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Hitachi Vantara takes servers offline after Akira ransomware attack
Hitachi Vantara, a subsidiary of Japanese multinational conglomerate Hitachi, was forced to take servers offline over the weekend to contain an Akira ransomware attack. The company provides data storage, infrastructure systems, cloud management, and ransomware recovery services to government entities and some of the world’s biggest brands, including BMW, Telefónica, T-Mobile, and China Telecom. In a statement shared with BleepingComputer,…
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Cisco takes aim at AI security at RSAC with ServiceNow partnership
Cisco and ServiceNow have kicked off RSAC Conference 2025 in San Francisco by announcing a new aspect of their seven-year collaboration. It brings together the former’s AI Defense product with the latter’s SecOps, with the companies claiming the integration will provide “more holistic AI risk management and governance”. Speaking ahead of the announcement, Cisco’s EVP and chief product officer Jeetu…
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What It Takes to Become the Pope
While the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis on April 21, the Catholic Church is preparing to choose a new leader. Cardinals are traveling to Vatican City from all over the world to take part in the papal conclave, an ancient ritual/election that ends with the selection of a new Pope. You might be wondering whether that new pope…
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Google takes on Cursor with Firebase Studio, its AI builder for vibe coding
Google has quietly launched Firebase Studio, which is a cloud-based AI-powered integrated development environment that lets you build full-fledged apps using prompts. Google’s Firebase Studio comes at an interesting time when Cursor AI is storming the “vibe coding” trend. Cursor AI, reportedly valued at $10 billion, is an AI-powered integrated development environment that integrates AI features directly into the coding…
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Google’s Sec-Gemini v1 Takes on Hackers & Outperforms Rivals by 11%
Image: Sundry Photography/Adobe Stock In a bid to tilt the cybersecurity battlefield in favor of defenders, Google has introduced Sec-Gemini v1, a new experimental AI model designed to help security teams identify threats, analyze incidents, and understand vulnerabilities faster and more accurately than before. Announced by the company’s cybersecurity research leads, Elie Burzstein and Marianna Tishchenko, Sec-Gemini v1 is the…
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Cyberattack takes down Ukrainian state railway’s online services
Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s national railway operator, has been hit by a massive cyberattack that disrupted online services for buying tickets both through mobile apps and the website. The incident forced people to booths to buy physical tickets, causing overcrowding, delays, long waiting times, and frustration. With trains being the only reliable and relatively safe means for people to travel within Ukraine and…
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I just discovered this innovative kitchen gadget that takes all the guesswork out of sourdough
Baking sourdough is a challenge. It’s much harder than baking a traditional loaf as the yeast needs longer to ferment and develop flavor. And it’s also sensitive to its environment. In fact, baking sourdough is a bit like the Goldilocks of the breadmaking world and needs everything ‘just right’. The main battle with getting your sourdough to work is getting…
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MWC 2025: Lenovo’s Magic Bay Takes Laptop Accessories to a Whole New Level
Lenovo is gathering all the attention at the MWC 2025 floors, with its new proof of concept ThinkBook Flip and 3D laptops. But that’s not the only new trick the company has up its sleeves, as they have also come out with their new Magic Bay lineup of accessories, extending the capabilities of their new Lenovo laptops with modular components.…
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Oura’s Readiness Score Finally Takes Menstrual Cycles Into Account
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Oura, the smart ring, is finally taking menstrual cycle data into account when assigning readiness scores—a feature whose absence has baffled users for years. The ring’s app was notorious for assigning lower-than-expected scores during the luteal phase of users’ cycles, but that is changing thanks to an update to the…
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This German sleep hacks takes the Scandi sleep method a step further — and couples are loving it
The Scandi Sleep Method boomed in popularity after couples who regularly fight for the covers managed to get a peaceful night’s sleep. If you missed it, this method simply refers to two people having individual duvets or comforters at night. But there’s a new sleep method gaining traction now, and this one’s from Germany. The German Bed Method sees a…
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