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Are Trump’s global actions, from Ukraine to Iran, going to hurt him in elections?
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Published: 2026-10-30 08:00:49 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:16:02

Voters who backed the US president in the last election are saying they can’t vote for him today: ‘This is an abomination’

Outside the Ukrainian educational and cultural center in a quiet Pennsylvania suburb of Jenkintown, on the outskirts of Philadelphia, a banner expressed unqualified gratitude: “Thank you USA for supporting Ukraine.”

Inside, however, the sentiment was altogether different. Irene Skulsky, a retired teacher in her late 70s, voiced indignation at Donald Trump’s sudden turn against her ancestral homeland, which she believed had come close to killing her son, Darko, and a desire to punish his fellow Republicans at next week’s midterm elections.

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BP profits hit ‘obscene’ 18-year high as Iran war drives up oil refining margins
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Published: 2026-10-30 16:49:00 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:16:01

Oil giant comes under fire from climate campaigners, as its earnings reach $8.46bn while ‘innocent civilians suffer’

BP’s quarterly profits have been labelled “obscene” after they hit an 18-year high of $8.46bn (£6.3bn), as the war in the Middle East drove up oil and gas prices.

The energy company hailed a “banner quarter” on Friday, with its underlying ​replacement ⁠cost profit – a key measure of its income – almost quadrupling in the three months to the end of September, from $2.2bn in the same period ​a year ​ago. The jump meant BP’s quarterly profits hit their highest level since the $8.9bn recorded in 2008.

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Andy Burnham admits he would have liked more radical first budget
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Published: 2026-10-30 08:53:00 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:16:01

Prime minister says room for manoeuvre was limited by geopolitical crises and Labour’s 2024 manifesto

Andy Burnham has admitted his first budget as prime minister was not as radical as he would have liked because of the economic uncertainty facing the country.

He said he would have liked to have gone further with this week’s announcement – including with higher energy support payments – but felt hemmed in by external events such as the war in Iran, which has pushed up borrowing costs.

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Watch: Australia's mushroom murderer loses appeal and may now die in prison
Published: 2026-10-30 01:38:54 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:15:58
Judges agreed with the prosecution’s appeal that Erin Patterson’s initial non-parole period of 33 years was insufficient.
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Binance Suspends Withdrawals After Crypto Hackers Steal $6.3 Billion
Published: 2026-10-30 15:16:55 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:15:03
The crypto exchange said it was compromised in what could be the biggest crypto heist ever. One research lab attributed the theft to “North Korea’s elite hacking unit.”
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Шум в эмбеддингах не защищает данные: проверил 8 схем, и при 100 известных парах узнаётся ~90% документов
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Published: 2026-10-30 08:13:17 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:15:02

Коротко. Если хранить эмбеддинги с добавленным шумом, текст по ним восстановить трудно, но это не значит, что данные защищены. Я измерил, можно ли по защищённой записи узнать, какому документу она принадлежит, если атакующий знает часть соответствий (для основного сравнения 1000 из 5183 документов, ~19%). Для шума узнаётся 99% записей, даже когда качество поиска упало вдвое. При 100 известных парах (2% корпуса) узнаётся около 90%.

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Andy Burnham admits he would have liked more radical first budget
Published: 2026-10-30 08:53:00 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:13:59

Prime minister says room for manoeuvre was limited by geopolitical crises and Labour’s 2024 manifesto

Andy Burnham has admitted his first budget as prime minister was not as radical as he would have liked because of the economic uncertainty facing the country.

He said he would have liked to have gone further with this week’s announcement – including with higher energy support payments – but felt hemmed in by external events such as the war in Iran, which has pushed up borrowing costs.

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BP profits hit 18-year high as Iran war drives up oil refining margins
Published: 2026-10-30 11:45:34 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:13:59

Oil giant hails ‘banner quarter’ as earnings reach $8.46bn, prompting anger from climate campaigners

BP’s profits have hit their highest level in almost two decades as the war in the Middle East drove up oil and gas prices and led to “significantly higher” trading.

The energy company hailed a “banner quarter” on Friday, with its underlying ​replacement ⁠cost profit – a key measure of its income – almost quadrupling to $8.46bn (£6.3bn), from $2.2bn ​a year ​ago.

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What we know about Binance's $6.3bn hack
Published: 2026-10-30 12:27:28 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:12:58
Cyber correspondent Joe Tidy explains more about what is suspected to be the biggest hack in history.
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Hyrox athlete who soiled herself in race says she put others at risk
Published: 2026-10-30 06:10:50 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:11:58
In her first interview since the incident, Joanna Wietrzyk told the BBC she takes responsibility for it but did not deserve such a severe backlash.
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Traders' tools stolen every 20 minutes in UK
Published: 2026-10-30 06:32:56 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:11:58
Gangs and "chancers" are behind the crimes, says a MP calling on the Government to do more to help.
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Sports quiz of the week: last goodbyes, ill-judged jokes and golden balls
Published: 2026-10-30 08:00:48 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:09:01

Have you been following the big stories in football, tennis, rugby league, baseball, cricket, cycling, F1 and athletics?

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The hill I will die on: Dumplings are the ultimate proof of our common humanity | Joseph de Weck
Published: 2026-10-30 08:00:49 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:09:00

Across nations and classes, there is one thing we can all agree on – that putting delicious things inside dough is a good idea

On a recent Saturday morning in Paris, I made a life-changing discovery. It came in the frozen aisle of an Asian supermarket: you can buy premade dumpling wrappers. Take a moment to think about the implications of this. Chinese shrimp wontons? Ukrainian potato varenyky? Italian veal ravioli? You’re halfway there before you’ve even chopped an onion (as long as you’re not precious about using exactly the right dough for each recipe).

Since then, I’ve fallen into a full-blown dumpling rabbit hole, my nights spent on YouTube, watching grandmothers sitting in circles, pinching dough. So many shapes. So many techniques. Team inward pleats or outward?

Joseph de Weck is an associate fellow with the German Council on Foreign Relations and writes for Guardian Europe from Zürich and Paris

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Week in wildlife: a fishing anhinga, a northern nutcracker and cuddling seals
Published: 2026-10-30 08:00:48 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:09:00

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

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‘I saw the script and went: oooh!’ Olivia Colman and Alexander Skårsgard on their steamy folk-horror movie Wicker
Published: 2026-10-30 08:00:48 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:08:59

She plays a depressed fisherwoman. He plays a man made of wicker who is solely dedicated to her pleasure. How did the actors feel about this strange, emotional connection – and what did Colman draw from her own marriage?

Another year, another raunchy comedy-drama in which Alexander Skarsgård is the answer to a social outcast’s erotic dreams. “I fucking loved Pillion so much!” says Olivia Colman, reliably sweary straight out of the gate, as she brings up last year’s British indie hit starring Skarsgård as a leather-clad dom with a timid traffic warden as his submissive. “And when they kissed at the end … Aww.” The 52-year-old Oscar-winner for The Favourite gives a mock-sniffle and a little shake of her frizzy grey locks, then pretends to dab her eyes.

Seated beside her in a London hotel room and wearing a bright orange “I’m With Stupid” T-shirt, Skarsgård tilts his head appreciatively. In Pillion, it was Harry Melling who had the privilege of being ravaged by the 50-year-old Swedish actor. Now it is Colman’s turn in Wicker, an earthy adult fairytale filmed in Budapest and set in a medieval village populated almost exclusively by British comic actors who converse in language both archaically formal (“Happy to transact with you”) and bluntly colloquial (“I’d better fuck off”). Among them is Phil Daniels as a leering butcher and Richard E Grant as a doctor who is even more inept at his job than Grant was as a Celebrity Traitor.

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What we know about Binance's $6.3bn hack
Published: 2026-10-30 12:27:28 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:08:58
Cyber correspondent Joe Tidy explains more about what is suspected to be the biggest hack in history.
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Matchroom's Hearn expected to increase Prem influence
Published: 2026-10-30 08:00:55 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:04:58
Renowned boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is expected to ramp up his influence in rugby union after meeting with Prem bosses in Monaco last week.
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От учителя к студенту: путь к изотропным эмбеддингам в 29M модели. Часть 2/10
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Published: 2026-10-30 08:01:15 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:03:01

В этой части мы создаем базовый корпус текстов для дистилляции представлений учителя. За основу общей скмантики возьмем дамп Википедии и добавим к нему доменные тексты (психология, психиатрия, психотерапия). Парсим тексты и формируем корпус, немного приводим текст в порядок (устраняем самые явные проблемы).

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Time to invest in Bournemouth? - FPL gameweek nine dilemmas
Published: 2026-10-30 07:51:08 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:02:59
BBC Sport's Fantasy Premier League expert FPL Heisenberg gives his answers to some of the biggest dilemmas facing managers in gameweek nine.
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Думал, дел на пару вечеров… Но демка на Vercel выросла в PWA с собственным CI/CD на Coolify
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Published: 2026-10-30 08:00:55 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:02:00

Привет! На связи Никита Шелепин, менеджер поддержки в Selectel. Расскажу о том, как однажды подписался на легкое на первый взгляд задание, предвкушая потратить пару вечеров, а закончилось все собственным CI/CD, Docker’ом и PWA.

Предстояло сделать сервис, который позволит оценивать когнитивные способности пользователей, а также будет собирать и сохранять результаты для выгрузки и дальнейшего исследования.

За моими плечами тогда было около года опыта — я писал инструменты администрирования на Vue с Bootstrap для одной компании в качестве подработки. Затем самостоятельно познакомился с SvelteKit — мне понравились его философия и модульность, а также то, что «из коробки» он дает удобный роутер и простые инструменты для создания fullstack-приложения.

С этим багажом знаний я и приступил к работе.

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Lead, mercury and nicotine found in seized fake cosmetics
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Published: 2026-10-29 15:18:00 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:01:57
Seized counterfeit cosmetics have been found to contain lead, mercury and other potentially harmful substances - and are getting more common.
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Sir Ian McKellen leads tributes to 'beloved actor' Sir Patrick Stewart after his death at 86
Published: 2026-10-30 12:43:46 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:00:59
The actor died in Los Angeles following a "a brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia.
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Student-backed election winners demand sweeping resignations in Serbia
Published: 2026-10-30 00:17:28 | Created: 2026-10-30 08:00:58
Days after ousting Aleksandar Vučić's party from power, Student List MPs call for top figures to stand down.
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How Kenyans got caught in $130m US ghost student scam
Published: 2026-10-30 08:32:35 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:59:57
The alleged scheme used stolen identities to claim US student aid, with Kenyans among those charged.
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Oil Prices Rise as Middle East, Ukraine-Russia Conflict Fuel Supply Worries
Published: 2026-10-30 20:19:00 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:59:57
Oil prices rose with the market on edge about possible military escalation in the Middle East, while an attack on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, Houthi claims of more attacks on Saudi refineries and a Ukrainian strike on a Russian refinery fed supply concerns.
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Traders' tools stolen every 20 minutes in UK
Published: 2026-10-30 06:32:56 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:56:58
Gangs and "chancers" are behind the crimes, says a MP calling on the Government to do more to help.
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Why managers must put their own fitness first - Pulis
Published: 2026-10-30 07:41:38 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:51:59
BBC Sport columnist Tony Pulis explains why Vincent Kompany's health scare was a reminder that management takes its toll physically and mentally
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Роботы-коммунисты: что бывает, когда у тысячи ИИ-агентов нет начальника
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Published: 2026-10-30 07:48:14 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:50:59

Допустим, вы собрали тысячу программистов, дали им один репозиторий и одну задачу. Менеджера нет, тимлида нет, подзадачи никто не распределяет. О том, кто чем занят, в инструкции сказано только, что все равны и каждый решает сам. Госплана у нас нет, товарищи.

Звучит как странный эксперимент или неудачный стартап. Но исследователи из Microsoft Research проделали это на ИИ-агентах. В препринте Agensh до 1024 экземпляров одной модели шесть часов вместе воспроизводили поведение готовых программ, и никто ими не руководил. При этом рой показал результат лучше одиночки. Заодно сам завел у себя ревьюеров, интеграторов и регламенты.

Давайте разберемся, как это устроено, что измеряли и где в цифрах прячутся оговорки.

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Why your biggest fibre boost could be the scraps you threw in your bin
Published: 2026-10-30 00:40:30 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:47:58
Chomping on vegtable skins, seeds and stalks could give us vital fibre, say food scientists.
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China made Mbappé apologise - but many don't know exactly what he said
Published: 2026-10-29 23:03:15 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:47:58
His comment about Chinese leader Mao sparked anger but censorship left many wondering what exactly happened.
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FBI working with Binance after crypto exchange hit by $6.3bn heist – business live
Published: 2026-10-30 16:06:36 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:42:59

Blockchain intelligence firm TRM says North Korea’s TraderTraitor hacking unit is responsible for the largest crypto theft on record


Most major cryptocurrencies have fallen in value since news of the Binance theft broke, Coinmarketcap data shows.

That includes:

Bitcoin: -2.35% over the last 24 hours, to $77,940

Ethereum: -3.6%, to $2,227

BNB: -5.6%, to $706

Solana: -2.67%, to $97

Chainlink: -3.1%, to $11.02

Temporarily suspended withdrawals while we complete a security revamp of the withdrawal service and its related addresses

Revoked the affected address authorizations

Engaged law enforcement and blockchain intelligence partners to trace and recover funds

Our team hasn’t stopped. We’re working closely with law enforcement to ensure the matter is handled appropriately - and I’ll share what I can, as soon as I can.

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Vote Republican, or else: How Trump is dangling government help on the campaign trail
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Published: 2026-10-30 06:43:00 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:42:01
President Donald Trump is signaling to states that his administration may be far less likely to help if their voters put Democrats in power on Election Day
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Court orders Erin Patterson never to be released from prison for mushroom poisonings
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Published: 2026-10-30 06:56:55 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:42:01
An Australian appeals court has ordered triple-murderer Erin Patterson to never be released from prison because of the “shocking criminality” involved in poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms
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British student pilot among three killed in mid-air helicopter crash in US
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Published: 2026-10-30 03:55:00 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:40:57
Three people have been killed in a mid-air collision between two helicopters near a small airport in Oregon, police said.
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Настройка CAN шины на китайском микроконтроллере
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Published: 2026-10-30 07:36:20 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:38:04

В каждом автомобильном микроконтроллере есть CAN шина. Образно выражаясь CAN — это труба для чисел, CAN — это нервная система автомобиля. Именно по САN передаются сигналы от датчиков и команды к исполнительным механизмам агрегатов.

CAN — это двухпроводный, дифференциальный, последовательный, полудуплексный интерфейс для передачи бинарных данных между электронными платами (PCB). В качестве кабеля чаще всего применяют одну экранированную витую пару проводов с именами: CAN_L и CAN_H.

CAN определяет два уровня модели OSI-7 (стек сетевых протоколов): физический и канальный. То есть CAN определяет также и бинарную структуру пакета в кабеле. В пакете CAN фигурируют такие переменные, как ID пакета, 8 байт данных, длина пакета, 15 битная контрольная сумма, биты подтверждения ACK, начало и конец пакета.

В данном тексте представлен перевод даташита с английского на русский того фрагмента, который посвящен CAN модулю. Также даны некоторые поясняющие комментарии.

Цель данного текста — включить CAN трансивер на микроконтроллере FC7300F8MD. Научиться отправлять и принимать CAN‑classic пакеты.

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Прошивка Fnirsi DPS-150 после того, как блок питания в один день перестал загружаться. Решено
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Published: 2026-10-30 07:31:08 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:33:00

Перестал загружаться мой блок питания Fnirsi DPS-150.

Единственное, что помогло: перепрошить устройство. Даю файл прошивки, полученный от службы поддержки и гайд по обновлению прошивки на устройстве.

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Мониторинг изменений групповой политики Active Directory через git
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Published: 2026-10-30 07:28:08 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:30:00

В этой статье мы рассмотрим подход как просто, эффективно и, самое главное, бесплатно отслеживать изменения групповой политики (GPO) Active Directory.

Если вы не единственный системный администратор в компании, своевременно ли вы узнаете, что кто-то из коллег изменил групповую политику? Обычно утром кто-то звонит и спрашивает - “А кто-то что-то менял в политике? У меня не работает/не подключается…”

Хорошо когда для мониторинга есть отдельный продукт, а если нет?
Использование репозитория git поможет легко и наглядно следить за изменениями объектов.

TLDR;
Идея: регулярно экспортировать GPO в xml и загружать на сервер git
Результат: бесплатный мониторинг изменений политики с минимальными трудозатратами

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F1 has never had anyone like me - Hamilton
Published: 2026-10-30 07:25:41 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:29:58
Lewis Hamilton says he is unlike any driver Formula 1 has seen before and reaffirms a determination to keep racing into his mid-forties.
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Мечтают ли роботы о свободных ядрах?
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Published: 2026-10-30 07:26:12 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:28:01

Неподвижный SpeedyBot занимал около 70% восьми CPU. Профиль процессов, работа NPU/Hailo и четыре локальные оптимизации: fusion без отладочной картинки, кеш зон, запись позы и разбор логов. Показываем выигрыш операций и почти неизменный общий CPU.

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Как превратить опыт сотрудников в актив компании: обзор книг по управлению знаниями
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Published: 2026-10-30 07:22:11 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:24:02

Предлагаем подборку книг, которые рассказывают про управление знаниями с разных сторон. Статья будет полезна руководителям, менеджерам по продукту и проектам, специалистам по обучению кадров и редакторам баз знаний. В книгах есть информация о том, как компании накапливают опыт и превращают его в новые идеи, а также почему сотрудники не всегда используют знания на практике.

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КАМАЗ заменил модуль зарубежного Teamcenter своей разработкой — сейчас в ней работают 238 организаций-партнёров
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Published: 2026-10-30 07:19:09 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:20:01

Считаю рейтинги цифровой зрелости российских промышленных компаний, и PLM-системы в эти разборы почти никогда не попадают - хотя для машиностроения это один из самых критичных слоёв софта. КАМАЗ в начале 2025 года заменил один из модулей зарубежного Teamcenter собственной платформой Kamotive. Разбираюсь, как устроен переход, что в нём почти наверняка прошло не гладко, и почему живых пользователей там уже больше 600.

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Как мы написали свой EASM, потому что ни один из готовых не подошёл
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Published: 2026-10-30 07:16:29 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:19:01

Типичная история: маркетинг на скорую руку поднял лендинг под акцию, разработчики открыли тестовый контур наружу, чтобы коллегам было удобнее проверять код. Никто не делал ничего плохого, но в инвентаризацию эти ресурсы не попали. Служба ИБ узнаёт о них постфактум, а нередко уже после инцидента. Классические инструменты тут не помогают: SIEM работает с известными источниками логов, NGFW фильтрует трафик через известные шлюзы. Актива, которого нет в реестре, они просто не видят. 

В такой ситуации компания становится легкой добычей для злоумышленника. Зачем ломиться через бетонные заборы информационной безопасности, если можно зайти в приоткрытую дверь? Именно так рассуждают хакеры. Поэтому компании важно закрыть все подобные двери, а для начала — найти их с помощью решения класса EASM.

Под катом рассказываем, как устроен наш EASM, как мы боремся с ложными срабатываниями и что оказалось самым сложным в разработке (и стоило нам немало бессонных ночей). Вэлком!

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Families v loyal fans - women's football's attendance dilemma
Published: 2026-10-30 07:04:53 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:15:58
Average Women's Super League attendances surged by 192% in the season after the Lionesses' Euro 2022 triumph, but the boom has stalled.
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Homes without neighbours in England and Wales – in pictures
Published: 2026-10-30 07:00:47 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:14:03

You’ll be safe from trick-or-treaters in a grand home at the end of a long driveway or a Grade II-listed farmhouse tucked away in a hamlet

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Mahmood infuriates fellow ministers by failing to reveal impact of UK migration shake-up
Published: 2026-10-30 07:00:48 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:14:02

Home secretary’s colleagues fear homelessness will rise as a result of changes to the asylum system

Shabana Mahmood has infuriated ministerial colleagues by failing to share what they see as crucial information about the impact of her migration changes.

Sources say the home secretary has repeatedly refused to reveal how much she expects homelessness to rise as a result of changes to the asylum system.

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Biodiversity Cop17 seems to be stalling. Is it time to reform the process?
Published: 2026-10-30 07:00:46 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:14:02

In this week’s newsletter: There are too many meetings, and not enough decisions, say experts – and time is running out

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When things are not going well at an environmental summit, organisers often tell delegates that the “world is watching” in an attempt to focus minds. But spend any time at biodiversity Cop17 in Armenia and it is clear that the world’s attention is elsewhere.

The negotiating halls of Yerevan’s Meridian centre are subdued. Environment ministers have arrived from all corners of the world to plan their response to being so far behind the biodiversity targets they agreed four years ago. Right now, they appear on track to miss nearly all of them. They risk continuing the miserable record of never having met a biodiversity target they have set for themselves.

The climate crisis will destroy our economies – we learned this 20 years ago. When will we act?

Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn

Angry Labour MPs urge leadership not to overrule energy secretary on Rosebank

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[Перевод] Как пауки превращают «шёлковую массу» в самый прочный материал природы
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Published: 2026-10-30 07:12:10 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:14:01

Мраморный крестовик (Araneus marmoreus) плетёт свою паутину, создавая одну шёлковую нить за другой.

Если паука сбивают со стены, его падение длится недолго. За считаные миллисекунды он превращает белковый «суп» в прочное альпинистское снаряжение. С помощью тонкой мерцающей шёлковой нити паук подтягивается обратно наверх.

Эта нить превосходит по трещиностойкости кевлар, синтетическое волокно, используемое в велосипедных шинах и бронежилетах, а по прочности на разрыв — сталь. Она гибкая и биосовместима с человеческим организмом. Учёные мечтают использовать паучий шёлк для создания высокоэффективных материалов для ремней безопасности, шлемов, военно‑морского оборудования и даже каркасов, помогающих восстанавливать клетки мозга. Однако попытки получить паучий шёлк в лаборатории пока не принесли желаемых результатов, поскольку исследователи недостаточно хорошо понимают, как паук превращает «шёлковую массу», жидкую смесь белков, воды и солей, вырабатываемую его шёлковыми железами, в удивительно прочное твёрдое вещество.

По словам Грегори Холланда, химика и специалиста по спектроскопии из Университета штата Калифорния в Сан‑Диего, выяснение молекулярных механизмов, лежащих в основе этого процесса, представляет собой «настоящий святой Грааль» для данной области исследований. Недавно он возглавил исследование, в котором было описано, как молекулы жидкой шёлковой массы перегруппировываются в полужидкие капли, называемые конденсатами, прежде чем превратиться в твёрдое шёлковое волокно. Полученные результаты позволяют заглянуть внутрь паучьей шёлковой фабрики на атомном уровне.

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Attention Seeking Behaviour by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo review – a slippery liar’s tale
Published: 2026-10-30 07:00:48 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:14:01

Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths prize, this compelling interrogation of memory, justice and truth offers no easy answers

The Goldsmiths prize-shortlisted debut from British-Greek author Aea Varfis-van Warmelo opens with a confession: “I have never told this story before.” The narrator, who bears the author’s name, goes on to tell the reader that she is a liar. From Humbert Humbert’s self-justifying account of abuse in Lolita to the devastating misinterpretation at the heart of Ian McEwan’s Atonement, the trope of the unreliable narrator exposes the dangerous gap between the stories we tell and the truths they obscure. In Attention Seeking Behaviour, the reader is asked to examine their own capacity for trust.

A young woman aspires to be a writer – yet she has paused her postgraduate degree in poetry. She works unfulfilling jobs that demand little from her and has a lot of sex, which she describes as offering her “solitude”. She does all this while lying compulsively. She lies for fun, to flirt, to steal, for sympathy. She lies out of a desire to hurt others, but also to preserve her own privacy. Lying is, as the narrator claims, universal, though success at lying is not. She regards fraudsters and scammers with derision: they are “divorced from reality” and give her “second hand embarrassment”. In her eyes, her own lies are somehow purer.

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‘Expect goosebumps!’: to celebrate Halloween, readers choose the spookiest places in the UK
Published: 2026-10-30 07:00:48 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:14:00

From a ghostly hill fort on the South Downs to a haunted farmhouse in remote Northern Ireland, you guide us to some frightfully scary places

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Dunnottar Castle, perched on cliffs above the crashing North Sea, is one of Scotland’s eeriest places. The most haunting part is the Whigs Vault, where more than 160 prisoners were confined in dreadful conditions in 1685. Standing in that dark chamber, it’s impossible not to imagine their fear and suffering. With my Fraser ancestry, the castle’s history feels especially poignant. The names of multiple Frasers are recorded, their details written on the wall. The wind whistles through the stonework, the waves thunder below, and there’s a sense that the past hasn’t quite left. It’s beautiful, tragic and wonderfully spooky, especially beneath Aberdeenshire’s brooding grey skies.
Rosie

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DIY socks, messy collars and cummerbunds: nine wardrobe updates from the catwalks
Published: 2026-10-30 07:00:47 | Created: 2026-10-30 07:14:00

High fashion looks without a big budget? Follow our frugal guide to pinch the biggest autumn/winter ‘26 catwalk trends for free

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Dark mornings, darker evenings and the end of Celebrity Traitors. It’s easy to feel a bit meh at this time of year. However, without sounding too TikTok life coach, just as you are encouraged to winter-proof your morning routine (light a breakfast candle, make your favourite cup of tea) to start your day on a brighter note, the same approach could be applied to your wardrobe. An outfit you look forward to wearing to the office or an accessory update that can make a long-term favourite piece feel new again, can help put some much-needed pep in your step. That’s even when the forecast reads five days of rain in a row.

The autumn/winter 2026 collections shown on the catwalks way back in February (yes time works funny in fashion) have finally hit shop floors, and high-street brands have been quick to pay homage. But there are plenty of styling tips and tricks you can borrow for free. Here are nine to get you started …

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