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The European Space Agency (ESA) has released stunning time-lapse footage of three solar explosions exploding from the sun into space during an “artificial solar eclipse.” Unique footage captured by the newly operational Proba 3 mission could help scientists solve one of the biggest mysteries surrounding our home planet, researchers say.The Proba-3 mission consists of two spacecraft, called Coronagraph and Occulter, and was launched into a highly elliptical orbit around Earth in December 2024. By perfectly aligning the coronagraph behind the occulter, scientists will be able to observe the Sun with its bright center completely obscured, similar to what you would…
As many as 3,136 individual IP addresses have been identified associated with possible targets of the Contagious Interview campaign, which claims to include 20 potential victim organizations across the artificial intelligence (AI), cryptocurrency, financial services, IT services, marketing, and software development sectors in Europe, South Asia, the Middle East, and Central America. This new discovery comes from Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, which tracks a cluster of North Korean threat activity under the name PurpleBravo. The campaign, first documented in late 2023, is also known as CL-STA-0240, DeceptiveDevelopment, DEV#POPPER, Famous Chollima, Gwisin Gang, Tenacious Pungsan, UNC5342, Void Dokkaebi, and WaterPlum. The…
A huge reservoir of “secret” freshwater off the East Coast could supply a city the size of New York City for 800 years and may have formed during the last Ice Age, when the region was covered in glaciers, researchers say.Preliminary analysis suggests that the reservoir, which lies beneath the ocean floor and appears to extend from the coast of New Jersey as far north as Maine, was locked in place under frigid conditions about 20,000 years ago and was formed during the last ice age, in part due to thick ice sheets.Last summer, researchers set out on an expedition…
For the new generation, 2016 is known as “the last good year.” Since the new year, Instagram has been taken over by 2016-themed “add yours” stickers, encouraging users to post throwback photos from 2016. Users have posted over 5.2 million answers, generating enough buzz to spread to other platforms. Spotify has seen a 790% increase in user-created “2016” playlists since the new year, and the company now boasts in its Instagram bio that it’s “Romanticizing 2016 Again.” In fairness, 2016 seems like a simpler time. Donald Trump hadn’t even worked a day in the White House yet, no one knew…
Fragments of a 2.6-million-year-old jaw fossil found in northeastern Ethiopia are changing the picture of early human evolution in Africa. The jaws of bipedal hominid relatives of extinct humans indicate that the species traveled far north into areas where other hominids were already present.This ancient jaw belongs to the genus Paranthropus and was discovered more than 1,000 kilometers further north than other fossils of its kind.”Until now, no Paranthropus fossils have been identified” in the Afar region of Ethiopia, the researchers said in a study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, January 21. “Hundreds of fossils representing more than…
Scientists have identified the world’s oldest known rock art. This is a hand-painted stencil created in Indonesia that is at least 67,800 years old.The work, located in a cave on the southeastern island of Sulawesi, is also the earliest archaeological evidence of modern humans (Homo sapiens) living on the islands between the Asian and Australian continental shelves, according to a study published Wednesday (January 21) in the journal Nature. The hand stencil is surrounded by younger rock art, including another hand stencil.The discovery could fill a major gap in scientists’ understanding of the journey that Australia’s indigenous ancestors took to…
Rabi LakshmananJanuary 21, 2026Vulnerability/Network Security Zoom and GitLab have released security updates that resolve a number of security vulnerabilities that could lead to a denial of service (DoS) or remote code execution. The most serious issue is a critical security flaw affecting the Zoom Node Multimedia Router (MMR) that could allow meeting participants to conduct remote code execution attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-22844, was discovered internally by the Attack Security team and had a CVSS score of 9.9 out of 10.0. “A command injection vulnerability in the Zoom Node Multimedia Router (MMR) prior to version 5.2.1716.0 could allow a…
OpenAI generated a lot of hardware hype last year after acquiring former Apple design chief Jony Ive’s startup io. Although the company has been tight-lipped about future products, OpenAI’s chief international affairs officer Chris Lehane said during a panel discussion hosted by Axios at Davos that the AI startup plans to unveil its first hardware device in the second half of this year. Last November, Altman said the potential device would be “more peaceful and gentle” than the iPhone. Previous reports have suggested that the company wants to develop a pocketable device without a screen. Although the company hasn’t revealed…
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I have long dreamed of a better world. A world where when you unlock your phone you get a notification that your grandma has challenged you to a game of Scrabble. I’m at my wit’s end. She would play her stuff. We played it over and over again for several days, and in all that time neither of us had to face the overwhelming Technicolor ads with deceptive skip buttons that show even more pop-ups. It’s a simple life. You might think that such an app already exists. That would be a mistake. Until now. (Zynga, I will never forgive…