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Some researchers who use the markup language LaTeX for typesetting are unwittingly making private information public.Credit: Tom Houghton/NatureNearly all of the nearly three million papers available on the arXiv preprint server contain details the authors never meant to share, a new study finds. The study, uploaded to arXiv in April and presented at theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Symposium on Security and Privacy in San Francisco, California, in May, analysed around 2.7 million articles posted to the repository up until December 2025, amounting to 93% of the preprints. It found that 88% of submissions that contained LaTeX source files…

LAS VEGAS — Words weren’t enough to get in Max Holloway’s head, but Conor McGregor managed to put a dent in Holloway’s cool demeanor by the end of the UFC 329 press conference. McGregor, Holloway, Paddy Pimblett and Benoit Saint Denis took the stage on Thursday. Naturally, most of the attention went to Saturday’s headliners. McGregor tried to provoke Holloway on several occasions, but the Hawaiian star’s famously calm attitude deflected the insults. At the final moment of the presser, McGregor finally drew a reaction from his opponent.UFC President and CEO Dana White mediated a face off between the two main…

As Meta‘s new AI image feature sparks privacy concerns, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) is providing tips on how members can protect their image. In a statement released Thursday by the union, SAG-AFTRA shared instructions on how to “dig into [Instagram‘s] settings” to opt-out of Meta’s newly unleashed Muse Image tool, in order to “protect your likeness.” “Meta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent,” the guild shared in a statement. “SAG-AFTRA recommends that #SagAftraMembers (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your…

Borno South Senator Ali Ndume has urged President Bola Tinubu to sustain the military offensive against terrorists and bandits, expressing confidence that they would be defeated through a coordinated national effort. Mr Ndume, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated this while speaking with State House Correspondents on Thursday, after meeting President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He said sustained military operations had intensified pressure on criminal groups, with several bandit leaders eliminated and some commanders surrendering. “There has been a lot of pressure recently on bandits in the North-west, the North-east, and elsewhere. ” Some…

At least 12 people have died in a wildfire in Los Gallardos in the southeastern province of Almería, according to the Andalusian regional government, while six have been injured. Some of the victims were found inside vehicles which had been engulfed by the flames. Witnesses say the fire was caused by a downed power line, with the blaze spreading quickly to a nearby wooded area. Authorities have not confirmed the cause of the fire.A sustained heatwave with temperatures of around 40C (104F) has caused wildfires across southern Europe. Hundreds of firefighters are battling major incidents in France, Portugal and Spain,…

Carry trades — one of the most widely-used strategies in the $9.5 trillion-per-day currency market — are seeing the most compelling backdrop in more than two decades, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Until about 60,000 years ago, diminutive hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (affectionately nicknamed Hobbits for obvious reasons), shared the island of Flores with Komodo dragons, pygmy elephants, and giant rats. Based on the presence of hominin and pygmy elephant bones in the same layers of cave sediment, it originally looked like the Hobbits had hunted and butchered dwarf elephants—an impressive feat for such a tiny hominin. But according to University of Tübingen anthropologist Elizabeth Veatch and her colleagues, it was the Komodo dragons that were the hunters, while the Hobbits only showed up to scavenge what was left. If Veatch and…

The US military has contributed to ecosystem destruction, biodiversity loss, and population-level declines of many species (1–3). Its activities have polluted drinking water, contaminated local fisheries (4–6), and negatively affected the health and well-being of many communities worldwide (3, 5–7). One estimate suggests that the pollution produced by the US military-industrial complex is equivalent to that of approximately 140 countries (8).

By the age of 10, Fery’s technical ability had already marked him out as one of the country’s most talented youngsters.He caught the eye of Craig Veal, a coach at the Sutton Tennis Academy, and began working with him alongside French former ATP player Benoit Foucher.The pair decided Fery would improve more playing against adults in the UK rather than travelling internationally to compete against his peers.”[We decided to] let him develop his game and his passion for it, rather than putting a load of pressure on him to get an international ranking,” Veal told the i Paper., external”When he…

Veteran actor Adebayo “Oga Bello” Salami has revealed that he nearly abandoned acting after facing allegations over the deaths of his mentor, Ojo “Baba Mero” Ladipo, and the veteran theatre pioneer’s wife. Speaking in an interview on Feel Right News TV, published on YouTube on Tuesday, the actor said the accusations marked the darkest period of his career and left him questioning whether to remain in the profession. Although Oga Bello did not explain the basis of the allegations or identify those behind them, he said they intensified after the deaths of Baba Mero and his wife, leaving him emotionally…