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CVE-2026-112239 | TYPO3 AI Integration Extension up to 14.0.1 Backend Endpoint permission
A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in TYPO3 AI Integration Extension up to 14.0.1. This affects an unknown function of the component Backend Endpoint. Performing a manipulation results in permission issues. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-112239. The attack is possible
Japan launches mission to bring home a piece of the Martian moon Phobos
Japan launched a $578 million mission Monday on a five-year expedition to land on the largest moon of Mars and retrieve samples for return to Earth, a daring international project that could yield new insights into the formation of the Solar System. The robotic Martian Moons eXploration mission, known as MMX, lifted off at 3:41 pm EDT Monday (4:41 am Japan Standard Time Tuesday) from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. The MMX spacecraft rode into orbit atop a 207-foot-tall (63-meter) H3 rocket, Japan's flagship launch vehicle.
Delta CEO Issues a Promise to Customers as Airlines Embrace AI
Ed Bastian says Delta will always keep two pilots in the cockpit. Airlines across the industry are looking at ways to use artificial intelligence to …
Recce topical gel shows strong diabetic foot infection efficacy ahead of Phase III data review | Stockhead
A review of blinded data from Recce’s Phase III trial of its RECCE 327 Gel in diabetic foot infections has indicated strong efficacy.
Man Utd dealt new injury concern ahead of historic Champions League showdown
Bad news, potentially, for Manchester United heading into their Champions League clash against Como
UK to deploy Typhoon jets to help defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks
Ministry of Defence says warplanes will operate in 'defensive role' and not be used to attack Yemeni group.
Giant 'heat storms' are scorching the Earth. This is the story of the biggest one on record
Heat storms have increased dramatically, causing severe global consequences including excess deaths and environmental catastrophes. Recent heat storms have been identified as a new classification, representing larger and more persistent heat events. The intensity of these heat storms has worsened du
Woman describes alleged assault by Russell Brand as 'frenzied' and 'violent'
The entertainer denies three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.
CVE-2026-113459 | TYPO3 AI Integration Extension up to 14.0.1 Editor Plugin information disclosure
A vulnerability was found in TYPO3 AI Integration Extension up to 14.0.1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Editor Plugin. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-113459. The a
How to watch Just One Before I Die on Tubi (it's free)
Bill's Mafia are some of the most die hard fans in American sports – here's where to watch the doc at no cost
Endangered red squirrels thriving on British island
Conservationists say that, with red squirrels dwindling in the UK, Jersey is an "important refuge".
Can one photo of your face reveal how ill you are?
AI may help doctors judge how ill a patient is using a single photograph of their face, say US researchers.
NFL Draft's first-round gamble: What Jets, Browns can learn from Super Bowl winners and failed rebuilds
Multiple first-round picks helped the Chiefs, Eagles and Seahawks win Super Bowls, but the Jets and Browns know the other side of the story
Yemen’s critically ill are trapped as war closes the country’s airports
A re-ignition of Yemen's war has left the chronically sick who need treatment trapped in the country.
Dear health insurance CEOs: I’ve been a cancer patient for 22 years, and I’m begging you. Please don’t use AI customer service agents
Dear Sir or Madam, My name is Jonathan Gluck. I’m a cancer patient. I have a type of blood cancer called multiple myeloma that is treatable but, in all but a small percentage of cases, incurable. I’ve been living with my illness for more than 22 years. During that time I’ve undergone dozens of rounds of radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy as well as a difficult and potentially fatal treatment called CAR T-cell therapy. I’ve gone in and out of remission more times than I care to
Jaafar Jackson on "cut" 'Michael' scenes that tackled child abuse allegations
“You wish a certain performance was in there and it’s not”
Yelp can now call on your behalf to check wait times at a restaurant
Yelp is embedding numerous new AI features into its app that can do everything from call to check on restaurant wait times to create personalized recommendations that remember your preferences.
CVE-2026-93878 | Divigear Carousel Plugin up to 5.2.0 on WordPress cross site scripting
A vulnerability was found in Divigear Carousel Plugin up to 5.2.0 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-93878. The attack can be initiated remotely. Th
Nepal’s disaster is an urgent wake-up call
Nature, Published online: 20 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03314-6Record-breaking avalanches and floods are signs of things to come. Scientists must evaluate and respond to growing risks in mountain regions.
How Denmark became the sperm donation capital of the world
How Danish sperm became central to the global donor industry.
Revisiting the 2026 NFL Draft: Evaluating how well Seahawks have done re-tooling Super Bowl roster
Injuries to top picks like Jadarian Price and Bud Clark have derailed early returns of Seattle's draft class
Australian MP Helen Haines remains in critical condition after car attack
Australian MP Helen Haines lost a leg and remains in critical condition after a car attack outside her office.
6 kinds of fear at work—and how to overcome them
When I’m teaching MBA students or executives or when I’m working in my role as an adviser to family-owned enterprises, I spend enormous energy looking for evidence of an emotion people try to hide. That emotion is fear. Humans underestimate how much fear drives our behavior. We’re familiar with the “fight or flight” response that helped our prehistoric ancestors survive in a dangerous world, but we fail to appreciate how much this evolutionary imperative lives on within our biology—and how mu
‘Star Wars’ is headed to ‘Super Bowl’ in a never before seen way
Super Bowl LXI will be played on February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California
Synthetic public opinion polling: AI personas don't always change their minds like real voters do
A voter surveyed in October may give a different answer by January. An AI persona might not, depending on how it's built.
Prof. Vukosi Marivate on Governing AI in Africa | Deep Learning Indaba 2026
“An honour not for me, but for the village.” Prof. Vukosi Marivate, newly named to the UN Scientific Panel on AI, talks government advice, what a degree is worth in the AI era, and moving Africa from brain drain to brain circulation.
The Human Fingerprint on Earth’s Water Cycle
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‘It was crazy’: heroic barber recalls tackling car attacker of Australian MP
Ricky Jefferies detained the man after he allegedly drove his car into the lawmaker, who lost a leg in the incident.
NFL Week 7 picks and score predictions: Bears top Patriots in Thursday thriller, Chiefs edge Seahawks
Here's your weekly dose of John Breech's NFL picks
Masoud Pezeshkian: Peace, Not Surrender
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on sanctions, regional conflict, US-Israel tensions and his call for Muslim unity.
AI could make cybersecurity a never-ending process
Over the past few months, it’s become clear that modern AI systems are quite adept at discovering software vulnerabilities and finding ways around cybersecurity defenses. Unintended real-world breaches executed by models from leading AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic during training exercises have drawn widespread concern, and while those companies have restricted access to their most capable models, experts have indicated it’s only a matter of time before less constrained AI systems hav
‘The Voice’ Season 30 has another schedule change as NBA takes over Tuesday nights
The latest episode of ‘The Voice’ Season 30 continued the intense Battle rounds
Otter.ai raises $320 million from General Catalyst’s growth fund for its meeting tool
Meeting note-taking tool Otter.ai announced on Tuesday that it has raised $320 million from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF), which provides capital to startups without diluting equity and gets returns on the results of marketing spend. Otter.ai said that it will use these funds for enterprise growth, go-to-market strategy, international expansion, and product innovation. […]
Visiting Slate’s first showroom as its $25,000 electric truck nears production
As I sat in the cab of the pickup truck and manually rolled down the windows, I closed my eyes and flashed back to opening the windows on a cold, winter day in my dad’s 1975 Ford Ranger to let more cigarette smoke escape. The memory faded as I opened my eyes and looked through the windshield at a wall in the Slate Customer Experience Center studded with bright color chips. Last week, in a former Tesla store staffed by some former Tesla employees, Slate opened its first showroom.
Europe and the rest of the world must come up with an answer to US science strategy
Nature, Published online: 20 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03352-0Europe and the rest of the world must come up with an answer to US science strategy
Thailand, Cambodia seek to calm escalating dispute over US$300 billion seabed
Both sides agreed to use a naval hotline and exercise restraint to ease maritime tensions after holding mediation talks at The Hague.
Live NBA games to be shown on Disney+ from Oct 22
Disney+ will show live NBA games in Singapore until 2035/36, with 80 regular-season games and play-offs on ESPN. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Press review: Russia reshuffles government as NATO moves to escalate Black Sea tensions
Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, October 20th
The cult of the iPhone mini is alive and thriving
My phone has some existential problems. It’s nearly out of storage, the battery lasts half a day, and every so often, when it thinks a little too hard, it heats up like a brick fresh from the kiln. I should probably get a new phone, but I can’t bring myself to do it. Not until the experience of using my iPhone 13 mini becomes so miserable that I have no other choice but to trade it in for a bigger, better model. From left: iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini [Photo: Apple] I’m not alone
Clayface star says uncomfortable prosthetics helped his performance
Tom Rhys Harries says he spent half his time on set with the make-up team.
AstraZeneca Partners With Oracle to Refine Clinical Research With AI
AstraZeneca is teaming up with Oracle to refine clinical research, in the latest artificial-intelligence partnership in the pharmaceutical industry.
Housemarque’s massive ‘Zenith Update’ brings NG+, boss rush, modifiers and more to Saros - KitGuru
Though it unfortunately went somewhat under the radar, one of PlayStation’s biggest first-party rele
Orionid meteor shower peak: How and when to see it this week
Clear skies permitting, skygazers could be able to spot as many as 10-20 meteors per hour as the shower peaks this week.
Can a simple photo of your face reveal how ill you are?
AI may help doctors judge how ill a patient is using a single photograph of their face, say US researchers.
Bavuma, Jansen lead South Africa fightback in second test
GQEBERHA, South Africa Oct 20 - South Africa captain Temba Bavuma and all-rounder Marco Jansen led a record-breaking fightback to take their side to 216 runs for six wickets at lunch on the third day of the second test at St George's Park on Tuesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
France’s growing debt woes: How bond markets set countries’ borrowing costs
France's rising debt is unnerving investors, but countries such as the US and Japan owe even greater sums.
Mortgage Rates Are ‘Eating Up All the Good News’ on Housing, Says NAHB CEO — Peter Schiff Warns of ‘Worst
Mortgage rates strain housing market as NAHB’s Jim Tobin and Peter Schiff weigh in.
Angine de Poitrine live in London: alien pair are out of this world
The math rock duo’s concept might be bringing fans in, but tonight proves it’s their musical chops that are the real pull
Kaspersky: Even IT Experts Are Vulnerable to Cyber Threats
Think tech workers are safer online? A 2026 Kaspersky study of 7,200 respondents shows cyber incident rates exceed 80% across all major professions.
It's official: Apple set to launch a new OLED MacBook next week, as launch event confirmed
The 28 October date is fixed for a Los Angeles reveal
Humanoid robot shoves 77-pound load, lifts 44 pounds in new demo
KAIST's Humanoid v0.9 pushes 77.2-pound loads and lifts 44.1 pounds using visual feedback and learning-based control.
POV: Your girls' PE lesson gets a glow up
Can activities like yoga, dance and fitness encourage more girls to enjoy sport?
What to watch in UEFA Champions League: PSG vs. Barcelona could be a classic, Serie A need to recover, more
Hansi Flick's free-scoring attack puts its 11-game winning run on the line against the reigning champions in a clash of Europe's top contenders
US leaving oil-for-security approach, not Middle East: Envoy Tom Barrack
Barrack highlights limits of US interventions, admitting past regime changes in the Middle East were often mistakes.
Germany's far-right AfD investigates publication of emails stolen in cyberattack
BERLIN, Oct 20 : Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) said on Tuesday that it was investigating the online publication of emails stolen by unknown hackers during a cyberattack last month.An AfD spokesperson said hackers had targeted a hosting service provider used by the party and appar
Will there be a Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 3?
As Edgerunners 2 lands on Netflix, we look at whether a third instalment could happen and what the creators have said about the franchise's future.
Lab-grown brains can now read Braille and guide robot dogs
Guided by millions of years of evolution, our own brain cells know a thing or two about moving through a chaotic world where learning the right move is a matter of life and death.
US Sanctions China’s Y Combinator in Google AI Secrets Case
Washington has blacklisted a Chinese venture firm established by ex-Microsoft Corp. AI scientist Lu Qi for alleged ties to a startup accused of stealing technology from Alphabet Inc.’s Google.
APOD: 2026 October 20 – An Anticrepuscular Rainbow Fan
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 20 – An… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. An Anticrepuscular Rainbow Fan Explanation: This is an unusual rainbow. For one thing, the rainbow is not complete, appearing only in a sunlit fan — but that by itself is not very unusual.
Is adding cottage cheese to everything from brownies to flatbreads really the best way to 'proteinmaxx’ – and do you even need to?
In the first episode of the new season of Strange Health, we examine the health benefits of cottage cheese.
Jalen Hurts blood clots: Biggest unanswered questions for Eagles about star QB's health
The Eagles and Hurts' agent revealed more information about the quarterback's blood clot situation on Monday, but there are still lingering questions
Myanmar’s detained ex-leader Suu Kyi receives package from King Charles III
Military-backed government says it delivered two books and diplomatic correspondence to Aung San Suu Kyi.
A new at-home HPV test kit is going national through Quest Diagnostics
Patients across the U.S. will soon have access to a new cervical cancer test collected from the comfort of their own home—no stirrups, speculum, or in-person doctor’s visit needed. The life sciences company Waters is partnering with Quest Diagnostics to make Waters’ BD Onclarity HPV assay test available for use at home. The partnership, announced Tuesday, will begin making self-collection kits available in early 2027. The kit was cleared by the Food and Drug Administration for at-
The Sultan of Oman arrives in the UK for the start of his three-day state visit
King Charles III and Queen Camilla are hosting the Sultan of Oman for a three-day state visit this week