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QED Science is building a better filter for scientists buried in papers
AI agents can read dozens of scientific papers in minutes. So why are researchers still struggling to keep up? Because finding papers was never the hardest part of the job. The ha…
Subaru is dropping gas cars for EVs in Europe by the end of 2027
Subaru will halt the sale of gas-powered vehicles in favor of an all-electric lineup in Europe no later than 2027.
Attackers Abuse UpdraftCentral Keys to Plant Backdoors on WordPress Sites
Unknown threat actors breached TeamUpdraft's website and potentially gained unauthorized access to customers' connection keys for UpdraftCentral, UpdraftVault, and UpdraftClone, u…
Donald Trump says data centre companies should pay communities a ‘dividend’
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that companies building data centres should pay a dividend to the surrounding communities. He said the money could go to the town as a who…
SpaceX and Tesla are exploring a possible merger
SpaceX and Tesla have formed special committees to discuss a merger, but Elon Musk says it's not a certainty.
CISA: SafePay ransomware hit over 600 critical infrastructure orgs
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) says the SafePay ransomware gang has breached over 600 critical infrastructure organizations worldwide since 2024. [...]
Nvidia simulates 104-qubit fault-tolerant quantum computer on JUPITER
Nvidia has simulated a 104-qubit quantum computer that can correct its own errors, using JUPITER, the supercomputer at Germany’s Jülich Supercomputing Centre. The company said it …
U.S. Orders DeepSeek Removed From Federal Civilian Systems, Bans New Purchases
U.S. federal civilian agencies must remove DeepSeek products from their information technology systems, along with any third-party products or services "developed using DeepSeek i…
State Bank of India Confirms Data Leak After 3,897 Customer Records Found on Dark Web
State Bank of India has identified 3,897 customer records containing personal information in a set of about 375,000 records available on the dark web, and it does not yet know whe…
CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Exploited Plex2Shell, Siemens, and SiteGuard Flaws
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added four vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including four vulnera…
Hackers Hid Vasilek Backdoor in VMware Tools During 2-Year Russian Healthcare Intrusion
A Belarus-aligned hacktivist group spent nearly two years within the network of a Russian healthcare organization. According to a report published by Russian cybersecurity firm So…
PHP2Shell: Two Unpatched Critical PHP RCE Flaws (CVSS 9.2) Trigger Emergency Security Alert
PHP will ship an out-of-cycle security release at 14:00 UTC today, October 21, for two critical vulnerabilities that its security team has rated 9.2 on the CVSS v4.0 scale but has…
PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently
Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites.
Stolen UpdraftCentral keys used to backdoor WordPress sites
A threat actor breached TeamUpdraft's website, a developer of popular WordPress backup and security plugins, potentially compromising UpdraftCentral connection keys that can send …
Mozilla, Google, Apple block compromised eMudhra CA certificates
Certificate authority eMudhra revoked eight compromised intermediate certificates after researchers found their private keys were so weak that anyone could recover them almost ins…
YouTube might be testing hiding the dislike button
YouTube appears to be testing hiding the dislike button on videos, as reported by 9to5Google. At least two users on X have recently shared screenshots of the dislike button now be…
How much power can a 1kW wind turbine produce for your home?
A 1 kW wind turbine can help with your electric bill, but the wind determines how much.
What can you use your Apple Watch Ultra 4 action button for?
Here's what your Apple Watch Ultra 4 action button can really do, from launching workouts and retracing routes to controlling smart home devices with one tap.
Judge dismisses Sam Altman’s sister’s sexual abuse lawsuit
On Tuesday, US District Judge Zachary Bluestone dismissed the lawsuit Ann Altman filed last year alleging that her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, had sexually abused her througho…
Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killed
The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI run amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without the permission of a judge.
Oura Ring can track new stats related to cardio fitness
Oura has updated its smart rings with new cardio fitness-related metrics, including VO2 Max estimates.
Five things you should know before buying the iPhone Duo
From software limitations to the pre-sale deals, here's what you need to know ahead of the iPhone Duo launch.
SpaceX and Tesla boards form special committees to review merger
Elon Musk likes the idea but says he is not on either committee, which is made up of independent directors.
Supermicro expects up to $19.5bn in quarterly revenue, $4bn above guidance
Supermicro expects to report revenue of $18.5bn to $19.5bn for the three months to September, against the $14.5bn to $15.5bn it had guided. The AI server maker put the gap down to…