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JWST may have found where heavy black hole seeds formed

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Astrophysicists think that the supermassive black holes (SMBH) we see in the modern universe are the result of a long, drawn-out process. That process is referred to as the hierarchical black hole mergers framework. It explains how some SMBHs can reach such staggering masses. Some of the most massive appear to have billions of solar masses.

Americans head to polls in midterm elections seen as referendum on Trump

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Control of the Senate and House of Representatives, both currently held by the Republicans, is at stake

Americans are heading to the polls today in US midterm elections widely seen as a referendum on Donald Trump’s second presidency and a chance for opponents to rein in his untrammeled power.

Democrats and Republicans have scrambled in recent days to deliver their final pitches to voters, with control of the US Senate and House of Representatives – both currently held by the Republicans – at stake. Also on the ballot are 36 governor’s races, as well as control of state legislatures, sheriff’s races and ballot measures.

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cPGuard Update Channel Hijacked to Backdoor Linux Servers and Collect Password Hashes

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An attacker broke into the update system of the cPGuard security tool on November 2 and used it to send a malicious script to customers' Linux servers. The script installed a backdoor and collected password hashes and other sensitive files from servers that ran it, cPGuard maker OPSSHIELD said in an advisory. In a later disclosure, OPSSHIELD said about 2,950 customer servers ran the script,