Last minute ticket deals for Disrupt 2025: +1 for 60% off
Today begins the seven-day countdown to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, the flagship technology conference bringing together more than 10,000 leaders, venture capitalists, operators, and innovators, to be held from October 27th to 29th at Moscone West in San Francisco. To celebrate the countdown, we’re offering a special 60% discount on Plus Ones. Save up to $444 […]
X launches marketplace for purchasing inactive handles
X is launching an inactive handle marketplace where premium subscribers can request and purchase usernames. The marketplace offers both free and paid options to request or obtain eligible handles. Prices for rare handles can range from $2,500 to more than seven figures, Mr. X said. A “preferred” handle often refers to a username that includes […]
You can now follow venues on Spotify for details on upcoming concerts
Spotify is introducing a new feature that lets users follow venues and get updates and details about upcoming concerts there. Venues you follow are saved to your library and can be referenced for event calendars, upcoming concert information, and announcements. Users can also filter upcoming shows at the venue by genre. The company also updates […]
Oura releases redesigned app and “Cumulative Stress” feature
Oura on Monday announced the release of a newly redesigned app experience and “Cumulative Stress” feature. The company also said it is seeking FDA approval for a blood pressure feature that would allow users to assess whether they may have high blood pressure. The redesigned Oura app introduces even more personalization across three main tabs. […]
F5 Breached, Linux Rootkits, Pixnapping Attack, EtherHiding & More
It’s easy to think your defenses are solid — until you realize attackers have been inside them the whole time. The latest incidents show that long-term, silent breaches are becoming the norm. The best defense now isn’t just patching fast, but watching smarter and staying alert for what you don’t expect. Here’s a quick look […]
‘It’s really an extraordinary story,’ historian Steven Tuck says of the Romans he tracked who survived the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius
The eerie casts of the victims of the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius paint a desolate picture of the destruction the volcano wrought on ancient cities near modern Naples. Pompeii became a 2,000-year-old time capsule when the city was frozen underneath layers of pumice, ash and pyroclastic flows. Over the span of two centuries, […]
3 reasons copy/paste attacks cause security breaches
ClickFix, FileFix, fake CAPTCHAs, or whatever you call them, attacks in which users manipulate malicious scripts in their web browsers are a rapidly increasing source of security breaches. ClickFix attacks prompt users to resolve some problem or issue on their browser. CAPTCHAs are the most common, but so are things like fixing errors on web […]
Amazon DNS outage destroys large portions of the Internet
An outage that affected web hosting giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) brought down vast swathes of the web, including websites, banks, and some government services. Amazon announced Monday morning that the outage had been “fully alleviated” and that most services were returning to normal after a several-hour period in which much of the internet was […]
131 Chrome extensions found to be hijacking WhatsApp Web in massive spam campaign
October 20, 2025Ravi LakshmananBrowser security/malware Cybersecurity researchers discovered a coordinated campaign that leveraged 131 rebranded clones of the WhatsApp web automation extension for Google Chrome to spam users in Brazil at scale. According to supply chain security firm Socket, 131 spamware extensions share the same codebase, design patterns, and infrastructure. The browser add-on has approximately […]
What is this mysterious light that is sometimes seen on the moon?
On the night of April 19, 1787, astronomer William Herschel noticed an hour of light as bright as the Orion Nebula emanating from the unlit new moon. He likely witnessed a “lunar surface transient” (TLP), a short-term change in the appearance of parts of the moon’s surface. TLP includes blanching, reddish or purple spots, and […]