SecAlerts cuts through the noise with a smarter, faster way to track vulnerabilities
Vulnerability management is a core element of any cybersecurity strategy. But businesses often use thousands of pieces of software without realizing it (when was the last time you checked?), and tracking all the vulnerability alerts, notifications, and updates can strain resources and lead to vulnerabilities being missed. Considering that nearly 10% of vulnerabilities were exploited […]
2025’s ‘Cold Supermoon’: Why this year’s last full moon will also be the tallest
Skywatchers will be treated to a spectacular sight this week as the Cold Supermoon, the second largest full moon of 2025, rises in the east at dusk, appearing higher in the night sky than any other full moon this year. The official full moon will be Thursday (December 4th) at 6:14pm EST, when the moon […]
Three “black mesas”, remnants of the Paleozoic era, create unusual sand dunes in the Sahara Desert — Earth seen from space
simple facts Where is it? Gerou Island, Mauritania [16.930575400, -11.759622605] What is in the photo? Three black mesas surrounded by rare sand dunes in the Sahara Desert Who took the photo? An unknown astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) When was it taken? May 3, 2023 This interesting astronaut photo shows three ancient “black […]
Google patches 107 Android flaws, including two framework bugs that were exploited in the wild
December 2, 2025Ravi LakshmananMobile security/vulnerabilities Google on Monday released its monthly security update for its Android operating system, which included two vulnerabilities that have been reportedly exploited in the wild. The patch addresses a total of 107 security flaws across a variety of components, including frameworks, systems, and kernels, as well as components from Arm, […]
History of Science: Computer Scientists Reveal ‘Moore’s Law’ That Guided Chip Design for Half a Century — December 2, 1964
Milestone: Introducing Moore’s Law Date: December 2, 1964 Location: San Francisco Bay Area People: Gordon Moore In a modest address to a local professional association in 1964, computer scientist and chemist Gordon Moore made a prediction that would define the world of technology for more than 50 years. In an Electrochemical Society presentation titled “Evolving […]
What does it mean that Uncle Sam is one of the largest shareholders? Chip startup xLight is about to reveal it
The Trump administration has agreed to inject up to $150 million into xLight, a semiconductor startup developing advanced chip manufacturing technology, marking the third time the U.S. government has taken a stake in a private startup and expanding on a controversial strategy that has put Washington on the cap table of U.S. companies. The Wall […]
Apple has just appointed a new AI chief with expertise from Google and Microsoft following the resignation of John Gianandrea.
In a carefully worded announcement, Apple said Monday that John Gianandrea, who has served as the company’s head of AI since 2018, is “resigning” to no longer work at Apple. He plans to remain as an advisor until the spring. He will be replaced by Amar Subramanya, a highly regarded Microsoft executive who spent 16 […]
One of the biggest benefits of Google’s AI is what it already knows about you
A Google Search executive said one of the company’s biggest opportunities in AI lies in its ability to know users better and personalize their responses. AI promises to be uniquely helpful because it knows you. But the risk is that AI feels more like surveillance than a service. On a recent episode of the Limitless […]
Zillow lowers climate risk score after distributors complain of decreased sales
Sorry to all those planning to buy a home. Just over a year after adding climate risk scores, Zillow removed the scores from more than 1 million listings after real estate agents complained that the information was causing a decline in sales. Zillow first added data to its site in September 2024, saying more than […]
An extrasolar planet once orbited next to Earth – and that may be why we have a moon
The catastrophic collision that formed the moon and was one of the most significant events in Earth’s early history may have been caused not by a distant invader, but by a brother world growing up right next door, a new study reveals. About 4.5 billion years ago, a world the size of Mars collided with […]