Iranian state TV feed reportedly hijacked to air anti-regime messages Summary Several Iranian state television channels transmitted via the Badr satellite were briefly hijacked to air protest footage and messages…
UK prime minister stares down barrel of ban on social media for kids Summary The UK government is facing fresh pressure to back a ban on under-16s holding social media…
Royal Navy’s helicopter drone makes its first autonomous flight Summary The Royal Navy’s Proteus — a helicopter-sized, autonomous demonstrator built by Leonardo from its AW09 light-single design — completed its…
I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too Summary Adrian Barnett, a professor of statistics and meta-researcher, announces a personal rule to cap his publications…
Mandiant releases quick credential cracker, to hasten the death of a bad protocol Summary Google-owned security firm Mandiant has published rainbow tables and guidance that make recovering credentials protected by…
Fast Pair, loose security: Bluetooth accessories open to silent hijack Summary Researchers at KU Leuven have disclosed a flaw in implementations of Google’s Fast Pair system — dubbed “WhisperPair” —…
Coming soon: We interrupt this ChatGPT session with a very special message from our sponsors Summary OpenAI will begin testing advertising in ChatGPT’s free tier and its budget ChatGPT Go…
Thinking Machines Cofounder’s Office Relationship Preceded His Termination Summary Leaders at Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, confronted cofounder and former CTO Barret Zoph last summer over an alleged workplace…
More Problems for Fortinet: Critical FortiSIEM Flaw Exploited Summary On 13 January 2026 Fortinet disclosed CVE-2025-64155, a critical OS command injection in FortiSIEM (CVSS 9.4) that allows unauthenticated remote code…
Police raid homes of alleged Black Basta hackers, hunt suspected Russian ringleader Summary Ukrainian and German authorities say they have identified two Ukrainians allegedly working for the Russia-linked ransomware group…
