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All 17 Italian Apple stores hit by strike on iPhone 18 Pro launch day

On Friday, the day the iPhone 18 Pro was launched worldwide, all 17 Apple stores in Italy went on strike. “For Apple as a company, image is very important,” Nicholas Pezze, a Filcams CGIL representative, told Reuters .…

CISA urges business to deploy decoys, lures, and honeypots to catch hackers in the act

To that end, it recently published a new guidance to help businesses of different sizes and cybersecurity maturity implement these “cyber decoy strategies”. “Many organizations struggle to detect adversaries who use…

What might Canada’s EU ‘associate membership’ look like, and is it even a possibility?

He also backed an offer made by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, one day earlier for Canada to become the first “associate member” of the bloc. “ Canada welcomes this ambition,” he said.…

Why ‘accidents’ can happen during intense exercise

But a recent viral story highlighted one of the more embarrassing – and potentially dangerous – issues that can occur when your body reaches it limit with exercise. Joanna Wietrzyk, the winner of the recent women’s pro…

Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI

Cyber researchers broke into OpenAI using its key rival Anthropic’s software, highlighting vulnerabilities in the ChatGPT maker’s security as leading AI companies face mounting scrutiny over safety. A small cyber…

The iPhone 18 doesn't exist, but these Android alternatives are better anyway

Specifically, the lack of it. That's right: Apple hasn't unveiled a mid-range iPhone 18 model to succeed the iPhone 17. Unless it gets a surprise late launch, Apple is leaving iOS users who don't want Pro models in the…

Adopt This Data Center Plushie and Hear Its Piercing Scream

Courtesy of Big Data Uh oh, we got a cute alert! It’s Bezzy, your adorable, cuddly, anthropomorphized server-rack and stuffed-animal friend! Give this soft lil’ doll a squeeze, and it shall sing you its telltale song…

Ex-Palantir engineers raise $600m to take on US health insurers

The aim, he told the Wall Street Journal, was to stop “this kind of death spiral of cost within our healthcare system.” His company has just raised $600m at a $2.7bn valuation. Vitruvian Partners led it. The growth…

Granting a new gasfield licence does not guarantee energy security

This is being presented by supporters as part of the answer to Britain’s energy-security problem. The UK government has argued that if Britain still needs gas, then producing it domestically is preferable to imports. But…

Microsoft fixes the fix that broke Excel paste – partly

The hotfix applies only to Excel 2016, and Microsoft warns that pasting may still fail in workbooks containing conditional formatting. Earlier in September, Microsoft released a security update for Excel to address…