ShinyHunters breached Anodot, stealing Snowflake tokens Attack hit more than a dozen Snowflake customers Group claims data theft and extortion, echoing 2024 campaign A supply chain attack at an analytics company has resulted in more than a dozen Snowflake customers losing their sensitive information. The ShinyHunters extortion group recently broke into Anodot, an AI-powered, cloud-based…

Google wants to “deploy capital in a good way” among early AI startups Hidden gem projects cover areas like data centers in space and quantum computing The company invests in third parties when internal opportunities aren’t mature enough The CEO of Alphabet (parent company to Google) has declared now may be a great time to…

Proton VPN rolls out Shortcuts, Quick Actions, and Siri integration on iOS The update makes it easy and faster to secure your iPhone It follows the release of similar features on Android devices Proton VPN has just made using its VPN service on iPhone significantly easier and faster. The Swiss provider has rolled out an…

Project Glasswing and Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview are designed to tackle AI security threats Mythos is so powerful that it’s not being released to the public – only select companies Work has already found decades-old bugs and critical flaws in major OSs and browsers Anthropic has lifted the wraps off Project Glasswing, a new cybersecurity…

Data centers are entering the most aggressive expansion cycle in their history. Artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and GPU-accelerated workloads are transforming data centers from traditional IT facilities into power-intensive “AI factories.” This shift is structural, not incremental and forces a fundamental rethinking of power delivery inside the data center. Sean Burke Social Links Navigation This…

Millions of broadband users are paying more due to expired contracts Around 4% of users do not know their contract status Out-of-contract rates often increase by around £20 or more monthly Many UK broadband users are currently paying more than necessary, largely because they remain on out-of-contract plans after their initial agreements expire. New research…

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, April 7 (game…

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, April 7 (game…

The Cone Nebula is an immense pillar of gas and dust some seven light-years tall. It’s located in the constellation Monoceros 2,700 light-years from Earth, and is bathed in ultraviolet radiation from nearby stars, which it re-emits as brilliant red light. And right now, it’s in my living room. Or rather, it’s on my phone,…

Kindles from 2012 and older are being sunsetted on May 20 Amazon has started emailing users about the imminent loss of support First to fifth-generation Kindle and Kindle Fire devices will be affected RIP, 1st gen Kindle, I loved your keyboard. A decade after users of older Kindles were required to update the software to…