A New Idea to Save the AMOC? Dam the Bering Strait.
Blocking the narrow waterway between Russia and Alaska could help stabilize a vulnerable system of ocean currents, scientists found in a study.
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Indirect prompt injection is taking hold in the wild
The open web is slowly but surely filling up with “traps” designed for LLM-powered AI agents. The technique, known as indirect prompt injection (IPI), involves hiding (more or less) covert instructions inside ordinary web pages, waiting for…
A study of 1,000 Android apps finds a privacy policy logging gap
Android developers write log statements for the same reasons they always have: debugging crashes, tracing performance issues, and understanding how features behave in production. Legal and privacy teams, working from templates and regulatory checklists…
The cinema lab: brain activity tracked to find secret to creating immersive films
Bristol University project aims to help directors make better movies and take greater risks – with one already onboardAt first glance, it looks like any high-end cinema: booming surround sound, a razor-sharp 4K projector and rows of reclining seats. Bu…
The switch that quantum networking has been waiting for
The Cisco Universal Quantum Switch routes entangled photons across all major encoding modalities on existing telecom fiber, unlocking distributed quantum computing.
Quiz: Can You Tell Real British Insults From Fakes?
Researchers in the U.K. are working to document the country’s array of obscure invective.
BreachLock Named Representative Vendor in the 2026 Gartner Market Guide for Adversarial Exposure Validation
New York, United States, 21st April 2026, CyberNewswire
Forescout Uncovers New Security Risks in Widely Used Industrial Networking Devices
Cybersecurity firm Forescout has identified 22 previously unknown vulnerabilities in serial-to-IP converters, devices commonly used to connect legacy industrial equipment to modern networks. The company warns that thousands of these systems are currently exposed online, potentially increasing the risk of cyberattacks across critical infrastructure sectors. The findings are part of a new research initiative called […]
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How Bruce the Parrot Landed Atop the Pecking Order, Without a Beak
The kea gained fame for learning to use a pebble to groom himself. Scientists were astounded by his next innovation.
Half of the 6 Million Internet-Facing FTP Servers Lack Encryption
The continued use of the half-century-old protocol exposes enterprises and end users to various types of attacks.
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