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Oct 7, 2026

There's only 1 operational nuclear reactor in Quebec — here's what it's used for

Since 1976, Montreal’s École polytechnique has been home to the only operational nuclear reactor in Quebec, which it uses solely for research purposes. Engineering firm AtkinsRéalis has donated $1 million over five years to the university to support nuclear research.

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Oct 7, 2026

A Public Health-Minded Senator Asks: What Comes After Trump and Kennedy?

Senator Patty Murray, a former chair of the Senate health committee, is forming a group of experts to examine how to insulate the C.D.C. from political interference.

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Oct 7, 2026

NASA's Curiosity rover takes striking image of dawn on Mars

NASA has released a striking image of dawn on the Martian surface taken by its Curiosity rover, showing sunlight bathing ‌jagged crags formed billions of years ago as the car-sized vehicle continues to explore Earth's planetary neighbour.

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Oct 7, 2026

IndiGo Patna-Lucknow Flight Nose Damaged After Possible Lightning Strike At 17,000 Feet

The damage was noticed by the airport team after landing, following which IndiGo was informed and the aircraft was declared Aircraft on Ground.

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Oct 7, 2026

Microsoft brings more AI to PCs as it challenges Apple

Microsoft said it was releasing Microsoft Execution Containers, a tool to prevent agents from accessing data and doing unauthorized tasks when running on a laptop or desktop machine. Anthropic, OpenAI and Nvidia will use the tools, Pavan Davuluri, executive vice president for Windows and devices, said at the event in San Francisco.

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Oct 7, 2026

Anthropic launches third Claude 5.5 model, expanding AI lineup before planned IPO

Haiku 5.5 is built for tasks such as classification, summarization and extraction, including live support, voice agents and in-app assistants. It costs 75% less than its predecessor, Haiku 4.5.

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Oct 7, 2026

Russian lab worker's plague-linked death raises questions as Soviet files detail bioweapons cover-up

Hidden files have exposed how the Soviet Union spent decades covering up its building building and stockpiling of biological weapons, as experts raise concerns after Russia lab plague death.

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Oct 7, 2026

Attackers Hijack .gh, .sl, and .as Registries to Obtain Certificates for Google Domains

Attackers compromised three country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) and obtained unauthorized HTTPS certificates for several Google domains, Google said on October 6. Google's own systems were not breached, but any domain ending in .gh (Ghana), .sl (Sierra Leone) or .as (American Samoa) was put at risk. With such a certificate, an attacker could pose as the real site over an encrypted

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Oct 7, 2026

Meta’s Muse launches on iPad just a month after its mobile debut

Meta’s AI agent Muse is now available on iPad, just a month after its mobile debut, as the company rapidly expands the assistant’s reach and integrations.

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Oct 7, 2026

Russia Says It Found No ‘Emergency’ in Plague Lab

New information around the death of a lab worker, including a statement that she had been vaccinated against the plague, came as U.S. officials demanded more data.