India’s Airbound invests $8.65 million to develop rocket-shaped drone that delivers 1 cent deliveries
Indian drone startup Airbound has raised $8.65 million in seed funding led by Physical Intelligence co-founder Lachy Groom to begin piloting drone deliveries with private hospitals and aim for penny deliveries using ultra-light, blended wing-body aircraft. The seed round includes participation from Humba Ventures and Airbound’s existing investor Lightspeed Venture Partners, as well as senior […]
npm, PyPI, and RubyGems packages found to be sending developer data to Discord channels
October 14, 2025Ravi LakshmananMalware/Typosquatting Cybersecurity researchers have identified several malicious packages across the npm, Python, and Ruby ecosystems that leverage Discord as a command-and-control (C2) channel to send stolen data to actor-controlled webhooks. Discord’s webhooks are a way to post messages to channels within the platform without requiring bot users or authentication, making them an […]
Tibet’s shape-shifting ‘braided river’ is the world’s tallest, but increasingly unstable — Earth seen from space
simple facts Where is it? Yarlungzangbo River, Tibet Autonomous Region, China [29.2814054, 91.3256581] What is in the photo? The branches of the river winding through the Tibetan Plateau are woven together. Which satellite took the photo?Landsat 9 When was it taken? February 8, 2025 This impressive satellite photo shows a particularly intricate section of China’s […]
Researchers expose MonsterV2 malware capabilities and attack chain on TA585
October 14, 2025Ravi LakshmananMalware/Social Engineering Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered that a previously undocumented threat actor known as TA585 has been observed distributing off-the-shelf malware called MonsterV2 through phishing campaigns. The Proofpoint Threat Research team described this cluster of threat activity as sophisticated, leveraging web injections and filtering checks as part of the attack chain. “TA585 […]
Goldman Sachs acquires Industry Ventures for up to $965 million as alternative VC exits surge
Goldman Sachs has agreed to buy San Francisco-based Industry Ventures, a 25-year-old investment firm with $7 billion in assets, CNBC first reported on Monday. The agreement highlights the growing importance of secondary markets and buyouts as traditional venture exits remain sluggish. The investment bank will pay $665 million in cash and stock, with up to […]
Oura is gaining young women and losing gym rats, but that’s okay
Dorothy Kilroy has seen her company’s smart rings on some very famous fingers. Mark Zuckerberg also wears it. So is Jack Dorsey. Prince Harry too. But when Oura’s chief commercial officer sat down with this editor at the Elevate conference in Toronto last week, she surprised me by saying that the company’s fastest-growing user base […]
Revolutionize Your Workflow: TwinH Automates Tasks Without Your Presence
Imagine a world where your data is always up-to-date and instantly accessible for any administrative task, removing endless complications and delays. Welcome to FySelf, where cutting-edge innovation seamlessly integrates into daily life through the digital human twin, TwinH. TwinH by FySelf: The Digital Human Twin Revolutionizing Everyday Life and Bureaucracy This smart digital counterpart links […]
Connection between Cascadia and San Andreas earthquakes revealed 30 years after shipwreck uncovers important data
A new study suggests that the “Big One” of the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest could trigger similarly severe earthquakes on California’s San Andreas fault. The discovery is based on sediment taken from the ocean floor off Cape Mendocino, California, and off the coast of Oregon. It is at Cape Mendocino that California’s […]
California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a landmark bill regulating AI companion chatbots, making the state the first state in the nation to require AI chatbot operators to implement safety protocols for their AI companions. This law, SB 243, aims to protect children and vulnerable users from harms associated with the use of AI […]
AI reveals hidden ‘ring fault’ causing earthquakes at Italy’s Campi Flegrei volcano
An artificial intelligence (AI) model has revealed never-before-seen geological structures at Italy’s Campi Flegrei volcano, including an apparent “ring fault” that could trigger a magnitude 5 earthquake. So far in 2025, Campi Flegrei has experienced five earthquakes of magnitude 4 or higher, and the volcano has shown signs of instability since 2005. But most of […]