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Dutch police say they have disrupted a massive botnet consisting of 17 million infected computers, smartphones, and tablets. According to the authorities, the botnet was discovered after a security researcher reported it to the Netherlands’ National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL). During their investigation into the botnet, the authorities identified 200 servers used to control infected devices and launch cyberattacks. As part of the takedown efforts, several servers associated with the botnet were seized from a hosting provider in the Netherlands, and the provider took down the entire network for being used for illicit activities, the police say. “Criminals can remotely…

There’s truth to the old adage, “Age is just a number.” People of the same age differ vastly in health and mental capabilities. One 80-year-old may be vibe coding with Claude, while another is gradually forgetting familiar faces and memories.To better gauge this difference, scientists have been developing “clocks” that measure biological age. Rather than the number of candles on a birthday cake, these tools capture health at the cellular level and are remarkably accurate at estimating disease risk and even life expectancy. But how they work is hard to explain.Now Harvard scientists and collaborators have released a powerful and…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. JCB Toughphone E10: 30-second reviewFirst, let’s clear up the JCB angle. JCB, the well-known digger company, does not make phones. The brand is operated by a company called JCB Phone, which was formed by the Genuine Case Company and has been licensed to use the JCB name since 2023. So what you’re buying with the JCB Toughphone E10 is a Chinese ODM phone wearing a very well-known British industrial…

Release Date May 15, 2026 Runtime 108 minutes Director Curry Barker Obsession 4K/Blu-ray was available for pre-order, but was pulled hours later The home release may have been pushed back An image of the Obsession Blu-ray/4K combo pack and a disc.Credit: Blumhouse Early this morning, preorders for the Obsession 4K/Blu-ray home release went live on several retailers, including Amazon, Walmart and Barnes and Noble. However, as of 3PM EST on June 1, every single preorder page has been removed. Though these pages were active for several hours and many users on social media reported being able to preorder the film, it…

Threat actors are exploiting a critical-severity vulnerability in the WP Maps Pro WordPress plugin to take over websites, Defiant warns. WP Maps Pro allows site administrators to embed Google Maps in their installations, customizable with advanced location, markers, and categories. The exploited vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-8732 (CVSS score of 9.8), allows unauthenticated threat actors to create new administrative accounts and take over vulnerable sites. WP Maps Pro has been designed to support tooling, which exposes a temporary access capability used by the vendor to log in to customer sites as part of troubleshooting operations. According to Defiant, the security defect…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech These days, retailers are increasingly hitching their wagon to the AI horse: big box stores like Target have issued guidance that they’re not responsible for any errant purchases its AI agent charges to your credit card, while chain restaurants like Taco Bell and Pizza Hut have forced AI into their services, with dismal results so far. Now, sports retail giant Dick’s Sporting Goods is getting in on the hype with its own AI personal trainer. Called “Coach by Dick’s,” the system will be…

Nvidia’s RTX Spark marks one of the most aggressive pushes yet toward turning the PC into an agentic AI system by redesigning both hardware expectations and how Windows is meant to be used. At the centre of the platform is the RTX Spark Superchip, a Windows-on-Arm design announced at Computex 2026 that combines up to 20 Arm CPU cores with a Blackwell-based GPU featuring 6,144 CUDA cores. It pairs up to 128GB of LPDDR5X unified memory with up to 300 GB/s of bandwidth, all tied together via NVLink C2C. Nvidia says this architecture specifically handles AI agents running locally. In…

Summary RTX Spark announced: an AI-forward ARM superchip with a 20-core Grace CPU and Blackwell GPU that delivers up to 1 petaflop and 6,144 CUDA cores in thin laptops. Native Adobe apps offer hiccup-free video editing, including 90GB 3D scenes and 12K HDR video. First laptops with this chip will arrive this fall from Microsoft Surface, Dell, Asus, MSI, and more. NVIDIA and Microsoft have partnered to create the RTX Spark, a new, lightweight yet powerful chipset that’s shaking up the power structure once again for next-gen computers. It’s an ARM-based superchip designed to handle heavy video and 3D workloads…

Torsten Sløk says there’s been “zero evidence” of AI-induced job lossesHiring for AI specialists, data center staff and more has surgedJevons Paradox has caused increased demand, despite efficiencyApollo Global Management’s chief economist Torsten Sløk declared in a blog post that “there is zero evidence of job losses because of AI,” countering years of concerns that artificial intelligence could replace human workers.However, while Sløk claims that there’s no net loss of jobs, he does at least acknowledge the widespread displacement caused by shifting priorities.Now, we’re seeing more demand than ever for AI specialists, engineers, data center staff and infrastructure and energy…

Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos has acquired xIoT security specialist Phosphorus, a move aimed at strengthening its ability to help organizations secure and manage the growing number of connected devices embedded across critical infrastructure and other operational networks. Phosphorus was founded in 2017 by Chris Rouland (CEO), Earle Ady (CTO), and Rebecca Rouland (CFO). Rouland previously founded Bastille and Endgame. He also stood up the X-Force division at IBM where he was CTO and Distinguished Engineer. The company’s platform enables organizations to identify connected devices, assess exposures, and automate remediation actions at scale. It also has the ability to automate security tasks…