File: Then Apple Creative Director Alan Dye celebrates the launch of the July Issue at the new WIRED office on June 24, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Kimberly White | Getty Images Apple‘s head of user interface design, Alan Dye, will reportedly join Meta, in a notable shift of executive talent in Silicon Valley. Apple […]
Continue ReadingSalesforce CEO Marc Benioff delivers the keynote address at the start of the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on Oct. 14, 2025. Jessica Christian | San Francisco Chronicle | Getty Images Salesforce reported better-than-expected earnings on Wednesday and topped Wall Street estimates with its revenue guidance for the fourth quarter. The stock rose 5% in […]
Continue ReadingOpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Japan February 3, 2025. Kim Kyung-hoon | Reuters OpenAI has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Neptune, a startup that builds monitoring and de-bugging tools that artificial intelligence companies use as they train models. Neptune and OpenAI have collaborated on […]
Continue ReadingA new analysis of Apollo samples and Earth rocks suggests that a nearby rocky planet, not a distant object, collided with early Earth and formed the moon. The study argues that this lost planet, Theia, originated in the inner solar system and shared Earth’s early neighbourhood, offering fresh insight into one of the most important […]
Continue ReadingIn December 2025, the ISS reached a historic milestone with eight visiting spacecraft docked simultaneously for the first time. The lineup included Soyuz crew vehicles, Progress cargo ships, Japan’s HTV-X1, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus, and two SpaceX Dragons. The rare configuration highlighted intense crew rotation operations and the ISS’s role as a global hub for…
Continue ReadingDec 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Endpoint Security Microsoft has silently plugged a security flaw that has been exploited by several threat actors since 2017 as part of the company’s November 2025 Patch Tuesday updates, according to ACROS Security’s 0patch. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-9491 (CVSS score: 7.8/7.0), which has been described as a Windows […]
Continue ReadingDec 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Website Security A critical security flaw impacting a WordPress plugin known as King Addons for Elementor has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-8489 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a case of privilege escalation that allows unauthenticated attackers to grant themselves administrative privileges by simply specifying the administrator […]
Continue ReadingThe Motorola Edge 70 could be launched in India soon, according to a tipster. The handset was introduced in select global markets in November as the successor to the Motorola Edge 60. A tipster suggests that its Indian counterpart could come with several differences compared to the global model, including a bigger battery and a […]
Continue ReadingThe Redmi 15C 5G has finally made its way to the Indian market. It arrives as the successor to the Redmi 14C 5G, priced at Rs. 12,499 for the base model. The phone has a simple, functional design that is entirely different from its predecessor. It’s a fairly large smartphone, and the size is noticeable […]
Continue ReadingThe threat actor known as Water Saci is actively evolving its tactics, switching to a sophisticated, highly layered infection chain that uses HTML Application (HTA) files and PDFs to propagate via WhatsApp a worm that deploys a banking trojan in attacks targeting users in Brazil. The latest wave is characterized by the attackers shifting from […]
Continue ReadingDec 03, 2025The Hacker NewsCybercrime / Artificial Intelligence Remember when phishing emails were easy to spot? Bad grammar, weird formatting, and requests from a “Prince” in a distant country? Those days are over. Today, a 16-year-old with zero coding skills and a $200 allowance can launch a campaign that rivals state-sponsored hackers. They don’t need […]
Continue ReadingMicrosoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella (L) returns to the stage after a pre-recorded interview during the Microsoft Build conference opening keynote in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft stock sank more than 2% on Wednesday following a report that the company has lowered quotas […]
Continue ReadingFilip Kaliszan, CEO of Verkada. Courtesy: Verkada Security technology startup Verkada has reached a $5.8 billion valuation after a new funding round led by CapitalG, Alphabet’s venture capital arm, announced Wednesday. “I think Google saw the opportunity with us in the application of AI and everything we’re driving to apply AI to the physical security […]
Continue ReadingWaymo partners with Uber to bring robotaxi service to Atlanta and Austin. Uber Technologies Inc. Waymo on Wednesday said humans will begin test driving the Alphabet-owned company’s robotaxi vehicles in Baltimore, Pittsburgh and St. Louis. The three cities represent the latest additions to Waymo’s quickly growing list of cities where the Google sister company is […]
Continue ReadingSeveral reliable 5G options are now available under Rs. 10,000 in India, offering reliable performance, large displays and long battery life. Key models include the Samsung Galaxy M06 5G with a Dimensity 6300 chip, the Poco M7 5G and Redmi A4 5G with 120Hz displays, the Lava Bold N1 5G running Android 15 and the […]
Continue ReadingPAN card applicants can easily check their PAN card status online using various methods. It can be tracked through the acknowledgement number, name and date of birth, Aadhaar number, or via SMS. Applicants can check the status through the NSDL and UTITSL websites. Here’s a quick guide on the different ways to track your PAN […]
Continue ReadingExterior view of Macy’s herald square store in New York City, on November 28, 2025. Kena Betancur | Afp | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Shopping around Macy’s beat Wall […]
Continue ReadingSpaceX successfully launched 29 new Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on December 2, 2025. The satellites were deployed about 65 minutes after liftoff, pushing the operational constellation past 9,100 units. The Falcon 9’s first-stage booster also completed its 25th landing on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas. The mission […]
Continue ReadingDec 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Web3 Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Rust package that’s capable of targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux systems, and features malicious functionality to stealthily execute on developer machines by masquerading as an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) unit helper tool. The Rust crate, named “evm-units,” was uploaded to crates.io in […]
Continue ReadingA leaked One UI 8.5 changelog indicates Samsung is preparing several new features for Galaxy devices, though details may change before the beta launches in December for select S25 models. The update is expected to add continuous AI image generation, expanded Bixby capabilities, improved Smart View and Auracast, stricter Quick Share controls, enhanced Lock screen […]
Continue ReadingAWS has introduced a new class of autonomous “frontier agents” aimed at software teams, including a coding assistant named Kiro, a security agent and a DevOps agent. Designed to pursue goals rather than single tasks, these agents can work independently, handle multi-step workflows and scale across complex projects. AWS says the technology could eventually expand […]
Continue ReadingStalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl launched on PC and Xbox Series S/X on November 20, 2024, after multiple delays and unfathomable hardships. The survival-horror FPS was in a rough state, plagued with technical issues, performance bottlenecks, and bugs. Exactly a year later, Stalker 2 arrives on PS5 alongside a 1.7 update that promises an overhauled […]
Continue ReadingFrench satellite group Eutelsat, often seen as Europe’s answer to Elon Musk’s Starlink, saw its share price plummet Wednesday following a report that Japanse investor SoftBank cut its stake in the company. Shares in Eutelsat were last trading 7.8% lower as of 6:00 a.m. ET. The moves come following a Reuters report that SoftBank has […]
Continue ReadingMost people know the story of Paul Bunyan. A giant lumberjack, a trusted axe, and a challenge from a machine that promised to outpace him. Paul doubled down on his old way of working, swung harder, and still lost by a quarter inch. His mistake was not losing the contest. His mistake was assuming that […]
Continue ReadingDec 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananMachine Learning / Vulnerability Three critical security flaws have been disclosed in an open-source utility called Picklescan that could allow malicious actors to execute arbitrary code by loading untrusted PyTorch models, effectively bypassing the tool’s protections. Picklescan, developed and maintained by Matthieu Maitre (@mmaitre314), is a security scanner that’s designed to parse […]
Continue ReadingGoogle has released its latest Android 16 update, which brings various new features to Pixel phones. The new Android 16 QPR2 update will allow users to customise the shape of app icons on their home screen, choosing one of the five options. Moreover, the update introduces AI-generated notification summaries, which enable users to read text […]
Continue ReadingPhonePe’s Indus Appstore and Motorola India entered a partnership on Wednesday. Announcing the partnership, PhonePe highlighted that the Indus Appstore will now be available on all Motorola devices in the country. The move expands the Indian app marketplace’s footprint to more devices, allowing Android users to choose their preferred source to download and install…
Continue ReadingApple’s latest iPhone models are shown on display at its Regent Street, London store on the launch day of the iPhone 17. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Apple will hit a record level of iPhone shipments this year driven by its latest models and a resurgence in its key market of China, research firm IDC has […]
Continue ReadingGoogle has announced new Android features. It brings an update to the Phone by Google app that lets users mark a call as urgent. The Circle to Search feature lets users find potential fraud. Google now allow users to leave unwanted group chats in Google Messages. The Expressive Captions feature on Android will now display […]
Continue ReadingNothing is set to launch the Phone 3a Community Edition on December 9, continuing the co-creation initiative first announced in March. The company claimed that this second edition received 700 entries and had a nine-month development cycle. Four winning creators were flown to London to develop designs across hardware, accessories, wallpapers, and marketing, each recei…
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