A cannonball-sized meteor crashes through the roof of a Texas home as multiple ‘fireballs’ rain down on the US
A Houston family is counting their luck that no one was hurt after a cantaloupe-sized meteor crashed through the roof of their home and ricocheted around an empty bedroom. The space rock is most likely a fragment of the meteorite that witnesses saw smash into pieces with a thud in the deep blue skies of […]
Tax search ads use Huawei drivers to deliver ScreenConnect malware that disables EDR
Ravi LakshmananMarch 24, 2026Endpoint security/social engineering A large-scale malvertising campaign, active since January 2026, has been observed targeting individuals located in the United States searching for tax-related documents and serving fraudulent ConnectWise ScreenConnect installers. The installer drops a tool named HwAudKiller that uses Bring Your Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) techniques to blind security programs. “This campaign […]
Hackers use fake resumes to steal corporate credentials and deploy Crypto Miner
Ravi LakshmananMarch 24, 2026Malware/Endpoint Security An ongoing phishing campaign targets French-speaking corporate environments using fake resumes that lead to the introduction of cryptocurrency miners and information thieves. “The campaign uses highly obfuscated VBScript files disguised as resumes/CV documents, delivered through phishing emails,” Securonix researchers Shikha Sangwan, Akshay Gaikwad, and Aaron Beardslee said in a report […]
The Iran war has already released staggering amounts of carbon dioxide, with the destruction of schools, homes and buildings being the biggest source.
In the first two weeks of the war between the US, Israel and Iran, current and future greenhouse gas emissions have increased so much that they have exhausted the world’s carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined, a new analysis has found. According to the researchers, between February 28 and March 14, 2026, parties to […]
Meet the former Apple designers building new AI interfaces with Hark
The secretive AI lab founded by serial entrepreneur Brett Adcock has shared new details about what it believes is a novel fusion of model building and hardware design that will change the way humans interact with intelligent software. The company said in a statement that it designs multimodal end-to-end models, hardware and interfaces together to […]
Rare active volcanoes on Mars could be causing the entire Earth to spin faster
Scientists know that Mars’ rotation has become a little faster each year, but the cause has remained a mystery. Now, a new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets on February 18 suggests the reason may lie deep underground, where giant plumes of buoyant rock may be stirring beneath the Martian crust. This […]
AI compresses billions of years of evolution into seconds, creating a ‘Lego-like robot’ that can recover after losing a limb
Researchers have developed a robot equipped with artificial intelligence that can autonomously navigate all types of terrain and keep moving even after severe damage. Dubbed “legged metamachines,” these awkward-looking bots could reveal insights into human and animal evolution and provide a path for future robots to overcome limitations in locomotion, their creators say. The robot […]
Ads are coming to Apple Maps as Apple expands
Apple announced Tuesday that it will allow advertisers to target customers on Apple Maps starting in the U.S. and Canada later this summer. This ad is available to businesses of all sizes with a physical location and an existing business listing on Apple Maps. Users, on the other hand, see ads next to relevant search […]
Colorado River negotiations are stalled between seven states, leading to water shortages. What happens next?
The seven U.S. states that make up the Colorado River Basin are struggling to agree on how best to manage river water as climate change and prolonged droughts cause the river to dwindle. Negotiations between the two sides were private and failed to meet a federal deadline of Feb. 14, 2026, after which federal officials […]
FCC bans import of new foreign-made consumer routers due to security risks
The Federal Communications Commission has ordered a ban on imports of new consumer routers manufactured overseas, citing cybersecurity risks. The order, released late Monday, states that the import ban “includes all consumer routers manufactured in foreign countries.” The FCC said the order does not affect the import or use of existing routers, but exceptions could […]