Nasa's Artemis crew welcomed back to Planet Earth in HoustonThe four astronauts who flew in Nasa's Artemis II mission around the Moon have been welcomed back to Planet Earth at an event in Houston, Texas.Commander Reid Wiseman said the mission was "the most special thing I ever went through in my life". The astronauts - Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and...

Hollywood isn’t happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement. ByteDance, the Chinese company that recently finalized a deal to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations (it retains a stake in the new joint venture), launched Seedance...

Stryker says it’s restoring systems after pro-Iran hackers wiped thousands of employee devices Medical tech giant Stryker said it’s in the process of restoring its computers and internal network following a cyberattack that reportedly allowed pro-Iranian hackers to remotely wipe tens of thousands of employee devices. The hack, which brought ongoing widespread disruption to the company’s...

How to Ensure Your iPhone Downloads Background Security ImprovementsApple released iOS 26.3.1 (a) on March 17, and the company wrote online that it fixed an issue in WebKit, the engine that powers Safari and other third-party browsers in iOS. This was also the first Background Security Improvement Apple released. Downloading those updates as soon as possible helps keep you and your device...

YC startups can now receive investment in stablecoin In Brief Posted: 11:54 AM PST · February 3, 2026 Image Credits:Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch All startups accepted into YC will soon have the option to receive their seed checks via stablecoins, crypto YC partner Nemil Dalal told The Block. YC’s famous “standard deal” is that it invests...