Google patches flaw in Anti-Gravity IDE that allows prompt injection code execution
Ravi LakshmananApril 21, 2026Vulnerability / Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Google’s agent integrated development environment (IDE), Antigravity, that could be exploited to execute code. Since being patched, the flaw combines Antigravity’s authorized file creation functionality with insufficient input sanitization in Antigravity’s native file search tool find_by_name to bypass the program’s strict […]
New blood test aims to spot liver scarring before it’s still reversible and pave the way to cancer
A new blood test may detect precursors to liver disease, which may also be a precursor to cancer. It is hoped that this test will be able to prevent liver cancer before it occurs. This test uses machine learning models to analyze airborne genetic material circulating in the blood. In the new study, researchers used […]
‘We’re the best servants anyone could dream of!’: AI superintelligence has no need to enslave humans because we’re already bowing to it
Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to change the world in ways we can’t yet fully comprehend, from how we work to how we structure our lives. Scientists debate how a future artificial general intelligence (AGI) — an advanced AI that can reason just as well as humans and learn new skills beyond its initial training […]
Glowing rings of plankton surrounding New Zealand islands are linked to dangerous underwater plateaus — Earth seen from space
simple facts Where is it? Chatham Islands, New Zealand [-44.00258384, -176.50074474] What is in the photo? A glowing ring of phytoplankton surrounding the archipelago Which satellite took the photo? NOAA-20 When was it taken? January 10, 2026 This dazzling satellite image shows a glowing ring of plankton surrounding the remote islands of New Zealand. The […]
CISA adds 8 exploited flaws to KEV, sets federal deadline for April-May 2026
Ravi LakshmananApril 21, 2026Network security/threat intelligence The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added eight new vulnerabilities to its Known and Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including three flaws affecting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, citing evidence of active exploitation. Here is the list of vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-27351 (CVSS Score: 8.2) – An improper authentication […]
Who is the next Apple CEO John Ternus?
After 15 years, Tim Cook will be handing over the role of Apple’s CEO to John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering. Starting September 1, Ternus will lead one of the world’s most valuable companies, but unless you’re an avid Apple fan, you may have never heard of the man who has largely […]
Anthropic receives $5 billion from Amazon and promises $100 billion in cloud spending in return
Anthropic announced Monday that Amazon has agreed to invest an additional $5 billion, bringing Amazon’s total investment in the company to $13 billion. Anthropic has agreed to invest more than $100 billion in AWS over the next 10 years and acquire up to 5 GW of new compute capacity to train and run Claude. The […]
SGLang CVE-2026-5760 (CVSS 9.8) enables RCE via a malicious GGUF model file
Ravi LakshmananApril 20, 2026Open source/server security A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in SGLang that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution on a susceptible system. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-5760 and has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10.0. This is described as a case of command injection leading […]
North Korean hacker accused of $290 million cryptocurrency theft
Over the weekend, hackers stole over $290 million in cryptocurrencies from Kelp DAO, a protocol that allows users to earn yield on their idle crypto investments. By Monday, LayerZero, one of the projects affected by the hack, had accused North Korea of carrying out the robbery. The hack is the biggest cryptocurrency theft so far […]
A giant ‘shadow’ has been crawling over Mars for 50 years, but scientists don’t know why
New photos show that a giant dark spot hidden inside a giant Martian crater has been creeping across the planet’s surface ever since the feature was first discovered 50 years ago. Scientists don’t know exactly why this is happening. This shadow structure is part of the ground covered in ash and volcanic rocks such as […]
