React2Shell exploit escalates into massive global attack, forcing emergency mitigation
December 12, 2025Ravi LakshmananVulnerability/Threat Intelligence The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has asked federal agencies to patch recent vulnerabilities in React2Shell by December 12, 2025, amid reports of widespread exploitation. This critical vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-55182 (CVSS score: 10.0) and affects the React Server Components (RSC) Flight protocol. The root cause of […]
CISA reports actively exploited GeoServer XXE flaw in updated KEV catalog
December 12, 2025Ravi LakshmananVulnerabilities / Server Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a high-severity security flaw affecting OSGeo GeoServer to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog based on evidence of real-world exploitation. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-58360 (CVSS score: 8.2), an unauthenticated XML external entity (XXE) flaw that […]
World releases “super app” including crypto pay and encrypted chat features
World, the biometric identity verification project co-founded by Sam Altman, today released the latest version of its app, debuting several new features including encrypted chat integration and expanded Venmo-like functionality for sending and requesting cryptocurrencies. World was created by startup Tools for Humanity in 2019 and originally released the app in 2023. The company says […]
Stanford University’s star reporter takes on Silicon Valley’s ‘money-filled’ startup culture
Theo Baker is truly an anomaly. While journalism as a major has been in decline for years, with some schools even dropping it altogether, Baker, a senior at Stanford University, has focused on old-fashioned investigative reporting, and it’s paying off. Baker first gained attention as a freshman when his reporting in the Stanford Daily led […]
Google launches deepest AI research agent ever — same day OpenAI removes GPT-5.2
Google on Thursday released a “reimagined” version of its research agent Gemini Deep Research, which is based on its much-hyped cutting-edge platform model Gemini 3 Pro. This new agent wasn’t just designed to create investigative reports. However, it is possible. This allows developers to incorporate Google’s SATA model exploration capabilities into their own apps. This […]
1X has a contract to send humanoids from their “homeland” to factories and warehouses.
Robotics company 1X has identified several potential buyers for its humanoid robots designed for consumers. This is a portfolio company of one of our investors. The company announced Thursday a strategic partnership to make thousands of humanoid robots available to EQT portfolio companies. EQT is a leading Swedish multi-asset investor and its venture fund EQT […]
‘They’ve never seen it before’: Romans made liquid plaster paste and smeared it on the dead before burial, leaving fingerprints, new study finds
About 1,800 years ago, people preparing for burial in Roman England created a plaster-like paste and applied it to corpses, leaving fingerprints that are still visible today, researchers reported in a recent blog post. These newly discovered prints reveal a pragmatic approach to funerary practices in the third and fourth centuries AD, the archaeologists said. […]
Study finds killer whales work with dolphins to hunt salmon – but not everyone agrees
Killer whales off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, have been seen hunting with dolphins and sharing the remains of salmon after killing them. Killer whales (Orcinus orca), or killer whales, found in northern waters off the coast of British Columbia, have been observed working with white-sided dolphins (Aethalodelphis obliquidens) to hunt Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus […]
James Webb Telescope discovers ‘monster star’ leaking nitrogen in the early universe – could help solve big mysteries
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered the first evidence of a “monster star” in the early universe. This provides new clues about how supermassive black holes got so big just a billion years into the universe’s history. The research team discovered these giant stars, with masses between 1,000 and 10,000 times […]
OpenAI hits back at Google with GPT-5.2 after ‘Code Red’ memo
OpenAI launched its latest Frontier model, GPT-5.2, on Thursday as competition from Google intensifies, touting it as its most advanced model yet and one designed for developers and everyday professionals. OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 is available via API to ChatGPT paid users and developers in three flavors: Instant is a speed-optimized model for everyday queries such as […]