Anthropic discovers 22 vulnerabilities in Firefox using Claude Opus 4.6 AI model
Rabi LakshmananMarch 7, 2026Browser security / artificial intelligence Anthropic announced Friday that it has discovered 22 new security vulnerabilities in its Firefox web browser as part of a security partnership with Mozilla. Of these, 14 were classified as severe, 7 were classified as moderate, and 1 was rated as low severity. This issue was resolved […]
Why is mercury a liquid?
We tend to think of metals as hard, strong, and resistant to high temperatures. Look at iron, aluminum, steel. While this is generally true, there is one important exception: mercury. Mercury has a melting point of -37.9 degrees Fahrenheit (-38.8 degrees Celsius) and is one of only two elements that are liquid at room temperature. […]
Robinhood startup fund stumbles in New York Stock Exchange debut
It is well known that individual investors are excluded from the startup world. Robinhood aims to change that by allowing the public to invest in a portfolio of what the company calls “some of the most exciting private companies active today.” To accomplish this, the company, which pioneered the commission-free brokerage model, secured access to […]
OSHA investigates fatal accident at Libyan warehouse
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened an investigation into the death of a worker at a Rivian, Illinois, warehouse this week, the federal agency told TechCrunch on Friday. The agency said the investigation could take up to six months. The man, identified by local authorities as 61-year-old Kevin Lancaster, reportedly died of “blunt traumatic […]
Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Anthropic Claude announce continued availability to non-defense customers
Businesses and startups using Anthropic Claude through Microsoft and Google products don’t have to fear having that model taken away from them, Microsoft and Google have confirmed to TechCrunch. It has been reported that AWS customers and partners can continue to use Claude for non-defense workloads. Even as the Trump administration’s Department of the Army […]
Bill Gates’ TeraPower receives approval to build new nuclear reactor
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) this week granted TerraPower a permit to build a new nuclear reactor in the shadow of an aging coal-fired power plant in Wyoming. TerraPower’s permit is the first issued by the NRC in nearly a decade. Founded in 2015 by Bill Gates and backed by Nvidia, the startup has been […]
Claude’s consumer surge continues after failed deal with Pentagon
Claude’s daily active user numbers are increasing on mobile devices, and the number of new app installations is also increasing following the company’s conflict with the Department of Defense. The AI model provider behind Claude was marked as a supply chain risk after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to allow the government to use its […]
Ancient ‘alien-like’ skulls have been found on every continent but Antarctica. Anthropologists are starting to figure out why.
When the Spanish first reached the Andes, they found something surprising: Many of the locals had long, pointy heads. They discovered that the Collagua, an indigenous group in Peru that was conquered by the Inca, had a practice of shaping the head starting in infancy, before the skull bones fused and soft spots disappeared. The […]
These countries are moving to ban social media for children
Over the past few months, several countries have announced plans to restrict children and adolescents’ access to social media. Australia first introduced such measures late last year, setting a precedent that other countries are now watching closely. Australia’s regulations, like proposals in other countries, aim to reduce the pressures and risks young people can face […]
Transparent Tribe uses AI to mass produce malware implants in campaign targeting India
Rabi LakshmananMarch 6, 2026Threat Intelligence/Cyber Espionage Pakistan-aligned threat actors known as Transparent Tribe have become the latest hacking group to utilize artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding tools to attack targets with various implants. According to new findings from Bitdefender, the campaign is designed to generate “a large number of mediocre implants” developed using lesser-known programming languages […]