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Extreme hurricane flooding in the northeastern United States, which once occurred once every 100 years, could become an annual occurrence by the end of this century, a new study has found.The researchers wanted to predict how changes in hurricane behavior (which are expected to become more frequent and intense) and rising sea levels due to climate change would change the region’s flood risk in coming decades.Their results were solemn. “By the end of this century, the risk of flooding will increase significantly,” study lead author Amirhossein Begmohammadi, a civil engineer who worked on the project while a postdoctoral fellow at…
Approximately 40 million people worldwide are living with HIV. Advances in treatment have meant that infectious diseases are no longer the death sentence they once were, but researchers have so far been unable to find a cure. Instead, people living with HIV must take a cocktail of antiretroviral drugs for the rest of their lives.But in 2025, researchers reported a breakthrough suggesting that a “functional” cure for HIV – a way to keep HIV under control for long periods of time without ongoing treatment – may actually be possible. In two independent trials using engineered antibody infusions, some participants remained…
Nvidia is investing $2 billion in Synopsys, which makes software and components for semiconductor chip design. The deal deepens the companies’ existing partnership as analysts begin to scrutinize the increasingly common circular trades in the AI industry and warn of potential bubbles. Nvidia announced that it has purchased Synopsys stock for $414.79 per share as part of a multi-year partnership to integrate Nvidia’s AI hardware and computing capabilities with Synopsys’ electronic design automation (EDA) and simulation software. The deal will help Synopsys transition its platform from CPU-based computing to GPUs, a move the company hopes will speed up chip design…
Amazon’s AI chatbot Rufus saw a spike in adoption on Black Friday, according to new data released over the weekend by market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. In the US, Amazon sessions that led to purchases jumped 100% on Black Friday compared to the following 30 days, but sessions that led to purchases that did not include Rufus only increased by 20%. Additionally, Amazon saw a 75% daily increase in sessions that included Rufus and resulted in a purchase, compared to only a 35% daily increase in sessions that resulted in a purchase without Rufus. The company also noted that Amazon…
On Monday, Clipbook, an AI-powered platform that helps companies monitor media coverage, announced a $3 million seed round co-led by Mark Cuban, Commonweal Ventures, and Carpenter Capital. The partnership came about because Clipbook founder Adam Joseph made a fiasco with a cold email that he didn’t expect anyone to read, he told TechCrunch. Joseph launched Clipbook in 2023 and has grown it to $1 million in annual recurring revenue, he said. At that point, about a year ago, he felt ready to find investors. “I literally made a list of the top five media investors in the world,” Joseph recalls.…
The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance emphasizes the importance of global cooperation in strengthening digital infrastructure and progressing towards a 6G world. While the potential of 5G is still unknown, discussions about 6G are slowly gaining momentum. Positioned as the next evolution of communications networks in the 2030s, 3GPP (the global standards body for mobile networks) has been actively shaping this future through its latest standards work. 3GPP Release 20 is considered an important milestone in finalizing 5G-Advanced enhancements while laying the technical foundation for 6G networks. With 3GPP finalizing Stage 1 of Release 20 (Service Requirements for Initial 6G…
With AI igniting an investor frenzy, every month, more startups obtain unicorn status. Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year. While most are AI-related, a surprising number are focused in other industries like satellite space companies Loft Orbital and blockchain-based trading site Kalshi. This list will be updated throughout the year, so check back and see the latest powerhouse startups that are now worth over $1 billion. November Genspark — $1.25nbsp;billion: This company builds AI agents to help automate tasks. It raised a $275 million Series B, giving…
refresh 2025-12-01T15:15:17.699Z living in the zone And mushrooms aren’t the only strange life forms thriving in Chernobyl’s exclusion zone. Some insects appear to be unaffected by radiation. The wild offspring of a pet dog. And wild horses are an endangered species whose numbers are increasing explosively.Humans make lemonade, or an apple-based moonshine called Atomic, from ingredients grown within the exclusion zone.As dangerous as that may sound, only a small portion of this zone is a dangerous radiation hotspot and was frequently visited by tours until Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. 2025-12-01T14:47:39.949Z Chernobyl mushrooms may be feeding on radiation (Image credit:…
Dec 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananHacking News / Cybersecurity Hackers aren’t kicking down the door anymore. They just use the same tools we use every day — code packages, cloud accounts, email, chat, phones, and “trusted” partners — and turn them against us. One bad download can leak your keys. One weak vendor can expose many customers at once. One guest invite, one link on a phone, one bug in a common tool, and suddenly your mail, chats, repos, and servers are in play. Every story below is a reminder that your “safe” tools might be the real weak spot. ⚡ Threat…
At this point in history, astronomers and engineers who grew up watching “Deep Impact” and “Armageddon,” two movies depicting the destructive power of asteroid impacts, are likely to hold relatively high positions in space agencies. Don’t Look Up also offered a more modern, but more pessimistic (or unfortunately realistic?) look at what could potentially happen if a “killer” asteroid were discovered on its approach to Earth. So far, life has not imitated art when it comes to what could be the most catastrophic event in human history, but most space enthusiasts agree it’s worth preparing for when it happens. A…