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[KAMPALA, SciDev.Net] Researchers racing to develop a vaccine to fight the growing Ebola outbreak centred in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say doses could be ready for human testing within “two to three months”, while the more promising candidate could take up to nine months. International aid agencies have warned that response efforts are failing to keep pace with the spread of the outbreak, which the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of international concern. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a global body dedicated to vaccine development, on Monday (1 June) pledged US$62 million…

Board, the three-year-old, New York-based startup building what it calls “together tech” — tech designed to bring people physically into the same room — has closed a $20 million Series A led by Union Square Ventures. General Partner Michael Mignano, in his first investment since joining USV, will join the company’s board of directors. The round also brought in some famous angel investors including Biz Stone, Tim Ferriss, and Scott Belsky. The raise comes about eight months after founder Brynn Putnam — who previously sold connected fitness startup Mirror to Lululemon for $500 million — unveiled Board publicly at TechCrunch…

Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are calling on the Trump administration’s Labor Department to scrap a rule that would open America’s retirement savings accounts to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies — a move the lawmakers say puts workers’ financial futures at risk while lining the pockets of President Trump and his family. In a 14-page letter sent Monday to Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, Sanders (I-VT) and Warren (D-MA) joined House Education and Workforce Committee ranking member Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) to condemn a proposed Department of Labor rule floated in March. The rule would give 401(k) plan fiduciaries cover…

OpenAI is getting serious about courting enterprise users. On Tuesday, the AI lab released a new set of capabilities for Codex, meant to expand the agentic tool’s uses in the workplace. Together with the new tools, the company released an internal report on how Codex is being used for knowledge work, finding its uses go far beyond software engineering. “Codex now has more than 5 million weekly active users, up more than 6x since the launch of the desktop app in February,” reads a blog post introducing the report. “While developers remain the largest user group, knowledge workers now represent…

Wednesday 03 June 2026 8:05 am  |  Updated:  Wednesday 03 June 2026 8:06 am Neo4jⓇ, the world’s leading graph intelligence platform, today announced an agreement to acquire GraphAware, an intelligence analysis software company for government agencies. The acquisition will launch a new generation of AI-powered, graph technology solutions based on open standards, as a proven and trusted alternative to Palantir Gotham. This marks a key milestone in Neo4j’s $100 million AI investment roadmap, accelerating the development and delivery of autonomous, context-aware agents that turn raw, siloed data into explainable, actionable intelligence. Open approaches are required for intelligence analysis Advances in AI…

On Sunday, May 31, a car was stopped after the driver — who held only a provisional licence — was found to have no supervision, no L plates and no insurance policy. The driver was charged and reported, with police seizing the vehicle. Two cars have been seized in Glasgow after their drivers were allegedly caught without insurance on consecutive days. (Image: Road Policing) A spokesperson said: “Another driver that didn’t think it would happen to them and went against our #DontRiskIt advice has found out the hard way. “GlasgowRP spotted this car earlier today and the driver is now…

“Groups of men and women sit around openly injecting drugs in the middle of the street and going to the toilet wherever they want.”06:00, 03 Jun 2026A used needle on Annesley StreetA North Belfast mum has called for urgent action as she says the street she lives on has become a hotspot for constant drug abuse and anti-social behaviour as people inject openly in the middle of the street.The mum, who does not wish to be named, says that for the past two years, on Annesley Street off Carlisle Circus has been constantly plagued by people using it as a…

Amazon was sued on Monday over alleged privacy violations from its Ring doorbell cameras. The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, claims that Ring’s Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without consent. Ring announced the Familiar Faces feature last September and faced pushback from consumer protection organizations like the EFF, as well as Senator Ed Markey (D-MA). But the company moved forward with its plans to launch the feature in December. Familiar Faces lets Ring users identify people who regularly come to their home through AI facial recognition. That way, if a regular guest,…

Location : The M5 slip road to the M6 northbound . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 07:15 and 07:30 on 3 June 2026. Cause : Broken down vehicle. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

The ASA announced today that they have banned an advert which was created by Brighton and Hove City Council as part of their controversial “Cosy Killer” campaign. The advert distributed by the council read: “Harmful particle pollution near 4 city primary schools was 78% higher last winter compared with last summer […] Wood burners and open fires. The cosy killer”. The ASA’s investigation found that the advert implied that wood burners and open fires were the cause of a claimed increase in particulate pollution around four city primary schools, but ASA did not find any evidence to back up this…