WhatsApp warns 200 users after spyware was installed on fake iOS app; Italian company faces lawsuit
Ravi LakshmananApril 2, 2026Surveillance/Mobile Security Mehta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp said it has alerted about 200 users who were tricked into installing a fake version of an iOS app infected with spyware. Most of the targets are in Italy, according to reports from Italian newspaper La Repubblica and news agency ANSA. The attackers behind this activity […]
Apple extends iOS 18.7.7 update to more devices to block DarkSword exploit
Ravi LakshmananApril 2, 2026Mobile security/vulnerabilities Apple on Wednesday expanded the availability of iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7 to a wider range of devices to protect users from the risks posed by a recently released exploit kit known as DarkSword. “With iOS 18.7.7 available on more devices starting April 1, 2026, users who have automatic updates […]
Native Americans invented dice and games of chance more than 12,000 years ago, archaeological research reveals
Native American tribes in the western United States invented dice more than 12,000 years ago, providing archaeologists with the world’s earliest evidence of gambling and perhaps the earliest use of probability, a new study finds. However, the purpose of these games of chance was very different from modern gambling: the games helped people (mostly women, […]
De-Fi Platform Drift, Millions of Dollars in Cryptocurrency Stolen in Hack, Deposits and Withdrawals Suspended
Decentralized finance company Drift has announced that it has suspended withdrawals and deposits due to a security incident. In a post on X, the cryptocurrency platform said it was “under active attack” and was working to “contain the incident.” Security researchers and public blockchain data suggest the losses could be significant. Blockchain security firm CertiK […]
Artemis II launches: humans are returning to the moon
The Artemis II crew departed for the moon in a historic rocket launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Captain Reed Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen are currently aboard the Orion spacecraft, becoming the first humans to return to the moon in more than 50 years. […]
Anthropic deleted thousands of GitHub repositories in an attempt to yank leaked source code – the company says the action was an accident
Anthropic accidentally deleted thousands of code repositories on GitHub while attempting to retrieve a copy of the source code for its most popular product from the internet. On Tuesday, software engineers discovered that Anthropic had accidentally included access to the source code of its category-leading Claude Code command-line application in a recent release. AI enthusiasts […]
The reputation of troubled YC startup Delve worsens
The controversy surrounding compliance startup Delve took a turn for the worse this week. Among the new claims by an anonymous whistleblower known as DeepDelver is that Delve allegedly took open source tools and passed them off as proprietary works without proper license attribution or financial agreements with the original developers. The story is about […]
New dating app Sonder has an intentionally cumbersome registration process (and it works)
Sonder’s founders couldn’t bear to come across yet another profile on a dating app where someone boldly declared that their most controversial opinion was that they liked pineapple on pizza. “We didn’t know through user calls or interviews or anything that people were unhappy,” co-founder Mehedi Hassan told TechCrunch. “We learned that through our own […]
Apple releases security fix to protect older iPhones and iPads from DarkSword attacks
Apple has pushed a security update to older iPhones and iPads that prevents the disclosure of a set of powerful hacking tools that can steal data from personal devices. The tech giant announced Wednesday that it has released iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7 to enable a wider range of devices to “receive critical security protections […]
Astronauts could be exposed to “nearly lethal doses” of sunlight – so why launch Artemis II at peak solar activity? Space scientist Patricia Leaf explains.
The Artemis II astronauts are about to take off on a record-breaking flight around the moon, giving NASA a rare opportunity to study how deep space flight affects the human body. After leaving Earth’s protective magnetic field, the four-person crew will be exposed to space weather, including bursts of high-energy radiation from the Sun known […]