MKBHD wallpaper app Panels has ended
Technology YouTuber Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) announced on Monday that he is shutting down his mobile phone wallpaper app Panels. Given Brownlee’s more than 20 million followers on YouTube and his reputation as an insightful technology critic, fans had high hopes for Brownlee’s foray into app development. His influence has been so great that some have […]
Construction workers are cashing in on the AI boom
The AI boom is proving to be a windfall for construction workers building the massive data centers that power everything. According to the Wall Street Journal, data center construction workers are seeing pay increases of 25% to 30% compared to their previous jobs, and in some cases, much more. Among them is Demond Chambliss, who […]
Data center energy demand predicted to jump nearly 300% by 2035
Planned data center construction shows no signs of slowing down, with new additions requiring 2.7 times (almost three times) the sector’s current electricity demand over the next 10 years, according to a new report from BloombergNEF. By 2035, data centers will consume 106 gigawatts of power, a significant increase from the 40 gigawatts used today. […]
New images suggest interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is erupting in an ‘ice volcano’
Comet 3I/ATLAS appears to have spiral jets erupting from its surface, which the authors of the new preprint interpret as a type of cryovolcanism. (Image credit: Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez/B06 Montseny Observatory) New observations suggest that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be covered in erupting “cryovolcanoes.” Researchers found evidence that a series of cryovolcanoes (nicknamed “cryovolcanoes”) […]
Europol shuts down crypto-mixing website that helped launder 1.3 billion euros
A coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by Europol announced on Monday the closure of cryptocurrency laundering service Cryptomixer. Europol confirmed the seizure in a press release, stating that Cryptomixer is “the platform of choice for cybercriminals seeking to launder illegal proceeds from a variety of criminal activities, including drug trafficking, arms trafficking, ransomware attacks, […]
Oops! Russia accidentally destroys the only operational launch pad as astronauts take off to the ISS
Russia’s only operating launch pad has been temporarily disabled after sustaining severe damage during its recent launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Experts say this leaves the country unable to send humans into space for the first time in more than 60 years. On Thanksgiving Day (November 27), the Soyuz MS-28 […]
India orders mobile phone manufacturers to pre-install Sanchar Saathi app to prevent wire fraud
December 1, 2025Ravi LakshmananSurveillance/National Security India’s Ministry of Telecommunications has reportedly asked major mobile device manufacturers to preload the government-backed cybersecurity app Sanchar Saathi on all new mobile phones within 90 days. Reuters reports that the app cannot be removed or disabled from users’ devices. Sanchar Saathi is available on the web and via mobile […]
ShadyPanda turns popular browser extension with 4.3 million installs into spyware
The threat actor known as ShadyPanda has been involved in a seven-year browser extension campaign that has resulted in over 4.3 million installs. According to a report by Koui Security, five of these extensions started as legitimate programs and introduced malicious changes in mid-2024, garnering 300,000 installations. These extensions have since been removed. “These extensions […]
AI-generated images of cats on bananas exist because children scavenge in the soil for toxic substances. Is it really worth it?
Behind the achievements of large-scale language models like Chat GPT lie efforts with complex environmental and social impacts, from mineral extraction by children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to training systems that subject people to violent and degrading images in countries like Nigeria, to vast, resource-hungry data centers in regions with cheap access […]
Study finds once-in-100-year floods will become annual events in northeastern U.S. for the next 75 years
Extreme hurricane flooding in the northeastern United States, which once occurred once every 100 years, could become an annual occurrence by the end of this century, a new study has found. The researchers wanted to predict how changes in hurricane behavior (which are expected to become more frequent and intense) and rising sea levels due […]