Immortal startup Eternos wins $10.3 million as it pivots to personal AI that sounds like you
Robert LoCascio will step down as CEO of LivePerson, a public company known for pioneering web chat in 1997, in 2023 after serving as CEO of the company he founded in 1997. Advances in generative AI inspired his next project. He calls it technology’s “highest hurdle.” It’s about replicating a human being with a life […]
Newly discovered toad skips the tadpole stage and gives birth to live ‘toads’
Scientists have identified three new species of toads that do not lay eggs, but live ‘toads’. All three species are part of the genus Nectophrynoides, also known as “tree toads,” a group known for giving birth to live toad babies that skip the tadpole stage. Previously thought to be a single species with large populations […]
GootLoader is back, uses new font tricks to hide malware on WordPress sites
November 11, 2025Ravi LakshmananMalware/Network Security According to new research from Huntress, the malware known as GootLoader has reemerged after a brief spike in activity in early March of this year. The cybersecurity firm announced that it has observed three GootLoader infections since October 27, 2025, two of which resulted in manual keyboard intrusion, and a […]
Study reveals Japan’s prehistoric Jomon people had ‘little or no’ DNA from mysterious Denisovans
The Jomon people of prehistoric Japan had “little or no” Denisovan DNA, suggesting their ancestors may have had no contact with this now-extinct Eurasian human group, a new study reports. The discovery was part of a study of hundreds of ancient and modern genomes to determine when and where modern humans (Homo sapiens) interbred with […]
Leonids 2025: One of the last meteor showers of the year could peak this week with a bright ‘fireball’
The annual Leonid meteor shower will peak in the early morning hours of Monday (November 17). If you’re prepared to wake up early (or stay up late), you might be able to spot up to 15 meteors per hour in the moonless night sky. The Leonid meteor shower will be active from November 6th to […]
Scientists have developed the world’s first microwave brain microchip, a new type of processor that uses microwaves to perform calculations and requires very little electricity.
Scientists have developed a completely new type of microchip that uses microwaves instead of traditional digital circuits to perform its operations. The processor can run faster than traditional CPUs and is the world’s first fully functional microwave neural network (MNN) that can be mounted on a chip, scientists reported in a study published Aug. 14 […]
CISO’s expert guide to AI supply chain attacks
AI-powered supply chain attacks increased by 156% last year. Learn why traditional defenses are failing and what CISOs must do now to protect their organizations. Download the entire CISO’s expert guide to AI supply chain attacks here. TL;DR AI-powered supply chain attacks are exploding in size and sophistication. Malicious package uploads to open source repositories […]
Researchers detect malicious npm package targeting GitHub-owned repositories
November 11, 2025Ravi LakshmananSoftware supply chain/malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package named “@acitons/artifact” that typosquats the legitimate “@actions/artifact” package in order to target repositories owned by GitHub. “We believe the purpose was to run this script during the build of a GitHub-owned repository, extract tokens available in the build environment, and use […]
Android Trojan ‘Fantasy Hub’ Malware Service Turns Telegram into Hacker Hub
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed details of a new Android remote access Trojan (RAT) called Fantasy Hub that is marketed on Russian-speaking Telegram channels based on a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) model. According to the seller, the malware allows control and espionage of the device, allowing attackers to collect SMS messages, contacts, call logs, images, and videos, as […]
Physicists have discovered a new way to peer inside radioactive molecules, revealing strange phenomena in their nuclei
Physicists studied an unusual molecule to determine for the first time how magnetism is distributed within the nucleus of a radioactive atom. Generally speaking, the laws of nature do not change. If you throw a ball in Seattle or Tokyo, it will fall the same way. Physicists call this “symmetry” and use symmetry as a […]