Beheader’s Nosepiece: 1,500-year-old gold jewelry depicting a bloodthirsty Pre-Incan god
simple facts Name: Nose ornament with decapitator What is it: gold-plated copper nosepiece Birthplace: Peru Created: Between 200 and 900 AD This gilt-bronze nosepiece was discovered at the Loma Negra ruins in northern Peru and depicts the important Moche god Ai Apaec, also known as the Beheader. The decorations are inlaid with turquoise and black […]
Why do pumpkins grow so big but blueberries don’t?
Every fall, pumpkin growers put record-breaking giant pumpkins on the scales. Some pumpkins weigh more than 2,700 pounds (1,225 kilograms). But the world’s largest apple barely reaches 4 pounds (1.8 kg), and the heaviest blueberry ever grown weighs less than 1 ounce (28 grams). So why does pumpkin grow to such incredible sizes while other […]
Qilin ransomware, a hybrid attack that combines Linux payload and BYOVD exploit
The ransomware group known as Qilin (also known as Agenda, Gold Feather, and Water Galura) has claimed more than 40 victims every month since the beginning of 2025, with the exception of January, and the number of posts on the data breach site reached a high of 100 in June. The development comes as ransomware-as-a-service […]
ChatGPT Atlas browser can be tricked into executing hidden commands with fake URLs
The newly released OpenAI Atlas web browser has been found to be susceptible to prompt injection attacks that can jailbreak its omnibox by disguising a malicious prompt as a seemingly benign URL. “The omnibox (a combination of address and search bar) interprets input as either a URL to navigate to or as a natural language […]
Less than 24 hours until Disrupt 2025 – ticket prices increase
The countdown is almost over – tomorrow is the day! In less than 24 hours, TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will take over Moscone West. From October 27th to 29th, 10,000 founders, investors, and innovators will flock to San Francisco for three days of building, connecting, and trading. We’re just days away from live demos of never-before-seen […]
Less than 24 hours until Disrupt 2025 – ticket prices increase
The countdown is almost over – tomorrow is the day! In less than 24 hours, TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will take over Moscone West. From October 27th to 29th, 10,000 founders, investors, and innovators will flock to San Francisco for three days of building, connecting, and trading. We’re just days away from live demos of never-before-seen […]
President Trump and President Xi Jinping will ‘complete’ TikTok agreement on Thursday, Treasury Secretary says
The United States and China are ready to move forward with the TikTok agreement, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Bessent already said last month that the two countries had reached a “framework” for an agreement during talks in Madrid, after which President Donald Trump signed an executive order to facilitate the deal. Appearing on […]
‘Very unusual’ ‘very unusual’ Roman tomb in Germany completely empty
Archaeologists have discovered an unusual circular stone tomb in southern Germany. This large tomb, which dates back to the Roman Empire, is completely empty and may have been built as a monument to honor someone buried elsewhere. “The grave was both a place of mourning and an expression of social status,” Matthias Pfeil, curatorial director […]
900 years ago, Native Americans dragged, carried, or floated five-ton trees over 100 miles to North America’s largest city in northern Mexico.
About 900 years ago, the Native American tribes of Cahokia, the largest pre-Columbian city in northern Mexico until colonial times, cut down giant trees and transported them more than 110 miles (180 km) to use as monument markers, a new study finds. The tree, known as the Mitchell Log, is the largest sign of its […]
The strange symmetry between Earth’s northern and southern hemispheres appears to be breaking down.
Many years ago, scientists noticed something odd: Earth’s northern and southern hemispheres reflect roughly the same amount of sunlight into space. This symmetry is strange because the northern hemisphere has more land, cities, pollution, and industrial aerosols. All of this should lead to a higher albedo, meaning more sunlight is reflected than absorbed. Most of […]