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Every mosquito has a type — and you may not be it

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Study debunks the “mosquito magnet” myth — and lays groundwork for next generation of repellents to fight dengue, Zika and West Nile 

MIAMI, Aug. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — There is no such thing as a universal mosquito magnet.

In a new study published in iScience, Florida International University (FIU) researchers pitted 119 human volunteers against three of the world’s most dangerous mosquito species and found that not one person was attractive to all three. Every species had its own type. Attraction was largely driven by chemistry — an individual’s body chemistry.

This single finding could reshape how the world fights mosquito-borne disease. Because each species decodes human scent differently, the results could help scientists develop next-generation, species-specific repellents.

“Isolating the components of human odor that attract or repel mosquitoes could lead to novel strategies to combat vector-borne diseases,” said Matthew DeGennaro, a neurogeneticist who leads the research team and directs the Biomolecular Sciences Institute at FIU, Miami’s state university. 

The three species studied — Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) and Culex quinquefasciatus (southern house mosquito) — together spread yellow fever, dengue, Zika, West Nile and other diseases. The study, led by Ph.D. student Kaylee Marrero, is the first to directly compare how multiple mosquito species respond to the same people. 

“We didn’t expect the species to prefer different people when we started the study,” Marrero said. “Each species having a distinct microbial signature that they use as a cue was so surprising to me.” 

Each species had a distinct set of turn-ons and turn-offs: 

Aedes aegypti preferred people wearing no added scent whose skin lacked certain volatile compounds. These daytime feeders showed a slight preference for men over women. Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger) was drawn to elevated ketones and plant-like volatile compounds naturally secreted by skin. Like Aedes aegypti, it feeds during the day. Culex quinquefasciatus (southern house) fed after dark and keyed in on the skin microbiome — the microscopic ecosystem of bacteria, fungi and microbes naturally living on people’s skin. Some bacterial families were a green light to feed; others drove the mosquitoes away. 

Human scent is a complex space of more than 1,000 volatile organic compounds, many still uncharacterized. Rather than agreeing on who was most attractive, each species consistently favored a different subset of people — evidence that the species have evolved distinct ways of sensing humans. Alongside the preference tests, the team collected odor and microbiome samples to identify which compounds and bacteria were present, and at what levels. 

“This connected so well with the differences in skin bacteria and odors,” DeGennaro said. “It is clear to me now that our skin microbiomes define our human odor signature. Each species found its own way to decode that signature.” 

By mapping these species-specific chemical cues, the FIU team is laying the groundwork for repellents and public health strategies tailored to the mosquito that matters most in a given region.

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CNCF Welcomes Adyen as Platinum End User Member to Advance Open Source Financial Infrastructure

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Operating over 100 Kubernetes clusters across €1.39T in volume, Adyen brings production-scale fintech expertise to CNCF governance and open source projects

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Adyen joins the CNCF as a Platinum End User Member, gaining seats on the CNCF Governing Board and End User Technical Advisory Board.Operating over 100 Kubernetes clusters with Cilium, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry, Adyen brings production-scale operational expertise to the open source community.Adyen open sourced kubectl-rexec, a Kubernetes tool that supports auditable kubectl exec access for regulated cloud native environments.

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — KUBECON + CLOUDNATIVECON NORTH AMERICA – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced that Adyen, the global financial technology platform, has joined the foundation as a Platinum End User. The move comes as 87% of financial organizations report clear business value from open source, according to the FINOS 2025 State of Open Source in Financial Services Report, reinforcing Adyen’s commitment to advancing the open source technologies that help power secure, scalable financial infrastructure.

Processing billions of transactions each year and €1.39 trillion in volume in 2025, Adyen is investing at the Platinum level to help advance the secure, reliable cloud native infrastructure that financial services require. Its participation brings the operating perspective of a global fintech platform to the open, vendor-neutral community shaping the technologies on which modern finance depends.

“End users are the operational backbone of the cloud native ecosystem, and Adyen represents the pinnacle of high-scale, zero-downtime engineering,” said Jonathan Bryce, executive director, CNCF. “Operating over 100 Kubernetes clusters at a global scale gives Adyen unique technical insights. We are thrilled to welcome them as a Platinum End User and look forward to their leadership on our Governing and Technical Advisory Boards.”

Adyen’s membership provides the cloud native community with a direct feedback loop from an environment where platform availability, performance, and security carry immediate financial weight.

Beyond leveraging Kubernetes, Cilium, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry across its global infrastructure, Adyen actively contributes solutions designed for regulated engineering teams. This includes open sourcing kubectl-rexec, a tool that adds strict auditability to Kubernetes container-access workflows while preserving native developer velocity.

“Investing in the CNCF helps us to maintain full control of our technology,” said Pedro Oliveira, VP of Infrastructure. “When you operate at our scale, vendor lock-in isn’t an option, and having a seat at the table matters. Bringing our real-world experience to the community lets us help shape the tools we rely on every day, making them more reliable for us and for the broader ecosystem.”

As a Platinum End User Member, Adyen will hold a seat on the CNCF Governing Board, which provides business, marketing, and budget oversight for the foundation. The company will also appoint a representative to the End User Technical Advisory Board, which brings end-user needs and perspectives to CNCF community discussions.

To learn more about becoming a CNCF member, visit https://www.cncf.io/about/join/.

About Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Cloud native computing empowers organizations to build and run scalable applications with an open source software stack in public, private, and hybrid clouds. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) hosts critical components of the global technology infrastructure, including Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Envoy. CNCF brings together the industry’s top developers, end users, and vendors and runs the largest open source developer conferences in the world. Supported by nearly 800 members, including the world’s largest cloud computing and software companies, as well as over 200 innovative startups, CNCF is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation. For more information, please visit www.cncf.io.

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Tiger Analytics Achieves AWS Premier Tier Status in the Amazon Web Services Partner Network

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The recognition reflects Tiger Analytics’ demonstrated technical expertise, customer success, and continued investment in its AWS partnership, strengthening its ability to deliver enterprise-scale cloud, data, and AI solutions.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tiger Analytics, a global leader in AI and analytics, today announced that it has achieved AWS Premier Tier Services Partner status in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN).

Achieving AWS Premier Tier Services Partner status differentiates Tiger Analytics as an AWS Partner who demonstrated expertise and notable success in helping customers design, architect, build, migrate, and manage their workloads on AWS.

“Achieving AWS Premier Tier marks an important inflection point in Tiger Analytics’ relationship with AWS,” said Puneet Piplani, Head of Strategic Growth and Alliances. “It recognizes the expertise and customer impact we have built together, while creating an even stronger foundation for what comes next. Our ambition is to combine Tiger Analytics’ deep data and AI capabilities with the scale and innovation of AWS to help enterprises move faster from AI ambition to measurable business outcomes. Premier Tier is an important milestone, and we believe the biggest opportunities in our partnership are still ahead of us.”

To earn Premier Tier, companies must complete a rigorous approval process through accreditations and certifications, must demonstrate a long-term investment in their relationship with AWS, and must have extensive expertise in deploying customer solutions on AWS. AWS Premier Tier Services Partners also have a strong team of AWS Trained & Certified technical consultants and have deep expertise in project management and professional services.

The impact of this collaboration is reflected in customer engagements such as Cross River Bank, where Tiger Analytics worked with AWS to establish a governed foundation for developing and deploying agentic AI across banking functions.

“Together with Tiger Analytics and AWS, we’ve built a foundation that allows us to rapidly develop and deploy agentic AI across banking functions,” said Pravesh Rijal, Chief Data and AI Officer at Cross River Bank.

About Tiger Analytics

Tiger Analytics is a global leader in AI & analytics, helping Fortune 1000 companies solve their toughest challenges. We offer full-stack AI and analytics services and solutions to empower businesses to achieve real outcomes. Our team of 7000+ technologists and consultants is based across the globe, working closely with clients across multiple sectors. For more information, visit tigeranalytics.com 

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Meta Wins CNCF End User Case Study Contest for Accelerating AI Infrastructure Deployments From Hours to Minutes

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Using Argo CD and Kargo, Meta is building a GitOps platform to streamline application delivery across 100 Kubernetes clusters supporting AI research and inference

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Meta’s Cloud Foundation team won the CNCF End User Case Study Contest for its GitOps platform, built with Argo CD and Kargo to streamline Kubernetes application delivery.The new platform cuts routine application deployment times from more than four hours to minutes, streamlining the small team’s workflow through a simplified application definition while adding more advanced features such as automated deployment configuration, independent release promotion, and health verification.By separating application delivery from infrastructure provisioning, Meta is enabling independent application rollouts while retaining Terraform for infrastructure management.

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 — The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, announced Meta as the winner of the CNCF End User Case Study Contest for its adoption of cloud native technologies to accelerate application delivery across its AI infrastructure. Through a GitOps platform built on Argo CD and Kargo, Meta’s Cloud Foundation team is transforming how applications are deployed and managed across approximately 100 Kubernetes clusters supporting AI research and inference, reducing routine deployment times from more than four hours to minutes.

“AI infrastructure is causing organizations to rethink how they manage applications across distributed environments,” said Chris Aniszczyk, CTO, CNCF. “Meta’s approach demonstrates how open source technologies like Argo can help teams automate their application delivery, reduce operational complexity and scale infrastructure without adding unnecessary overhead. It’s a powerful example of how cloud native technologies are supporting the operational demands of AI at scale.”

Meta’s Cloud Foundation team, composed of more than 15 engineers, supports approximately 100 Kubernetes clusters across multiple cloud providers and accelerator families. Previously, Terraform was used for both infrastructure provisioning and Kubernetes application deployment, tying even routine application updates to a lengthy infrastructure release process. The shared deployment model meant stalled rollouts could delay unrelated releases and lacked automated health checks to verify application status.

To address these challenges, Meta began building a GitOps platform that separates application delivery from infrastructure provisioning. Terraform continues to manage infrastructure, while Argo CD reconciles application deployments against configurations stored in Git. Kargo orchestrates release promotion across environments, enabling independent rollouts, automated health checks and versioned release records that improve deployment traceability and recovery.

“GitOps and Argo CD give our small team a great foundation, shaped by years of community experience in Kubernetes delivery,” said Phong Nguyen, Production Engineer, Meta. “We focus on connecting it to Meta’s systems and aim to share our own lessons along the way.”

Meta also simplified application delivery by allowing developers to specify deployment requirements through a short application definition. The platform automatically generates Argo CD and Kargo configurations, enabling independent release promotion, automated health verification and deployment consistency without requiring application teams to manage complex configurations.

Meta plans to expand adoption of its GitOps platform and transition to a centrally managed Argo CD service to reduce maintenance overhead across its Kubernetes fleet. The team is also exploring upstream contributions to improve container registry authentication and Argo CD performance in large clusters.

To learn more about Meta’s implementation and results, read the full GitOps at Meta: How We Went From Terraform on Cron to GitOps for AI Infra case study.

About Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Cloud native computing empowers organizations to build and run scalable applications with an open source software stack in public, private and hybrid clouds. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) hosts critical components of the global technology infrastructure, including Kubernetes, Prometheus and Envoy. CNCF brings together the industry’s top developers, end users and vendors and runs the largest open source developer conferences in the world. Supported by nearly 800 members, including the world’s largest cloud computing and software companies, as well as over 200 innovative startups, CNCF is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation. For more information, please visit www.cncf.io.

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