Giant 10-seater flying taxi passes first flight test in China
In a new feat for electric aircraft, a Chinese company has successfully flown a 5-ton (4,536 kg) electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle. Manufacturer Fengfei Aviation claims this is the largest eVTOL to have completed test flights to date. During the test flight, the V5000 aircraft took off in VTOL mode, switched to fixed-wing […]
Research shows that AI hallucinations go both ways – using chatbots can amplify and strengthen our own delusions
There are many examples of hallucinations and their effects caused by artificial intelligence (AI) systems. But new research highlights the potential dangers of the opposite. Humans hallucinate through AI because AI tends to confirm our delusions. Generative AI systems like ChatGPT and Grok generate content that responds to user prompts. This is achieved by learning […]
AI verified a proof that won one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics. Mathematics is never the same | Kit Yates
Earlier this month, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup announced that its AI agents had seen evidence of two cases of the devilishly difficult “high-dimensional sphere filling problem.” In 2022, this proof earned Ukrainian mathematician Marina Vyazovska the Fields Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics. This is a huge step forward and signals […]
Apple issues security update for older iOS devices targeted by Coruna WebKit exploit
Ravi LakshmananMarch 12, 2026Vulnerabilities/Malware Apple on Wednesday backported a fix to an older version of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Sonoma after a security flaw was discovered to be used as part of the Coruna exploit kit. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-43010, is related to an unspecified vulnerability in WebKit that could lead to memory corruption […]
‘Mass migration’ of stars away from the center of the Milky Way galaxy could explain why life exists in our solar system
Thousands of solar “twins” discovered by space telescopes could shed new light on how our star came to host at least one life-friendly world, and whether large-scale stellar migration was involved. The researchers used data from the Gaia Space Telescope, a now-defunct European Space Agency observatory, to record the movements of millions of stars in […]
Six Android malware families target Pix payments, banking apps, and crypto wallets
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered six new Android malware families with the ability to steal data from compromised devices and commit financial fraud. Android malware ranges from traditional banking Trojans such as PixRevolution, TaxiSpy RAT, BeatBanker, Mirax, and Oblivion RAT to full-fledged remote administration tools such as SUXRAT. According to Zimperium, PixRevolution targets Brazil’s Pix instant […]
CISA reports active exploitation of n8n RCE bug as 24,700 instances remain exposed
Ravi LakshmananMarch 12, 2026Vulnerabilities / Enterprise Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical security flaw affecting n8n to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog based on evidence of active exploitation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-68613 (CVSS score: 9.9) and involves an expression injection case that could lead […]
Lovable announces $100 million in revenue growth last month alone with just 146 employees
Lovable surpassed $400 million in annual recurring revenue in February, the Stockholm-based company confirmed to TechCrunch. However, the company declined to say whether it expects ARR to reach $1 billion by the end of the year, saying it is focused on “helping builders scale their impact on our platform.” Lovable, along with Cursor, Mercor, and […]
Quince reaches $10 billion valuation with mega $500 million round led by Iconiq
Amid all the huge valuations for early-stage AI startups, today we have some unusual news. It’s a blockbuster round and a step up in valuation for an e-commerce company. Quince announced Wednesday that it has raised $500 million in a Series E round at a valuation of $10.1 billion. The round was led by previous […]
‘Garlic rectal insertion for immune support’: Medical chatbot confidently offers disastrously misguided advice, experts say
Popular AI chatbots are often unable to recognize false health claims offered in confident, medical-sounding language, leading to dubious advice that could be dangerous to the general public, such as recommending putting garlic in your butt, according to a January study published in The Lancet Digital Health. Another study published in Nature Medicine in February […]