An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Scientist: A female shark separated from her…

China Cancels Over 100 Coal-Fired Power Plants
In an effort to improve air quality, the Chinese government has canceled over 100 coal-fired…

Advice for Trump: think about your security infrastructure
Confidence isn’t high among the security community after the revelations about Rudy Guiliani’s own websites….

Italian pair arrested over alleged hack of cardinals and masons
Pair allegedly behind EyePyramid malware that compromised thousands of accounts held

News in brief: flying cars take off; terrible passwords; Facebook picks Paris incubator campus
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

Rogue developer used ‘backdoor’ web access to fuel cybercrime spree
Dutch police warn that up to 20,000 people’s accounts could have been compromised

Drone pilot facing jail after knocking out a woman at Pride
Case comes as regulators crack down on hobbyist drone pilots

The return of the cyber squirrel wars
Rodents and frogs join nation states and hackers as key security threats

Artificial intelligence can be used to predict your death – but is it secure?
Researchers say this is the first study to use AI to predict heart disease outcomes

Stuxnet general pardoned by Obama – but deeper questions remain
Departing president now accepts that Cartwright’s involvement was more minor than at first thought