Families with rare gene mutations that cause Alzheimer's in middle age are giving scientists a unique window on the disease, and a quick way to test potential treatments.
Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer and the oldest woman to travel to space at age 82, has died at 87. She passed away in Grapevine, Texas, after recent falls and an infection. Funk was among the first female pilots to undergo astronaut testing in the 1960s and finally reached space in 2021 on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket.
The 485-mile Velomont trail in Vermont is being designed to be accessible for adaptive mountain bikers, connecting 27 communities with huts and hostels. Efforts include trail assessments and building ADA-compliant facilities to accommodate riders with disabilities.
Humanoid robots, remotely controlled by surgeons, successfully removed gallbladders from live pigs in a preclinical trial. This human-robot team-up offers a potentially cheaper and more accessible alternative to specialized surgical robots, with applications in rural areas, battlefields, and space.
A Microsoft Defender patch for a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-50656) may cause Windows machines to write files large enough to consume all disk space. The researcher NightmareEclipse disclosed the issue, stating that new mitigations in mpengine.dll can lead to massive file caching.
Allstate Insurance is suing Broadcom, alleging the tech giant initiated haphazard audits in retaliation for Allstate not renewing contracts with VMware and CA Technologies. Allstate claims it complied with audit requirements, while VMware alleges Allstate stonewalled and removed software.
OpenAI is sunsetting its ChatGPT Atlas browser, launched less than a year ago, on August 9th. The company is focusing on its new ChatGPT Work features, incorporating learnings from Atlas users to improve browsing and task completion on the open web.
