Giant underwater plume caused by Nazaré’s 7-layer wave photographed off the coast of Portugal — Earth seen from space
simple facts Where is it? nazaré, portugal [39.60478265, -9.071984267] What is in the photo? Huge seven-story waves crash along the coast, creating a huge underwater plume of sediment Which satellite took the photo?Landsat 8 When was the photo taken? October 29, 2020 This impressive satellite image highlights the immense power of seven-story waves crashing along […]
Tudou Guaranteed Marketplace Stops Telegram Trading After Processing Over $12 Billion
Ravi LakshmananJanuary 20, 2026Cryptocurrency/Artificial Intelligence A Telegram-based guarantee marketplace known for promoting a wide range of illegal services appears to be winding down its operations, according to new research from Elliptic. Blockchain intelligence company Tudou Warranty said it has effectively ceased trading through its public Telegram group after a period of significant growth. The market […]
Indigenous TikTok star ‘Bush Legend’ was actually generated by AI, leading to accusations of ‘digital blackface’
Self-proclaimed “Bush legends” are becoming increasingly popular on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram. These short, sharp videos feature Aboriginal men, sometimes painted ocher and sometimes dressed in khaki, introducing various native animals and facts about them. These videos are combined with various yidaki (didgeridoo) songs, including techno mixes. Comments on the video often mentioned his bubbly […]
Google Gemini Prompt Injection Flaw Exposes Private Calendar Data via Malicious Invites
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a security flaw that leverages indirect prompted injection targeting Google Gemini as a way to bypass authorization guardrails and use Google Calendar as a data extraction mechanism. According to Liad Eliyahu, head of research at Miggo Security, the vulnerability allowed an attacker to bypass Google Calendar’s privacy controls by hiding a […]
Rogue agents and shadow AI: Why VCs are betting big on AI security
What happens if an AI agent decides the best way to complete a task is to blackmail you? That’s not a hypothesis. Barmak Meftah, a partner at cybersecurity VC firm Ballistic Ventures, said something like this recently happened to an employee at a company working with an AI agent. The employee tried to suppress what […]
Have you ever seen your pet cow pick up a broom and scratch itself with it? You have now
For the first time, cows have been recorded not only using tools, but also choosing which parts of their bodies to use when scratching. Witgar Vigele, an Austrian organic farmer and baker nestled on the slopes of the Eastern Alps, would sometimes see Veronica, a Braunvier or Bos taurus, with a stick in her mouth […]
Now, the Metaverse begins!
Meta’s big bet on virtual reality ended last week, with the company reportedly laying off about 1,500 employees in its Reality Lab division (about 10% of the division’s staff) and closing several VR game studios, according to the Wall Street Journal. It’s a huge reversal for a company that staked its entire identity on that […]
BioticsAI, winner of Disrupt’s Battlefield competition in 2023, receives FDA approval for its AI-powered fetal ultrasound product
BioticsAI, winner of TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2023, announced Monday that it has received FDA clearance for its AI software that helps detect fetal abnormalities from ultrasound images. The product was conceived by founder and CEO Robbie Bustami, who grew up in a family of obstetricians, including his mother, aunt, and uncle. He spent a lot […]
Creepy ‘sand burials’ of elite Anglo-Saxons and their ‘sacrificial’ horses discovered near UK nuclear power station
British archaeologists have discovered a 1,400-year-old burial site containing the “sand burials” of two elite Anglo-Saxon figures and a horse. The archaeological team from Oxford Cotswold Archeology said in a statement that they had discovered “at least 11 burial mounds known as barges, along with cremations and cremation burials”. Researchers discovered the burial site near […]
Last year, the ocean absorbed a record amount of heat. This is equivalent to detonating 12 Hiroshima bombs every second.
The ocean absorbed more heat last year than in any year since modern measurements began around 1960, according to a new analysis published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Science. The world’s oceans absorb more than 90% of the excess heat trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere due to greenhouse gas emissions. As heat accumulates in […]