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When I was nine years old, my grandfather took me to the museum at the former Stutthof concentration camp near Gdansk, in northern Poland. Established by the Nazis in the German-annexed territory of the Free City of Danzig, he had been imprisoned there as a teenager. It was his first visit since the second world war. When we went through the gate, he began to cry, to shout, to reconstruct scenes. The past returned all at once and he fell into a state of trauma. During his imprisonment he had been responsible, among other things, for carrying bodies from the…

congatec has onboarded 23 engineers from Kontron Asia, with plans to grow the Penang team to 70 The centre delivers APAC standard and custom platforms to congatec’s “Designed in Germany” standards congatec, a global leader in embedded and edge computing technology has announced the establishment of its new subsidiary in Penang, Malaysia, marking a strategic expansion of its high-value engineering and research footprint in Asia. The move underscores congatec’s commitment to anchoring advanced embedded computing design, customisation and technical support capabilities in Malaysia as part of its global “local for local” strategy. As part of the expansion, congatec has onboarded…

Ravie LakshmananJan 27, 2026Zero-Day / Vulnerability Microsoft on Monday issued out-of-band security patches for a high-severity Microsoft Office zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21509, carries a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10.0. It has been described as a security feature bypass in Microsoft Office. “Reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally,” the tech giant said in an advisory. “This update addresses a vulnerability that bypasses OLE mitigations in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office, which protect users from vulnerable COM/OLE controls.” Successful…

Photo Credit: James Grenz Hilo Tonight: Partly cloudy. Isolated showers in the evening. Haze in the evening. Lows 58 to 67 near the shore to 49 to 55 at 4000 feet. Light winds. Chance of rain 20 percent. Tuesday: Sunny and haze. Highs 78 to 83 near the shore to around 68 at 4000 feet. Southwest winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southeast in the afternoon. Tuesday Night: Mostly clear. Isolated showers after midnight. Lows 58 to 66 near the shore to 49 to 54 at 4000 feet. Southeast winds up to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20…

Iran is facing a crisis unlike any it has seen in decades. Between domestic unrest, economic instability and heightened tensions with the US and Israel, Tehran is navigating a perilous landscape with profound regional and global implications.  The United States has carried out a major military build-up around Iran, deploying additional naval forces, aircraft, and support assets amid escalating tensions. As one of the most significant US military concentrations near Iran in decades, the move is widely viewed as preparation for a potential confrontation and has drawn sharp warnings from Tehran. In the first year of his second term,  US…

MINNEAPOLIS: Some federal immigration agents will leave Minneapolis on Tuesday (Jan 27), the city’s mayor said, as US President Donald Trump struck a conciliatory note after nationwide outrage over the killings of two American citizens.Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a post on social media platform X that “some federal agents” will begin leaving the city, but did not provide specifics of how many.”I will continue pushing for the rest involved in this operation to go,” Frey added.Frey said he spoke with Trump on Monday, adding: “The president agreed the present situation can’t continue.”The White House was scrambling as video…

Possible risk of autism in children. Dormant cancer cells awakening. Accelerating aging of the brain.Federal officials in May 2023 declared an end to the national COVID pandemic. But more than two years later, a growing body of research continues to reveal information about the virus and its ability to cause harm long after initial infections resolve, even in some cases when symptoms were mild.The discoveries raise fresh concerns about the Trump administration’s COVID policies, researchers say. While some studies show COVID vaccines offer protective benefits against longer-term health effects, the Department of Health and Human Services has drastically limited recommendations…

Dress warmly today! Layer up if you have to dig your vehicle out! Our big weather story is the very cold pattern for the rest of this week! Make sure you have enough oil in the tank if you heat with it! We are also watching the coming weekend for what could be a close […] Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

GOMA, Congo (AP) — One year after M23 militants stormed into Goma, the rebel group still controls the main city in eastern Congo and is tightening its grip.The scars from the fighting between the Congolese army and M23 in January 2025 remain visible, but life has gradually returned to normal: Markets are functioning and people are adapting, but there is no real economic recovery. Bank closings, followed by the shutdown of the international airport, have severely crippled economic activity, plunging thousands of households into poverty.Rwanda-backed M23 is the most powerful of over 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in…

Eugene Brucker Education Center is headquarters of the San Diego Unified School District. (File photo courtesy of San Diego Unified) The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education Monday advanced two major affordable workforce housing projects, potentially paving the way for California’s largest initiative of its kind for educators. The district authorized staff to negotiate with developers for properties in University Heights and the Midway District as part of an ambitious goal to house 10% of its workforce by 2030. At a special affordable housing workshop Monday night, the board voted to advance proposals from Protea + Malick for…