Turn disruptive technologies into strategic advantages
Most people know the story of Paul Bunyan. Challenges from a giant lumberjack, his trusty axe, and a machine that promises to outdo him. Paul strained and swung harder the way he had before, but still lost a quarter of an inch. His mistake was not losing the contest. His mistake was believing that he […]
Picklescan bug could allow malicious PyTorch models to bypass scanning and execute code
December 3, 2025Ravi LakshmananMachine learning/vulnerabilities Three serious security flaws have been revealed in an open source utility called Picklescan. This flaw could allow a malicious attacker to load an untrusted PyTorch model and execute arbitrary code, effectively bypassing the tool’s protections. Picklescan, developed and maintained by Matthieu Maitre (@mmaitre314), is a security scanner designed to […]
Malicious Rust Crate delivers OS-specific malware to Web3 developer systems
December 3, 2025Ravi LakshmananMalware / Web3 Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Rust package with malicious functionality that can target Windows, macOS, and Linux systems and covertly run on developers’ machines under the guise of an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) unit helper tool. The Rust crate named “evm-units” was uploaded to crates.io in mid-April […]
The biggest news from AWS’s big technology show re:Invent 2025
Amazon Web Services’ annual technology conference, AWS re:Invent, has concluded its first official day of programming and is already delivering an endless stream of product news. Naturally, the theme is enterprise AI, but this year is all about upgrades that give customers more control to customize their AI agents, including one that AWS claims can […]
Amazon takes on competitors with on-premises Nvidia “AI Factory”
Amazon on Tuesday announced a new product called “AI Factories” that will allow large companies and governments to run AI systems in their data centers. Or, in AWS’s words, the customer supplies the power and data center, and AWS integrates and manages the AI system and connects it to other AWS cloud services. The idea […]
Bending Spoons agrees to acquire Eventbrite for $500 million to revive stalled brand
Vending Spoons, a company that buys and turns struggling tech companies, agreed to buy Eventbrite for about $500 million, a far cry from the $1.76 billion the company was worth when it went public in 2018. Like many of Bending Spoons’ previous acquisitions, including Evernote, Meetup, Vimeo and AOL, Eventbrite has a strong brand, but […]
Kalsi raises $1 billion at $11 billion valuation, doubling in value in less than two months
Kalshi, a prediction market that allows people to bet on future events, announced Tuesday that it has raised a $1 billion funding round at an $11 billion valuation, confirming a TechCrunch scoop from last month. The round was led by returning investor Paradigm, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Capital G, and other existing […]
Google tests AI Overview and AI Mode integration
As OpenAI goes into “Code Red” citing competitive pressures, Google announced it has begun testing a new feature that will integrate AI Overview and AI Mode in Search. This means that on top of your search results, you’ll typically be provided with an AI-generated snapshot of important information about your topic or question, and you […]
Anacondas became gigantic 12 million years ago. It worked very well and the size has not changed since then.
Anacondas have been huge for millions of years, a new study has found. The average body size of giant snakes has remained constant since they first appeared in the fossil record some 12.4 million years ago during the Miocene (16 million to 11.6 million years ago), according to a new study published Monday in the […]
The future of deep tech will be discussed at StrictlyVC Palo Alto on December 3rd
Tomorrow evening at Playground Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don’t understand yet will explain what’s coming. This is the last StrictlyVC event of 2025 and the line-up is truly ridiculous. Image credit: Aaron V Barrera Photography This series has traveled the world under the auspices of TechCrunch. […]