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Scientists have built a new type of molecular qubit that helps connect quantum computers through existing communication technologies, laying the foundation for a future quantum internet.The new qubits contain a rare earth element called erbium, which has optical and magnetic properties that allow quantum information to be transmitted using the same wavelengths as fiber optic networks.Because qubits operate at communication wavelengths, they can also be more easily integrated into silicon chips, the researchers said in a statement. This could pave the way for smaller, more compact quantum devices. you may like The research team published their findings in the journal…
With relatively little fanfare, the first-ever global carbon tax was scheduled to be formally adopted as an international agreement this year.The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations agency that oversees global shipping, had drafted a net-zero framework to shift the industry to cleaner fuels. This is an important step in the energy transition, as the industry, which handles around 90% of global trade, is responsible for 3% of global emissions.Under this framework, shippers will be required to pay a fee per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions if they exceed a certain threshold. The fees will then be pooled into…
Free radicals have a bad reputation. These highly reactive and unstable molecules are associated with cancer, aging, and degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease.However, the body constantly produces free radicals as an important part of life-sustaining processes such as respiration, cell signaling, and defense against disease. So are free radicals really that bad, or do they have unappreciated benefits?Free radicals definitely pose a danger at high levels. Free radicals, often called reactive oxygen species (ROS), contain a single unpaired electron and must find another electron to form a stable electron pair. As a result, these molecules react indiscriminately, ripping electrons…
Malicious attackers are leveraging browser notifications as a vector for phishing attacks to distribute malicious links using a new command-and-control (C2) platform called Matrix Push C2. “This browser-native fileless framework leverages push notifications, fake alerts, and link redirects to targeted victims across operating systems,” Blackfog researcher Brenda Robb said in a report Thursday. In these attacks, potential targets are tricked into allowing browser notifications through social engineering on malicious or legitimate websites. Once a user agrees to receive notifications from a site, the attacker leverages the web browser’s built-in web push notification mechanism to send alerts that appear to be…
November 22, 2025Rabi LakshmananZero-day/Software Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a critical security flaw affecting Oracle Identity Manager to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-61757 (CVSS score: 9.8), which could result in missing authentication for a critical function, potentially leading to pre-authenticated remote code execution. This vulnerability affects versions 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.2.1.0. This issue was addressed by Oracle as part of a quarterly update released last month. “Oracle Fusion Middleware lacks authentication for vulnerabilities in critical functionality that could allow an unauthenticated, remote…
Thomas Lee Young doesn’t seem like your typical Silicon Valley founder. The 24-year-old CEO of Interface, a San Francisco startup that uses AI to prevent workplace accidents, is a white man with a Caribbean accent and a Chinese last name, an interesting combination that he notes when first introduced to business associates. Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, a country with a lot of oil and gas exploration activity, Young grew up around oil rigs and energy infrastructure, going back generations to his great-grandfather who immigrated to the island nation from China, and his entire family working as engineers.…
After a grueling research effort off the coast of Mexico, a rare yellow-billed whale has been seen and photographed alive at sea for the first time, a new study has found.The newly sighted cetacean is a beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens), a member of the Gingkoidae family, previously only known from beach carcasses and bycatch. For beaked whales, this is not all that unusual. Beaked whales are known for their deep diving, cryptic nature, and spend their entire lives away from shorelines.”Beaked whales are the largest and least-known animal left on Earth,” study co-author Robert Pittman of the Marine Mammal Institute…
Google has admitted that hackers stole more than 200 companies’ data stored in Salesforce in a massive supply chain hack. Salesforce said Thursday that “Salesforce data for certain customers” had been compromised, although it did not name the affected companies. The data was stolen through an app published by Gainsight, which provides a customer support platform for other companies. Austin Larsen, principal threat analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group, said in a statement that the company is “aware of over 200 Salesforce instances that may be affected.” After Salesforce announced the breach, a notorious and somewhat obscure hacking group known…
November 21, 2025Rabi LakshmananVulnerability/Threat Mitigation Grafana has released a security update to address a maximum severity security flaw that could allow privilege escalation and user impersonation under certain configurations. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-41115 and has a CVSS score of 10.0. It resides within the System for Cross-Domain Identity Management (SCIM) component, which enables automated user provisioning and management. It was first introduced in April 2025 and is currently in public preview. “In Grafana version 12.x with SCIM provisioning enabled and configured, a vulnerability in user ID handling could allow a malicious or compromised SCIM client to provision a…
SpaceX rolled out an upgraded version of its Starship rocket booster in south Texas to begin testing on Thursday, but just hours later something inside exploded. Live streamers watching SpaceX’s Starbase complex captured the explosion up close before dawn on Friday, around 4 a.m. local time. Other creators in the area have since taken photos detailing the damage. Unlike the fireball explosions that SpaceX has dealt with during previous rocket development, this explosion appears to have blown off the entire side of the bottom of the booster, leaving the rest of it intact. It happened very early in the process…