Mighty mitochondria: Cell powerhouses harnessed for healing
James McCully was in the lab extracting tiny structures called mitochondria from cells when researchers on his team rushed in. They’d been operating on a pig heart and couldn’t get…
Weird chemical used in plastics has erupted as latest fentanyl adulterant
In recent years, illicit drugs in the US have been cut with some high-profile and dangerous adulterants, such as the powerful veterinary sedative xylazine (aka tranq) and the yet more…
Four Arrested in £440M Cyber Attack on Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods
The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) on Thursday announced that four people have been arrested in connection with cyber attacks targeting major retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods. The…
U.S. Consumer Protection Is Dead: Lobbyists And Lawyers Kill New FTC Rule That Would Have Made It Easier To Cancel Subscriptions
Have I mentioned lately that the U.S. no longer has functional federal consumer protection and corporate oversight thanks to Donald Trump? And how that should probably be more of a…
AMD Warns of New Transient Scheduler Attacks Impacting a Wide Range of CPUs
Semiconductor company AMD is warning of a new set of vulnerabilities affecting a broad range of chipsets that could lead to information disclosure. The attacks, called Transient Scheduler Attacks (TSA),…
New ZuRu Malware Variant Targeting Developers via Trojanized Termius macOS App
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered new artifacts associated with an Apple macOS malware called ZuRu, which is known to propagate via trojanized versions of legitimate software. SentinelOne, in a new report…
What Security Leaders Need to Know About AI Governance for SaaS
Generative AI is not arriving with a bang, it’s slowly creeping into the software that companies already use on a daily basis. Whether it is video conferencing or CRM, vendors…
ServiceNow Flaw CVE-2025-3648 Could Lead to Data Exposure via Misconfigured ACLs
A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in ServiceNow’s platform that, if successfully exploited, could result in data exposure and exfiltration. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-3648 (CVSS score: 8.2), has…
Here’s why Trump appointed the Secretary of Transportation to lead NASA
Six weeks after he terminated the nomination of Jared Isaacman to become NASA Administrator, President Trump moved on Wednesday evening to install a new temporary leader for the space agency.…
Let’s All Talk About The ‘Reverse Boycott’ Oakland A’s Game That MLB Is Trying To Memory-Hole
I’ve been an MLB.TV evangelist for some time now. My deep love for the game of baseball has led me to subscribe to baseball’s streaming service, still probably the best…