Pohang Opens an Automated Centre to Grade Used EV Batteries

A new centre in Pohang, South Korea, is designed to test more than 150 used EV batteries a day and sort them for reuse or for recycling.

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Dermatologist’s Test Finds a 2015 AI Beats Two LLMs on Skin Cancer

A Guy's dermatologist's self-published test found a 2015 image model named 62% of 200 skin lesions correctly, against 42% for GPT-6 Astra and Claude.

Hong Kong to Pilot Drones Delivering Defibrillators in Hill Rescues

Hong Kong's Civil Aid Service will pilot drones for patrols, hill fire detection and carrying defibrillators to mountain rescues under a city sandbox.

Elvis Song Owners Sue Anthropic, Alleging Claude Trained on 274 Songs

Elvis Presley's song owners allege Anthropic copied lyrics to 274 compositions to train Claude, and seek $41.1m in statutory infringement damages.

St Jude Says Its Open-Source MyGPT AI Can Run on a $1,839 Mac Mini

St Jude researchers have published MyGPT, an open-source AI that answers questions from private documents without sending data outside the building.

Guangzhou Rescue Robot Final Tests 29 Teams on Fire and Flood Tasks

Robot dogs, drones and underwater robots from 29 teams took on fire and flood rescue tasks at a city-backed contest final in Guangzhou on 23-24 October.

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Columbia, SC Confirms Ransomware Attack Hit Four City Online Services

The City of Columbia, South Carolina, says a ransomware attack found on 20 October hit online services and involved sensitive data. SLED is investigating.

Taiwan’s ITRI Plans 500-Tonne Rare-Earth Plant to Meet Half of Demand

Taiwan's ITRI plans a demonstration plant to make 500 tonnes of rare earths a year by 2030, a hundredfold rise that would meet about half of local demand.

TG-iPASS Portal Down Since 22 October After Suspected Ransomware

Telangana's TG-iPASS industrial approvals portal has been offline since 22 October after its database was encrypted. Officials suspect ransomware.

Lotte Voucher Service GiftiL Leaked 4 Data Items in Hack, Reports Say

Spoon, which runs Lotte-affiliated voucher service GiftiL, says a hack leaked refund applicants' names, phone numbers, emails and account numbers.

HomeToGo Unit SECRA Says Hackers Took Data, Possibly Including IBANs

SECRA Bookings, a HomeToGo subsidiary, says attackers exported guest and partner data, in some cases bank details and key-safe codes.

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Evernorth Signs Cantor Facility to Sell Up to $80.7m of New Shares

Evernorth, the Nasdaq-listed XRP treasury company, can sell up to 5,218,935 new shares to Cantor at 97% of VWAP once the SEC clears a resale filing.

Spain and Portugal’s Central Banks Agree 3-Phase Post-Quantum Plan

Banco de España and Banco de Portugal have signed an MoU for a three-phase post-quantum cryptography programme. No budget or timeline was given.

Kraken Drops Monero Spending Questions but Keeps $1,500 Withdrawal Cap

Kraken has withdrawn emails asking Monero buyers what they planned to do with their coins, but its $1,500 rolling 30-day XMR withdrawal cap stays.

Circle Shareholder Sues Trump, Says UAE Crypto Deals Were Emoluments

A Circle shareholder's derivative suit says Trump took foreign emoluments via World Liberty's UAE deals and USD1. The defendants call the claims meritless.

Mila and NRCan AI Maps Wildfire Hazard Hundreds of Times Faster

Mila and Natural Resources Canada say an AI copy of the BurnP3+ simulator maps wildfire hazard in seconds. The preprint is not yet peer reviewed.

Jülich-Led Team Runs Qubit Gates in 6.8 ns, Calling It a Speed Record

Researchers from Jülich, Aachen and Cologne report single-qubit gates in 6.8 nanoseconds at over 99.98% accuracy, tested on one transmon qubit

KRAS Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Misses Main Goal but Primes T Cells

An off-the-shelf KRAS vaccine missed its main goal in a 144-patient pancreatic cancer trial, but 89 of 90 evaluable patients mounted a T-cell response.

Early NIH-Led Trial Finds T-Cell Drug Invika Stalls Resistant Tumours

In an early trial led by NIH researchers, T-cell drug invika stopped cancer growing in 16 of 27 patients at the optimal dose and shrank tumours in four.

Sagawa Express Says Up to 53.23 Million Data Records May Have Leaked

Sagawa Express says up to about 53.23 million personal-data records, duplicates included, may have leaked from its parcel-tracking service.

Mystic Alerts Act Becomes Law, Adding Satellites to US Phone Alerts

The Mystic Alerts Act, signed on 22 October, lets US carriers send emergency alerts to phones by satellite. FCC rules come first; it is years from effect.