Aquawise unveils AI-powered water quality technology at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Water quality is the most important thing that farms monitor to maintain the health of their livestock. There are existing methods to monitor water quality, such as sensors and water testing kits, but they are too expensive for many farmers in regions such as Southeast Asia. Aquawise wants to give aquaculture farmers in Southeast Asia […]
Instagram shows PG-13 content to teens by default, adds parental controls
To protect underage users from harmful content, Instagram is introducing new restrictions for teen accounts. By default, users under 18 will only see content that adheres to the PG-13 movie rating, avoiding themes such as extreme violence, sexual nudity, and graphic drug use. If you are under 18 years of age, you may not change […]
How Threat Hunting Builds Readiness
Every October, everything goes pumpkin spice in stores and cafes, and my inbox is flooded with reminders, webinars, and checklists. Halloween may be around the corner, but for those of us in cybersecurity, Security Awareness Month is a seasonal milestone. Without a doubt, as a security professional, I love this month. Launched in 2004 by […]
A single 8-byte write shatters AMD’s SEV-SNP Confidential Computing security
October 14, 2025Ravi LakshmananVulnerability/Hardware Security Chipmaker AMD has released a fix to address a security flaw called RMPocalypse that can be exploited to undermine the confidential computing guarantees provided by Secure Encrypted Virtualization with Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP). According to researchers Benedict Schlüter and Shweta Shinde from ETH Zurich, the attack exploits AMD’s imperfect protections […]
SpaceX ends action-packed Starship V2 era as program moves to V3
Farewell, V2: SpaceX sent Starship’s current configuration on its final test flight Monday night, a mission the company says accomplished all of its major goals and moved the program to the next stage. The nearly 400-foot-tall rocket lifted off from Starbase, Texas, at 6:23 p.m. local time. The super heavy booster, reused from the March […]
New hydrogen batteries can run four times cooler than before – meaning EV batteries are denser and last longer
Future electric vehicles could do away with lithium-ion batteries thanks to new advances in hydrogen energy storage at much lower temperatures than before. Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have created a hydrogen battery that uses magnesium hydride as the anode, hydrogen gas as the cathode, and a solid electrolyte with a crystalline structure. In […]
New Pixnapping flaw in Android could allow malicious apps to steal 2FA codes without permission
October 14, 2025Ravi LakshmananVulnerabilities / Mobile Security Android devices from Google and Samsung have been found to be vulnerable to side-channel attacks that can be exploited to secretly steal two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, Google Maps timelines, and other sensitive data pixel by pixel without the user’s knowledge. The attack was codenamed “Pixnapping” by a group […]
Smart ring maker Oura raises $900 million from Fidelity
Finnish health tech company Oura has raised $900 million in new funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, with participation from new investors ICONIQ and contributions from Whale Rock and Atreides. The company announced today that the latest funding values the company at “approximately $11 billion,” more than double the valuation it received in […]
What AI reveals about web applications and why it matters
Before sending a payload, attackers have already done the work of understanding how the environment is structured. They look at login flows, JavaScript files, error messages, API documentation, and GitHub repositories. These are all clues that help you understand how the system works. AI is greatly accelerating reconnaissance, allowing attackers to map their environments faster […]
Google to invest $15 billion in India’s AI infrastructure hub
Google is investing $15 billion to set up a 1 gigawatt data center and AI hub in India, even as the Indian government pushes to reduce dependence on US tech giants. Google announced Tuesday that it will build a data center in Visakhapatnam, a port city in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The investment […]