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Engineers and policy makers consider the issues defining generations on the Internet. It could be a revolutionary force for unprecedented education and connections around the world, but it could pose a risk to children when they have full freedom of access. However, there is no easy way to monitor a child’s internet access without monitoring adults. While some supporters praise these laws as a victory over child safety, many security experts warn that these laws have been proposed and passed in a lacking implementation plan. In the US alone, 23 states had enacted age verification laws last month, with two…
Engineers and policy makers consider the issues defining generations on the Internet. It could be a revolutionary force for unprecedented education and connections around the world, but it could pose a risk to children when they have full freedom of access. However, there is no easy way to monitor a child’s internet access without monitoring adults. While some supporters praise these laws as a victory over child safety, many security experts warn that these laws have been proposed and passed in a lacking implementation plan. In the US alone, 23 states had enacted age verification laws last month, with two…
The threat actors of Russian origin probably stem from a new set of attacks targeting Kazakhstan’s energy sector. The activity, known as the codename for Operation Barrelfire, is tied to a new threat group that Seqrite Labs tracks as a noisy bear. Threat actors have been active since at least April 2025. “The campaign is aimed at Kazumunaigus or KMG employees who have threat entities providing fake documents related to the KMG IT department, mimicking official internal communications, and leveraging themes such as policy updates, internal certification procedures, and pay adjustments. The infection chain begins with a phishing email containing…
Tesla has proposed a massive $1 trillion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk, and many of the benchmarks he needs to hit are simply watered-down versions of the promises he spent years on the company. It revealed the proposed pay package, not a photo of Tesla’s board depicting the company’s annual power of attorney. Instead, the board focuses on plans to set up “the most valuable company in history.” Certainly, if Tesla achieves everything it aims in this agreement, it looks like a rather different company at the end of the decade it covers. It does not change the fact…
A huge star that moved soundly through the cliff of extinction about 11 or 300 years ago. The banishment of the outer layer pulsated with energy, causing material to flow into space. It eventually explodes as a supernova, and its remains are one of the most studied supernova remnants (SNRs). This is called Cassiopeia A (CAS A), and new observations on the Chandra X-Ray telescope reveal more details about its end.The progenitor stars in Cas A had solar masses of about 15-20, but some estimates range from 30 solar masses. It could have been a red supertitan, but there is…
A small municipality in southern Finland recently installed the world’s largest “sand batteries” to supply the town’s heating.The new sand battery, designed by Polar Night Energy, is effectively a huge sandbox wrapped in a steel container of about 100 x 40 feet (30 x 12 meters).The sand is heated using closed loop heat transfer pipes, which is trapped in two layers of steel sandwiched between the insulation layers. Energy is extracted by blowing cold air into the pipe, capturing heat and generating hot water, steam, or hot air. What is a sand battery? Polar Night Energy’s sand-based thermal energy storage…
September 6, 2025Ravi LakshmananSoftware Security/Cryptocurrency In the NPM package registry, a new set of four malicious packages has been discovered with the ability to steal Cryptocurrency Wallet credentials from Ethereum Developers. “The package secretly removes private keys and mnemonic seeds to telegram bots controlled by threat actors, while exaggerating legal encryption utilities and flashbot MEV infrastructure,” Socket Researcher Kush Pandya said in the analysis. The package was uploaded to NPM by a user named “Flashbotts” and the earliest library was uploaded in September 2023. The latest upload was made on August 19th, 2025. The package in question is still available…
Openai is reorganizing the Model Action Team, a small but influential group of researchers that shape how their AI models interact with people, TechCrunch learned. In an August memo to staff seen by TechCrunch, Openai’s Chief Research Officer Mark Chen said the model behavior team, which consists of around 14 researchers, will be participating in the post-training team, a large research group responsible for improving AI models after initial training. As part of the change, the Model Action Team will report to Openai’s post-training lead Max Schwarzer. An Openai spokesperson confirmed these changes to TechCrunch. Joanne Jang, founding leader of…
About half a million writers can qualify for at least $3,000 payday thanks to the historic $1.5 billion settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by the author against humanity. This groundbreaking settlement is the biggest payment in the history of US copyright law, but it is not a victory for the author. That’s yet another victory for high-tech companies. The high-tech giants are racing to accumulate as much written material as possible to train LLMS. It powers groundbreaking AI chat products like ChatGpt and Claude. These AIs can become more refined when you consume more data, but after basically…
Dot, an AI companion app aimed at being friends and best friends, announced it had announced on Friday. The new computer behind Dot, a message published on the website, said that if the product continues to run until October 5th, it will provide users time to download data. Launched in 2024 by co-founder Sam Whitmore and former Apple designer Jason Yuan, Dot has now remained in what has become a more controversial area of AI chatbots. The apps they create will become more personalized to you and your interests and more personalized to provide advice, sympathy and emotional support. As…