How ByteDance Made China’s Most Popular AI Chatbot
How ByteDance Made China’s Most Popular AI Chatbot Summary ByteDance’s Doubao has surged past DeepSeek to become China’s most widely used AI chatbot, not because it necessarily has the most…
LockBit, Qilin & DragonForce Join Forces in Ransomware ‘Cartel’
LockBit, Qilin & DragonForce Join Forces in Ransomware ‘Cartel’ Summary Three major ransomware and extortion groups — LockBit, Qilin and DragonForce — have announced a coalition-style collaboration, inviting other cybercriminal…
Deepfake Awareness High at Orgs, But Cyber Defences Badly Lag
Deepfake Awareness High at Orgs, But Cyber Defences Badly Lag Summary Organisations are increasingly encountering AI-augmented deepfake attacks — from AI-crafted phishing emails to audio and video impersonations — yet…
The Fight Against Ransomware Heats Up on the Factory Floor
The Fight Against Ransomware Heats Up on the Factory Floor Summary Ransomware actors continue to prioritise manufacturing, exploiting the sector’s large attack surface, legacy operational technology (OT) and tight tolerance…
LevelBlue Announces Plans to Acquire XDR Provider Cybereason
LevelBlue Announces Plans to Acquire XDR Provider Cybereason Summary LevelBlue, the managed security service provider spun out of AT&T, has announced plans to acquire XDR vendor Cybereason. The purchase is…
Metals are key to the global economy — but three challenges threaten supply chains
Metals are key to the global economy — but three challenges threaten supply chains Article Date: 13 October 2025 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03312-0 Article Image: https://media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03312-0/d41586-025-03312-0_51551854.jpg Summary Metals underpin everything from…
Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth
Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth Summary The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded jointly to Joel Mokyr, and to Philippe Aghion…
Coral die-off marks Earth’s first climate ‘tipping point’, scientists say
Coral die-off marks Earth’s first climate ‘tipping point’, scientists say Summary Surging global temperatures have caused widespread coral bleaching and mortality, pushing warm-water coral reef ecosystems past what researchers now…
AI Agent Security: Whose Responsibility Is It?
AI Agent Security: Whose Responsibility Is It? Summary Agentic AI is being adopted rapidly by organisations and platform vendors (think Microsoft, Salesforce). That speed brings security risk: agents can inadvertently…
UNESCO stands at a crossroads — researchers must back its new leader
UNESCO stands at a crossroads — researchers must back its new leader Summary UNESCO’s executive board has nominated Egypt’s Khaled El‑Enany as the agency’s next director‑general, a milestone as the…