Technology
A Chinese rocket deorbited over Minnesota and left this in a farmer's cornfield
All the evidence points to the debris being part of a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket.
Town raises $108M at a $1B valuation so AI assistants can work as a team
Town, a San Francisco startup that gives each person at work an AI work assistant, has raised $108m in a Series B that values it at $1bn. Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures co…
JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukes
Today, I’m talking with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who has a lot of thoughts about AI, tech, and privacy. If you’ve been listening to the show, you know that one of my running…
Major European mobile carriers are teaming up for a ‘direct’ satellite program without Starlink
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, and Vodafone signed a letter of intent saying they're considering a joint bid for spectrum that would support European direct-to-device satel…
Amnon Shashua’s doubleAI launches an AI that speeds up code while it runs
Amnon Shashua’s startup doubleAI has launched Maxwell, an AI model that works inside running software to make it use less computing power. Shashua co-founded the Tel Aviv company …
Microsoft adds tools to limit and monitor AI agents in Microsoft 365 E7
Microsoft has announced new tools to control AI agents in Microsoft 365 E7 and its Project Perception platform. The tools limit what each agent can reach and tighten those limits …
Elon Musk promises to give one SpaceX share to every child in the US
Elon Musk says he plans to give one of his SpaceX shares to every child in the US starting next year. With around 72 million children in the US as of July 2025, Musk would be givi…
⚡ Weekly Recap: 98 Zero-Days, Rogue AI Agents, $100M Crypto Theft, 700 Supermarkets Hit and More
The worst problems don't always come with a warning. Sometimes they arrive through a service everyone trusts, a device someone bought, or a system nobody thought to check. By the …
Emil Michael tells The Information export controls can rein in AI labs
Emil Michael says the US government can use export controls on AI companies that do not cooperate with it. The under secretary of war is the Pentagon’s chief technology officer. H…
Netflix faces engagement questions ahead of Q3 results
Netflix will report its third-quarter results on Tuesday, October 20, as investors look for signs that viewers are spending less time on the service. Analysts expect revenue to ri…
It’s hard to imagine wireless headphones ever getting lighter than these
If you're on the hunt for lightweight wireless headphones but wearing earbuds or clip-ons never feels comfortable or secure, a relatively obscure Japanese headphone maker could ha…
Inside the Underground Market for Know Your Client Services
Cybercriminals are selling forged identity documents, deepfake videos, and live verification services to help buyers bypass Know Your Client (KYC) checks. Flare examines how these…
AI agents broke into 100+ sites for one hacker at $50 each, researcher says
A cybersecurity researcher watched a Chinese-speaking hacker break into the websites of more than 100 companies, leaving almost all the work to AI agents. Snorre Fagerland, princi…
A hacker broke into John Deere and SharkNinja with an army of AI agents
A hacker broke into more than 100 websites using an army of AI agents that mostly operated on their own, according to findings from the AI security firm Norforge. Though Norforge …
F5 releases out-of-band patches for critical NGINX vulnerabilities
F5 has released out-of-band security patches to address multiple NGINX web server flaws, including three critical-severity vulnerabilities that can let attackers execute code on v…
Feds Suspect Ransom Negotiator Ran ShinyHunters Extortion Site
U.S. federal investigators pursuing the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently stole highly sensitive data from the FBI have identified executives at two different ransomware ne…
What the orange light on your PlayStation 5 is actually telling you
The PS5 shows a variety of light colors to indicate its status, and orange thankfully isn't the alert you might expect from that color.
Review: Lanterns is a truly unique twist on the superhero genre
Gritty HBO series is a beacon for what's possible when one is allowed to get creative with the tropes.
Don't throw away your old graphics card — here's what you can do with it
An old GPU has lots of potential for a second life, from adding more horsepower to your current machine to crafting a purpose-built second one.
MIT researchers say Claude agents left on a virtual island began to play
MIT researchers left 13 copies of an AI coding agent alone on a virtual island for 30 hours each, with no task. The agents climbed hills, drew pictures with blocks and made up gam…
GhostAction Attackers Plant Credential Stealer Disguised as Font in 94 GitHub Repositories
The threat actor behind the GhostAction supply chain attack has expanded beyond injecting malicious GitHub Actions workflows into compromised projects to phish open-source develop…
Wyze moved the screen on its new smart scale to the handle so it’s easier to read at eye level
Wyze announced a new version of its Ultra BodyScan smart scale that debuted nearly a year ago with additional electrodes on a retractable handle, allowing it to provide a breakdow…
Uber wins bid to throw out £200m black cab claims
Claims that Uber misled TfL over its licence were thrown out because they were brought too late.
PLD Space starts system-level tests on Miura 5 with three rockets built
Spanish launch company PLD Space announced that it has started system-level testing of its Miura 5 orbital rocket and has now built its first three vehicles. Two of the three are …