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Firework noise limit should be drastically cut to protect wild animals, UK government told

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Ministers urged to go further than proposed cut to 110 decibels to ease acute stress on birds and others animals

Campaigners are calling on the UK government to protect the welfare of wild animals by cutting the maximum noise level of fireworks sold to the public from 120 to 90 decibels.

The Center for Wild Animal Welfare (CWAW) has said lowering the limit to 90dB – which is about one-eighth of the loudness of 120dB – would help to protect millions of wild animals from acute stress by reducing the area over which a firework disturbs surrounding wildlife.

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Xen Hypervisor Flaws Let One Malicious VM Read and Write Any Other VM's Memory

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Two flaws in the Xen hypervisor allow a malicious guest virtual machine (VM) to read and write the memory of other VMs on the same host, including dom0. Dom0 is the VM that, by default, has full permissions and manages the others. Patches are out, and there is no known mitigation, the Xen Project said in an advisory on November 3. All Xen versions from 4.6 onward are vulnerable,

Democrats' US midterms victory is a win for hyperscalers and AI labs, a mixed bag for Nvidia, an advantage to China, and may make space data centers attractive (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

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Democrats' US midterms victory is a win for hyperscalers and AI labs, a mixed bag for Nvidia, an advantage to China, and may make space data centers attractive  —  Data Centers were on the ballot, and they lost in a major way; what does it mean if American opposition to building is permanent?

Kennametal Boosts FY27 Adj. EPS Outlook - Update

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(RTTNews) - While reporting financial results for the first quarter on Wednesday, industrial technology firm Kennametal, Inc. (KMT) provides outlook for the second quarter, and raised its adjusted earnings guidance for the full-year 2027, while reiterating annual sales outlook.

Democrats Sweep House and Senate in Midterm Rebuke of Trump

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"The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is, bringing you exclusive interviews and market-moving scoops. Today's guests: Emmanuel Cau, Barclays Head of European and APAC Equity Strategy, Negah Angha, King's College London Visiting Fellow; Mike Doustdar, Novo Nordisk CEO; Morris Reid, Actum Partner (Source: Bloomberg)