James Webb Telescope unravels the mystery of a strange, ‘starving’ galaxy that died a ‘thousand deaths’ in the ancient universe
New observations of a strange galaxy show it was slowly starved to death by its own black hole. Two telescopes peer deep into space at the galaxy GS-10578, dubbed “Pablo’s Galaxy” after the astronomer who previously studied it. The galaxy is large for its age, with a mass about 200 billion times that of our […]
AI agents are becoming a privilege escalation path
AI agents have rapidly moved from experimental tools to core components of daily workflows across security, engineering, IT, and operations. What began as personal code assistants, chatbots, and co-pilots to help individuals improve their productivity have evolved into shared agents across the organization embedded in critical processes. These agents can coordinate workflows across multiple systems. […]
Tesla will now only offer fully self-driving (with supervision) subscriptions
Tesla is eliminating the option to pay a one-time fee for its fully self-driving (supervised) driver assistance software, CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday. From now on, the only way to access this feature will be through a monthly subscription. The changes represent a major shift from the way Tesla has sold access to its advanced […]
MIT’s chip-stacking breakthrough could reduce energy usage in power-hungry AI processes
MIT engineers say stacking circuit components on top of each other could be a solution to creating more energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Logic and memory components each perform calculations and store data. These components can transfer data more easily when they are in direct contact than when they are separated. The research team created […]
Hackers exploit sideloading of c-ares DLLs to bypass security and deploy malware
Security experts have detailed an active malware campaign that exploits a DLL sideloading vulnerability in legitimate binaries related to the open source c-ares library to bypass security controls and deliver a wide range of commodity Trojans and stealers. “The attacker achieves evasion by combining the malicious libcares-2.dll with a signed version of the legitimate ahost.exe […]
Meta reportedly lays off 10% of Reality Labs staff
Meta will lay off 10% of its staff in its Reality Labs division, which is central to the development of its VR and Metaverse products, The New York Times reported. The magazine noted that Reality Labs employs about 15,000 people, and the layoffs could affect more than 1,000 people. Separately, CNBC reported that the company […]
The most complete Homo habilis skeleton ever discovered dates back more than 2 million years and retains ‘Lucy’-like features
Paleoanthropologists have unveiled the world’s most complete skeleton of Homo habilis, an ancestor of humans who lived in northern Kenya more than 2 million years ago. Collection of fossil bones revealed unusually strong arms that distinguish H. habilis from later species. The bones were first discovered in 2012 by a team of researchers led by […]
Fortinet fixes critical FortiSIEM flaw that allows unauthenticated remote code execution
January 14, 2026Ravi LakshmananVulnerability/patch management Fortinet has released an update that fixes a critical security flaw affecting FortiSIEM that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute code on a susceptible instance. The operating system (OS) injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-64155 is rated 9.4 out of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. “Improper Disabling of Special […]
64% of third-party applications access sensitive data without legitimate reason
The study, which analyzed 4,700 major websites, found that 64% of third-party applications now access sensitive data without a legitimate business reason, up from 51% in 2024. Malicious activity in the government sector jumped from 2% to 12.9%, with 1 in 7 education sites showing active compromise. Specific violators: Google Tag Manager (8% of violations), […]
Diagnostic dilemma: Man’s sudden attack was caused by Sudoku
Patient: 25-year-old male living in Germany Symptoms: During a ski trip in November 2008, a man was knocked unconscious by an avalanche and was buried under snow for 15 minutes. While trapped, his body tissues became starved of oxygen, causing a condition called hypoxia. Berend Feddersen, a neurologist at the University of Munich in Germany […]