New ZeroDayRAT mobile spyware enables real-time surveillance and data theft
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed details of a new mobile spyware platform called ZeroDayRAT that is being promoted on Telegram as a way to obtain sensitive data and facilitate real-time surveillance on Android and iOS devices. “Developers operate dedicated channels for sales, customer support, and regular updates, giving buyers a single point of access to a […]
New Chrome Zero-Day (CVE-2026-2441) is under active attack — patch released
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 16, 2026Zero-day/Browser Security Google on Friday released security updates for its Chrome browser to address security flaws it says are being exploited in the wild. This high-severity vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-2441 (CVSS score: 8.8) and is described as a use-after-free bug in CSS. Security researcher Shaheen Fazim is credited with discovering and […]
OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI
Peter Steinberger, who created the AI personal assistant now known as OpenClaw, has joined OpenAI. OpenClaw, formerly known as Clawdbot and then Moltbot, has rocketed to popularity over the past few weeks with its promise to be “an AI that actually does things,” like managing your calendar, booking flight tickets, and even participating in social […]
India has 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users, says Sam Altman
CEO Sam Altman said ahead of the government-sponsored AI Summit that India has 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users and the country is one of the world’s largest markets for OpenAI. On Sunday, Altman outlined the growing adoption of ChatGPT in India in an article published in the Indian English-language daily Times of India, as […]
Enterprise AI is competing for land. Glean builds layers beneath the interface.
The battle for enterprise AI is heating up. Microsoft bundles Copilot with Office. Google is pushing Gemini into Workspace. OpenAI and Anthropic sell directly to enterprises. All SaaS vendors are now shipping AI assistants. In the scramble for interfaces, Glean is betting on something less tangible: a layer of intelligence underneath. Seven years ago, Glean […]
What the Epstein Files Reveal About EV Startups and Silicon Valley
After the Justice Department released a trove of new documents related to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, journalists scrutinizing them discovered extensive ties to Silicon Valley. TechCrunch’s Sean O’Kane examined how a mysterious businessman named David Stern developed a relationship with Epstein to pitch him investments in several electric vehicle startups, including Faraday Future, Lucid […]
How to join a16z’s highly competitive Speedrun startup accelerator program
Without a doubt, one of the hottest new startup accelerators in the tech industry right now is Andreessen Horowitz’s Speedrun program. The accelerator, scheduled to launch in 2023, has an acceptance rate of less than 1%. The program said in a blog post in January that more than 19,000 startups had participated, but less than […]
Hollywood isn’t happy with new Seedance 2.0 video generator
Hollywood groups are objecting to a new AI video model called SeaDance 2.0, claiming it has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement. ByteDance, the Chinese company that recently closed a deal to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations (it retains a stake in the new joint venture), launched Seedance 2.0 earlier this week. According to […]
Vaccine denial leaves Americans with more chronic diseases
For most of modern medical history, scientists have framed infectious diseases as having two possible outcomes: recovery or death. Either you get better or you don’t survive. However, this dualism does not fully capture reality. For a significant number of people, the illness does not simply end, but lingers, reshaping and even permanently changing the […]
Microsoft exposes DNS-based ClickFix attack using Nslookup to stage malware
Microsoft has revealed details of a new version of its ClickFix social engineering tactic in which attackers trick unsuspecting users into running a command that performs a Domain Name System (DNS) lookup to retrieve the next stage payload. Specifically, this attack uses the “nslookup” (short for nameserver lookup) command to[ファイル名を指定して実行]It relies on performing custom DNS […]