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A bold satellite rescue mission came together in record time, but will it work?
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (710+ words) WALLOPS ISLAND, Virginia'Just 10 months ago, NASA asked three companies if they could do something nobody had done before. Could they build and launch a satellite to save a $500 million astronomy mission at risk of crashing back to Earth? What's more,…...
Microsoft spots new self-propagating malware for stealing cryptocurrency
2+ hour, 52+ min ago (473+ words) Microsoft says it has detected new self-propagating malware that spreads through USB drives in search of cryptocurrency credentials, which it then sends to attacker-controlled servers. The company named the worm Crypto Clipper because it monitors the contents of device clipboards…...
As China looms, Taiwan makes more drones for defense and the US military
4+ hour, 59+ min ago (483+ words) Taiwan's drone spending plans for defense could also boost business overseas. Taiwan has already exported $115 million of fully assembled drones between January and March 2026, exceeding the $93 million in total drone exports for the entire year of 2025, according to Taiwan Premier…...
NASA asks Northrop Grumman to stop working on lunar HALO module
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (371+ words) We are reassigning most affected employees across existing opportunities and programs." Three months ago, during a flashy event at its Washington, DC, headquarters, NASA announced that it was shifting the focus of its lunar plans from an orbital space station…...
Android verification is coming: Google confirms timeline and supported app stores
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (313+ words) A new system service will roll out this month ahead of big changes starting in September. In the new blog post, Google's Matthew Forsythe confirms that the developer verification system is slated to come online on September 30 of this year....
Apple patches eavesdropping vulnerability in Beats Studio Buds
6+ hour, 41+ min ago (196+ words) The vulnerability, disclosed 12 months ago, affects multiple manufacturers. Apple has updated its Beats Studio Buds wireless earbuds to patch a high-severity vulnerability that could be exploited by nearby hackers to eavesdrop on users The vulnerability, CVE-2025-20701, allowed improper authentication in…...
Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5, 500 years ago
11+ hour, 16+ min ago (695+ words) We can't blame the Neolithic Transition for the plague anymore. Plague swept through groups of hunter-gatherers in southeastern Siberia 5, 500 years ago, leaving dozens dead in its wake'with DNA from Yersinia pestis bacteria still trapped inside their teeth. University of Oxford…...
Cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev, 56, is first former ISS crew member to die
11+ hour, 46+ min ago (603+ words) Two expeditions, two spacewalks, 322 days in space. Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev, who served twice as a crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including during the final US space shuttle mission in 2011, has died at the age of 56. With…...
Massive breach spills credentials for thousands of sensitive networks
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (308+ words) The affected include Oracle, Lenovo, Fed Ex, a NATO contractor, and Fortinet. Researchers have uncovered a massive breach of Fortinet firewalls that has given Russian-speaking attackers near-unrestricted access to some of the world's largest and most powerful organizations, including Oracle,…...
AI coding agents can autonomously direct robot training
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (309+ words) NVIDIA's self-improvement program for robots enlists teams of AI coding agents. What happens when you give AI coding agents a lab full of robotic arms, some compute resources, and a "generous token budget" for teaching the robots various tasks? The…...