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I would argue that Bose helped popularize clip-on open earbuds—the kind of bud that wraps around the outside of your ear like a statement earring. The Bose Ultra Open Earbuds launched in 2024 and were a big swing on the form factor, especially for a major brand. Other companies like Shokz had been making bone-conduction and open-ear headphones for years before, but this small, fashionable form factor really took off.Bose is expanding its clip-on open earbud offerings with the new Bose Sport Open Earbuds and Bose Ultra Open Earbuds (2nd Gen), both of which launch October 1. Hence, the original…

​The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned federal agencies on Wednesday that ransomware gangs are now also exploiting a critical JetBrains TeamCity vulnerability patched in July. JetBrains patched the security flaw (tracked as CVE-2026-63077) on July 25 in TeamCity On-Premises versions 2025.11.7 and 2026.1.3, saying it is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability that lets attackers with HTTP(S) access execute arbitrary operating system commands. “An unauthenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability via the TeamCity agent polling protocol to bypass authentication checks and execute arbitrary operating system commands with the privileges of the TeamCity server process,” it said. “Depending on…

Cosmos Hub restarted after a nearly day-long halt, moving 1.23 million ATOM linked to a governance exploit on Neutron.Validators resumed block production on Sept. 23 after stopping the network a day earlier, with the first block after the restart moving 1,227,121.37 ATOM, worth about $2.2 million, from an attacker-linked address.The intervention followed the movement of funds stolen from Neutron onto Cosmos Hub, extending the fallout from an attack that began on a separate blockchain in the Cosmos ecosystem. Cosmos Hub said its network was not exploited and that the halt was intended to secure assets bridged from Neutron before they…

The scientists collaborated with the conservation charity the Mount Elgon Foundation, external. They interviewed local people, including wildlife scouts and community elders. Accounts described elephants selecting particular plants when they seemed unwell, and mothers reportedly giving medicinal plant material to their calves.From this, the researchers concluded that the elephants use 35 different plant species, and that 25 of those are known locally to have medicinal uses. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, external, did not name the interviewees – keeping participants anonymous so they felt free to share their stories.Their accounts reveal some intriguing details. In one testimony,…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After a summer spent packing away sockeye salmon, Alaska’s heftiest brown bears are ready to throw their weight around. Online voting began Tuesday for Fat Bear Week, the annual contest that pits the rotund residents of Katmai National Park and Preserve against each other for the title of most oversized ursine. Last year’s winner, Chunk — known officially as Bear 32 — is hungry for a repeat. Chunk’s weight in 2025 was estimated at 1,200 pounds, which gave him a narrow victory. This year he’s back and facing corpulent competition like Gully — aka…

Whatever is said about Tom Watson, the former deputy leader of the Labour party has a knack for landing headlines. In the past he did it at the expense of the rich and powerful – from News International, over phone hacking, to the Home Office, over its mass surveillance of our data. But his latest headline – that he has joined Palantir as a senior vice-president – has been at the expense of public confidence in the political class.His new appointment is more than just a private career choice. It sends yet another signal to a weary public about just…

Russian missile and drone attacks killed at least two people in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday, with the Ukrainian capital rocked by multiple powerful explosions after authorities issued a missile alert. More than 20 blasts were heard on Thursday, according to AFP journalists, after the Ukrainian Air Force warned that Russian ballistic missiles were headed for the city. “Once again, the main targets of (the Russian) attack were Kyiv and civilian infrastructure – residential buildings, a maternity hospital, energy facilities and logistics. Two people are already known to have been killed,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram. In a message…

And, at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic, the BBC discovered a network of more than 1,200 faked or hijacked accounts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube that posted pro-Chinese government and anti-US messages.There is evidence to suggest Western governments also engage in disinformation campaigns, although the scale of their operations are not always clear.An investigation by Reuters in 2024, external revealed that during the Covid pandemic, the US military ran a covert anti-vaccine influence operation to discredit China’s Sinovac jab.And Meta has previously removed an influence campaign originating from France that targeted a number of countries in Africa, external.AI has…

Ewan Cameron, the Conservative candidate, said he was the only candidate in the by-election talking about the housing crisis.He told BBC London: “My opponents, what are they doing? They’re talking about segregation. They’re on the ballot paper, they want to have religion. Religion’s not what we should be discussing.”We should be in a position where every day, whether you’re Jewish, whether you’re Muslim, whether you have no faith, we all have the same issues. And again and again those issues are, what?”Holborn and St Pancras is no longer family-friendly, there’s not enough family homes.”Cameron, who was a Camden councillor for…

Available for over a yearLast week, President Donald Trump barred CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House, accusing them of spreading “fake news”. After their reporters had their press passes revoked and were denied access to the building, the three outlets launched a joint legal challenge, arguing that the move was unconstitutional. How unprecedented is this decision? And how does it compare with the treatment of journalists in other countries around the world? Jason Rezaian, host of the Washington Post podcast Freedom Desk and the paper’s former Tehran bureau chief, has a unique perspective on these questions. While…