How this founder’s serendipitous path to Silicon Valley led to an industrial technology advantage
Thomas Lee Young doesn’t seem like your typical Silicon Valley founder. The 24-year-old CEO of Interface, a San Francisco startup that uses AI to prevent workplace accidents, is a white man with a Caribbean accent and a Chinese last name, an interesting combination that he notes when first introduced to business associates. Born and raised […]
Scientists discover rare northern whale alive in the ocean for the first time and shoot it with a crossbow
After a grueling research effort off the coast of Mexico, a rare yellow-billed whale has been seen and photographed alive at sea for the first time, a new study has found. The newly sighted cetacean is a beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens), a member of the Gingkoidae family, previously only known from beach carcasses and bycatch. […]
Google says hackers stole data from 200 companies after Gainsight breach
Google has admitted that hackers stole more than 200 companies’ data stored in Salesforce in a massive supply chain hack. Salesforce said Thursday that “Salesforce data for certain customers” had been compromised, although it did not name the affected companies. The data was stolen through an app published by Gainsight, which provides a customer support […]
Grafana patch CVSS 10.0 SCIM flaw allows impersonation and privilege escalation
November 21, 2025Rabi LakshmananVulnerability/Threat Mitigation Grafana has released a security update to address a maximum severity security flaw that could allow privilege escalation and user impersonation under certain configurations. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-41115 and has a CVSS score of 10.0. It resides within the System for Cross-Domain Identity Management (SCIM) component, which enables […]
SpaceX’s upgraded Starship suffers from explosion during test
SpaceX rolled out an upgraded version of its Starship rocket booster in south Texas to begin testing on Thursday, but just hours later something inside exploded. Live streamers watching SpaceX’s Starbase complex captured the explosion up close before dawn on Friday, around 4 a.m. local time. Other creators in the area have since taken photos […]
A looming ‘insect apocalypse’ could endanger global food supplies. Can we stop it before it’s too late?
Imagine driving down a highway in the summer. The windows are down, the music is loud, and the wind is whipping through your hair. Now picture your car’s windshield. You might expect to see a handful of splats from unfortunate bugs. But 30 years ago, there would have been significantly more buggy skid marks plastered […]
Despite Chinese hacking, President Trump’s FCC votes to repeal cybersecurity rules for phone and internet companies
The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 along party lines Thursday to repeal a rule requiring major U.S. phone and internet companies to meet certain minimum cybersecurity requirements. Two Trump-appointed FCC commissioners, Chairman Brendan Carr and his Republican colleague Olivia Trustee, voted in favor of repealing a rule requiring telecommunications carriers to “protect their networks from […]
Human Digital Twins: The Next Tech Frontier Set to Transform Healthcare and Beyond
In a world increasingly driven by data, the concept of a human digital twin—an ultra-precise, virtual replica of a person—is emerging as the next big leap in technology. What started in industrial settings—where digital replicas of machines or systems help simulate outcomes—now finds itself penetrating the human domain. These human digital twins promise not just […]
Google brings AirDrop compatibility to Android Quick Share with robust security
November 21, 2025Rabi LakshmananData protection/technology Surprisingly, Google announced Thursday that it has updated its peer-to-peer file transfer service, Quick Share, to work with Apple’s AirDrop device, allowing users to more easily share files and photos between Android and iPhone devices. The cross-platform sharing feature is currently limited to the Pixel 10 lineup and works with […]
Turning off AI’s ability to lie makes it easier for AI to claim it’s conscious, a creepy study finds
Large-scale language models (LLMs) are more likely to report being self-aware when prompted to think about themselves if their ability to lie is inhibited, according to new research. In experiments with artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as GPT, Claude, and Gemini, researchers found that models that were discouraged from lying were more likely to describe […]