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The viral infection leaves millions with chronic pain, increased stroke risk, and lifelong nerve damage—yet vaccination rates remain dangerously low.
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The viral infection leaves millions with chronic pain, increased stroke risk, and lifelong nerve damage—yet vaccination rates remain dangerously low.

WIRED witnessed the game-changing Denza Z9 GT charge its battery in just 9 minutes. But the pricing for BYD’s premium brand looks like a huge mistake.

A draft scoping report says the site is the most viable, but a heritage protection order could complicate the process.

Participants reported enjoying the human connection regardless of whether they thought the topic was dull
The human aversion to dull experiences was nailed by the author Paulo Coelho when he declared: “I can stand defeats, pain, anger. But I can’t stand boredom.”
But the natural desire to avoid boring conversations comes at a cost, according to researchers, who found that people enjoyed...

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), the Software Support and Agentic AI ERP Company™, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced it will report earnings after market close on April 30, 2026.

The company invites black-owned SMEs in the service centre market to participate in its Equity Equivalent Investment Programme.

The State IT Agency’s request covers the outright purchase of personal devices, peripherals, consumables and related services.

We send the voice of the dead across space as an act of continuity and care, while on Earth we tally the bodies. Which do we choose to become?
Four people are sleeping 19,000 miles from the moon when the voice of Apollo 13’s commander arrives.
“Hello, Artemis II. This is Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell. Welcome to my old neighborhood.”
Flynn Coleman is an international human rights lawyer,...

Experts say natural kratom may offer benefits and blame synthetic derivatives for surge in poisonings noted by CDC
A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report shows that kratom poisonings have soared in the US, but experts say this is probably due to synthetic derivatives like 7-OH, and that blanket kratom bans could harm people using natural kratom to aid pain management...

A draft environmental scoping report has recommended Thyspunt, between Oyster Bay and Cape St Francis, as the preferred site for Eskom’s proposed 5,200MW nuclear plant. Thyspunt is already owned by Eskom and has better access to the power grid than rival site Bantamsklip, partly because wind farms have already brought new powerlines to the area. […]

Water filters promise the moon—but only some back up their claims. Here are the best filtered-water pitchers for those who prefer their water free of heavy metals and forever chemicals.
Will some programmers become “AI babysitters”? asks long-time Slashdot readertheodp. They share some thoughts from a founding member of Code.org and former Director of Education at Google: “AI may allow anyone to generate code, but only a computer scientist can maintain a system,” explained Google.org Global Head Maggie Johnson in a LinkedIn post. So “As AI-generated code becomes more accurate...

Social media platforms need to stop young users wasting hours doomscrolling, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.

Fear of job loss is driving some employees quietly to sabotage AI projects, a global study has found.

The challenge with agentic AI is no longer choosing a model and building agents, but the complexity of managing the infrastructure to run thousands of agents securely.

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

The financial watchdog investigates online trading platforms, citing high investor losses and conflicts of interest, while ramping up supervisory tech capabilities.

Introduction The digital world is growing at an unprecedented pace, and so are the threats that target it. Every day, organizations face new risks from increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals. Traditional security approaches, while helpful in the past, now struggle to keep up with the speed and complexity of modern attacks. As a result, many businesses are […]

Last April, a hacker hijacked crosswalk announcements to mimic Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Records obtained by WIRED reveal how unprepared local authorities were.

The developers of Pixel Societies are using AI agents to simulate social interactions. It’s an attempt optimize the process of choosing new colleagues, friends, and even romantic partners.

Tech-driven border management curbs illegal crossings and leads to arrest of more facilitators aiding illegal migration.