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Six Flags adding seat belts to Goliath rollercoaster following death 1 hour agoGrace Eliza GoodwinGetty ImagesThe train of the Goliath roller coaster is seen on the track at Six Flags over GeorgiaSix Flags has announced it will be adding seat belts to some of its rollercoasters after a man fell to his death on the Goliath ride in the US state of Georgia earlier this month. The company's CEO John Reilly said in a letter to customers late on Friday that the company is reinforcing safety measure across its parks, including adding seat belts to Goliath and similar rides, which already feature lap bar restraints. The chain of amusement parks has 34 locations across North America, with over 220 rollercoasters in total. Georgia's Goliath ride will remain closed pending safety reviews and out of an abundance of caution, so will eight other rides at five other parks, Reilly added. The CEO also said the company has hired independent engineers and ride inspection specialists to review safety procedures across all its amusement parks. The company is committed to taking action based on the experts' findings and will share progress updates, he said.

On Wednesday, a decades-old open-source web technology called PHP almost broke the internet, thanks to two vulnerabilities that had sat dormant for years until researchers recently figured out a way to exploit them. The bugs are dubbed PHP2Shell, officially designated as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. In simple terms, the bugs allow anyone who knows how to exploit them to break into an online system running PHP, such as a website or internet-facing server, without needing a password to access or modify its data.

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With snow already flying in some parts of the province, garages are doing a brisk business getting those snow tires on. But if you have studded tires, you have to wait a few more days.

Doomsaying about the coming AI apocalypse is no longer relegated to outbursts from a few tech billionaires. Now, the major American banks whose policies dictate the flow of capital throughout the world are starting to worry about rogue AI, preparing contingency plans for the “day after” a theoretical AI-driven catastrophe.