Chinese technology giant Baidu on Friday launched two new AI models designed to offer enhanced features at substantially lower costs than comparable offerings from rivals like DeepSeek. Speaking at a major developer conference in Wuhan, Baidu Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO Robin Li Yanhong unveiled the Ernie 4.5 Turbo and X1 Turbo models. Both boast advanced […]
Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have taken inspiration from one of Earth’s smallest creatures to achieve a giant leap in robotics. They have developed a 5-inch, soft robot capable of jumping 10 feet high – roughly the height of a standard basketball hoop – all without the benefit of legs. The surprising muse […]
Delhi Public School (DPS) Indirapuram has unveiled a state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics Laboratory designed to immerse students in the world of emerging technologies. The lab, equipped with humanoid robots, Nvidia Jetson computing systems, drones, and various robotic kits, aims to provide practical, hands-on experience, aligning with India’s national push to integrate AI and […]
Marks & Spencer has issued an apology to customers after experiencing a “cyber incident” that impacted contactless payments and the collection of online orders in its UK stores in recent days. The retailer confirmed that the issue caused tills to stop working and led to ongoing delays for its click and collect service. The incident, […]
Chinese voice-recognition leader iFlytek announced Monday that its upgraded Xinghuo X1 reasoning model—trained entirely on Huawei’s AI chips—now rivals the performance of top-tier global models such as OpenAI’s o1 and DeepSeek’s R1. The milestone, revealed in a WeChat blog post and expanded upon in an earnings call Tuesday, positions iFlytek and Huawei at the forefront […]
Hong Kong’s first astronaut, selected last year to join China’s national space programme, could undertake their inaugural space mission as early as 2026, according to a senior official from the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, CMSA Deputy Director General Lin Xiqiang provided […]
Adding another crucial sensor to its growing network, the US-based weather intelligence company Tomorrow Companies Inc. (Tomorrow.io) successfully launched its Tomorrow-S7 satellite on April 21, 2025. This compact satellite is designed to bolster the company’s efforts in revolutionizing global weather forecasting and climate adaptation. Tomorrow-S7 hitched a ride to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
South Korea has successfully expanded its military surveillance capabilities with the recent launch of its fourth reconnaissance satellite, designated 425Sat-3. This launch marks another significant step in the nation’s ambitious “425 Project” aimed at establishing an independent space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) network, primarily focused on monitoring activities in North Korea. The 425Sat-3 satellite […]
SpaceX continued its cadence of rideshare missions last night, successfully launching its Falcon 9 rocket on the Bandwagon-3 mission, carrying a diverse manifest of satellites, including a pioneering European reentry capsule. Liftoff occurred from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on April 21st at 8:48 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (0048 GMT on April 22nd). […]
Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is poised to make history in May, becoming the next Indian astronaut to travel to space, four decades after Rakesh Sharma’s groundbreaking mission. Shukla is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) in May 2025 as part of the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), Union Minister […]
Dozens of humanoid robots took to the streets of Beijing on Saturday morning to participate in the world’s first robot half-marathon. The event, held in Beijing’s E-Town technology hub, brought together mechanical competitors and human runners for a unique 21-kilometer (13-mile) race designed to test the limits of bipedal robot capabilities in real-world conditions. As […]
Researchers have uncovered a dramatic increase in malicious activity emanating from IP addresses tied to a Russian bulletproof hosting provider known as Proton66. According to a two-part report published last week by Trustwave SpiderLabs, Proton66 has become a central hub for cybercriminal operations since early January, facilitating a surge in mass scanning, credential brute-forcing, and […]
ASUS has released an urgent security advisory warning customers about a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting routers with the AiCloud feature enabled. The flaw could allow remote attackers to execute unauthorized functions on affected devices without requiring any authentication credentials. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-2492, has received a critical severity rating with a CVSS v4 […]
The website of Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd (NAM India), one of India’s largest mutual fund houses by investor count, has remained largely inaccessible since a cyberattack hit its IT infrastructure on April 9. While the home page of the Nippon Mutual Fund website remained visible as of April 19, key functionalities such as […]
Chinese archaeologists have announced a significant historical discovery indicating that humans inhabited the Tibetan Plateau more than 10,000 years ago, much earlier than previously documented. The findings were presented at a joint archaeological work report conference in Beijing, according to Tibet’s online news service tb[.]Tibet[.]cn. The research involved collaboration between China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration, […]
China has successfully created the world’s first three-satellite constellation positioned in the distant retrograde orbit (DRO) of the Earth-moon region, according to information from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The breakthrough, which includes stable inter-satellite measurement and communication links spanning over 1 million kilometers, represents a major step forward in China’s capabilities for lunar […]
On April 16, 2025, Zoom Communications experienced a significant global outage that disrupted its services, including its website, video conferencing platform, and application, affecting thousands of users worldwide. According to Downdetector.com, reports of the outage peaked at 67,280 users at 3:01 p.m. ET, with issues noted particularly in the United States and various other countries. […]
DaVita Inc., one of America’s largest providers of kidney dialysis services, disclosed Monday that it was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend that encrypted portions of its network and is affecting some operations at its facilities. The Fortune 500 healthcare giant, which operates more than 2,600 outpatient dialysis centers serving approximately 200,000 patients […]
Hertz Corporation, one of the world’s largest vehicle rental companies, has confirmed a significant data breach affecting its Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar brands. The breach, linked to the notorious Clop ransomware gang, exposed sensitive customer information including drivers’ licenses and credit card details. Hertz is one of the world’s largest mobility companies. “Hertz pioneered the […]
A high school student has discovered 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space through the development of a sophisticated AI algorithm. Matteo (Matthew) Paz, still completing his high school education, has accomplished what many career scientists strive for – publishing a single-author paper in The Astronomical Journal detailing an AI algorithm he created that has […]
Researchers at Technion have discovered a new form of quantum entanglement involving the total angular momentum of photons confined in nanoscale structures. This marks the first discovery of a new quantum entanglement mechanism in over two decades and could revolutionize the development and miniaturization of quantum communication and computing technologies. Quantum entanglement, a phenomenon that […]
Google Chrome is finally addressing a longstanding privacy vulnerability that has potentially exposed users’ browsing history to websites for nearly two decades. The upcoming Chrome 136 update will implement a new security measure to prevent websites from determining which other sites users have previously visited. The vulnerability stems from the basic web feature that displays […]
Fortinet has issued an urgent advisory warning that threat actors are employing a sophisticated post-exploitation technique to maintain access to previously compromised FortiGate VPN devices, even after the original vulnerabilities have been patched. The security firm began alerting customers last week through emails marked “Notification of device compromise – FortiGate / FortiOS – ** Urgent […]
Seattle-based Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC) has announced that approximately 1.6 million individuals have had their sensitive health information compromised following a network breach. The nonprofit organization, which provides centralized laboratory services to select Planned Parenthood centers and other affiliates across more than 35 U.S. states, detected suspicious network activity on October 27, 2024. LSC says […]
Western Sydney University (WSU) has disclosed two recent security breaches that compromised personal information of thousands of community members. The university, which serves approximately 47,000 students and employs over 4,500 staff with an annual budget of around $600 million, reported that one of its single sign-on (SSO) systems was compromised between January and February 2025. […]
Sensata Technologies, a major supplier to the automotive, industrial, and aerospace sectors, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack that has caused significant operational disruptions across the company. The Attleboro, Massachusetts-based sensor manufacturer filed a disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday, revealing that the cyberattack was first detected on April 6. […]
South Africa’s telecommunications sector, Cell C, the country’s fourth-largest mobile network operator, has confirmed that sensitive data from its systems was leaked on the dark web following a cyberattack that occurred last year. The breach, attributed to the cybercriminal group RansomHouse, reportedly compromised approximately 2TB of company data. Cell C acknowledged that unauthorized access was […]
Tech giants Alphabet and Nvidia have reportedly invested in Safe Superintelligence (SSI), the AI startup launched months ago by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, according to a source familiar with the matter who spoke with Reuters. The investments place Alphabet and Nvidia alongside prominent venture capital firms backing SSI, which has rapidly achieved a […]
German intelligence agencies are investigating a suspected Russian cyberattack against the German Association for East European Studies (DGO), a Berlin-based research network specializing in foreign policy and international relations. Both the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) are actively working on the case, which […]
Hackers have breached Morocco’s social security database, leaking sensitive personal information of millions of citizens on the messaging platform Telegram. Morocco’s social security fund, which administers pensions and insurance benefits to private sector workers ranging from factory laborers to corporate executives, confirmed the breach in an official statement. The agency indicated that preliminary investigations suggest […]
Charlton Athletic Football Club has disclosed it suffered a significant cyberattack last August that resulted in the loss of crucial financial data, complicating the release of its latest accounts which show a £14 million loss for the 2023-24 season. The club confirmed the incident, a ransomware attack targeting its legacy accounting system, occurred on August […]
Microsoft has released an emergency update for Office 2016 users following widespread reports of critical crashes in key productivity applications, including Word, Excel, and Outlook. The issue emerged after users installed the KB5002700 security update, part of April’s Patch Tuesday rollout. The company confirmed that the KB5002700 update, initially released to address multiple remote code […]
Google has laid off hundreds of employees from its platforms and devices unit, according to a report published by The Information on Friday. This division is responsible for developing the Android operating system, Pixel smartphones, and the Chrome web browser. The layoffs come just months after Google offered voluntary buyout packages to employees in the […]
A new archaeological find in southwestern China has challenged existing theories about the geographic range of Neanderthals, suggesting these ancient human relatives may have ventured much further east than previously thought. A team of researchers has unearthed approximately 3,500 stone artifacts at the Longtan site in Yunnan province, dating back 50,000 to 60,000 years. What […]
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has lodged a formal complaint with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), arguing that major news aggregators like Apple News and Google News are not giving adequate credit to the sources of the news stories they feature. According to a report by Apple Insider, the public broadcaster is urging […]
A coordinated cyberattack has struck several major Australian superannuation funds, resulting in the theft of $500,000 from a small number of customer accounts and the potential compromise of thousands more. The attack, which unfolded over the past week, targeted some of the country’s largest retirement savings providers, prompting a swift response from the government and […]
The remains of approximately 150 Roman soldiers have been discovered in a mass grave on the outskirts of Vienna, Austria. The Vienna Museum announced Wednesday that this discovery represents an exceptionally rare find from the 1st century Roman Empire. The skeletal remains were initially uncovered in October during construction work to renovate a football pitch […]
Microsoft has announced a significant overhaul of its iconic Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error message in Windows 11, potentially abandoning its signature blue background for a black one. As reported by The Verge, the redesigned error screen removes several familiar elements, including the frowning face emoticon and QR code that have been staples of […]
Approximately 270,000 Samsung Germany customer service tickets have been leaked onto the public internet, exposing sensitive customer information and communications. The breach originated from compromised credentials belonging to an employee of Spectos GmbH, a third-party IT service provider that manages Samsung Germany’s customer service ticketing system. According to cybersecurity firm HudsonRock, the credentials were initially […]
Shares of Ashok Leyland, one of India’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, climbed 2% on Tuesday after the company reported stronger-than-expected sales figures for March. The automaker’s total sales reached 24,060 units in March 2025, marking a 6% increase compared to 22,736 units sold in the same month last year. These figures significantly exceeded market expectations, […]
Retail giant Sam’s Club, a division of Walmart, is currently investigating claims of a potential ransomware breach made by the notorious Clop cybercrime group. The investigation comes amidst increased concerns about data security following a series of attacks targeting vulnerabilities in secure file transfer software. Sam’s Club, which operates over 600 warehouse clubs across the […]
United Spirits Limited has completed the sale of a prestigious residential property in Mumbai’s upscale Malabar Hill neighborhood for ₹172 crore, according to a regulatory filing made by the company this weekend. The property, which includes a ground floor and two upper floors, was sold complete with furniture, fixtures, and fittings. The buyers, Ajaykumar Dineshkumar […]
Malaysia‘s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has revealed that hackers demanded a US$10 million ransom following a major cyberattack over the weekend that disrupted operations at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Anwar confirmed on Tuesday that Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), which operates KLIA and other airports in the country, had been the target of a […]
A widespread outage of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on Wednesday evening left hundreds of users in India unable to complete financial transactions across multiple platforms. The disruption, which lasted for several hours, triggered widespread concern and frustration among users, many of whom took to social media to voice their grievances. According to data from […]
A previously unknown ransomware group known as Arkana has allegedly executed a large-scale data breach against WideOpenWest, Inc. (WOW!), one of the largest cable and broadband service providers in the United States. The alarming incident, which was first revealed by vx-underground, a prominent cybersecurity research collective, has exposed critical vulnerabilities in WOW!’s infrastructure and compromised […]
Oracle has denied allegations that its public cloud services were compromised and sensitive customer data was stolen, despite mounting evidence that suggests otherwise. A cybercriminal recently claimed to have gained access to Oracle Cloud’s single-sign-on (SSO) login servers and extracted vast amounts of sensitive information — which is now reportedly up for sale on a […]
Veeam has issued a critical security patch for its Backup & Replication software, addressing a severe remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-23120. This flaw, disclosed on March 20, 2025, affects domain-joined installations of Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.3.0.310 and earlier builds, allowing authenticated domain users to execute arbitrary code remotely, which poses […]
Archaeologists have made a ground-breaking discovery in Farley Wood, near Matlock in Derbyshire, revealing that what was previously thought to be a solitary standing stone is part of a larger ceremonial site dating back 3,700 years to the Bronze Age. This significant finding emerged from excavations conducted by Forestry England in collaboration with the archaeology […]
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has stirred up a controversy in India, drawing both amusement and scrutiny from users and government officials alike. The uproar began when Grok, integrated into the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), responded to a user’s query with Hindi slang and expletives, leading to a viral sensation among Indian social […]
Microsoft has begun rolling out a significant update to Windows 11, introducing a dedicated gamepad keyboard designed to streamline text input for users navigating the operating system with an Xbox controller. The new gamepad keyboard, now available in the Release Preview version of Windows 11 and poised for wider release in the coming weeks, represents […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning to organizations, confirming that a critical vulnerability in Fortinet products is being actively exploited in an ongoing ransomware campaign. The agency has also added a separate supply chain vulnerability affecting the widely used GitHub Actions platform to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. […]
Microsoft Malaysia has announced it will launch its first cloud region in the country, comprised of three data centres, by the second quarter of 2025. The move comes nearly a year after the tech giant revealed a $2.2 billion investment in Malaysia, solidifying its commitment to expanding cloud and artificial intelligence services in Southeast Asia. […]
Liu Guoliang has resigned as president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA). Olympic champion Wang Liqin was elected as the new head of the organisation on Wednesday. Liu, a celebrated figure in the sport who achieved a singles Grand Slam (Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup) as a player, had held the top post […]
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) and telecom infrastructure giant Indus Towers Ltd have announced a collaborative partnership to pioneer innovative sustainable energy solutions. This alliance launches two major research initiatives focused on next-generation solar power and eco-friendly energy storage technologies. The partnership, embedded within Indus Towers’ Corporate Social Responsibility program Pragati, aims […]
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar and Bengaluru-based electric vehicle original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Numeros Motors have entered into a two-year research partnership to develop rare earth-free (RE-free) electric motor technologies. The collaboration was formalized with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday, marking a concerted effort to reduce India’s dependence […]