How Luminar’s fateful Volvo deal drove the company into bankruptcy
In early 2023, Luminar was on a roll. After going public during the pandemic and signing a key deal with Volvo, the company has added Mercedes-Benz and Polestar as customers for its “lifesaving” lidar sensors. Founder and CEO Austin Russell called it an “inflection point” as Luminar prepared to integrate these sensors into its first […]
Uber Eats alum wins $14M seed from a16z to solve WhatsApp confusion for Latin American doctors
After spending nearly a decade developing the on-demand service as Uber Eats’ first general manager for Latin America and later as COO of Rappi, Caroline Melin knew how far behind healthcare technology was. Patients expected doctors to be as responsive as delivery apps, but most medical professionals on the continent are forced to rely on […]
Ancient Egyptian valley temple unearthed – connected to a huge upper temple dedicated to the sun god Ra
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 4,500-year-old valley temple. According to a translated statement from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the structure is part of a solar temple built by ancient Egyptians in honor of the sun god Ra. The temple is located in Abu Ghrab, about 16 km (10 miles) […]
Polar bears in southern Greenland are ‘using jump genes to rapidly rewrite their DNA’ to survive melting sea ice
Temperature stress may be causing genetic mutations in southern Greenland’s polar bears, a new study reports. This species is struggling in the face of global climate change. Global sea ice levels fell to record lows in February, with sea levels rising due to global warming. These changes threaten polar bears, which live and hunt on […]
Compromised IAM Credentials Power Massive AWS Crypto Mining Campaign
December 16, 2025Ravi LakshmananMalware/threat detection An ongoing campaign has been observed targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers using compromised Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials to enable cryptocurrency mining. The activity was first detected by Amazon’s managed threat detection service GuardDuty and its automated security monitoring systems on November 2, 2025, and employs never-before-seen persistence […]
City-sized ‘cosmic butterflies’ carved into Mars’ surface contain traces of ancient water
A giant city-sized butterfly carved into the surface of Mars millions of years ago has been photographed in a new photo thanks to European Space Agency scientists. Experts say this beautiful Martian insect with smooth, rock-like wings is a striking reminder of Mars’ violent, watery past. The so-called Butterfly is an asymmetrical impact crater created […]
Instagram brings Reels to the big screen starting with Amazon Fire TV
Instagram is expanding Reels viewing beyond mobile, the social network announced Tuesday. The company is piloting IG for TV, a new experience that lets you watch Reels on your TV, starting with Amazon Fire TV. Bringing Reels to TV will allow Instagram to better compete with YouTube, which largely dominates the TV space. Instagram seems […]
Hacking group says it’s blackmailing Pornhub after stealing users’ viewing data
The hacker group Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, which includes members of the gang known as the ShinyHunters, claims to have stolen the personal information of premium members of porn site Pornhub and is attempting to extort the site. On Friday, Pornhub acknowledged that it was among several companies affected by a previous breach at widely used […]
Malicious NuGet package impersonates Tracer.Fody and steals cryptocurrency wallet data
December 16, 2025Ravi LakshmananCybersecurity/Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious NuGet package that typosquats and impersonates the popular .NET tracing library and its creator to sneak into cryptocurrency wallet stealers. The malicious package named “Tracer.Fody.NLog” remained in the repository for nearly six years. This was published on February 26, 2020 by a user named […]
Databricks raises $4 billion at $134 billion valuation as AI business heats up
The IPO window may be open, but some former startups don’t appear to have any intention of going public. In a way it makes sense. IPOs are a traditional way to raise money, and if you can raise an exorbitant amount of money for your company without exposing it to public scrutiny, why would you? […]