July 11, 2026 · 11:21 PM CDT / July 12, 2026 · 1:21 PM JST

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Twelve headlines today and the rhythm is familiar: open-source maintainers and IT teams are patching constantly — a high-severity PHP TLS flaw, dual Wireshark advisories, KDE Frameworks 6.28.0 — while Japan’s freelance security market pays remote workers close to ¥10 million a year without ever quite earning "best job" status. On the deeper end, four U.S. nuclear startups reached criticality, a Kyoto professor argues quantum computing has entered a "question the design philosophy" phase, and fresh funding flowed to a non-invasive ultrasound cancer platform and a Waseda-supervised leadership-training game. Japan Today rounds things out with World Cup drama (England over Norway in extra time) and a Toronto street-festival shooting.

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• 2 dead and 3 wounded in shooting near Toronto street festival, police say (Japan Today)
  A shooting near a Toronto street festival on Saturday killed two people and wounded three others, according to police. Authorities initially warned of an active shooter before later declaring the scene secured.

• England advances to semifinals, beating Norway 2-1 on Jude Bellingham’s extra time goal (Japan Today)
  England advanced to the World Cup semifinals with a 2-1 extra-time win over Norway, sealed by Jude Bellingham’s goal. Norway’s star Erling Haaland was effectively neutralized and subbed off late as the country’s tournament run came to an end.

• 量子コンピューター、「設計思想」を問う段階へ——藤井啓祐教授に聞く (MITテクノロジーレビュー) (In Japanese Language)
  Quantum computing is entering a phase where its underlying design philosophy itself must be questioned, argues Professor Keisuke Fujii of Kyoto University and Osaka University, who is also co-founder of the quantum software startup QunaSys. The interview covers the direction of practical-use research, his concerns about AI as a social issue, and what it takes to be a true innovator.

• 米原子炉スタートアップ4社が臨界達成、原発新時代の幕開けか？ (MITテクノロジーレビュー) (In Japanese Language)
  Four U.S. nuclear-reactor startups reached criticality before the country’s 250th-anniversary deadline — a milestone widely framed as the opening of a new nuclear era. All four were founded between 2023 and 2025, an unusually rapid pace for an industry plagued by cost overruns, though experts note that "zero-power criticality" can be reached without meaningful fuel or design advances.

• PHP利用者は見逃し厳禁　TLS通信でサービス停止を招くHigh脆弱性を修正 (＠IT Security&Trustフォーラム 最新記事一覧) (In Japanese Language)
  A high-severity vulnerability has been discovered in PHP and a patched release is out. The flaw sits in the error-handling path during TLS connections; under certain configurations an HTTPS handshake failure can escalate into a full service outage, so PHP operators are urged to update promptly.

• リモート8割、年収977万円　それでもセキュリティ人材が“最強職”になれない理由 (＠IT Security&Trustフォーラム 最新記事一覧) (In Japanese Language)
  Despite a persistent security-talent shortage, Japan’s freelance security market is paying around ¥9.77 million a year on average, with roughly 80% of work done remotely. An analysis of more than 20,000 listings shows the headline pay does not translate into "best job" status once ranking by category and total openings are taken into account.

• 「KDE Frameworks 6.28.0」リリース ─ KIOやKTextEditorなどを改善 (thinkit.co.jp) (In Japanese Language)
  The KDE project released KDE Frameworks 6.28.0 on July 10 (local time), with improvements to KIO and KTextEditor plus fixes in KImageFormats, KWallet, KWindowSystem, and Syntax Highlighting. The collection of Qt-based libraries underpins KDE Plasma and KDE Applications across multiple operating systems.

• 「Wireshark 4.6.7／4.4.17」リリース ─ 複数のセキュリティ問題を修正 (thinkit.co.jp) (In Japanese Language)
  The Wireshark Foundation shipped Wireshark 4.6.7 and 4.4.17 on July 8 (local time), addressing multiple security issues and crash bugs — including problems in protocol dissectors, the pcapng format, and the BLF file parser. The 4.6.7 and 4.4.17 releases cover 12 and 10 security advisories respectively.

• ネットワーク分離の悩ましい“データ受け渡し問題”をゼロトラストで解消　公立校はどう実現？ (＠IT NewsInsight 最新記事一覧) (In Japanese Language)
  Fuchu City’s Board of Education tackled the long-standing pain point of moving data between segmented networks by adopting a zero-trust network architecture. The new infrastructure is intended to reduce operational overhead and cut information-leakage risk without the usual trade-offs of air-gapped school networks.

• PHP利用者は見逃し厳禁　TLS通信でサービス停止を招くHigh脆弱性を修正 (＠IT NewsInsight 最新記事一覧) (In Japanese Language)
  Same story as the @IT Security feed entry above: a high-severity PHP TLS-handling vulnerability has been patched, with failure during HTTPS capable of cascading into a full service outage in certain configurations. Listed again because the @IT News feed also picked it up.

• MPower Partners Invests in U.S. HistoSonics, Developer of Non-Invasive Cancer Treatment Platform (BRIDGE)
  MPower Partners has joined the funding round for U.S.-based HistoSonics, which is building a non-invasive cancer-treatment platform that mechanically destroys tumors using focused ultrasound. The investment came through MPower Partners Fund II alongside other strategic investors including Yosemite; the amount was not disclosed. HistoSonics’ Edison Histotripsy System liquefies targeted tumors with the ultrasound beam.

• Schole, a Next-Generation Leader Development Business, Secures Funding from Seibu Shinkin Capital and Others (BRIDGE)
  Training-services startup Schole has raised an undisclosed round led by Seibu Shinkin Capital, with Hibishin Capital and several unnamed individuals co-investing. The company’s flagship offering is BMG (Business Management Game), a corporate-management simulation supervised by Waseda University Business School that lets participants practice strategy and other core business skills in a hands-on setting.