Is an air-conditioning revolution coming to Europe?
If you’re reading this while the blinds are drawn against yet another heat wave and wondering whether it’s finally time to buy an air conditioner, you’re far from alone. At…
Flores Hobbits’ eating habits offer clues about their evolutionary past
Until about 60,000 years ago, diminutive hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (affectionately nicknamed Hobbits for obvious reasons), shared the island of Flores with Komodo dragons, pygmy elephants, and giant rats. Based…
Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk
A patch Microsoft released on Wednesday to fix a zero-day vulnerability in its Defender security engine may cause Windows machines to write files large enough to completely consume available disk…
Allstate accuses Broadcom of auditing it because it quit VMware, CA
Allstate Insurance Company has accused Broadcom of haphazardly issuing audits against it because the insurance firm decided not to renew its contracts with VMware and CA Technologies. The allegations were…
In groundbreaking first, humanoid robots performed surgery
In a world first, doctors successfully completed not one, but two surgeries with the use of remotely controlled humanoid robots. The proof-of-concept preclinical trial involved gallbladder removals in large, non-primate…
9 new features Apple added to iPhones
Every year Apple gives us a preview of its upcoming software updates at its WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) event, and at the 2026 show we got news of what’s coming…
Super Typhoon Bavi
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Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes
A Linux vulnerability that allows untrusted virtual machines to gain root access to host machines is one of two high-severity flaws to surface this week in the open source operating…
Aussie gov’t tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers
Last week, thousands of SamKnows routers were bricked after a government program ran its course. In 2020, as part of a program conducted by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission…
Airbus wants to build world’s first hydrogen fuel jet engine
Electric hydrogen-powered aircraft were once considered a costly pipe dream, but recent advancements show it’s possible. One of the industry’s biggest aeronautics companies is pushing forward with plans to develop…