Barcelona plans to strengthen their squad in 2026 by signing free agent defenders, with a focus on Nico Schlotterbeck, who is considering leaving Borussia Dortmund, and also aims to secure a new striker, balancing their financial constraints and strategic needs.
Liverpool are close to signing 18-year-old Parma defender Giovanni Leoni for £26 million, beating Italian clubs and other Premier League teams, with Leoni expected to join the first team and replace Jarell Quansah. The young defender, praised by Arrigo Sacchi, has made 17 Serie A appearances and is seen as a future cornerstone for Italy's national team. Liverpool are also in talks with Crystal Palace over Marc Guéhi.
Arsenal has signed 21-year-old defender Cristhian Mosquera from Valencia for around 15 million euros, adding a versatile and promising young player to their squad to fill the gap left by Takehiro Tomiyasu, with a focus on strengthening their defense for the upcoming season.
Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhães has signed a new four-year contract until 2029, expressing his pride and commitment to the club, where he has made over 200 appearances and scored 20 goals since joining in 2020.
The Jaguar CX-75's design has stood the test of time, while some cars have not aged well. Readers are asked to share their picks for the car designs that have aged the worst, with suggestions including the new Defender, latest generation Mustang, and Ford F-150 Lightning. The road-going version of the Jaguar CX-75 has been created almost 14 years after its initial unveiling, prompting discussions about car designs that have not aged gracefully.
Land Rover is introducing the 2024 Defender Outbound special edition, available only as a 130 with five seats and powered by P400 gasoline and D300 diesel Ingenium engines. It features design tweaks, including a Shadow Atlas Matt finish for the bumpers and grille insert, and comes in four color options with a choice between Windsor leather or Resist fabric upholstery. Land Rover is also offering an eight-seat V8 version of the Defender, which can go from 0 to 62 mph in 5.7 seconds. Additionally, the Defender 110 is now available with a new County Exterior Pack.
Divers in Connecticut have discovered the wreckage of an experimental submarine, the Defender, that was built in 1907 and later scuttled in Long Island Sound. The 92-foot-long boat was found more than 150 feet beneath the water's surface, off the coast of Old Saybrook. The Defender was originally named the Lake and built by millionaire Simon Lake and his Bridgeport-based Lake Torpedo Boat Company in hopes of winning a U.S. Navy contract. The company lost that competition and Lake then tried refitting the boat for minesweeping, salvage and rescue work, renaming it the Defender.
Microsoft Defender is causing headaches for IT admins by flagging legitimate URLs, such as Zoom and Google, as potentially dangerous, triggering a flood of alerts. The Defender portal is also experiencing issues, making it difficult to investigate the alerts. Microsoft is aware of the problem and investigating the issue, which is affecting hundreds of accounts and tenants worldwide. The root cause is being isolated by poring over service monitoring. The false alerts were caused by recent additions to the SafeLinks feature, which have since been reverted to fix the issue.
Microsoft Defender is flagging legitimate URLs as malicious files or links, causing a high volume of false email security alerts for sysadmins. Microsoft has confirmed the bug and is investigating the issue, which can be tracked under "DZ534539" in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center portal. The bug is causing some alerts to not show content as expected, and Microsoft is reviewing service monitoring telemetry to isolate the root cause and develop a remediation plan.