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This is a dangerous operational blind spot. The governance challenge with autonomous systems lives in their unpredictable runtime behaviour, not in their fixed code. Traditional software can be vetted, compiled, and expected to behave identically every time it runs. Agentic systems, by contrast, alter their actions based on shifting context, real-time data inputs, and dynamic third-party plug-ins. The structural blind spot of point-of-time certification is formally recognized as LLM06 in the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications. In their framework, risks like Excessive Agency and Insecure Output Handling are classified as systemic vulnerabilities born entirely out of deployment architecture, not…

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a criminal complaint against Bitkub Online and two former directors, alleging that the crypto exchange submitted daily net-capital reports, known as Form DA 1, that failed to show the effect of a 2021 theft involving about 1.7 billion baht (roughly $53 million) in customer assets.The July 23, 2026, complaint to Thailand’s Economic Crime Suppression Division names Sakolkorn Sakavee and Thaweesap Rawan, who the SEC said were responsible for the reports when they were Bitkub directors. The regulator alleges that Bitkub gave false statements and that the two former directors made false entries in…

Betelgeuse’s companion star is finally ready for its close-up. Astronomers have taken a clear portrait of an ordinary star orbiting the famed supergiant. Borrowing imaging techniques from exoplanet hunters, the team captured the dim light of the smaller star amid the light of the huge one. The resulting images are the most definitive detection of Betelgeuse’s buddy yet, the team reports in a paper to appear in Astronomy & Astrophysics. The red supergiant marks one shoulder of the constellation Orion, making it one of the most recognizable stars in the night sky. “It’s really an iconic star,” says astronomer Andrea…

The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a new report assessing progress in implementing the Global Health Sector Strategies (GHSS) on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for 2022–2030. Released during the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) and ahead of World Hepatitis Day (28 July), the report highlights significant achievements and persistent challenges in the global response to these epidemics. “This report tells two stories. It demonstrates what is possible when countries invest in health, communities and science. But it also shows how quickly progress can be undone with funding disruptions, humanitarian emergencies and persistent inequalities,” said…

Communities in South Africa’s Eastern Cape are opposing a proposed heavy mineral sands mine that a South African company wants permission to operate day and night for 30 years on their communal land.They say the land targeted for mining is far from unused, supporting more than a 1,000 cattle, traditional medicine gathering, tourism and facilitates access to the coast and fishing.The villagers say that if the mine goes ahead, it will damage livelihoods, ancestral graves, biodiversity and water resources.The planned mine could also impact their long-running campaign to acquire commercial seaweed harvesting permits and an existing small-scale sand mining…

In 1978, a 28-year-old Ben Nitay—the Americanized name that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu adopted at the time—explained to a Boston audience that “the stumbling block to the road for peace is this demand for a PLO state.” Since then, his life’s mission has been to prevent it. In the 1990s, first as leader of the opposition to then-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s peace efforts and then, after Rabin’s death, as his successor, Netanyahu did everything in his power to delegitimize and derail the Oslo process. When he returned to office in 2009, his first task was to repel the…

Claim: A military dog named Face was awarded the Medal of Honor by then-President George W. Bush after saving five soldiers from a burning tank in Iraq. Rating: In July 2026, some Facebook users began sharing the story of an apparently heroic military dog who saved five soldiers in Iraq and sustained ghastly burns as a result. One Facebook post (archived) claimed the dog, named Face, lost his face and was the “First K9 Medal of Honor.” Attached to the post was an image of a dog with a heavily scarred face wearing the Medal of Honor while members of…

East London’s Hackney Council is to vote on a motion to “de-twin” from Israel’s Haifa after almost six decades in protest against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.The London Borough of Hackney and Israel’s third largest city, which is north of Tel Aviv on the Mediterranean coast, made a twinning declaration on July 26, 1968, pledging to encourage “friendly contacts and exchanges between the ordinary citizens”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe arrangement was part of a longstanding tradition for cities in the United Kingdom to pair up with foreign cities in a bid to encourage cultural exchanges, trade and…

Liana Graham, a 22-year-old research assistant in domestic policy at Heritage, who worked on the family policy report, insisted that Heritage does not condone any form of discrimination. But, she said, the purpose of life “is not confined to career achievements,” as she said that “one-size-fits-all feminism” has taught. She went on, “I’m not saying that you can’t pursue these things, but realistically, if this” — marriage, family — “is something you say that you desire, how do you order your life such that you can actually achieve that?” The Heritage approach is to “recognize that the role of government…

If you’ve ever gone camping, walked 20 yards away from your campsite to go pee behind a tree, and looked up to find that you were completely lost in the dark, then the new Watch Ultra 3 is for you. It now features satellite messaging, which I tested on a weekend off-grid camping trip. It’s a significant improvement over sat comms on your phone, since you’re more likely to have your watch on your body.The battery life on the Watch Ultra 3 is also improved—now up to 42 hours from a mere 36 on the Apple Watch Ultra 2. On…