Secret parameter allowed hackers to steal passwords when a target clicked on a link. It’s not every day that attackers can force a frontier AI model to cough up user passwords and other sensitive data without user confirmation. That’s exactly what researchers recently did to Microsoft 365 Copilot for…
Research shows heat amplifies the dangers of pesticides. For the nation’s 2.4 million farmworkers, climate change is poised to exacerbate the harms of pesticides, a growing body of research shows. Heat stresses the body, making it more vulnerable to pesticides and other toxicants, and protective clothing worn in the…
Practices shifted from individuals buried in coffins to reusing sites for later mummy interments. Egypt’s Theban necropolis holds over 400 tombs, a rich resource for archaeologists eager to learn more about that region’s ancient history. A new paper published in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology outlines how Egyptian…
Here’s what it was like watching a total solar eclipse 90 minutes north of Madrid. DURATÓN, Spain—I’ll say it: I’m hooked. Standing in the shadow of the Moon is one of the rarest opportunities to directly sense the mechanics of our Solar System, when the dance between three celestial…
Petlibro says feeders perform scheduled feedings offline. Users report otherwise. Petlibro founder and CEO York Wu provided more information about an outage that left users unable to control their smart pet feeders through the companion app and, in some reported cases, left them with hungry pets. Petlibro, a company…
The Gasolini AR1 uses 2-cylinder Honda bike engine, and an EV is underway, too. This past weekend saw Monterey Car Week at perhaps its most excessive ever. The auctions set records, including $42.9 million for one of six Shelby Daytona Coupes and $40 million for Ferrari’s first Luce electric…
Filing comes after Elon Musk announced exclusive arrangement to kit out its data centers. Nvidia has disclosed that it owns nearly 123 million shares in SpaceX, further highlighting the chipmaker’s entangled financial relationships with some of its biggest customers. The $5.5 trillion company owned SpaceX stock worth nearly $21 billion at…
“It highlights the brutality of medieval warfare,” said paleopathologist Jo Buckberry. During a medieval siege, a trebuchet scored a chance hit on an unlucky defender. A small boulder slammed into his upper back at close to 300 kilometers an hour, smashing bones and crushing him beneath its weight. The…
Regulations reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions, but wildfire smoke is erasing gains. In 1965, a presidential advisory panel issued a report warning that pervasive chemical and carbon pollution was harming environmental health and changing the climate. Five years later, President Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act. Since…
Utility-scale solar leads by a mile, followed by batteries. Fossil fuels, not so much. It’s been a wild first half of the year in the US power sector, with announcements of gigantic natural gas power plants and some long-awaited renewable energy projects coming online. At times of rapid change,…
