Science & Tech

May 27 vsdCRV Mint on Arbitrum: Trillions Created, But Only ~$91,000 Extracted

An unauthorized mint of vsdCRV on Arbitrum created trillions of tokens, but attackers appear to have cashed out only about $91,000 as DeFi protocols scrambled to contain risk.

#crypto, #arbitrum, #stakedao, #defi, #security

FAA Declares SpaceX Starship Flight 12 a 'Mishap,' Blocking Further Flights Pending Investigation

FAA says May 22 Starship Flight 12 was a 'mishap' focused on the Super Heavy booster; SpaceX must complete an FAA-overseen investigation before flying again.

#spacex, #starship, #faa, #space

Preprint Finds LLM Watermarks Can Be Undermined by Supply-Chain PRNG Tampering

An arXiv preprint finds LLM watermarking can be bypassed by tampering with the inference PRNG; authors say quantum RNGs may defend.

#ai, #watermarking, #prng, #cybersecurity

GAO: U.S. Electric Aircraft Still Years From Routine Use; FAA Hasn’t Certified a Manned Model

A GAO report finds FAA has not certified a manned electric aircraft and U.S. airport charging plans are limited, slowing electric aviation’s rollout.

#electricaviation, #faa, #gaoreport, #airports

CD PROJEKT RED announces 2027 expansion 'Songs of the Past' for The Witcher 3; PC requirements rise

CD PROJEKT RED will release Songs of the Past, a 2027 expansion for The Witcher 3 starring Geralt; PC minimum requirements will increase.

$CDR, #witcher3, #cdprojektred, #gaming, #pc, #expansion

Square Enix Renames Dragon Quest XII to 'Beyond Dreams' as Development Reset Is Reported

Square Enix revealed Dragon Quest XII — Yume no Kanata e (Beyond Dreams) on May 27; Japanese reports say development was restarted under a 'new structure'.

#dragonquest, #squareenix, #videogames, #gaming

Apparent Infinite‑Mint Exploit Creates 5.4 Trillion vsdCRV on Arbitrum; Attacker Swapped ~43.8 ETH

Security feeds report an apparent infinite‑mint exploit on Arbitrum's vsdCRV, creating ~5.4T tokens; attacker swapped about 43.78 ETH (~$90k).

#crypto, #arbitrum, #stakedao, #defi, #security

EFF analysis finds schools, police using Flock Safety license-plate cameras for residency and background checks

An EFF review of Flock Safety logs shows schools and police used license-plate searches for residency verification, background checks and noise complaints.

#surveillance, #privacy, #lawenforcement, #flocksafety

NASA Awards Lunar Rover Contracts, Sets Moon Base Campaign Launches Starting Fall 2026

NASA awarded rover contracts to Astrolab and Lunar Outpost, hired Blue Origin to deliver them, and set Moon Base missions to begin as early as fall 2026.

#nasa, #moon, #lunar, #space, #artemis

Epic Shows Unreal Engine 6 Running Rocket League at RLC 2026 Paris — No Release Date or Technical Details Announced

Epic Games unveiled Unreal Engine 6 at the Rocket League Championship Series 2026 Paris Major, showing Rocket League on UE6 but giving few technical details.

#unrealengine, #rocketleague, #epicgames, #gameengines

Take-Two Reaffirms Nov. 19, 2026 Release Date for Grand Theft Auto VI

Take-Two reaffirmed on May 21 that Grand Theft Auto VI remains scheduled for Nov. 19, 2026, tying its fiscal 2027 guidance and growth to the launch.

$TTWO, #gaming, #gta6, #taketwo, #rockstargames

SpaceX’s First Starship V3 Test Reaches Key Milestones; Booster Lost, Upper Stage Destroyed After Splashdown

SpaceX’s Starship Flight 12, the first V3 test from South Texas, completed key objectives and payload deployment but lost its Super Heavy booster and upper stage.

#spacex, #starship, #space, #starlink

New arXiv Preprint Says Adaptive 'Metis' Jailbreak Achieved High Success Against Multiple LLMs, but Results Aren't Yet Reproducible

An arXiv preprint describes Metis, an adaptive jailbreak that reportedly reached ~89% success across 10 LLMs, but its results are author-reported and not yet reproducible.

#ai, #security, #jailbreaking, #arxiv

Pyth Network outage halts price feeds for more than five hours

Pyth Network validators stopped creating blocks on May 22, 2026, interrupting price feeds for over five hours; Hermes endpoints remained delayed.

#crypto, #blockchain, #pyth, #oracles

Bungie to end active Destiny 2 development with final live update, Monument of Triumph, on June 9

Bungie will end active Destiny 2 development after releasing final live-service update, Monument of Triumph, on June 9, 2026; the game will remain playable.

#destiny2, #bungie, #gaming, #liveservice