Mastodon’s flagship server was hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack on Monday, the social networking software maker said, which rendered the instance unusable at times. Much of the site was inaccessible, throwing error messages or displaying a full-screen outage warning. The makers of the decentralized social networking software, which runs its official mastodon.social instance, said…
Over the weekend, hackers stole more than $290 million in cryptocurrency from Kelp DAO, a protocol that allows users to earn yields on idle crypto investments. By Monday, LayerZero, one of the projects affected by the hack, accused North Korea of carrying out the heist. The hack is now the largest crypto theft of the…
The Federal Aviation Administration has instructed Blue Origin to perform an investigation into the apparent failure of the upper stage of its New Glenn rocket on Sunday, according to the Orlando Sentinel. That means the company won’t be able to fly New Glenn again until it completes the probe. That could put a damper on…
Why the European Commission Wants Google to Share Data with Third-Party Search Engines.Google is the leading search engine in the EU with up to 90% market share. Bing is the only closest competitor with up to 6% share in the European market. The European Commission challenges Google’s dominance in the search engine market. They proposed…
Deezer announced on Monday that AI-generated tracks now represent 44% of all new music uploaded to its platform. The company said it’s receiving almost 75,000 AI-generated tracks per day and more than two million per month. The consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, at 1-3% of total streams, and 85%…
Rivian’s factory in Normal, Illinois was directly hit by a tornado and sustained damage over the weekend, the company has confirmed to TechCrunch. Nobody was injured, according to Rivian, and staff are still assessing the extent of the damage. The tornado, which had an EF-1 intensity rating, hit what Rivian refers to as “Building 2,”…
Choosing between dozens of website builders, each promising the “easiest” setup and “best” features, can leave you more confused than when you started. I know because I spent countless hours sharing that frustration earlier on in my career. I’ve tested nearly every major platform over the years as a B2B tech reviewer, and that’s how…
Your WordPress host provides the foundation for any online business, blog, or project you want to launch, and it’s crucial that it remains stable. Unscheduled downtime, security issues, and poor performance can deter visitors, leading to fewer readers, reduced reach, and potentially fewer conversions. Picking the right WordPress host from the start can make or…
The winning runner at a Beijing half-marathon for humanoid robots finished the race today in 50 minutes and 26 seconds — significantly faster than the human world record of 57 minutes recently set by Jacob Kiplimo. Comparing human and robot running times may seem unfair; one social media user observed, “my car can outrun a…
OpenAI has been all over the news recently, whether that news is about acquisitions, competition with Anthropic, or bigger debates about AI’s impact on society. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I did our best to round up all the latest OpenAI news. While the company’s latest acquisitions…