Global crackdown arrests 276 people, shuts down 9 crypto fraud centers and seizes $701 million
A coordinated international operation involving U.S. and Chinese authorities has resulted in the arrest of at least 276 suspects and the closure of nine fraud centers used in a cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme targeting Americans, resulting in millions of dollars in losses. The crackdown was led by Dubai Police, part of the United Arab Emirates […]
A technical guide to secure Vibe coding: Prompts to production
Important pointsVibe Coding introduces a new shared responsibility modelAI platforms generate and host applications, but they do not secure them. Organizations remain responsible for authentication, data access, secrets, and application logic.Insecure defaults can spread risk across all applicationsIf security gaps exist in platform templates or generated code, they will be replicated to all apps built […]
‘This is fine’ creator says AI startup stole art
You’ve seen this cartoon before, right? An anthropomorphic dog sits smiling, surrounded by flames, and says, “That’s it.” The cartoon has become one of the most enduring memes of the past decade, and AI startup Artisan has apparently incorporated it into its advertising campaign. The cartoon’s creator, KC Green, claimed that his art was stolen […]
In Harvard University study, AI provided more accurate emergency room diagnoses than two human doctors
New research investigates how large-scale language models perform in a variety of medical situations, including real-life emergency room cases. There, at least one model appears to be more accurate than human doctors. The study, published this week in the journal Science, is the work of a research team led by doctors and computer scientists from […]
This tiny magnetic e-reader could stop you from doomscrolling
It was love at first sight. It felt like walking around a shopping mall, going in and out of a vast department store, looking for a certain elusive item, and finally finding what you were looking for. However, I didn’t even know I was looking for something like the Xteink X3. Because I never had […]
CISA actively exploited Linux root access bug CVE-2026-31431 added to KEV
Ravi LakshmananMay 3, 2026Vulnerabilities / Container Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added recently revealed security flaws affecting various Linux distributions to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of them being exploited in the wild. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score: 7.8) and is a case […]
Netflix postpones Greta Gerwig’s ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ movie to large-scale theatrical release in 2027
The release date has been pushed back from Thanksgiving to February 12, 2027, meaning audiences will have to wait several more months to see The Chronicles of Narnia. In addition to bringing The Chronicles of Narnia back to the big screen and Greta Gerwig writing and directing her first film since Barbie, The Sorcerer’s Nephew […]
Best AI dictation apps tested and ranked
AI dictation apps have come a long way in a short period of time. For years, they were slow and imprecise unless you spoke with a specific accent and enunciated clearly. Advances in large-scale language models (LLMs) and speech-to-text models have changed the game, creating systems that can more accurately decode speech while preserving enough […]
Beyond Lovable and Mistral: 21 European startups to watch
Europe should be known for BottleCap AI, not BottleCap memes. This Prague-based AI startup with a tongue-in-cheek name is one of the teams VCs think you should know about. It’s not that European startups are completely immune to noise. Lovable and Mistral AI are proof of that. But there are plenty of other companies that […]
Trellix confirms source code breach due to unauthorized repository access
Ravi LakshmananMay 2, 2026Data Breach/Enterprise Security Cybersecurity company Trellix has announced that it has suffered a breach that allowed unauthorized access to “portions” of its source code. The company said it had “recently identified” a breach of its source code repository and had begun working with “leading forensic experts” to immediately resolve the issue. He […]