Alternative app store AltStore PAL joins Fediverse
AltStore PAL, an alternative app store for iOS made possible by new regulations in markets such as the EU and Japan, is integrated with the open social web. The company on Wednesday announced support for fediverse, an open social web powered by ActivityPub that powers apps like Mastodon, Flipboard, PeerTube, and Threads. Users on the […]
Driver in fatal Ford Blue Cruze crash was likely distracted before the collision
Two drivers involved in a fatal 2024 crash while using Ford’s BlueCruise hands-free driving system were likely distracted shortly before the crash, according to new information released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The safety board released documents on each crash and announced it would hold a public hearing in Washington, D.C., on […]
Replit’s valuation reaches $9 billion six months after reaching $3 billion
Vibe-coding sensation Replit has reached a new funding milestone. The company announced Wednesday that it has raised $400 million in Series D funding at a valuation of $9 billion, led by previous investor Georgian Partners. Other participating investors include G Squared, Prysm Capital, Coatue, Andreessen Horowitz, Craft Ventures, Y Combinator, Accenture Ventures, Okta Ventures, and […]
Treasure trove of Russian revolutionary gold coins worth more than $500,000 discovered during home construction
Archaeologists have discovered a trove of 100-year-old gold rubles under a house in northwestern Russia. The 409 coins were minted during the decline of the Russian Empire and could be worth more than $500,000 today. In 2025, researchers from the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the All-Russian Museum of History […]
The world is being held hostage by its reliance on oil. How can we break free from the fossil fuel?
Between the 17th and 20th centuries, humans killed millions of whales for oil. They stripped their blubber, spinning the iconic creatures in the water and pulling off the fat in a huge spiral like the peel of an apple. The blubber was boiled into oil, then strained into barrels to be used in everything from […]
Spark is rumored to be raising billions as VC megafund returns with General Catalyst
Following last month’s news that New York’s hottest venture firm, Thrive, raised $10 billion for a new fund, its largest ever and double its previous raise, another major VC firm is trying to match that amount. General Catalyst is in talks to raise $10 billion, anonymous sources told Bloomberg. The company, which has reinvented itself […]
WordPress is debuting private workspaces that run inside your browser through a new service, my.WordPress.net.
WordPress publishing software can now run entirely in a web browser, the organization that develops open source publishing software announced Wednesday. Through a new service called my.WordPress.net, WordPress software allows users to set up a site and start publishing without signing up, setting up a hosting plan, or registering a domain. Instead, the new solution […]
Researchers trick Perplexity’s Comet AI browser into phishing scam in under 4 minutes
Ravi LakshmananMarch 11, 2026Artificial intelligence/browser security Agent web browsers that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to autonomously perform actions across multiple websites on your behalf can be trained and tricked into falling prey to phishing and fraud traps. The core of the attack exploits the tendency of AI browsers to infer their behavior and use […]
Europe’s oldest handgun may date back to the siege of a German castle in the 14th century
Fragments of an early handgun found in Brandenburg, Germany, may belong to Europe’s oldest known handheld gunpowder weapon, according to new research. The artifact, about 2 inches (6 centimeters) long, may date back to 1390. If so, it would be nine years older than the famous Tannenberg rifle, which was created in 1399 and is […]
Scientists squeeze microbes into steel ‘sandwiches’ and make major discovery about life in the universe
A new laboratory study has shown that “extremophile” bacteria can withstand an asteroid impact strong enough to send it flying into space. This suggests that potential alien life could spread between worlds through collisions with space rocks. In the new study, published March 3 in the journal PNAS Nexus, researchers sandwiched Deinococcus radiodurans, a type […]