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Keep seeing strange meetings and events in your calendar? It might be because calendar-based phishing has jumped 33,000% since May — and they work even if the email is sent to spam

This is according to a new report by cybersecurity researchers Sublime, who argue that this type of phishing has finally “hit the mainstream”. The methodology is simple - the attacker uses a free service, such as Gmail…

Winning video from Nikon microscope competition shows airway cells dancing in child with rare genetic disorder — Chinese student built imaging system to capture 'beautiful' cilia at 100x magnification

The competition aims to showcase "the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope", and the 2026 winners have now been announced. First prize this year goes to a video of airway cilia (tiny…

NASA's moon orbiter has spotted an impact crater that only happens once a century

Sometime between April 11 and May 22, 2024, a comet or an asteroid that's about the size of a three- to six‑story building slammed into the lunar surface and made the largest modern-day crater in our solar system. While…

Microsoft executive called OpenAI's web scraping the 'largest theft of labor in human history'

Microsoft's director of Applied Science, Dr. Brent Hecht, said OpenAI's work was akin to the "largest theft of labor in human history" that could create a "doom loop," while OpenAI exec Nick Turley said it represented an…

Boox Palma 3 v Palma 2: What’s new?

Once you’re finished here, be sure to check out our best e-reader guide too. Specs Comparison Table Boox Palma 3 Boox Palma 2 Display 6.13-inch E-Ink 6.13-inch E-Ink Dimensions 6.3 x 3.1 x 0.31 inches 6.3 x 3.1 x 0.31…

OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot

A team at a US-based startup compromised a number of OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts, starting a process that enabled them to access their target's software cache – and potentially more. "The scope of what we could…

Prime Big Deal Days starts soon, but these 16 tech deals at Amazon UK are already worth buying

It stands out because it's a record-low price for the ereader and e-ink notepad hybrid with 64GB of storage, which is rare to see outside of a major sales event. I guess Amazon didn't want to wait around until Prime Big…

Garmin investigates ‘disappearing workouts’ issue that’s hitting Cirqa owners — and confirms a workaround to stop it happening to you

And that’s exactly what some Garmin users have discovered recently, with the device seemingly deleting many people’s workouts as soon as they’re finished. The issue has surfaced in reports posted on Garmin’s support…

Executives from BYD, CATL and Xiaomi may join Xi’s Washington visit, Reuters reports

The information on which ones is still unknown, and the trip itself has not been officially confirmed. According to Reuters, citing three individuals familiar with the situation, the seven companies under consideration…

Google Home opens up to Claude, OpenClaw and any other MCP agent

“Depending on your agent, connecting it to Home MCP can result in unexpected or even undesired behaviour.” That warning sits inside the setup guide for Google Home MCP. Google opened it to early access on 16 September.…