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Wednesday October 1, 2025. 04:59 AM
‘Phantom Taurus’ created custom malware to hunt secrets across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East Threat-hunters at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have decided a gang they spotted two years ago is backed by China, after seeing it sling a new variety of malware.…
Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator for Texas, today issued a dramatic and heartfelt plea at a hearing on Capitol Hill: 'let's stop attacking pedophiles.' Reported dutifilly as a 'gaffe' by most media, the remark drew immediate attention. The context was discussion of crime in general,...
The first kick at the AI legislative can in California may have failed, but a new iteration of it succeeded with the signing into law on Monday of Senate Bill 53 (SB 53), The Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFIA), by the state’s governor, Gavin...
Craig Vogt, 61, is said to have killed and eaten two of his own peacocks 'out of spite' after a neighbor fed them against his will. According to a criminal complaint, Vogt was charged with 'aggravated cruelty to animals causing excessive pain or death,' a third-degree felony ...
This is one way to add a lot of AI users in a hurry, which Wall Street wants to see Salesforce developers have called for the SaaS-y CRM giant to wind back a change that saw the AI-powered Agentforce bot replace basic search functions on some online help pages.…
Charlie Javice, founder of college financial-aid startup Frank, was sentenced to over seven years in prison for defrauding JPMorgan by inflating user numbers before the bank's $175 million acquisition. CNN reports: Javice, 33, was convicted in March of duping the banking...
With Google closing up Android at a rapid pace, there’s some renewed interest in mobile platforms that aren’t either iOS or Android, and one of those is Ubuntu Touch. It’s been steadily improving over the years under the stewardship of the UBports Foundation, and today they...
Spotify founder Daniel Ek will step down as CEO by year's end, transitioning to executive chairman after nearly two decades at the helm. In his place will be Gustav Soderstrom and Alex Norstrom as co-CEOs. TechCrunch reports: 'Over the last few years, I've turned over a...
Amazon is replacing Android on new Fire TV hardware with its own Vega OS, debuting on the Fire TV Stick 4K Select. While major streaming apps are supported, sideloading is gone 'because, well, this isn't Android anymore,' notes 9to5Google. The company says 'only apps from...
UMass Amherst research promises better bioelectronic communication Scientists affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed an artificial neuron that can communicate efficiently with biological neurons, a research advance expected to accelerate the...
It's not just big tech anymore The North Korean IT worker threat extends well beyond tech companies, with fraudsters interviewing at a 'surprising' number of healthcare orgs, according to Okta Threat Intelligence.…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: A Chinese national has been convicted following an international fraud investigation which resulted in what's believed to be the single largest cryptocurrency seizure in the world. The Metropolitan Police says it recovered...
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The UBports team have announced the release of a new major version of their mobile operating system which is a continuation of Canonical's Ubuntu Touch. The project's latest release is version 24.04 which is a...
The Austrian Armed Forces are discontinuing the use of Microsoft Office in favor of the open-source office software LibreOffice, Heise reports. The decision covers around 16,000 workstations and is motivated by the desire for technical independence and secure data processing ...
Tuesday September 30, 2025. 11:40 PM
Alongside its updated Sora 2 AI video generator, OpenAI has launched an iPhone-only social app called Sora that lets users consent to have friends create deepfake-style cameos of them. The invite-only app works a lot like TikTok with short remixable videos but enforces...
Plaintext transmissions, fixed MAC addresses, rotating 'unique' IDs, and more, make abuse easy Tile Bluetooth trackers leak identifying data in plain text, giving stalkers an easy way to track victims despite Life360's security promises, a group of Georgia Tech researchers...
On the Public Domain Review, you can watch nostalgic, amateur footage of The New York World's Fair (1939-40). The hour-long compilation of footage shows everything from performers backstage to crowds of people dancing to live music. The internet archive has even more footage ...
Here is a list of notable non-water floods throughout history, from around the world. A non-water flood in this context is the unfortunate event where a substance (like molasses) floods from a storage facility in a large quantity, or when an industrial reservoir has a toxic...
Behold, the earliest known photograph of an intact giant squid, taken in 1874. This black and white photo looks more like a prop from an old sci-fi creature-feature than a real life animal. The photo shows the squid draped over a sponge bath. — Read the rest The post...
Starting in November, Venmo and PayPal users will finally be able to send money directly to each other, ending years of workarounds despite Venmo being owned by PayPal. TechCrunch reports: This change means that PayPal users will now be able to find Venmo users by inputting...
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