A series of government hacking tools targeting iPhones are being used by cybercriminals
Security researchers have identified a set of powerful hacking tools that can compromise iPhones running outdated software, and they say the tools have fallen into the hands of cybercriminals from government customers. Google announced Tuesday that it first identified an exploit kit called Coruna in February 2025 when the surveillance vendor tried to use spyware […]
Alibaba’s Qwen technology chief resigns amid massive AI push
Alibaba’s Qwen AI project has lost one of its most high-profile technology leaders, just one day after the Chinese tech giant unveiled its new Qwen 3.5 open-weight compact model. Lin Junyang, a core technology leader on Alibaba’s Qwen team, said in a post on X on Tuesday that he was “resigning” from the project without […]
JWST’s ‘small red dot’ may be the ‘parent’ of the universe’s first supermassive black hole
Astronomers may have found evidence that some of the mysterious “little red dots” discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are not black holes as previously proposed, but rather giant stars from the beginning of the universe. The researchers made this discovery by developing a simplified model of an ancient supermassive star, a potential […]
Stone Age women were buried like men in Hungary 7,000 years ago, revealing flexible gender roles
A typical male burial in the Stone Age cemetery of Chashalom, Hungary. He is buried on the right side, with polished stone tools placed near his left shoulder. (Image credit: Alexandra Anders) A Stone Age woman buried with male-related artifacts in what is now Hungary reveals that her society embraced complex identities and flexible gender […]
Claude Code rolls out voice mode functionality
Anthropic is introducing voice mode to Claude Code, its AI coding assistant for developers. The launch of voice mode marks an important step toward more hands-free, conversational coding workflows. Anthropic engineer Thariq Shihipar announced Tuesday that the feature will be released in X in stages. Shihipar said voice mode is currently being used by about […]
Gravitational wave background could repair our broken understanding of the universe
Physicists may have an entirely new way to measure the rate of expansion of the universe, one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in cosmology, by harnessing the ripples in space-time predicted by Einstein. A new study suggests that the weak gravitational wave background produced by the mergers of large numbers of black holes across the […]
Gold coins discovered by British metal detectors may have been dropped by Viking invaders from the Great Pagan Army
Minted more than 1,000 years ago as an imitation of a more famous coin, the gold coin may be a relic of the “Great Heathen Army” that invaded England in 865. This invasion created a Viking kingdom there known as the Danelaw. Metal detectors discovered the coin in a field near Elsing, a village in […]
Company X announces it will suspend creators from its revenue sharing program for unlabeled AI posts related to “armed conflict”
X has announced that it will take action against creators who post AI videos about armed conflict without disclosing that the content is generated by AI. On Tuesday, X’s head of product Nikita Beer announced that anyone who uses AI technology to mislead others in this way will be banned from the company’s creator revenue […]
Hacked traffic cameras and hijacked televisions: How cyber operations supported the war against Iran
On Saturday, US and Israeli warplanes launched a bombing campaign against Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and several senior government officials. The attacks also targeted military personnel and civilians across the country, including girls’ schools, leaving at least 168 children and adults dead. After several days of conflict, multiple reports and statements from government […]
‘Blood Moon’ total lunar eclipse on March 3 will attract millions of people around the world (photos)
As the full moon began to set over North America in the early morning hours of March 3, it briefly sank into the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, resulting in the last total lunar eclipse visible in the United States until 2029. If you missed the early morning spectacle, you can still watch the whole […]