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NASA astronauts back on Earth after unprecedented medical emergency on ISS
Live Science - 15 Jan 2026 12:06
The SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft splashed down this morning as four astronauts completed an unprecedented medical evacuation of the International Space Station (ISS).
Digg Launches Its New Reddit Rival To the Public
Slashdot - 15 Jan 2026 01:25
Digg is officially back under the ownership of its original founder, Kevin Rose, along with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. "Similar to Reddit, the new Digg offers a website and mobile app where you can browse feed...
Microsoft Legal Action Disrupts RedVDS Cybercrime Infrastructure Used for Online Fraud
The Hacker News - 15 Jan 2026 15:07
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it has taken a "coordinated legal action" in the U.S. and the U.K. to disrupt a cybercrime subscription service called RedVDS that has allegedly fueled millions in fraud loss...
Palo Alto Fixes GlobalProtect DoS Flaw That Can Crash Firewalls Without Login
The Hacker News - 15 Jan 2026 13:48
Palo Alto Networks has released security updates for a high-severity security flaw impacting GlobalProtect Gateway and Portal, for which it said there exists a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit. The vulnerability, tracked a...
AI Models Are Starting To Crack High-Level Math Problems
Slashdot - 15 Jan 2026 13:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Over the weekend, Neel Somani, who is a software engineer, former quant researcher, and a startup founder, was testing the math skills of OpenAI's new model when h...
Scientists watch microscopic plant 'mouths' breathing in real time with palm-sized tool
Live Science - 15 Jan 2026 12:25
Scientists say their Stomata In-Sight tool can observe plants "breathe," which could be used to bioengineer crops that require less water, making them potentially more resilient to climate change.
New Reprompt Attack Silently Siphons Microsoft Copilot Data
SecurityWeek - 15 Jan 2026 12:09
The attack bypassed Copilots data leak protections and allowed for session exfiltration even after the Copilot chat was closed. The post New Reprompt Attack Silently Siphons Microsoft Copilot Data appeared first on Secur...
The Tea App Is Back With a New Website
Wired - 15 Jan 2026 12:00
Months after major data leaks, the app where women leave Yelp-style reviews about men is relaunching with a new website. Its not back on iOS, but the Android app has new AI features.
Are QWERTY Phones Trying To Make a Comeback?
Slashdot - 15 Jan 2026 02:02
After nearly two decades of touchscreen dominance, QWERTY smartphones are staging a niche comeback, with Clicks and Unihertz unveiling new physical-keyboard phones at CES 2026. Gizmodo reports: At CES 2026, Clicks, the c...
Researchers Null-Route Over 550 Kimwolf and Aisuru Botnet Command Servers
The Hacker News - 15 Jan 2026 00:33
The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies said it null-routed traffic to more than 550 command-and-control (C2) nodes associated with the AISURU/Kimwolf botnet since early October 2025. AISURU and its Android count...
NASA Enters Final Preparations for Artemis II Mission
Universe Today - 15 Jan 2026 23:49
As NASA moves closer to launch of the Artemis II test flight, the agency soon will roll its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launch pad for the first time at the agencys Kennedy Space Center i...
Apple TV lands thriller series starring Dakota Fanning
9 to 5 Mac - 15 Jan 2026 23:41
Untitled Apple TV project will also see Dakota Fanning (All Her Fault) serve as executive producer alongside her sister, Elle Fanning (A Rainy Day in New York). Heres what its about. more
Scientists resurrect ancient cannabis enzymes with medical promise
Science Daily - 15 Jan 2026 23:40
Scientists have uncovered how cannabis evolved the ability to make its most famous compounds-THC, CBD, and CBC-by recreating ancient enzymes that existed millions of years ago. These early enzymes were multitaskers, capa...
Cisco finally fixes max-severity bug under active attack for weeks
The Register - 15 Jan 2026 23:33
This is a threat to security - and to the weekend for some unlucky netadmins Cisco finally delivered a fix for a maximum-severity bug in AsyncOS that has been under attack for at least a month.
Casting is dead. Long live casting!
The Verge - 15 Jan 2026 23:30
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Last month, Netflix made the surprising decision to kil...
Open ISA champ SiFive leaps aboard Nvidia's proprietary interconnect bandwagon
The Register - 15 Jan 2026 23:20
You might call it a RISC-V/NVLink Fusion or a bad day for UALink RISC-V champion SiFive has joined a growing number of chip companies by throwing its weight behind Nvidia's proprietary NVLink Fusion interconnect tech...
ASUS Stops Producing Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB
Slashdot - 15 Jan 2026 23:20
Reports suggest ASUS has effectively ended production of NVIDIA's RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB GPUs due to a severe memory crunch driven by AI infrastructure demand, even as NVIDIA insists it's still shipping all...
Over half of AI projects are shelved due to complex infrastructure
The Register - 15 Jan 2026 23:19
The answer seems to be educating the enterprise workforce, and creating smarter use cases More than half of AI projects have been delayed or canceled within the last two years citing complexities with AI infrastructure, ...
3 Hidden Costco Gems You've Been Missing Out On
BGR - 15 Jan 2026 23:17
Is your Costco membership going to waste? We've uncovered 3 gems, including a "must-have" for the new Nintendo Switch 2, that most members walk right past.
Senate passes minibus bill funding NASA, rejecting Trump's proposed cuts
Engadget - 15 Jan 2026 23:16Why You Might See Fighter Jets Flying Over Washington DC
Slash Gear - 15 Jan 2026 23:15
Visiting or moving to Washington, D.C. can be a lot of fun, but you might be surprised by fighter jets flying over the city. These are the typical reasons why.
George R.R. Martin hints at a tragic end for Tyrion in A Song of Ice and Fire books
Mashable - 15 Jan 2026 23:09
George R.R. Martin's planned "A Song of Ice and Fire" ending would kill more characters than "Game of Thrones."