Underground tunnel discovered in Stone Age tomb in Germany that may have been used for medieval cult rituals
Archaeologists excavating a Stone Age burial site in Germany have discovered a mysterious “earth tunnel”, probably built by someone in the Middle Ages to hide a ritual performed in secret thousands of years after the grave was dug. At the end of 2025, the German National Heritage Administration (LDA) in the state of Saxony-Anhalt was […]
Didero wins $30 million to put manufacturing sourcing on “agency” autopilot
Tim Spencer realized how complex manufacturing sourcing can be while running his e-commerce startup Markai in Asia during the pandemic. “We had thousands of suppliers and distributed products to dozens of countries around the world,” Spencer (pictured left) told TechCrunch. His staff was overwhelmed by the manual complexity of sourcing suppliers, negotiating prices, tracking orders, […]
China has banned all fishing to save the Yangtze River. This “nuclear” option appears to be working.
China’s Yangtze River has shown signs of recovery since a 10-year commercial fishing ban was introduced in 2021. The number of large fish is increasing and endangered animals such as the Yangtze sturgeon (Sinosturia dabryanus) and the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) are also recovering, a new study finds. “These results show that restoring […]
Surprising research reveals that the oldest black hole in the universe may still exist
Immediately after the Big Bang, the newborn universe was a wild and hot place. In that cosmic soup, primordial black holes, the universe’s first black holes formed from pockets of extremely dense matter, could soon take shape. For many years, our understanding of these objects, especially small objects, was that they would eventually simply disappear […]
Hackers associated with Epstein removed from Black Hat Cyber Conference website
Vincenzo Iozzo, a prominent hacker with ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is not listed on the website of Blackhat, one of the world’s largest cybersecurity conferences, or at Japan’s Code Blue security conference. As of Thursday, Iozzo had not appeared on the official review board pages for “Blackhat” or “Code Blue.” As of […]
Automattic plans to have 10 competitors subject to royalty fees, WP Engine claims in new filing
Web hosting company WP Engine has filed an amended complaint with new eyebrow-raising allegations in its ongoing legal battle with WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and his company Automattic (the parent company of WordPress.com). The company is now alleging that Mullenweg intended to target 10 different hosting companies with royalty payments for use of the WordPress […]
A strange rocky world lurks at the edge of an ‘inside-out’ planetary system discovered
Astronomers have discovered an unusual planetary system orbiting far beyond where rebellious rocky planets would be expected to form. Rocky planets usually develop closer to their star, while gaseous planets form further out. This is the case in our solar system, where a vast asteroid belt draws a line between rocky Mars and gaseous Jupiter. […]
Risk of death from pregnancy in US is 44 times higher than risk of death from abortion, new analysis reveals
Figures often cited to compare the risks of pregnancy and abortion in the United States may significantly underestimate the risk of death from pregnancy, according to a new analysis. The study, published Jan. 21 in the journal JAMA Network Open, suggests that the risk of pregnancy-related death may be at least 44 times higher than […]
Aurora’s driverless trucks can now travel faster and longer distances than human drivers
Aurora’s self-driving truck can now travel the 1,000-mile route between Fort Worth and Phoenix nonstop, exceeding speeds that a human driver can legally achieve. This distance and travel time has positive economic implications for Aurora and other companies hoping to commercialize self-driving semi-trucks. The company says it takes Aurora about 15 hours to transport a […]
Google reports state-sponsored hackers are using Gemini AI to support reconnaissance and attacks
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 12, 2026Cyber espionage/artificial intelligence Google announced Thursday that it observed a North Korea-linked threat actor known as UNC2970 using its generative artificial intelligence (AI) model Gemini to conduct reconnaissance on targets. This is because various hacker groups continue to weaponize this tool to accelerate various stages of the cyberattack lifecycle, enable information manipulation, […]