Venture capital is facing a brutal fundraising drought. New data shows capital raised and the number of new funds are plummeting, setting up the worst year in nearly a decade. The timing couldn’t be worse for a generation of startups.
The next Linux kernel release is set to deliver some significant storage performance wins. Key changes target the dm-verity integrity mechanism and the EXT4 filesystem’s online defragmentation.
Canada is making a massive, strategic bet to become a global science hub by poaching top international researchers. A new $1.2 billion initiative aims to recruit over 1,000 scientists, with U.S. talent being a prime target due to political and visa uncertainty.
Vietnam’s parliament has passed a new law banning the export of raw rare earth minerals. The law, which takes effect in January 2025, will strictly control exploration and processing. Only approved companies will be allowed to operate in the sector.
A new report claims Chinese AI company Deepseek is training its latest models on smuggled Nvidia Blackwell GPUs, violating U.S. export rules. Nvidia has issued a statement calling the details of the alleged smuggling operation “far-fetched.”
A new Pew Research Center report shows a rebound in daily social media use among US teens aged 13-17. The survey also reveals that nearly two-thirds of teens are now using AI chatbots like ChatGPT.
Nextdoor’s stock price skyrocketed after a bullish social media post from hedge fund manager Eric Jackson. He framed the platform not as a social network, but as an AI-powered “neighborhood operating system” with huge potential.
The US government has issued a stark warning about pro-Russia hacktivist groups targeting critical infrastructure. These attacks, while unsophisticated, are hitting water systems, food and agriculture, and energy sectors by exploiting poorly secured industrial control devices.
A new report reveals the shocking persistence of the Log4Shell vulnerability. In 2025 alone, 40 million downloads of the Log4j Java library were of the vulnerable version, accounting for 13% of all downloads this year.
Astranis is reviving manufacturing at San Francisco’s historic Pier 70, but for space. The company builds compact, software-defined MicroGEO satellites and plans to scale production to an unprecedented 24 at a time.
