Enough fresh water is lost from the continent each year to meet the needs of 280 million people. Here’s how to deal with this.
Earth’s continents are drying out at an alarming rate. Now, a new report paints the most detailed picture yet of where and why fresh water is being lost, and outlines exactly how countries can address the problem. Continental aridity is the long-term decrease in available fresh water across large tracts of land. This is caused […]
Approximately 80 European deep tech university spinouts will reach $1 billion valuation or $100 million in revenue in 2025
Universities and research institutes have long been the repositories of deep technology in Europe. Academic spinouts are now being consolidated into robust startup funnels worth $398 billion, and VC funding is following suit. According to Dealroom’s European Spinout Report 2025, 76 of these deep tech and life sciences companies have reached valuations of $1 billion, […]
12 investors dish on what 2026 will bring for climate tech
This was supposed to be the year that climate tech died. President Donald Trump and the Republican Party have done their best to dismantle the Biden administration’s hallmark industrial and climate policies. Even the European Union has begun to ease off its most aggressive goals. And yet, as the year closes, the receipts provide a […]
Did the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone really set off an ecological cascade?
Over the past 30 years, Yellowstone National Park has experienced an ecological cascade. As the elk population declined, aspen and willow trees flourished. This has increased beaver numbers and created new habitat for fish and birds. This change was largely due to the reintroduction of wolves into the park, which as predators helped keep elk […]
CSA issues warning about critical remote code execution bug in SmarterMail
December 30, 2026Ravi LakshmananVulnerabilities / Email Security The Cyber Security Authority of Singapore (CSA) has issued a bulletin warning of a maximum severity security flaw in the SmarterTools SmarterMail email software that could be exploited to lead to remote code execution. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-52691 and has a CVSS score of 10.0. This […]
Best AI-powered dictation apps of 2025
In a sense, 2025 was the year that AI dictation apps really took off. Dictation apps have been around for years, but until now they’ve proven time-consuming and inaccurate unless you pronounce them clearly with a specific accent. However, advances in large-scale language models (LLMs) and speech-to-text models have improved systems that can better decode […]
Venture capital predicts companies will increase spending on AI in 2026 due to fewer vendors
Businesses have been piloting and testing various AI tools over the past few years to understand what their adoption strategies will look like. Investors believe the experimental period is nearing its end. TechCrunch recently surveyed 24 enterprise-focused VC firms and predicted that the vast majority will increase their AI budgets in 2026, but not all. […]
A sci-fi inspired tractor beam is real and could solve the looming space debris problem
Nothing heightens the tension in a science fiction movie more than watching the good guys’ spaceship get caught in an invisible tractor beam that slowly engulfs the villains. But what was once just a sci-fi staple could soon become a reality. Scientists are developing a real-life tractor beam called an electrostatic tractor. However, this tractor […]
This new DNA storage system can fit 10 billion songs in one liter of liquid, but challenges remain with this specialized storage format
US biotech company Atlas Data Storage has launched a synthetic DNA storage system that can hold 1,000 times more data than traditional magnetic tape. The product, called Atlas Eon 100, claims to store humanity’s “irreplaceable archive” for thousands of years. These include master versions of family photographs, scientific data, corporate records, cultural artifacts, digital artworks, […]
Silver Fox targets Indian users with tax-themed emails delivering ValleyRAT malware
The threat actor known as Silver Fox has shifted its focus to India, using income tax-themed decoys in phishing campaigns to distribute a modular remote access Trojan called ValleyRAT (also known as Winos 4.0). “This sophisticated attack utilizes a complex kill chain that includes DLL hijacking and a modular Valley RAT to ensure persistence,” CloudSEK […]