Kerala's Kaziah Liz Mejo, 19, crowned Miss Universe India 2026 in Jaipur
Kaziah Liz Mejo, a 19-year-old law student and model from Mavelikkara, Kerala, has been crowned Miss Universe India 2026. The competition took place in Jaipur, and Mejo emerged as the winner from the field of contestants. Having grown up in Abu Dhabi, she brings a diverse background that includes academics, classical dance, music, and acting. She will now go on to represent India at the 75th Miss Universe pageant, scheduled to be held in Puerto Rico in November.
How to Safely Edit Bash History File Across Multiple Open Sessions
Bash stores command history both in the file ~/.bash_history and separately in each running session's memory, which can cause edits to be overwritten if multiple terminals are open. To edit safely, users should first run 'history -a' in every open session to flush unsaved entries to the file, then disable history recording with 'set +o history' in each. After editing the file with any preferred text editor, each session's in-memory history must be cleared with 'history -c' and reloaded from the updated file using 'history -r'. Finally, history recording is re-enabled with 'set -o history' across all sessions. The guide also cautions against using 'history -w' in multi-session environments, as it overwrites the history file with only the current session's entries, risking loss of history from other sessions.
CSS Grid vs Flexbox: When to Use Each for Web Layouts
CSS Flexbox and CSS Grid are both layout tools in web development, but they serve different purposes. Flexbox is a one-dimensional model, best suited for aligning items along a single row or column. CSS Grid is a two-dimensional system that controls both rows and columns simultaneously, making it ideal for full-page structures and card galleries. Attempting to use Flexbox for two-dimensional layouts often leads to inconsistent row lengths and spacing hacks. Combining both tools — Grid for overall page structure and Flexbox for component-level alignment — produces cleaner, more predictable responsive designs.
Prompt injection evaded Google's Model Armor, but strict output schema blocked it anyway
Developers building Okimera, a multi-agent maritime sanctions compliance system, discovered that Google's Model Armor prompt-injection filter failed to flag a hidden instruction embedded in a realistic business document, even at its most sensitive detection threshold. The injected text, written to resemble a legitimate commercial clause rather than a typical jailbreak command, went undetected in two languages, while a conventionally worded jailbreak was caught by the same configuration. The team attributed the miss to a fundamental limitation of general-purpose classifiers, which are trained on assistant-style attacks and struggle to identify malicious instructions that blend into domain-specific language. However, the injection caused no harm because the document-reading agent was designed to return only a strictly typed data object with no free-text fields, leaving the malicious instruction no channel through which to travel. The developers concluded that structural output constraints, not probabilistic filters, should bear the primary security burden in agentic systems that process adversarially controlled documents.
Orange waste dumped in 1998 helped Costa Rica forest grow 176% in biomass
In 1998, around 12,000 metric tonnes of orange peels and pulp were deposited on a degraded pasture in Costa Rica as part of an experimental forest restoration effort. The organic waste was intended to test whether agricultural byproducts could help revive barren land. Sixteen years later, researchers returned to assess the site and found it had transformed into a thriving, dense forest. The area showed significantly richer soil quality, greater diversity of tree species, and a 176% increase in aboveground biomass compared to its earlier state.
Hugging Face weighs $13B acquisition offers amid founder hesitation
AI platform Hugging Face is reportedly in discussions with potential acquirers at a valuation of approximately $13 billion. The company, known for its open-source machine learning tools and large developer community, has been fielding multiple buyout offers. However, the founders appear conflicted about proceeding with a sale, citing a sense of responsibility toward their user and developer community. It remains uncertain whether any acquisition deal will ultimately be completed.
Netflix mulls opening its platform to third-party streaming services
Netflix executives have reportedly discussed allowing third-party streaming services, including Peacock and Fox One, to be accessible within its app, according to The New York Times. It remains unclear whether Netflix would sell subscriptions to these services or simply integrate their content. Such a move would mark a significant strategic shift for Netflix, which has previously only participated in bundles with other streamers. Rivals like Amazon Prime Video and Roku have already offered third-party subscription sales for years. The development comes as YouTube, a major Netflix competitor, also moves to incorporate Peacock access through its Premium subscription.

Berry Street and Healthify merge, founders to serve as co-CEOs amid GLP-1 boom
US-based nutrition startup Berry Street has merged with Indian health platform Healthify in a cross-border deal. The merger comes as interest in GLP-1 treatments continues to rise globally. Berry Street founder Noah Kotlove and Healthify founder Tushar Vashisht will jointly lead the combined company as co-CEOs. The deal brings together two players in the digital health and nutrition space to form a single unified entity.
qm Gives Each Employee an Isolated AI Agent Sandbox With Persistent Memory
A platform called qm assigns every employee, channel, and project its own isolated AI agent workspace rather than a single shared assistant. Each scope carries its own memory, files, credentials, permissions, scheduled tasks, and a durable sandbox where installed tools persist between sessions. The system's headless core handles API, identity, policy, and scheduling, while the web UI, admin panel, and Slack integration are optional plugins built on top. Security follows a local coding agent model in which the agent acts on behalf of the individual user, with all actions audited and a predeclared command policy that enforces hard denials regardless of the chosen security posture. Deployments run in the operator's own cloud account and are managed through the qm CLI, requiring no source code checkout.
Heavy Rain Strands School Buses for Hours in Gurgaon, Leaving Parents Anxious
Intense rainfall in Gurgaon caused widespread waterlogging that left school buses and vans stranded across the city. Numerous children were stuck inside their vehicles for extended periods, unable to reach home on time. Parents grew increasingly worried as they struggled to get updates on their children's whereabouts. Some students eventually arrived home in wet and cold conditions after lengthy delays. The incident exposed the significant risks that heavy rainfall poses to school transportation systems in the region.
India declare at 503/9, Jurel's ton puts Sri Lanka under pressure
India declared their first innings at 503 for 9 against Sri Lanka, firmly seizing control of the Test match. Dhruv Jurel starred with an unbeaten century, anchoring India's commanding total. India then made early inroads with the ball, picking up two Sri Lankan wickets before stumps. The twin blows left Sri Lanka in a precarious position, needing to bat exceptionally well to avoid a potential defeat.

Same AI Model, Same Benchmark: Scores Range from 30% to 100% Based on Test Setup
Between July and August 2025, multiple research teams tested the same AI models on the ARC-AGI-3 public benchmark and reported scores ranging from 30.16% to 100%, without any change to the underlying model weights. ARC Prize officially verified Claude Opus 5 at 30.16% using a deliberately basic harness, while MIT and NVIDIA later reported 100% on the same model using more capable testing frameworks. OpenAI demonstrated that simply enabling retained reasoning and output compaction tripled GPT-5.6 Sol's score from 13.3% to 38.3%, revealing how much the surrounding infrastructure influences results. None of the perfect scores have been verified on the private benchmark set, and the researchers themselves acknowledge their results do not isolate the model's contribution from the harness. The growing gap between official and optimized harness scores raises serious concerns about what AI benchmark numbers actually measure and whether they can be meaningfully compared without full disclosure of testing conditions.
US Races to Rebuild Missile Stocks Amid China Deterrence Concerns
The United States is confronting a significant shortage of precision weapons that threatens its military readiness in the Pacific region. Ongoing global conflicts have heavily depleted American munitions stockpiles, exposing a potential vulnerability in its defense posture. Washington is responding by accelerating domestic weapons production and revising its military strategies. These efforts are aimed at countering China's rapidly expanding military capabilities. The ability to sustain a credible deterrent against Chinese aggression in the Pacific remains a key concern for US defense planners.