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World · Deutsche Welle

Zambia after the polls: A test for democracy in Africa

Zambia's democratic institutions are under scrutiny, as the opposition continues to dispute the election results and courts remain closed. Weeks after the election, Zambia’s election story might be far from over.

Cybersecurity · The Hacker News

Imagine the SOC Without a Queue: From Alert Backlog to AI Hypothesis Engine

The SOC we've always known was built around a model that guarantees most of the alert queue will never receive analyst review. There's never time. In a traditional SOC, the typical progression follows a well-known pattern: an alert arrives; a detection engine assigns a severity score. The issue then waits for a human to decide if it should escalate to an investigation. Given the volume of

World · Al Jazeera

Why India is sharing missile secrets with its private sector

New policy allows India’s private sector to produce advanced weaponry, supporting its goal of military self-sufficiency.

World · Deutsche Welle

Gamescom 2026 highlights gaming industry's strength, AI challenges

Gamescom 2026 opens in Cologne as the global gaming industry continues to grow. But rising hardware costs, AI concerns and slowing user growth all pose challenges.

World · Deutsche Welle

Moscow confirms visit of CIA Director John Ratcliffe

The Russian government said that spy chief John Ratcliffe held talks with counterparts, but not President Vladimir Putin, on his Moscow trip.

World · BBC World

Heart, hope and a steely determination: Dolly Parton's musical legacy

BBC music correspondent Mark Savage looks back on the legacy of the "irreplaceable" late singer.

Cloud & Infrastructure · CNCF Blog

Governance guidance for CNCF projects: Choosing the right structure for your project’s size and stage

Clear patterns have emerged from governance reviews across 72 CNCF projects, distinguishing between what the CNCF requires at each maturity level versus what the data recommends for long-term project health. This post captures those patterns as...

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

CISA: Over 100 Internet-Exposed Water Systems Targeted in July Cyberattacks

The agency has released guidance on reducing internet exposure in the wake of the recent Iran-linked hacker attacks. The post CISA: Over 100 Internet-Exposed Water Systems Targeted in July Cyberattacks appeared first on SecurityWeek .

World · BBC Europe

Trump says 'something may come out of' CIA head's unannounced visit to Moscow

John Ratcliffe travelled to the Russian capital on Tuesday in a rare and unannounced visit.

World · Al Jazeera

Mother and daughter detained by ICE in hospital after car crash

Mother and daughter detained by ICE in hospital after car crash

World · Deutsche Welle

India: Assam tea industry faces climate-driven labor crisis

Plantations in Assam produce more than half of India's tea. But rising heat is hurting yields, workers are increasingly leaving for more stable work, and producers are feeling the squeeze of stagnant tea prices.

Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

IBM's new Granite 4.2 models ride the wave of interest in local LLMs

The focus is on agentic capability and predictable enterprise deployment.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Bill Gates is deeply worried about AI, and he’s no longer staying quiet

Bill Gates has been reflecting a lot on AI lately, and the process has triggered a stark awakening. Once a staunch AI optimist, the Microsoft cofounder is now deeply pessimistic about what AI means for our collective future. Having been conspicuously quiet on AI issues recently, Gates is back with a nearly 6,000-word essay seeking […]

Developers & Open Source · JetBrains Blog

How Ubuntu Is Using Rust to Rebuild Core System Tools

This post is based on a RustRover livestream hosted by our Developer Advocate, Orhun Parmaksız, with Jon Seager, VP of Engineering at Canonical. They talked about Ubuntu, Rust, and the future of core system software, including how Canonical is approaching Rust adoption and why some of the most important changes are happening in parts of […]

World · Al Jazeera

Manchester City sign teenage Moroccan star Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille

Sought-after midfielder Bouaddi joins the Premier League club on a five-year deal worth $117 million.

Society · NPR Top Stories

Canada to hit U.S. with retaliatory tariffs. And, remembering music legend Dolly Parton

Canada has announced it plans to hit the U.S. with countertariffs that mirror its actions "dollar for dollar." And, remembering the legacy of country star and icon Dolly Parton, who died at 80.

World · BBC World

German airport worker dies of malaria after 'mosquito arrives on plane'

Five other airport workers are also receiving treatment following the rare outbreak at German's busiest airport.

World · The Guardian World

Mpox is back – and in new countries. How can this outbreak be contained?

The public health emergencies in 2022 and 2024 saw the virus reported in 145 countries, but in the new cases children appear particularly affected A fresh outbreak of mpox in Guinea Bissau – the country’s first – means the virus formerly known as monkey pox is back in the headlines. So what has changed? Since 2022, there have been almost 190,000 lab-confirmed cases of mpox reported worldwide in 145 countries. Before then, outbreaks of mpox tended to be relatively small and in a handful of African countries, where the viral infection was known to be endemic. Continue reading...

Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

Xtracycle's Swoop ASM e-bike brings an automatic transmission to cargo bikes

A steel frame cargo bike with a unique twist: You can let it choose your gear.

Startups & Funding · TechCrunch Startups

Runable hits $21M to bet AI agents can go from building businesses to growing them

Runable says 60% to 70% of its 1 trillion-plus token usage in the last 90 days came from paying customers.

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

The MFA Identity Trap: When Authentication Creates a False Sense of Security

Organizations must distinguish identity verification, authentication and threat detection, or risk successfully authenticating the attackers they are trying to stop. The post The MFA Identity Trap: When Authentication Creates a False Sense of Security appeared first on SecurityWeek .

AI · The Decoder

Bill Gates warns AI is more dangerous than the tech industry will admit

Bill Gates warns in an essay and an NYT interview about mass unemployment and easier bioterrorism through AI, and he accuses his own industry of deliberately hiding the risks. "It's bad for us, for the next trillion we're trying to raise." He rejects self-regulation and instead calls for institutions modeled on nuclear weapons control and a token tax on AI use. The article Bill Gates warns AI is more dangerous than the tech industry will admit appeared first on The Decoder .

World · Al Jazeera

Infantino has no future at FIFA, says European Leagues chief

Claudius Schaefer insists the influence of the FIFA president has 'grown from year to year'.

AI · The Decoder

IBM drops open-weight Granite 4.2 family with built-in agentic capabilities under Apache 2.0

IBM is releasing its Granite 4.2 language models in 3B, 8B, and 30B sizes, trained on about 15 trillion tokens with a context window of up to 512,000 tokens. The larger models use "agentic RL" training to learn tool use and code execution on their own. All models are available under the Apache 2.0 license. The article IBM drops open-weight Granite 4.2 family with built-in agentic capabilities under Apache 2.0 appeared first on The Decoder .