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The comments have been widely criticised by survivors groups and political opponents who said they downplayed the seriousness and lasting trauma of rape.The SCRA, which comprises support groups in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and the Western Isles, said the impacts of rape can last a lifetime, and the crime should never be reduced to a theoretical debate. In an open letter the alliance said: “We are not demonising rape. We are naming it.”The authors strongly opposed the idea of rape existing on a “spectrum”, insisting “there is no hierarchy of rape” and that no survivor should feel compelled to ask whether…

Competing Android app stores are now back on Google Play in the U.S., and Aptoide is the first to take advantage of the new option. On Monday, the Portugal-based app distributor brought its games store back to Google Play after more than a decade, crediting the loosening of restrictions that had been criticized as anticompetitive. For the first time in many years, U.S. users will be able to install a competitor to Google’s Android app store directly from Google Play itself, a milestone in terms of opening the app market to more competition. Aptoide’s independent app store is one of…

The work that moves your business forward should never have to stop.Teams are using ChatGPT to take on bigger things: organizing inventory, building marketing campaigns, analyzing business performance, improving customer experiences, and developing new products. As that work becomes more ambitious, our top request from ChatGPT Business customers has been an expanded seat option with more capacity and usage built in.That’s why we’re introducing Premium seats for ChatGPT Business. Premium gives your most active teammates 5x more usage than Standard seats and removes the five-hour usage limit, so they can take on larger projects and work with fewer interruptions—all within…

The Hacker NewsAug 10, 2026Software Supply Chain / DevSecOps AI is helping development teams produce far more code, far faster. But security teams still have to review vulnerabilities, manage dependencies, prioritize fixes, and control risk at human speed. When software output jumps 10 to 50 times, the problem is no longer just finding vulnerabilities. It is keeping security from becoming the bottleneck, or worse, losing control of what gets shipped. In our latest webinar with Chainguard experts, “The True Cost of Building at Machine Speed,” you can now watch how security teams can keep AI-driven development fast without letting risk…

TaoWeave, formerly known as Oblong, says its long-term strategy is to accumulate Bittensor’s TAO token. Its latest filing shows the treasury flow moving the other way during the first half of 2026.The company sold 3,959.23 TAO to fund operating expenses and manage liquidity. The sales raised $1.172 million and produced a $114,000 net realized loss. They occurred during the six months ended June 30 and were newly reported in the company’s Aug. 7 quarterly filing, rather than taking place on the filing date.The disclosure marks a turn from the plan CryptoSlate reported in June 2025, when predecessor Oblong intended to…

New findings from more than 20,000 patients across three major NIH studies suggest that elevated Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] may contribute to cardiovascular risk that remains even after standard treatment. The results indicate that people with high Lp(a) may benefit from more aggressive efforts to reduce other heart disease risk factors. The late-breaking findings were presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2026 Scientific Sessions and Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology/Association Canadienne de cardiologie d’intervention (CAIC-ACCI) Summit in Montreal. What Is Lipoprotein(a)? Lp(a) is a cholesterol-carrying particle found in the blood. It resembles LDL, often called “bad” cholesterol, but…

U.S.-headquartered energy technology giant Baker Hughes has been tasked by Searah, a 50/50 independent joint venture between Eni and Petronas in Southeast Asia, with providing subsea production systems and digital solutions for one of Indonesia’s major upcoming energy projects. Illustration; Source: Baker Hughes Baker Hughes has secured an award from Searah North Ganal, a subsidiary of Searah, to deliver subsea production systems and digital solutions to support safe, efficient, and optimized production for the Kutei North Hub development offshore Indonesia. The U.S. firm will supply 17 deepwater horizontal tree systems, along with associated manifolds and connections, control and distribution systems, for…

As Russian strikes pummel Ukrainian cities, a quieter, systemic crisis also threatens Ukraine’s future. For Russia, targeting Ukrainian youth is not merely collateral damage; it is demographic warfare aimed at erasing Ukrainian identity. For the millions of children forced to grow up in a war zone, the trauma extends far beyond the front lines, stretching from occupied reeducation camps to disrupted homes across the country. Children kidnapped by Russian forces in the occupied territories have received the most global attention. Since Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, and the full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022, a huge number, possibly into…

Hundreds gathered outside the Moscow courthouse, chanting “Russia” and “Yabloko” – the Russian word for “apple” – as the eight-hour hearing dragged on. Many carried apples as a sign of support.Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, any remaining opposition to the Kremlin has been crushed.Public shows of dissent have been suppressed by wartime censorship laws and can trigger hefty fines or long prison sentences. Because protests are no longer permitted, the Yabloko hearing offered a rare chance for likeminded Russians opposing the war to gather publicly. “For Yabloko. For freedom” was scribbled in chalk…

Andy Burnham has been warned that changing the terms of the prisoners’ early release scheme so PC Andrew Harper’s killers are kept behind bars would force another spate of early releases before the next general election.Prison Service officials have told No 10 that adding an exemption so that those convicted of manslaughter, such as Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, remain in jail would mean further early releases would be needed within 18 months.Governors told the Guardian the prime minister’s decision last week to exempt rapists and serious child sex offenders would force thousands of sentences to be recalculated in haste…