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A new report just busted another myth about heat pumps
A new report from energy thinktank RMI finds that approximately 109 million U.S. homes could adopt heat pumps without overloading the electrical grid, while reducing emissions and lowering electricity bills.
Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals
A Norwegian Arctic village has banned tap water due to heavy metal contamination linked to climate-driven permafrost thawing, with scientists warning other Arctic communities face similar risks.
Fifteen NHS staff sacked after accessing medical records of Valdo Calocane victims
Fifteen NHS staff members have been dismissed for illegally accessing medical records of victims from a 2023 Nottingham attack that killed three people.
Northern Ireland health workers run out of patience with Stormont budget delay
Northern Ireland hospital doctors plan strikes next month over a delayed 3.5% pay uplift they cannot receive without a Stormont budget, with nurses considering similar action.
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People Fixing The World – Fighting the silent killer – BBC Sounds
A BBC documentary explores the global fight against sepsis, a condition implicated in one in five deaths worldwide. Through personal stories and international initiatives, it examines how healthcare systems are improving early detection and survival rates.
Gaps in NHS end-of-life care ‘denying ill children chance to die at home’
The NHS is failing to provide home-based end-of-life care for seriously ill children across much of England, forcing them to die in hospitals instead, campaigners say.
Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers
Google Chrome has added device-bound session credentials to prevent account takeovers by securing session cookies with encryption keys stored in hardware security modules.
DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight
Passengers aboard a Delta flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta allegedly created a fake Wi-Fi hotspot to harvest passenger credentials, prompting an FBI investigation.
Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack
A supply-chain attack on LiteLLM, an open source AI development tool, exposed terabytes of credentials from over 2,500 organizations including Microsoft, Amazon, and Cisco during a 40-minute window in March.
Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals
The Trump administration has authorized private security firms to conduct offensive cyberattacks against overseas criminal organizations targeting US entities, marking the first government-approved program of its kind.
OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground
OpenAI and Anthropic have slashed prices for mid-tier AI models by up to 80 percent as Chinese competitors gain market share among cost-conscious customers.
PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider
A PBS affiliate is suing a data center provider to recover 50TB of archived TV content after its cloud storage provider shut down without warning, leaving the station unable to access decades of irreplaceable material.
Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation
A high-severity macOS vulnerability allowing remote code execution without authentication is under active exploitation, with attackers installing cryptocurrency miners on affected systems.
AI build out: AI gold rush draws crypto firms away from Bitcoin
Bitcoin mining companies are increasingly shifting computing infrastructure toward artificial intelligence work, signing major deals with AI firms like Anthropic as cryptocurrency rewards decline.
Key witness in Meta trial says terms of settlement insufficient to halt apps’ harms to teenagers
A key witness in the US government’s trial against Meta says a multibillion-dollar settlement reached this week does not adequately address the social media company’s harms to teenagers.
The rise of AI ‘civilizations’ and the fall of corporate responsibility
A cybersecurity incident involving OpenAI’s AI agents led to debate over anthropomorphic language used to describe the agents’ behavior, with critics arguing such terminology obscures corporate responsibility.