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Jeff Bezos space company Blue Origin has successfully launched a new Shepard Rocket around 9:30am on Monday as it looks to try Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the space tourism industry. Most distinguished on this mission is that Soviet astronaut Valentina Teleskova featured the first All-Mail Space Crew since 1963, when he completed his solo mission. This also marks the Rocket’s 31st trip and its 11th mission. The crew at the launch included pop artist Katy Perry, “CBS Mornings” anchor Anchor Gayle King, film producer Kerianne Flynn, Bezos’ Fiancée Lauren Sánchez, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe.…
Nvidia has a big bet on American soil. The chipmaker said Monday that it will invest up to $500 billion in building AI infrastructure across the US over the next four years and will work closely with longtime partners such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturers (TSMC). This is the latest indication that the tech giant is beginning to reorganize its manufacturing footprint to change possible tariffs and political winds. The plan includes the creation of a new Nvidia Blackwell AI chip at a TSMC facility in Phoenix, Arizona, and the creation of a Texas supercomputer manufacturing plant via Foxconn and Wistron.…
Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan has urged Iran to conduct a “comprehensive investigation” after sharing its border with Balochistan’s southwestern province after eight Pakistani migrant workers were killed over the weekend in Pakistan’s Sistan Balshestan province. The attack took place on Saturday in Merestan County, located about 230 km (142 miles) from the Pakistan border where unidentified attackers attacked the workshop. All eight workers, who belonged to various regions of Pakistan’s Punjab and worked as a dynamic, were tied up and shot dead, according to Iranian media reports. The Baroque Nationalist Army (BNA), a little-known Baroque group seeking independence from Pakistan,…
The audio-enabled traffic-controlled crosswalk button across Silicon Valley was hacked over the weekend and contained an audio snippet that mimics the voices of Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Videos shot by locals in Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Redwood City in California show that they were making AI-generated speeches designed to make the crosswalk button sound like 200 million. “One crosswalk button hacked to sound like Zuckerberg said: “I just want to assure you. There’s absolutely nothing you can do to stop it, so you don’t have to worry.” The button on one crosswalk that was hacked as Musk said,…
The revolutionary class struggle argues an attack on the province dedicated to railway operators and the “Palestinians.”Greek police say they are investigating claims by unknown Hardline groups that they are responsible for the explosion of several bombs that have rocked Athens over the past year. A police spokesperson told Greek media that the authorities were considering a statement issued by the revolutionary class struggle that was behind Friday’s explosion near the office of railway operator Helenic train last week, as well as an attack at the Labour Ministry last year. The group posted a statement on the website Athens.indymedia.org on…
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April 14, 2025Ravi LakshmananEmail Security/Cyber Attack Cybersecurity researchers are bringing attention to a new type of qualification phishing scheme that ensures that stolen information is associated with a valid online account. This technique is called precision verification phishing by Cofense. It says it employs real-time email verification so that only selected high-value targets are provided on fake login screens. “This tactic doesn’t just give threat actors a higher success rate in obtaining usable credentials, as they only involve themselves in a specific harvest list of valid email accounts,” the company said. Unlike “spray and play” qualification harvesting campaigns that usually…
The Peter Thiel founder fund has withdrawn the $4.6 billion Monster Raise to be precise. This was one of the largest late stage venture funds in recent memory and could not be a more uncertain time for private tech companies. According to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the new fund, Founders Fund Growth III, brings capital from 270 investors. Thiel is listed as director along with Napoleon Ta and Trae Stevens. A significant amount of money came from the company’s general partners, according to those familiar with transactions that are not permitted to speak publicly. Axios first…
A handful of engineers working for Lucid Motors and Apple’s electric vehicle projects have launched a new startup that puts fresh spin on electric hub motors. A new startup called Conifer has developed a motor that is free from rare earth elements using a richer ferrite magnet. The company says it will not only reduce costs, but also limit supply chain risks. Conifer also says its own stator offers higher efficiency and power than comparable options while being half the size.The company’s timing – a new unstable era of tariffs and a trade war with China – is auspicious. And…
Tehran’s foreign minister will travel to Moscow this week for talks over Iran’s nuclear negotiations with the United States, Iran and Russia. Abbas Aragci will visit Iran’s allies later this week, Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday. According to Moscow, the announcement of the trip that Araguchi would meet Sergei Lavrov as his Russian counterpart was followed up at the first meeting of the weekend in Oman as details were revealed about the second meeting between Iran and the United States. Araguchi’s visit to Russia was “pre-planned, but there will be talks about consultations with the US,” said Esmaeir Baghihai,…