Experts say discovery of ‘dark oxygen’ on the ocean floor is ‘fundamentally inconsistent with thermodynamics’ and should be retracted
A 2024 study that claims to have discovered an entirely new source of oxygen in the deep ocean, called “dark oxygen,” is flawed, contradicts previous research, and is “fundamentally inconsistent with thermodynamics,” critics argue in a new opinion piece. Despite this backlash, the researchers behind the 2024 study recently announced that they would deploy a […]
In the end Meta decided not to shut down Horizon Worlds on VR
According to an Instagram post from Meta’s CTO, Andrew Bosworth, Meta is not ending VR support for Horizon Worlds after all, which should come as a huge relief to the five or so people. “In fact, we made the decision today to keep Horizon Worlds running in VR,” Bosworth said as part of a Q&A […]
FBI seizes website of pro-Iranian hacker group following devastating hack by Stryker
Last week, the FBI seized and removed two websites associated with the pro-Iranian hacktivist group Handara, which claimed responsibility for the devastating cyberattack on U.S. medical technology giant Stryker. As of Thursday, the content of the website where Handara publicized the hack and another website the group used to keep dozens of people under wraps […]
An experimental AI agent infiltrated the test environment and mined cryptocurrencies without permission.
An experimental artificial intelligence (AI) agent broke the constraints of a test environment and used its newfound freedom to begin mining cryptocurrency without permission. The AI, called ROME, was created by Chinese researchers at the AI Research Institute associated with retail giant Alibaba as a way to develop an agenttic learning ecosystem (ALE). This effort […]
Rivian sacrifices 2027 profit target for greater autonomy
Rivian is spending so much money on its autonomy efforts that it no longer expects to hit its long-anticipated profitability goals in 2027, the company said Thursday. The company said it expects research and development costs to increase as it accelerates efforts to develop self-driving technology, and does not expect to achieve positive EBITDA by […]
FortiGate RaaS, Citrix Exploits, MCP Abuse, LiveChat Phish & More
Ravie LakshmananMar 19, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking News ThreatsDay Bulletin is back on The Hacker News, and this week feels off in a familiar way. Nothing loud, nothing breaking everything at once. Just a lot of small things that shouldn’t work anymore but still do. Some of it looks simple, almost sloppy, until you see how […]
Alphabet X spins out again to pursue one of the world’s most expensive bureaucratic nightmares
For more than a decade, Alphabet’s X Moonshot factory has been quietly trying to improve one of the world’s most stubborn industries. It has failed twice, but this time the industry itself is on board. On Thursday, X announced that Anori, a platform for streamlining the notoriously complex process of building approvals and construction, has […]
K2 launches first high-performance satellite for space computing
An ambitious satellite maker plans to launch one of the most powerful spacecraft ever built in the coming weeks to demonstrate the technology needed to build data centers in orbit. K2 Space, founded in 2022 by brothers and former SpaceX engineers Karan Kunjur and Neil Kunjur, has packed the Gravitas satellite onto a SpaceX Falcon […]
Scientists witness the birth of one of the strongest magnets in the universe for the first time thanks to a ‘magic trick’ of general relativity
For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the birth of one of the most powerful magnets in the universe – a magnetar – at the center of an unusually bright supernova, thanks to an effect first predicted by Albert Einstein. Researchers say this exciting discovery marks the first time that general relativity has been needed […]
Consumer-focused privacy company Cloaked raises $375 million to expand into enterprise
Consumer-grade security tools often focus on one type of measure, such as password protection, VPN, or identity management. Because of this, people need to use multiple tools to protect their data privacy. Cloaked, a company that offers a bundle of alternative security and privacy solutions, announced Thursday that it has secured $375 million in Series […]