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James Bond game 007 First Light delayed to May 2026

BBC TechnologyTechnology37 minutes ago
Dexter Original Sin actor Patrick Gibson will star as the British spy when the game releases on 27 May.

You’ve been targeted by government spyware. Now what?

TechCrunchTechnology59 minutes ago
Tech companies are increasingly warning their customers that they have been targeted by governments with advanced government spyware, such as NSO's Pegasus or Paragon's Graphite. What happens after receiving a threat notification?

Weekly Career Discussion Thread (29 Dec 2025)

Reddit EngineeringEngineering4 hours ago
# Intro Welcome to the weekly career discussion thread, where you can talk about all career & professional topics. Topics may include: * Professional career guidance & questions; e.g. job hunting advice, job offers comparisons, how to network * Educational guidance & questions; e.g. what...

Accused data thief threw MacBook into a river to destroy evidence

The registerSecurity6 hours ago
Former staffer of Korean e-tailer Coupang accessed 33 million records but may have done less damage than feared Korean e-tailer Coupang claims a former employee has admitted to improperly accessing data describing 33 million of its customers, but says the accused deleted the stolen data.…

Sauron, the high-end home security startup for “super premium” customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos

TechCrunchTechnology8 hours ago
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.

Many new UK drone users must take theory test before flying outside

BBC TechnologyTechnology10 hours ago
The Civil Aviation Authority reckons up to half a million people in the UK may be impacted by its new requirements.

Police charge driver who allegedly killed a pedestrian while livestreaming on TikTok

TechCrunchTechnology13 hours ago
Local police said they have charged an Illinois driver who struck and killed a pedestrian while she was livestreaming on TikTok.

You may soon be able to change your Gmail address

TechCrunchTechnology13 hours ago
Good news for anyone tired of or embarrassed by their current Gmail address.

A guide to choosing the right Apple Watch

TechCrunchTechnology14 hours ago
The gap between Apple's standard and budget smart watches has never felt smaller. 

Why WeTransfer’s co-founder is building another file transfer service

TechCrunchTechnology16 hours ago
WeTransfer co-founder Nalden has a new file transfer service that users can use without logging in.

MayimFlow wants to stop data center leaks before they happen

TechCrunchTechnology18 hours ago
Leaks cause damage, down time, and cost money. MayimFlow's founder John Khazraee wants to change that.

Most distant supernova: James Webb sees a star explode at cosmic dawn

Science dailyScience18 hours ago
Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old. The event was first signaled by a gamma-ray burst and later confirmed using the James Webb Space Telescope, which was able to isolate the blast from its faint host galaxy. Su...

The 33 top health and wellness startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield

TechCrunchTechnology18 hours ago
Here is the full list of the health and wellness Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on what made us select them for the competition.

The Google Pixel Watch 4 made me like smartwatches again

TechCrunchTechnology18 hours ago
Google's Pixel Watch 4 is an excellent smartwatch with fast charging and great design.

OpenAI is looking for a new Head of Preparedness

TechCrunchTechnology19 hours ago
OpenAI is looking to hire a new executive responsible for studying emerging AI-related risks in areas ranging from computer security to mental health.

The 14 fintech, real estate, proptech startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield 

TechCrunchTechnology19 hours ago
Here is the full list of the fintech, real estate, and proptech Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on what made us select them for the competition.

Death, torture, and amputation: How cybercrime shook the world in 2025

The registerSecurity20 hours ago
The human harms of cyberattacks piled up this year, and violence expected to increase The knock-on, and often unintentional, impacts of a cyberattack are so rarely discussed. As an industry, the focus is almost always placed on the economic damage: the ransom payment; the cost of business downtime; ...

The deep ocean has a missing link and scientists finally found it

Science dailyScience21 hours ago
Scientists have uncovered why big predators like sharks spend so much time in the ocean’s twilight zone. The answer lies with mid-sized fish such as the bigscale pomfret, which live deep during the day and rise at night to feed, linking deep and surface food webs. Using satellite tags, researchers...

Mini brains reveal clear brain signals of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Science dailyScience22 hours ago
Tiny lab-grown brains are offering an unprecedented look at how schizophrenia and bipolar disorder disrupt neural activity. Researchers found distinct electrical firing patterns that could identify these conditions with high accuracy. The discovery opens the door to more precise diagnoses and person...

Fusion reactors may create dark matter particles

Science dailyScience23 hours ago
Researchers say fusion reactors might do more than generate clean energy—they could also create particles linked to dark matter. A new theoretical study shows how neutrons inside future fusion reactors could spark rare reactions that produce axions, particles long suspected to exist but never obse...

Losing weight in midlife may have a hidden brain cost

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Weight loss restored healthy metabolism in both young and mid-aged mice, but the brain told a different story. In mid-aged animals, slimming down actually worsened inflammation in a brain region tied to appetite and energy balance. While this inflammation eventually subsided, brain inflammation has ...

A massive scientific review put alternative autism therapies to the test

Science dailyScience1 days ago
A major new review has put hundreds of alternative autism treatments under the microscope—and most didn’t hold up. Scientists analyzed decades of research and found little reliable evidence that popular approaches like probiotics, acupuncture, or music therapy truly work. Alarmingly, safety was ...

Zombie worms are missing and scientists are alarmed

Science dailyScience1 days ago
When researchers lowered whale bones into the deep ocean, they expected zombie worms to quickly move in. Instead, after 10 years, none appeared — an unsettling result tied to low-oxygen waters in the region. These worms play a key role in breaking down whale remains and supporting deep-sea life. T...

Life or Death Flight: Crossing the Atlantic in a Plane Built in 60 days

Reddit EngineeringEngineering1 days ago
https://preview.redd.it/flia4zjvly9g1.jpg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c72b71afcd7b160b851afcb2e6bb14dd7311042 It’s Thursday evening, and you ask a new friend if he has any interesting plans for the weekend. Sort of, he says. He will leave New York in the morning, and fly t...

Best Apple Watch apps for boosting your productivity

TechCrunchTechnology1 days ago
Although the Apple Watch comes with simple built-in productivity apps like Reminders and Calendar, it’s worth exploring some third-party apps that are designed to boost productivity by offering additional functionality. 

India startup funding hits $11B in 2025 as investors grow more selective

TechCrunchTechnology1 days ago
Startup funding rounds in India fell sharply in 2025 as investors concentrated capital into fewer companies.

FaZe Clan’s future is uncertain after influencers depart

TechCrunchTechnology1 days ago
Six influencers recently announced that they are leaving esports group FaZe Clan following unsuccessful contract negotiations with new management.

Trump administration seeks to deport hate speech researcher previously sued by X

TechCrunchTechnology1 days ago
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of State from arresting or deporting Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.

Investors share what to remember while raising a Series A

TechCrunchTechnology1 days ago
Investors share what founders should remember if looking to raise a Series A.

Meet the team that investigates when journalists and activists get hacked with government spyware

TechCrunchTechnology1 days ago
For years, Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline has been aiding journalists and dissidents who have been targeted with government spyware. This is how they operate.

Large Hadron Collider finally explains how fragile matter forms

Science dailyScience1 days ago
In collisions at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, hotter than the Sun’s core by a staggering margin, scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery: how delicate particles like deuterons and their antimatter twins can exist at all. Instead of forming in the initial chaos, these fragile nucl...

The 22 top clean tech and energy startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield

TechCrunchTechnology1 days ago
Here is the full list of the clean tech and energy Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on what made us select them for the competition.

Stanford scientists uncover why mRNA COVID vaccines can trigger heart inflammation

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Stanford scientists have uncovered how mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can very rarely trigger heart inflammation in young men — and how that risk might be reduced. They found that the vaccines can spark a two-step immune reaction that floods the body with inflammatory signals, drawing aggressive immune ce...

NY Governor Hochul signs bill requiring warning labels on ‘addictive’ social media

TechCrunchTechnology1 days ago
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill requiring social media platforms to show warning labels to younger users before they’re exposed to features such as autoplay and infinite scrolling.

A rare cancer-fighting plant compound has finally been decoded

Science dailyScience1 days ago
UBC Okanagan researchers have uncovered how plants create mitraphylline, a rare natural compound linked to anti-cancer effects. By identifying two key enzymes that shape and twist molecules into their final form, the team solved a puzzle that had stumped scientists for years. The discovery could mak...

The 7 top space and defense tech startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield 

TechCrunchTechnology1 days ago
Here is the full list of the space and defense tech Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on what made us select them for the competition.

Physicists close in on the elusive sterile neutrino

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Neutrinos may be nearly invisible, but they play a starring role in the Universe. Long-standing anomalies had hinted at a mysterious fourth “sterile” neutrino, potentially rewriting the laws of physics. Using exquisitely precise measurements of tritium decay, the KATRIN experiment found no evide...

Cancer cells depend on a dangerous DNA repair trick

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic tangles overwhelm normal repair pathways, cells flip on a fast but error-prone emergency fix that helps them survive. Some cancer cells rely heavily on this backup system, even tho...

Scientists may have found the best place for humans to land on Mars

Science dailyScience2 days ago
A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less than a meter beneath the surface, close enough to be harvested for water, oxygen, and fuel. The location strikes a rare balance between sunlight and cold, helping preserve the ic...

Something fundamental about black holes may be changing

Science dailyScience2 days ago
New observations reveal that the relationship between ultraviolet and X-ray light in quasars has changed over billions of years. This unexpected shift suggests the structure around supermassive black holes may evolve with time, challenging a decades-old assumption.

Why some people keep making the same bad decisions

Science dailyScience2 days ago
Everyday sights and sounds quietly shape the choices people make, often without them realizing it. New research suggests that some individuals become especially influenced by these environmental cues, relying on them heavily when deciding what to do. The problem arises when those cues start leading ...

This common food ingredient may shape a child’s health for life

Science dailyScience3 days ago
Scientists discovered that common food emulsifiers consumed by mother mice altered their offspring’s gut microbiome from the very first weeks of life. These changes interfered with normal immune system training, leading to long-term inflammation. As adults, the offspring were more vulnerable to gu...

A strange star near a black hole is defying expectations

Science dailyScience3 days ago
Astronomers have decoded the hidden past of a distant red giant star by listening to tiny vibrations in its light, revealing clues of a dramatic cosmic history. The star, which quietly orbits a dormant black hole, appears to be spinning far faster than it should—and its internal “starquakes” s...

How Earth endured a planet-wide inferno: The secret water vault under our feet

Science dailyScience3 days ago
When Earth was a molten inferno, water may have been locked safely underground rather than lost to space. Researchers discovered that bridgmanite deep in the mantle can store far more water at high temperatures than previously believed. During Earth’s cooling, this hidden reservoir could have held...

A surprising brain cleanup reduced epileptic seizures and restored memory

Science dailyScience3 days ago
A new study suggests temporal lobe epilepsy may be linked to early aging of certain brain cells. When researchers removed these aging cells in mice, seizures dropped, memory improved, and some animals avoided epilepsy altogether. The treatment used drugs already known to science, raising the possibi...

Back from the dead: “Extinct” fish rediscovered in a remote Bolivian pond after 20 years

Science dailyScience3 days ago
A tiny fish long feared lost has resurfaced in Bolivia, offering a rare conservation success story amid widespread habitat destruction. Moema claudiae, a seasonal killifish unseen for more than 20 years, was rediscovered in a small temporary pond hidden within a fragment of forest surrounded by farm...

This popular painkiller may do more harm than good

Science dailyScience3 days ago
Tramadol, a popular opioid often seen as a “safer” painkiller, may not live up to its reputation. A large analysis of clinical trials found that while it does reduce chronic pain, the relief is modest—so small that many patients likely wouldn’t notice much real-world benefit. At the same tim...

Oceans are supercharging hurricanes past Category 5

Science dailyScience3 days ago
Deep ocean hot spots packed with heat are making the strongest hurricanes and typhoons more likely—and more dangerous. These regions, especially near the Philippines and the Caribbean, are expanding as climate change warms ocean waters far below the surface. As a result, storms powerful enough to ...

Astronomers discover one of the Universe’s largest spinning structures

Science dailyScience3 days ago
Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together. The razor-thin chain of galaxies sits inside a much larger filament that appears to be slowly rotating as a whole. This coordinated motion is far stronger than expected by chan...

A Christmas tree 80 light-years wide appears in space

Science dailyScience3 days ago
This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a glowing holiday tree. Known as NGC 2264, this distant star-forming region sits about 2,700 light-years away and is filled with newborn stars lighting up clouds of gas and dust. The stars form a tr...