Altcoin deposits spike above 45K on Binance: Is Bitcoin ready to step back in?
Journalist Key Takeaways Altcoins saw a broad-based rotation in July. Despite the rally, rising exchange inflows and BTC.D stalling below 63% suggest traders may be exiting into strength. July marked a decisive shift in crypto market structure. Total crypto market cap surged 13.3%, driven by Bitcoin retesting all-time highs. But…
Trump plans 100% tariffs for semiconductor imports
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs of “approximately 100%” on semiconductor imports, he said during a press briefing at the White House on Wednesday. Trump did not provide details about when the tariffs would go into effect…
bubmagAugust 7, 2025
Astronomers Discover Seeds of Life in Young Star’s Planet-Forming Disc
Astronomers have discovered signs of complex organic molecules, considered precursors to sugars and amino acids, within a planet-forming disc. Using the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a research team led by Abubakar Fadul from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has identified a variety of complex organic molecules…
bubmagAugust 1, 2025
AI-powered Cursor IDE vulnerable to prompt-injection attacks
A vulnerability that researchers call CurXecute is present in almost all versions of the AI-powered code editor Cursor, and can be exploited to execute remote code with developer privileges. The security issue is now identified as CVE-2025-54135 and can be leveraged by feeding the AI agent a malicious prompt to…
bubmagAugust 1, 2025
Is life widespread throughout the cosmos? Complex organic molecules found in planet-birthing disk
(Main) An illustration of a rogue planet causing gravitational lensing. (Inset) The Hubble Space Telescope in orbit around Earth. (Image credit: ESO/L. Calçada/T. Müller (MPIA/HdA) (CC BY 4.0)) Astronomers have detected signs of complex organic molecules, the precursors to the building blocks of life as we know it, in a…
bubmagJuly 31, 2025
Spikes in malicious activity precede new security flaws in 80% of cases
Researchers have found that in roughly 80% of cases, spikes in malicious activity like network reconnaissance, targeted scanning, and brute-forcing attempts targeting edge networking devices are a precursor to the disclosure of new security vulnerabilities (CVEs) within six weeks. This has been discovered by threat monitoring firm GreyNoise, which reports…
bubmagJuly 31, 2025
Google gets its swag back
This week, I take a look at the surprisingly strong state of Google, Meta gets a new chief AI researcher, and more. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out this week’s Decoder episode about deepfakes and where they are headed. Also, do you use an AI coding tool…
bubmagJuly 25, 2025
Building blocks of life may be far more common in space than we thought, study claims
An artist's impression showing the planet-forming disk around the star V883 Orions. (Image credit: ESO/L. Calçada/T. Müller (MPIA/HdA)) Astronomers have discovered key components to life's building blocks swirling around a remote baby star, hinting that the stuff of life is far more prevalent throughout the universe than once thought. The…
bubmagJuly 25, 2025
Vibe coding platform Lovable becomes fastest-growing software startup ever
Swedish AI startup Lovable says it has surpassed $100mn in annual recurring revenue (ARR) just eight months after launch. This makes it the fastest-ever software company to reach the milestone — eclipsing the historically rapid growth rates of companies such as Cursor and Wiz . Lovable’s rise stems from the popularity…
bubmagJuly 24, 2025