A startling announcement went out earlier this week: Due to recently discovered vulnerabilities in the open source programming language PHP, website owners had to immediately patch their sites — or if they couldn’t update right away, they should take the sites down to be safe. On this week’s episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec,
Flash floods in Nepal — triggered by a glacial collapse — have caused devastating damage.Credit: Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty On 26 August, a ‘tsunami’ of water, mud and boulders swept through the Rasuwa region of Nepal, killing more than 1,400 people and leaving about 6,000 more missing. The government estimates that reconstruction will cost almost
Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German battleships are emerging into view. They are a curious distraction from the summer heat crisis. The Danube’s record low water levels also have forced power plants to the brink
On Sunday night, John Oliver returned to the “Last Week Tonight” table after his summer hiatus and, naturally, there were plenty to discuss. The HBO host, whose contract expires at the end of 2026, and whose parent company is facing a likely acquisition by Paramount Skydance, putting the left-handed comedian directly in the crosshairs of
Dense smoke from several large wildfires raging in Canada and Minnesota is expected to blanket large swaths of the Midwest and northeastern United States this week, exposing millions of people to dangerous air pollution. Minnesota officials issued an air quality alert Tuesday through Friday for areas including the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Alexandria and Two
