Bizarre ‘half-Möbius’ molecule has unusual properties chemists have never seen before

Researchers have created an unusually twisted molecule with an electronic structure never seen before. The new molecular structure, called semi-Möbius topology, is “another knob we can turn to create and manipulate matter” and expands our fundamental understanding of physics and chemistry, co-lead author Igor Roncevic, lecturer in computational and theoretical chemistry at the University of […]

Trivy Hack spreads Infostealer via Docker and triggers worm and Kubernetes Wiper

Ravi LakshmananMarch 23, 2026Cloud security/DevOps Cybersecurity researchers discovered malicious artifacts distributed via Docker Hub after the Trivy supply chain attack, highlighting the growing scope of the explosion across developer environments. The latest known clean release of Trivy on Docker Hub is 0.69.3. Malicious versions 0.69.4, 0.69.5, and 0.69.6 have since been removed from the container […]

Hackers exploit CVE-2025-32975 (CVSS 10.0) to hijack unpatched Quest KACE SMA systems

Ravi LakshmananMarch 23, 2026Vulnerabilities / Endpoint Security According to Arctic Wolf, attackers are suspected of exploiting a maximum severity security flaw affecting the Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA). The cybersecurity firm said it observed malicious activity in customer environments starting the week of March 9, 2026, consistent with the exploitation of CVE-2025-32975 on unpatched […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission has closed its investigation into electric vehicle startup Faraday Future, even though SEC staff working on the case recommended enforcement action last year, according to a TechCrunch investigation. The SEC notified the company and investigators of the closure last week, four people familiar with the investigation who were granted anonymity […]

Cursor acknowledges that the new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI’s Kim

AI coding company Cursor announced a new model this week called Composer 2, touting it as offering “state-of-the-art coding intelligence.” However, an X user posting under the name Fynn quickly claimed that Composer 2 was “just Kimi 2.5” with reinforcement learning added. Kimi 2.5 is an open source model recently released by Moonshot AI, a […]

Delve accused of misleading customers with ‘false compliance’

An anonymous Substack post published this week accuses compliance startup Delve of “falsely” convincing “hundreds of customers” that it complies with privacy and security regulations, potentially exposing those customers to “criminal liability under HIPAA and significant fines under GDPR.” Delve is a Y Combinator-backed startup that announced last year that it would raise $32 million […]

Why do some people believe that ancient civilizations were formed by aliens?

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself? The idea that aliens assisted the builders of ancient ruins was proposed by Swiss author Erich von Däniken in his 1968 bestseller, Chariots of the Gods. Von Däniken passed away in […]

The secret weapon to combat carbon emissions has been discovered: beaver

Beaver dams and ponds can turn stream channels into annual net carbon sinks, capturing more carbon than they release in a year, a new study finds. The discovery has major implications for the reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver (castor fiber) across Europe, after it was hunted to the brink of extinction for centuries. If similar […]