Egypt issues warning over toxic pufferfish 

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Updated 09 May 2022
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Egypt issues warning over toxic pufferfish 

CAIRO: The Egyptian Health Ministry has warned beachgoers against fishing for, or eating the highly poisonous Takifugu fish, a type of pufferfish that is found in the Mediterranean Sea. 

The warning was released over reports that a family of five were poisoned after having a meal of Takifugu fish in the Mediterranean city of Port Said, national daily Egypt Today reported.   

“It is the deadliest fish in the world,” said the ministry in a statement. 

The ministry said there was no vaccine developed to treat against the type of toxin released by the Takifugu.


Musk’s X to open source new algorithm in seven days

Updated 11 January 2026
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Musk’s X to open source new algorithm in seven days

Elon Musk said on Saturday that social media platform X ​will open its new algorithm, including all code for organic and advertising post recommendations, to the public in seven days.
“This ‌will be ‌repeated ‌every ⁠4 ​weeks, ‌with comprehensive developer notes, to help you understand what changed,” he said in his X post.
Earlier this week, the European ⁠Commission decided to extend a ‌retention order sent ‍to ‍X last year, which ‍related to algorithms and dissemination of illegal content, prolonging it to the end ​of 2026, spokesperson Thomas Regnier told reporters on ⁠Thursday.
In July 2025, Paris prosecutors investigated the social media platform for suspected algorithmic bias and fraudulent data extraction, which Musk’s X called a “politically-motivated criminal investigation” that threatens its users’ free ‌speech.