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Researchers Uncover Service Providers Fueling Industrial-Scale Pig Butchering Fraud
The Hacker News - 12 Jan 2026 13:04
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on two service providers that supply online criminal networks with the necessary tools and infrastructure to fuel the pig butchering-as-a-service (PBaaS) economy. At least since ...
ISS stint ends early as NASA aborts Crew-11 over crew illness
The Register - 12 Jan 2026 14:26
Sick astronaut back on Earth by Thursday, nature of ailment remains undisclosed NASA astronaut Mike Fincke has handed command of the ISS to Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov as Fincke and the rest of Crew-11 are s...
Anthropic Launches Claude AI for Healthcare with Secure Health Record Access
The Hacker News - 12 Jan 2026 14:07
Anthropic has become the latest Artificial intelligence (AI) company to announce a new suite of features that allows users of its Claude platform to better understand their health information. Under an initiative called ...
Infamous BreachForums forum breached, spilling data on 325K users
The Register - 12 Jan 2026 13:07
Website built around buying and selling stolen data has lost control of its own BreachForums, the serially resurrected cybercrime marketplace, has tripped over itself after a data breach spilled details tied to about 324...
Meta closes 550,000 accounts to comply with Australia's kids social media ban
Engadget - 12 Jan 2026 13:00This is How You Change a Camera Battery in Space
PetaPixel - 12 Jan 2026 12:24UK regulator Ofcom opens a formal investigation into X over CSAM scandal
Engadget - 12 Jan 2026 12:00LLMs in Attacker Crosshairs, Warns Threat Intel Firm
SecurityWeek - 12 Jan 2026 11:53
Threat actors are hunting for misconfigured proxy servers to gain access to APIs for various LLMs. The post LLMs in Attacker Crosshairs, Warns Threat Intel Firm appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Timothée Chalamet squeezes a great joke into his Golden Globes acceptance speech
Mashable - 12 Jan 2026 11:22
Timothée Chalamet paid tribute to his fellow nominees and the people involved in "Marty Supreme" during his Golden Globes acceptance speech.
Is the Universe Made of Math? Part 3: The Frog and the Bird
Universe Today - 12 Jan 2026 00:36
Beginning in the 1980s, another physicist, Roger Penrose, came up with what he called the Triangle of Reality, which sounds like the nerdiest cult in history (and when later I get to talk about the Pythagoreans youll see...
Framework increases Desktop prices by up to $460 due to RAM crisis
Engadget - 12 Jan 2026 23:48Portugal signs the Artemis Accords
Space News - 12 Jan 2026 23:46
Portugal has become the latest country to sign the Artemis Accords outlining best practices for responsible space exploration, beating out another European country to be the 60th to join. The post Portugal signs the Arte...
PSA: Google Chrome 151 to drop support for macOS 12 Monterey
9 to 5 Mac - 12 Jan 2026 23:34
The Chrome Platform Status blog has confirmed that Chrome 150 will be the last version compatible with macOS 12. Heres what that means. more
12 Of The Most Underrated Home Improvement Tools
Slash Gear - 12 Jan 2026 23:30
If you want to do home improvement projects yourself, you're going to need tools. These ones may not leap out as must-haves, but they're pretty versatile.
Microsoft Is Finally Retiring Its Free Scanner App (but There Are Alternatives)
Life Hacker - 12 Jan 2026 23:30
Microsoft is officially retiring Microsoft Lens, unless it decides to delay again.
Astronomers Discover the First Galaxy-Wide Wobbling Black Hole Jet
Universe Today - 12 Jan 2026 23:29
Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaii Island have uncovered the largest and most extended stream of super-heated gas ever observed flowing from a nearby galaxy, providing the clearest evidence yet ...
NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Watch Crew-12 Launch to Space Station
NASA Breaking news - 12 Jan 2026 23:25
Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASAs 12th rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft carrying astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition from Space Lau...
Your Smartwatch Is Probably Selling Your Personal Health Data - Here's How
BGR - 12 Jan 2026 23:17
Most smartwatch users are likely aware that companies sell their personal health data. But who are they selling it to, and how worried should you be about this?
I brought my phone back to the Windows XP golden age with this Android launcher
Pocket-lint - 12 Jan 2026 23:04
Windows Launcher for Android recreates the old-school Windows XP look and feel for free, while being compatible with most modern Android devices.
2nd Beta of macOS Tahoe 26.3 & iOS 26.3 Released for Testing
OS X Daily - 12 Jan 2026 23:02
The second beta versions of iOS 26.3 beta, macOS Tahoe 26.3 beta, and ipadOS 26.3 beta, are available now for testing by those participating in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. The most recent public ...
WhatsApp testing emoji-based sticker suggestions on iOS
9 to 5 Mac - 12 Jan 2026 23:02
The latest WhatsApp TestFlight build introduces sticker suggestions, eliminating the extra steps of having to open and sift through the sticker panel. Heres how it works. more
No, Google Gemini will not be taking over your iPhone, Apple Intelligence, or Siri
AppleInsider - 12 Jan 2026 23:01
A lot of Apple faithful are angry about Google AI slop invading their devices, claiming that Siri will be run by Gemini, and Google will get a boatload of user data - and none of that is true. Here's what's reall...