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While details of the plan remain unclear, incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz is under pressure to cut the number of refugee arrivals into Germany.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Amnesty International published a new report this week detailing attempted hacks against two Serbian journalists, allegedly carried out with NSO Group's spyware Pegasus. The two journalists, who work for the Serbia-based Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), received suspicious text messages including a link -- basically a phishing attack, according to the nonprofit. In one case, Amnesty said its researchers were able to click on the link in a safe environment and see that it led to a domain that they had previously identified as belonging to NSO Group's infrastructure. "Amnesty International has spent years tracking NSO Group Pegasus spyware and how it has been used to target activists and journalists," Donncha O Cearbhaill, the head of Amnesty's Security Lab, told TechCrunch. "This technical research has allowed Amnesty to identify malicious websites used to deliver the Pegasus spyware, including the specific Pegasus domain used in this campaign." To his point, security researchers like O Cearbhaill who have been keeping tabs on NSO's activities for years are now so good at spotting signs of the company's spyware that sometimes all researchers have to do is quickly look at a domain involved in an attack. In other words, NSO Group and its customers are losing their battle to stay in the shadows. "NSO has a basic problem: They are not as good at hiding as their customers think," John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at The Citizen Lab, a human rights organization that has investigated spyware abuses since 2012, told TechCrunch.

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There's something that has been bugging me over the last few days. We are here in Texas - somewhere up in the hills not far from San Antonio and it's just stunning.

Chet Hanks was roasted by fans for a 'cringe' new music video with his A-list father Tom Hanks recreating the icon's film, Forrest Gump.

The Ministry of Defence has launched an 'urgent' investigation after a cache of documents containing sensitive military information were found scattered on a street in Newcastle.

The Prime Minister said the UK reserves the right to respond to American trade levies, after the US President slapped a 25 per cent import tax on cars.

He groomed children, parents and club officials into think he was a safe man for young players

Maura Higgins looked sensational as she turned heads while walking off a steam train at London Victoria on Friday. 

Kerry Katona has been spotted back behind the wheel of her £200,000 Lamborghini for the first time since her car crash last November, after proudly reflecting on how far she has come.

Woke Rachel Zegler is turning the page after facing a firestorm of backlash over Disney's Snow White reboot. The star appears to be pivoting toward safer creative ground.

An assistant referee for the English Football League has reportedly been charged with 16 child sex offences and remanded in custody ahead of his trial in September.

An anonymous reader shares a report: A former director of data science at the UK prime minister's office has told MPs that people working with data in government are not typically technical and would be unlikely to get a similar job in the private sector. In a hearing designed to illuminate the challenges facing the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) as it strives to become the digital centre for government, MPs quizzed Laura Gilbert, head of AI for Government, at the Ellison Institute and former director of data science at 10 Downing Street, the prime ministers' office. Members of the House of Common's Science, Innovation and Technology Committee wanted to know about the performance of the Government Digital Service, which in January was moved from the Cabinet Office to DSIT and merged with Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), the Incubator for AI (i.AI). Gilbert, a particle physicist who has worked in a number of tech industry roles, said one of the challenges was understanding the level of tech skills in the civil service in central government.

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That stands for I Probably Overestimated?

CoreWeave has pared back the scope of its initial public offering amid growing investor uncertainty in an overheating AI marketplace and risks posed by the GPU cloud specialist's exposure to a small number of customers.…

The Duchess of Sussex , 43, this week revealed the first glimpses of her As Ever raspberry spread - after revamping her American Riviera Orchard brand.

Alexander Dighton, 28, from Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, torched the van outside Talbot Green Police Station where he was armed with a knife and a hatchet on 31 January 2025.

A Coronation Street legend has filmed her final scenes on Friday, it's been reported, as she says goodbye to the cobbles after 25 years.

The son of Victoria and David Beckham, 22, and his partner, 23, posed for a mirror picture as they worked out in a swanky new London gym - Epulsive.

More than 70 percent of anomalies closed out, but those pesky thrusters are still a problem

Updated  NASA says Boeing's Starliner – dubbed the Calamity Capsule – could fly again, but not before the end of 2025 or start of 2026.…

Tech giant OpenAI has sparked concern after it launched its GPT-4o model this week. Artists have issued warnings over its ability to create images resembling copyrighted works in seconds.

Bad news about the Linux system monitor may be on the way

Updated  Veteran sysadmin and tech blogger Rachel Kroll posted a cryptic warning yesterday about a popular Linux system monitoring tool. Maybe it's better to be safe than sorry.…