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Scottish prosecutors will attempt to prove that pro-Palestinian activists accused of vandalizing one of President Trump’s Scottish golf resorts last year committed acts connected to terrorism. The move is the latest in a broadening effort in Britain to target protest groups with terrorism laws.In March 2025, prosecutors say, seven members of the British protest group Palestine Action broke into the resort, Trump Turnberry. They dug up the turf and damaged the sprinklers. They sprayed the clubhouse with red paint. And they emblazoned “Gaza is not 4 sale” on part of the picturesque course.All seven were charged with malicious damage to…

ZDNET/AppleFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.Editors’ Note: Welcome to a new series called An Apple a Day, where we’ll share pieces of Apple content from our archives daily from now through late September. In addition to PCMag, this series will include pieces from our sibling sites CNET, Lifehacker, Mashable, and Popular Science.In 2014, I called Android a “toxic hellstew of vulnerabilities.” Little did I expect CEO Tim Cook to use the exact phrase on stage during that year’s WWDC keynote. Someone even made T-shirts. (Contrary to the rumors, no, I had nothing to do with them.)Also: Apple’s new Siri AI comes with hidden…

AI is officially mainstream in security operations. According to Prophet Security’s State of AI in Security Operations 2026 report (produced from ViB’s survey of 250+ cybersecurity pros), 40% of security teams now use AI daily. Another 56% are currently testing it out, and only 4% have no plans to adopt it. For the teams already using AI, what is actually changing? Here are the ten biggest takeaways from the report. 1. Security teams are drowning in alerts The average security team gets about 100 alerts every day, but larger companies often deal with close to 1,000. In fact, over a…

In brief Android 17 adds platform support for Encrypted Client Hello, which encrypts the domain name sent when a connection opens so the network can’t read the destination. Google describes the release as the first broad Encrypted Client Hello rollout on a major mobile OS, built with its Jigsaw team and outside developers. The protection covers only sites and apps that have switched Encrypted Client Hello on; a destination that hasn’t still exposes its domain to carriers, Wi-Fi operators, and network snoops. If you’re an Android user, your internet browsing just got a little more private.Google’s mobile operating system Android…

The rise of complex ecosystems on land was one of the major turning points in the history of life. As organisms expanded beyond the oceans, terrestrial environments became home to increasingly diverse communities. Insects, which today make up the most species-rich animal group on Earth, eventually became central to these ecosystems. Yet important parts of their early transition from water to land have remained unclear. An international team of researchers has now identified a stem group insect from the Late Mississippian period, about 324 million years ago. By studying this fossil alongside other puzzling specimens from much earlier and later…

A new report published by U.S.-based think tank the Oakland Institute warns that the rush for critical minerals comes with massive implications for the world, especially African countries. The report, “RUSH: Global Scramble for Minerals Wages War on People and Planet,” challenges the popular narrative that an expansion of mining operations is necessary for the global green energy transition. “The intensification of mineral extraction has already had devastating consequences around the world, destroying land, livelihoods, and waters,” Oakland Institute policy director Frederic Mousseau told Mongabay in an email. He added the projected expansion of mining to meet global…

There is probably no better ally to the United States than Japan. However, the relationship between the two countries today seems particularly one-sided as the ever-changing policies of the Trump administration hit Japan, both intentionally and otherwise. The uncomfortable reality for Tokyo is that there is very little that can be done about it. Nurturing the relationship with the United States has been a paramount issue for every Japanese prime minister since the end of World War II. The level of success was often a factor in how leaders fared domestically. Yasuhiro Nakasone buddied up to Ronald Reagan at a…

Nepal death toll rises to 469, police sayNepal police have said that the death toll from Wednesday’s flash flood now stands at 469.It’s a jump of 80 since the last reported update, and comes as search teams continue recovery efforts across the disaster-struck area. More than 1,300 remain missing, including hundreds of tourists from India, the US, Britain, Australia and Canada.Efforts to locate those unaccounted for have been complicated by the destruction of dozens of bridges and 40km (25 miles) of roads in the mountainous region, which is popular with trekkers and pilgrims.ShareUpdated at 05.09 CESTKey eventsThe Nepalese army says it…

Die SPD-Spitze um Bärbel Bas und Lars Klingbeil demonstriert in der Bundesregierung nach außen Normalität. Hinter verschlossenen Türen wächst jedoch die Unruhe vor den drei anstehenden Wahlen in Sachsen-Anhalt, Berlin und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern im September. Rasmus Buchsteiner beleuchtet im Gespräch die internen Szenarien und die wackelnden Stühle der sozialdemokratischen Spitze. In der Hauptstadt rangiert die SPD in den Umfragen ebenfalls abgeschlagen. Spitzenkandidat Steffen Krach stellt sich im 200-Sekunden-Interview den Fragen von Rixa Fürsen, was die Bundespartei damit zu tun hat und wie er glaubt, an einer Trendwende mitwirken zu können. Trotz schwieriger Rahmenbedingungen überrascht die deutsche Wirtschaft aktuell mit einem Exportboom.…

Mark your calendars: on Thursday night, September 10, StrictlyVC — TechCrunch’s boutique evening series — is heading to New York’s West Village (the real one — brownstones, cobblestones, and all — not the Mission Bay stretch of San Francisco that’s earned the nickname “Vest Village” for all the Patagonia-clad VCs roaming around). It’s our first New York event in two years, and after a run of great nights this year in San Francisco, L.A., and Athens, we couldn’t be more excited to be back — with a stacked lineup to match. What’s in store: Keith Rabois. We’re kicking off the…