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Generally speaking, the further away you are from the equator, the lower the average temperature. This is the main reason why many of the hottest deserts are concentrated near the center of the earth, while the North and South poles are some of the coldest places on Earth.But that logic doesn’t apply to parts of Western Europe. For example, the average high temperature in January in London is 47 degrees Fahrenheit (8.3 degrees Celsius), while in Calgary, Alberta, 4,400 miles (7,100 kilometers) west of London, the average high temperature in January is in the low 30s (less than 1 degree…
The European Union has taken another decisive step towards a greener and more resilient future with the launch of 132 new projects under its flagship LIFE programme. Supported by more than €358 million in EU funding, these initiatives will drive innovation across Europe, from restoring wetlands and protecting endangered species to promoting clean energy and a circular economy. Together they represent one of the most ambitious waves of environmental investment in the 33-year history of the LIFE programme, and reaffirm the EU’s determination to become climate neutral by 2050. Fundamentals of Europe’s green transition For more than 30 years, the…
Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a large-scale phishing campaign targeting the hospitality industry that lures hotel managers to ClickFix-style pages and collects credentials by deploying malware such as PureRAT. “The attacker’s modus operandi included using compromised email accounts to send malicious messages to multiple hotel properties,” Sequoia said. “This campaign utilizes spear-phishing emails impersonating Booking.com to redirect victims to malicious websites and employs ClickFix social engineering tactics to deploy PureRAT.” The ultimate goal of this campaign is to steal credentials from compromised systems, granting threat actors unauthorized access to reservation platforms such as Booking.com and Expedia, and then sell…
November 10, 2025Ravi LakshmananMalware/Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have published a new set of three extensions related to the GlassWorm campaign. This marks an ongoing attempt by some threat actors to target the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) ecosystem. The extension in question is still available for download and is listed below. GlassWorm, first documented by Koi Security late last month, refers to a campaign in which attackers leveraged the Open VSX registry and VS Code extensions from the Microsoft Extension Marketplace to harvest Open VSX, GitHub, and Git credentials, exfiltrate funds from 49 different cryptocurrency wallet extensions, and drop additional…
Since regular satellite monitoring began in 1979, Arctic sea ice has decreased by more than 42%. Climate models predict ice-free summers in the Arctic within the next few decades, but scientists are still uncertain about the impact on life on Earth. Researchers have long known that fine-grained dust from space covers the Earth’s surface, falling from space at a constant rate and depositing in ocean sediments. Now, a new study from the University of Washington shows that tracking where space dust falls and where it doesn’t can provide insight into how the extent of Arctic sea ice has changed over…
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin canceled the second launch of its New Glenn megarocket scheduled for Sunday afternoon, citing weather concerns, some minor issues with launch pad equipment and at least one cruise ship coming too close to the flight path. The company announced late Sunday that it would try again to launch New Glenn’s second mission on Wednesday, Nov. 12. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced restrictions on space launches late last week in response to the government shutdown, and Blue Origin said in a post on X Sunday that it worked with the FAA to make the…
A mysterious Inca-era monument consisting of about 5,200 holes high in the Andes may have been a place for bartering and accounting hundreds of years ago, new research suggests.The holes are arranged in a regular grid at Monte Sierpe (‘Snake Mountain’) in the southern Andes of Peru. Research suggests the ruins may have been built between 1000 and 1400 AD as a place of exchange for the powerful Chincha kingdom, which had a population of more than 100,000 people. The authors suggested that when the kingdom was conquered by the Inca Empire in the 15th century, the location of the…
This week, Slow Ventures hosted a three-hour “Etiquette Polishing School,” covering topics like the perfect handshake, public speaking, and office etiquette. There was a fashion show where models showed off different looks in different scenes, followed by a closing lesson on caviar and wine. Hundreds of founders applied to the free program, held at the Four Seasons in San Francisco’s financial district, and 50 were accepted, the San Francisco Standard reported. Most of the participants were men. Apparently the idea started as a joke, with Slow Ventures expressing interest at Y Combinator’s Demo Day. YC CEO Garry Tan also reportedly…
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin canceled the second launch of its New Glenn megarocket scheduled for Sunday afternoon, citing weather concerns, some minor problems with launch pad equipment and at least one cruise ship coming too close to the flight path. It was not immediately clear when the company would try again to launch a second New Glenn mission. Late last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced restrictions on space launches in response to the government shutdown. On Nov. 7, Blue Origin posted on X that it was working with the FAA to ensure Sunday’s launch. After Sunday’s…
CEO Elon Musk appears to be celebrating a normal weekend on social media platform X after Tesla shareholders approved a new compensation package worth $1 trillion. In an early Saturday morning post with an admittedly coincidental timestamp of 4:20 a.m. ET, Musk posted a video generated by his company xAI’s new photo and video tool, Grok Imagine. As Musk explained, the video was generated by a prompt from Musk: “She smiles and says, ‘I’ll always love you.'” And indeed, the video shows a vivid woman saying those words in an apparently synthetic voice on a rainy street. 24 minutes later,…