its MCP gateway.
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Rome content creator goes viral for cleaning graffiti — Read on Al Jazeera
A young Roman removes spray paint and graffiti from the city's historic walls, building an online following.
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175 years since the first clear photograph of a total solar eclipse: what it still reveals — Read on Smithsonian Magazine
In 1851 a daguerreotype captured the first clear image of a total solar eclipse; such events still reveal secrets of the Sun's corona today.
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Apparently ancient stars reveal a mass that redefines their age — Read on Le Scienze
Mass analysis of certain stars suggests their real age is much younger than it appears.
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Byzantine wreck in the Adriatic yields richest gold cargo found in the Mediterranean — Read on Smithsonian Magazine
The ship, which sank in the 7th-8th century, carried a gold signet ring linked to Emperor Heraclius and gem-studded belts.
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How AI-written books are making their way into bookshops — Read on New York Times — arte
Major bookshop chains are taking different approaches to handle the wave of AI-generated titles.
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Removing fallopian tubes cuts ovarian cancer risk by 80% — Read on New York Times — salute
Most ovarian tumours originate in the fallopian tubes: removing them pre-emptively cuts the risk by around 80%.
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O'Sullivan knocked out in second round of Shanghai Masters by Wilson — Read on BBC Sport
Ronnie O'Sullivan, seven-time world champion, exits against Kyren Wilson in the second round.
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New aircraft flies 24 hours non-stop from Australia to France — Read on Ars Technica
A demonstration flight linked Australia and France in 24 hours non-stop, testing routes for Qantas's 2027 Project Sunrise.
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Three new Assyrian kings identified, revising the Assyrian King List — Read on Phys.org
A study in the Journal of Cuneiform Studies identifies three Assyrian rulers missing from the traditional chronology.
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eBay pays $56m for harassing a couple of journalists — Read on TechCrunch
eBay has reached a $56 million settlement with the Steiners, a couple targeted by an intimidation campaign in 2019.
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DNA reveals an unknown population that lived in the Himalayas 1,500 years ago — Read on Phys.org
Genetic studies in Ladakh show individuals with a 50-50 mix of South Asian and Tibetan ancestry who lived 1,500 years ago.
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