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Man dies in Bas-Uele after travelling from Haut-Uele, as head of WHO says outbreak on track to be deadliest everThe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to a sixth province, officials have said, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said the outbreak was on track to surpass the deadliest in history, which erupted more than a decade ago and killed more than 11,000 people.Jean Kaseya, the director general of Africa CDC, said a death had been recorded in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province. Kaseya said the man had travelled from Isiro, in Haut-Uele province, to Buta, the capital of Bas-Uele, where he died. Continue reading...

• Entertainment Weekly compiled a list of 12 bizarre celebrity fan encounters characterized by boundary-crossing requests and strange gifts. • The collection highlights instances where fans failed to maintain professional or social boundaries when meeting famous stars. • These stories illustrate the challenges celebrities face regarding privacy and safety during public interactions.

• Trump Media has launched a new fast-access data feed service this month, with more than 10 firms already paying up to $100,000 per month for access. • The initiative is designed to create a "meaningful" and "durable" revenue stream to offset the company's recent quarterly losses. • This data service complements a broader media strategy that focuses on expanding digital assets and increasing advertising revenue.

• AI coding tools have significantly increased individual developer speed, yet overall engineering productivity and confidence remain stalled. • Research from DX and LinearB indicates that gains are offset by larger pull requests, inadequate performance measurement, and outdated legacy processes. • This gap matters because the efficiency of AI is being neutralized by systemic bottlenecks in the software development lifecycle.

Exclusive: Analysis shows 55% of accounts were located overseas – and seven of 12 most-read posts came from USMore than half the accounts that posted on Elon Musk’s X about the rioting in Belfast and the civil disorder in Southampton in June were based outside the UK, an analysis by the Guardian can reveal.Of the 8,672 accounts whose combined posts about the events exceeded 1,000 views, just 45.3% were shown as from the UK, according to the social media platform’s own location function. Continue reading...

• DEPSECWAR Feinberg issued a memo in March emphasizing the transition of the Maven Smart System (MSS) to a Program of Record (POR) to ensure stable funding and enterprise-wide integration. • The FY27 budget request allocates over $1.5 billion to expand access to the MSS as part of the Joint Force AI-Enabled Headquarters initiative. • This shift aims to provide military commanders with the necessary command and control (C2) capabilities to improve operational effectiveness in modern warfare.

A horrific knife attack on a street in June sparked another summer’s night of racial violence, stoked by loyalist groups. How did the unrest erupt – and why do many fear it will happen again?Shortly after 10.30pm on Monday 8 June, as a summer twilight lingered over Belfast, a horrific scene unfolded on Kinnaird Avenue: a man straddled and repeatedly stabbed a figure lying on the ground in a bloody assault that ended only after onlookers intervened.Others captured the drama on cameraphones and uploaded the footage to social media. Once seen, the grainy images were hard to forget, and by dawn on Tuesday 9 June they were ricocheting around X, WhatsApp, Facebook, Telegram and other platforms. Continue reading...