Scientists find hidden “highways” guiding animal evolution

A sweeping analysis of thousands of animal genomes suggests that chromosomes do not evolve randomly but instead follow a limited number of irreversible “evolutionary highways.” These one-way genetic changes preserve clues to more than 600 million years of animal history and could even help researchers explore where evolution may head next.

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Attackers Target miniOrange SAML Flaws That Can Grant WordPress Admin Access

Bad actors are attempting to exploit two severe unauthenticated authentication bypasses in the Xecurify miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign On plugin that make it possible for an attacker to sign in as any WordPress user, including administrators. The vulnerabilities, as disclosed by Patchstack, are listed below - CVE-2026-61979 (CVSS score: 8.1) - An unauthenticated privilege escalation

STAT+: AI is good at catching drug theft at hospitals, but only when humans do their part

New AI technology can help hospitals prevent controlled substances from being stolen, or abused by staff, but those tools aren't foolproof.

STAT+: Comments on OMB research rule mysteriously removed from federal website

Some comments on a proposed OMB research rule have been mysteriously removed from a public-facing government webpage.

China taps high-altitude winds for power generation by flying craft to 4,000m

China has flown an airborne wind energy system to 4,000 metres (13,123 feet) above sea level and generated electricity from the sky, in what state broadcaster CCTV described as a world first. According to a CCTV report on Saturday, the prototype S4000 craft completed a full work cycle – ascent, station-keeping, power generation and recovery – at a test site in northwestern China, which the broadcaster called a breakthrough for high-altitude wind power and a step towards engineering...

Flagright Joins Nacha Push Against US Bank Payment Fraud

Flagright has joined Nacha’s Preferred Partner programme for ACH compliance, fraud monitoring, and risk and fraud prevention. Nacha governs the US Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network, which supports electronic bank payments such as direct deposits and direct payments. Flagright’s platform monitors incoming and outgoing payment activity for unusual patterns. It assesses transaction and account behaviour [...] The post Flagright Joins Nacha Push Against US Bank Payment Fraud appeared first on F

New Jeddah container terminal will ease Hormuz reliance

Saudi Arabia is planning to build a new container terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port on the central Red Sea coast. This will help to reduce reliance on the Strait of Hormuz and expand cargo-handling capacity at the second-busiest port in the Arab world. The fourth terminal at the port will be jointly developed and operated by Red […]

Stripe Adds GCash, Touch ’n Go, and PromptPay for Singapore Businesses

Stripe has added six Asian payment methods for businesses using its platform, with ShopeePay and SPayLater set to follow across Southeast Asia in Q4 2026. Businesses can now accept cross-border payments through Samsung Pay, MoMo, GCash, Touch ’n Go, PromptPay and TrueMoney. The expansion comes as Stripe marks 10 years in Singapore. More than 80,000 [...] The post Stripe Adds GCash, Touch ’n Go, and PromptPay for Singapore Businesses appeared first on Fintech Singapore.

NASA finds Earth microbes could survive on the Moon

NASA scientists found that microbes brought by astronauts could survive in cold, shadowed niches around the Moon’s South Pole, potentially complicating future searches for pristine lunar chemistry. Some refuges may be no larger than a footprint, while one hardy fungus could even withstand limited exposure to sunlight.