Researchers report finding structures resembling red blood cells and chemical traces of heme in a 115-million-year-old Aratasaurus fossil from northeastern Brazil. The interpretation remains disputed: one paleontologist questions whether the structures are blood cells, while the researchers say further analysis could help show what biological material fossils can preserve.
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The Aratasaurus was a small meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern Brazil about 115 million years ago.
Researchers examined hind leg bones from remains discovered in a mine in 2008 and held at the National Museum of Brazil.
Electron microscope images showed small, round structures in channels where blood vessels once ran.
Chemical tests detected heme and its breakdown products, along with traces of amino acids that make up collagen.
The research team suggests the mineral hausmannite may have helped preserve the structures and chemical traces.
The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Paleontologist Mary Schweitzer questions whether the structures are red blood cells because they are concave rather than dome-shaped on both sides.
The researchers said their findings do not suggest that large molecules such as proteins or DNA survive in ancient fossils.
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Google has added a temporary retro search Easter egg that appears when users search for “Zelda” or “Ocarina of Time.” Clicking an animated Master Sword changes the results page to a curated list styled like Google in 1998; searching from that page returns users to the modern results interface.
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The Easter egg works on mobile and desktop.
The retro page contains seven curated links, including pages for Zelda on Nintendo’s website, Wikipedia, and Amazon.
Users can click the Master Sword again to return to modern Google results.
Searching from the retro interface immediately switches back to the modern results page.
The article says the upcoming Ocarina of Time remaster is being released for Nintendo Switch 2.
The remaster is scheduled to launch on November 5, with preorder prices of $60 for digital and $70 for physical copies.
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An international research collaboration found that common measures of cognitive reappraisal—the process of rethinking an upsetting situation to reduce its emotional impact—do not reliably track the same ability. The findings raise questions about how researchers measure a process used in cognitive behavioral therapy and linked to emotional resilience.
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The study compared trait questionnaires, ratings after reappraisal tasks, and changes in amygdala activity during reappraisal.
Researchers analyzed 40 functional MRI data sets.
The measured brain effect was small; the researchers estimated that a single study would need 1,105 participants for 80 percent statistical power to detect it.
Individual differences across the questionnaires, task ratings, and brain measures showed little correlation.
The amygdala is a brain structure that often responds to emotional events.
The article says activity in the amygdala correlated with activity in brain areas involved in higher-level decision-making.
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Supermarket refrigerators and freezers malfunctioned in seven European countries after hackers remotely changed their settings, spoiling food in some stores. No group has claimed responsibility, and experts say the attackers’ identity and motive remain uncertain.
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Affected retailers included Carrefour, Intermarché and Ikea in Belgium; Coop and ICA in Sweden; and stores in Luxembourg, Finland, Ireland and Estonia.
Some thermostat settings were raised as high as 50C (122F).
The incidents followed similar attacks on French retailers about three weeks earlier, which led to large amounts of food being discarded.
The European Union condemned the incidents as a deliberate attempt to disrupt the food supply chain and weaken consumer confidence.
Cybersecurity expert Rafe Pilling said possible explanations include a state-linked demonstration of capability or an individual hacker acting for personal reasons.
The article says hackers may have accessed internet-connected appliance management software without using malware.
Commercial fridge software can go long periods without updates, in part because installing patches may require machinery to go offline.
A suspected hack may also have caused fridge malfunctions at commissaries on at least six U.S. military bases in early August, and the Pentagon is investigating.
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NASA expects its Swift Observatory to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere around 3:30 a.m. EST on Nov. 4, though the forecast has an 11-hour margin of uncertainty. Most of the spacecraft should burn up, and NASA estimates the chance of harm to anyone on Earth at about 1 in 2,100.
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Swift launched on Nov. 20, 2004, to study gamma-ray bursts, supernovas and other high-energy events.
The roughly 3,200-pound telescope is expected to re-enter on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Space Force forecast reported by NASA on Monday.
Some dense tungsten parts and mirror pieces could survive re-entry; any debris is most likely to fall into the ocean.
NASA said swaths of Africa, Australia, India, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America lie within the possible re-entry zone.
NASA said the risk of harm to anyone on Earth is unlikely, at roughly 1 in 2,100.
Intense solar activity in recent years accelerated the telescope’s descent.
A rescue attempt by Katalyst Space failed after its Link robot developed problems and did not get closer than 7 to 9 miles to Swift.
Swift made more than 2,000 gamma-ray burst detections and observed 1,400 exploding stars during its 22 years in orbit.
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Snap settled a social media addiction lawsuit, avoiding a trial, lawyers for the plaintiffs said. The settlement terms were not disclosed; Meta, TikTok and Alphabet, which owns YouTube, had also settled with the plaintiffs.
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The lawsuit alleged that Snapchat was designed to be addictive.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs announced Snap's settlement.
The settlement terms were not disclosed, according to a spokesperson for Morgan & Morgan.
Meta agreed to settle the case days earlier.
TikTok and Alphabet, YouTube's owner, also settled with the plaintiffs.
Snap had not immediately responded to a request for comment.
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Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, settled claims that it designed its platform to be addictive for young users. The agreement, announced Monday, ended a closely watched trial two days before opening arguments in Los Angeles.
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The claims alleged that Snapchat was intentionally designed to be addictive for young users.
Snap reached a settlement with plaintiffs identified as “S.J.” and “K.D.B.”
The settlement ended the bellwether trial, a test case that could inform other lawsuits.
The parties announced the settlement two days before opening arguments were scheduled to begin in Los Angeles.
The article says Meta reached similar settlements the previous month.
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Apple is reportedly developing a mobile home robot, code-named J595, for FaceTime calls and smart-home tasks such as turning on lights when someone enters a room. The company may launch it in 2027 for $1,000 or more, though delays could push the release to 2028.
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Apple CEO John Ternus is backing the home robot project, according to The Information.
The robot may be called HomeView Ultra, following Apple’s reported HomeView stationary smart display.
Early prototypes appeared in 2018 and received approval to continue from then-CEO Tim Cook.
Apple reportedly has about 10 robotics specialists working on the project and a software team of around 300.
The robot is intended to move around the home and support FaceTime calls and automatic lighting.
The Information also reports that Apple is pursuing a separate project to develop robots for household tasks such as folding clothes.
The article says Apple’s reported robot features and customer demand remain uncertain.
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A suspected cyberattack on supermarket refrigeration systems in Europe has raised concerns about internet-connected equipment. Experts say exposed devices may be vulnerable, though researchers have found no evidence that household appliances were targeted, and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre reports no impact on the UK.
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Researchers identified more than 800 refrigeration and building-control interfaces linked to British retailers that are accessible over the public internet.
Public internet access does not prove that a device can be hacked, but weak passwords or software flaws could expose it to attack.
UK law has required manufacturers of certain consumer smart devices to meet minimum cybersecurity standards since April 2024.
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre is working with international partners and industry to investigate the supermarket incidents.
A 2015 study demonstrated a flaw in a Samsung smart fridge that could let researchers intercept internet traffic.
Ransomware attacks on UK retailers M&S and the Co-op in May 2025 disrupted fresh deliveries and left some shelves empty.
Connected systems also help manage vehicles, power plants and water networks remotely, creating potential risks if attackers gain control.
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Anthropic added instructions to Claude Code that steer the model away from recreating specific existing video games while allowing original games and projects based on users’ own designs and assets. The change may limit some requests, but the article says it is unlikely to halt AI-assisted game copying, porting and decompilation, which have grown rapidly.
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The new instruction says Claude should not recreate a specific existing game, even under a different name.
Anthropic software engineer Addy Osmani said the prompt change applies to Claude Code on Opus 5.5 and is intended to prevent intellectual-property infringement.
XDA reported that the rule appears in Claude Code version 2.1.314, released October 30.
Anthropic said original games, genre games and games made from users’ own designs and assets should remain allowed.
Some developers have reported that the new instruction interferes with certain game-development uses.
AI coding tools have made game decompilation and porting much faster, according to the article.
The decompilation community decomp.dev announced it was shutting down last month, citing the effects of improving AI tools and changes to community participation.
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Suspected cyberattacks disrupted supermarket refrigeration systems in several European countries, raising temperatures, spoiling food and causing financial losses. Attackers targeted internet-connected systems that control multiple units remotely, and U.S. supermarkets use similar technology; the Pentagon is investigating suspected attacks involving refrigeration at six military commissaries.
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Supermarkets in Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden reported cyberattacks or IT disruptions.
Ahold Delhaize and Colruyt reported incidents in Belgium and Luxembourg, while ICA and Coop reported disruptions in Sweden.
A Belgian company said hackers switched refrigeration units used by Delhaize into defrost mode.
An ICA supermarket in Sweden said hackers raised refrigerator and freezer temperatures to 122°F.
Attackers can target remote-control systems for multiple units by exploiting software flaws or stolen login details.
Some affected refrigeration systems in the Netherlands used default passwords and connected to unsecured networks.
French attacks in October caused fires and food losses; some supermarkets reported losses exceeding €130,000.
The Pentagon is investigating suspected cyberattacks involving refrigeration systems at six U.S. military commissaries.
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A cyber-attack targeting refrigerators and freezers led supermarkets in several European countries to discard large amounts of food. A Delhaize store near Brussels estimated its losses at more than €100,000 (£83,500).
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Around 40 Delhaize supermarkets in Belgium and Luxembourg were affected.
Incidents were also reported in Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia and Finland.
The affected equipment included refrigerators and freezers.
A Delhaize branch in Hoeilaart, near Brussels, discarded frozen pizzas, ice cream and other food.
The Hoeilaart branch estimated the damage at more than €100,000 (£83,500).
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Cyberattacks affecting supermarket refrigeration systems in seven European countries on Monday caused fridge and freezer temperatures to rise, forcing stores to discard spoiled food. Experts say internet-connected industrial equipment can let attackers disrupt physical systems, especially when devices are exposed online, use weak passwords, or rely on outdated equipment.
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The affected countries were Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
A separate attack in France in October affected hundreds of supermarkets.
The French attack targeted a refrigeration control system made by Danish company Danfoss.
A cybersecurity engineer said some refrigeration systems were exposed to the internet despite normally being intended for closed networks.
Experts identified exploited technical weaknesses and stolen or compromised login details as possible ways to access industrial equipment.
France's National Cybersecurity Agency chief said the October attack involved direct internet exposure and weak passwords.
Experts said they could not determine who was behind the French attack or whether the attackers had significant resources.
A 2025 French national security document identified attacks on food supply chains as a priority threat.
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Grocery chains and food-storage facilities in several European countries reported refrigeration problems on Monday that appear to have resulted from cyberattacks. The incidents changed freezer and refrigerator settings, spoiling food, but companies said the impact was limited and some cases were under control.
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Companies reported affected refrigeration systems in Belgium, Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands and Estonia.
Sweden’s ICA said a small number of stores outside its central network were affected.
Coop said seven of its more than 800 Swedish stores were affected and that the incident was contained and under control.
One ICA store in Sjöbo said its refrigerator and freezer temperatures had been set to 50 degrees Celsius.
Carrefour said 15 of its 700 stores were affected in Belgium; the stores remained open.
Irish company Musgrave told RTÉ that 13 SuperValu stores were affected by a suspected cyberattack involving a specific refrigeration model.
Danfoss told Dutch broadcaster NOS that 17 facilities using its refrigeration systems were affected.
Similar attacks affected hundreds of French grocery stores the previous month, according to the article.
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Chinese space officials outlined a sequence of missions aimed at landing astronauts on the Moon before 2030. The plan calls for separate launches of the crew spacecraft and lunar lander, which would meet in lunar orbit before the landing mission.
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Officials presented the plan at the Seventh Manned Spaceflight Conference in Beijing.
China aims to test the Long March 10A rocket and Mengzhou spacecraft in low-Earth orbit in early 2027.
A planned 2028 test would use a Long March 10 rocket and the Lanyue lunar lander to practice landing on and ascending from the Moon.
China plans a 2029 uncrewed mission in which Mengzhou and Lanyue would launch separately and dock in lunar orbit.
The crewed lunar landing mission is targeted for before 2030.
The plan does not currently include a crewed lunar flyby or orbit mission before the landing.
NASA has set a target of landing astronauts on the Moon by 2028, though the article says U.S. delays could push a landing to 2030 or later.
China tested a 26-ton Lanyue lander mock-up in August 2025 and recently sent the Mengzhou spacecraft for its 2027 test to the Wenchang launch site.
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The article argues that businesses should give AI agents clear goals, limited access, and safeguards rather than broad instructions and control over sensitive systems. It cites a 2026 McKinsey survey in which respondents reported gains in individual productivity more often than gains in company earnings, and recommends using conventional software for processes with defined inputs and outputs.
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The article says businesses are giving AI agents access to email, customer records, and internal messaging.
It argues that vague instructions can lead AI agents to take actions that do not match a business owner’s intent.
The article describes examples of AI adding unwanted features to a calculator app and potentially making inappropriate business commitments; the jewelry-maker scenario is presented as hypothetical.
The article says language models generate likely responses based on patterns in human-created material and can produce confident but flawed answers.
A McKinsey survey from August 2026 found that 80 percent of respondents said AI improved their individual productivity.
In that survey, 37 percent said AI had contributed positively to company-level earnings before interest and taxes.
About one in five survey respondents said AI operating costs constrained its use.
The article recommends precise instructions, restricted access, error reporting, and traditional software for processes with clearly defined inputs and outputs.
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Supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia reported refrigeration problems on Monday that authorities and companies said appeared linked to cyberattacks. Some stores discarded food or temporarily had fewer fresh and frozen products, while one Estonian technology provider said an attack caused no significant damage.
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ICA said a limited number of its Swedish stores had overnight problems with refrigeration and freezing systems.
An ICA store in Sjöbo said its fridges and freezers had been set to 50 degrees Celsius and it was discarding affected items.
Coop reported refrigeration problems at six stores in central Sweden.
Delhaize said an IT incident affected several dozen stores, mostly in Belgium and some in Luxembourg; its distribution centers continued operating normally.
Carrefour said a cyberattack on refrigeration systems affected 15 of its more than 700 stores in Belgium.
In Estonia, Kitman Coldtech said attackers accessed a computer controlling refrigeration and raised the temperature to 50 degrees Celsius.
Kitman Coldtech CEO Jann Mutso said the attack was addressed within minutes and caused no significant damage; Selver said one outlet was affected.
The incidents followed an attack in France last month that remotely altered refrigeration systems at hundreds of supermarkets and independent stores.
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Marvell Technology announced an all-stock deal to acquire Lumentum Holdings, valuing the transaction at $115 billion. Marvell says the combined company would bring together products used in data centers and serve demand for AI connectivity; the deal needs shareholder approval and is expected to close in the first half of 2028.
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Marvell makes semiconductor products for data infrastructure.
Lumentum manufactures lasers, circuit switches and other products used in data centers.
Marvell says the companies’ technologies and engineering teams could support a broader range of customer needs.
The transaction is an all-stock deal valued at $115 billion.
The deal is subject to stockholder approval.
Marvell expects the deal to close in the first half of 2028.
Marvell shares fell more than 1% before the market opened, while Lumentum shares fell almost 3% after the announcement.
Nvidia said earlier in 2026 that it was buying a $2 billion stake in Lumentum, according to Bloomberg.
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Argentina’s President Javier Milei wants to attract more data centres, and the government sees Patagonia’s open steppes as a possible location. The proposal comes as residents and lawmakers in many places oppose data-centre construction over noise, high electricity use and visual impact.
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President Javier Milei supports building more data centres in Argentina.
Argentina’s government is considering Patagonia as a potential site for data centres.
The article describes Patagonia’s steppes as vast and open.
Residents and lawmakers around the world have pushed back against data-centre construction.
Opponents cite noise, heavy electricity use and the facilities’ appearance.
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Niger-based Likita Care makes patient-monitoring devices and provides local repair support, addressing problems hospitals face when imported equipment breaks and replacement parts are hard to find. The company’s co-founder, Mamane Kabirou Ousseini, won the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation and aims to expand into nearby markets.
Its software displays patient data, sends automatic alerts and uses AI to flag trends for further investigation.
Co-founder and CEO Mamane Kabirou Ousseini identified repair and replacement-part shortages while working as a biomedical technician at Niamey General Reference Hospital.
The company combines locally made parts with imported raw materials to manage costs and supports devices through their life cycle.
Ousseini won the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, sponsored by the United Kingdom’s Royal Academy of Engineering; the prize includes £50,000, training and a support network.
Likita Care began with a $35,000 investment six years ago and has deployed 70 units to customers, including two hospitals in Niamey.
The company can produce about 150 units per month, depending on device configuration.
Ousseini hopes to expand into adjacent markets and use regulatory alignment in West African CFA-franc countries.
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