Mar 31, 2025The Hacker NewsIntrusion Detection / VulnerabilityIf you're using AWS, it's easy to assume your cloud security is handled - but that's a dangerous misconception. AWS secures its own infrastructure, but security within a cloud environment remains the customer's responsibility.Think of AWS security like protecting a building: AWS provides strong walls and a solid roof, but it's up to the customer to handle the locks, install the alarm systems, and ensure valuables aren't left exposed.In this blog, we'll clarify what AWS doesn't secure, highlight real-world vulnerabilities, and how cloud security scanners like Intruder can help.Understanding the AWS Shared Responsibility ModelAWS operates on a Shared Responsibility Model. In simple terms:AWS is responsible for securing the underlying infrastructure (e.g., hardware, networking, data centers) - the "walls and roof."The customer is responsible for securing their data, applications, and configurations within AWS - the "locks and alarms."Understanding this distinction is essential for maintaining a secure AWS environment.5 Real-World AWS Vulnerabilities You Need to AddressLet's look at some real-world vulnerabilities that fall under the customer's responsibility and what can be done to mitigate them.Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)Applications hosted in AWS are still vulnerable to attacks like SSRF, where attackers trick a server into making requests on their behalf. These attacks can result in unauthorized data access and further exploitation.To defend against SSRF:Regularly scan and fix vulnerabilities in applications.Enable AWS IMDSv2, which provides an additional security layer against SSRF attacks. AWS provides this safeguard, but configuration is the customer's responsibility.Access Control WeaknessesAWS Identify and Access Management (IAM) allows customers to manage who can access what resources - but it's only as strong as its implementation. Customers are responsible for ensuring users and systems only have access to the resources they truly need.Common missteps include:Overly permissive roles and accessMissing security controlsAccidentally public S3 bucketsData ExposuresAWS customers are responsible for the security of the data they store in the cloud - and for how their applications access that data.For example, if your application connects to an AWS Relational Database Service (RDS), the customer must ensure that the application doesn't expose sensitive data to attackers. A simple vulnerability like an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) is all it would take for an attacker with a user account to access data belonging to all other users.Patch ManagementIt almost goes without saying, but AWS does not patch servers! Customers who deploy EC2 instances are fully responsible for keeping the operating system (OS) and software up to date.Take Redis deployed on Ubuntu 24.04 as an example - the customer is responsible for patching vulnerabilities in both the software (Redis) and the OS (Ubuntu). AWS only manages underlying hardware vulnerabilities, like firmware issues.AWS services like Lambda reduce some patching responsibilities, but you're still responsible for using supported runtimes and keeping things up to date.Firewalls and Attack SurfaceAWS gives customers control over their attack surface, but isn't responsible for what they choose to expose.For instance, if a GitLab server is deployed on AWS, the customer is responsible for layering it behind a VPN, using a firewall, or placing it inside a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) while ensuring their team has a secure way to access it. Otherwise, a zero-day vulnerability could leave your data compromised, and AWS won't be at fault.The Key TakeawayThese examples make one thing clear: cloud security doesn't come out of the box. While AWS secures the underlying infrastructure, everything built on top of it is the customer's responsibility. Overlooking that fact can expose an organization to serious risk - but with the right tools, staying secure is entirely within reach.Level Up Your Cloud Security With IntruderIntruder helps you stay ahead of all these vulnerabilities and more, by combining agentless cloud security scanning, vulnerability scanning, and attack surface management in one powerful, easy-to-use platform.Why it's a game changer:Find what others miss: Intruder combines external vulnerability scanning with information from AWS accounts to find risks that other solutions might miss.No false alarms: CSPM tools can overhype severity. Intruder prioritizes real risks so you can focus on what truly matters.Crystal clear fixes: Issues are explained in plain English with step-by-step remediation guidance.Continuous protection: Stay ahead with continuous monitoring and alerts when new risks emerge.Predictable pricing: Unlike other cloud security tools that can rack up unpredictable costs, there's no surprise charges with Intruder.Get set up in minutes and receive instant insights into your cloud security start your 14 day free trial today.Found this article interesting? This article is a contributed piece from one of our valued partners. Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.SHARE

With more AI models emerging, how do CIOs and CISOs at enterprises go about establishing security guardrails to reduce risks as the technology gets deployed?

John Edwards, Technology Journalist & AuthorMarch 31, 20255 Min ReadAndrey Suslov via Alamy Stock VectorAgentic AI uses sophisticated reasoning and iterative planning to autonomously solve complex, multi-step problems. By absorbing massive amounts of data from multiple sources, the technology can build strategies, analyze challenges, and execute tasks in an almost endless range of business and research sectors, including supply chains, cybersecurity, and healthcare.Traditional AI systems typically excel at narrowly defined tasks under tightly controlled conditions, says Michael Craig, staff scientist at AI drug discovery firm Valence Labs. Agentic AI systems aren't restricted to a single, narrow purpose. "They can identify which questions to explore, what experiments to run, and how to adjust a methodology as new data emerges," he notes via email.Agentic AI functions like a workflow compared to other AI applications, says Joe Fernandes, vice president and general manager at enterprise open-source software provider Red Hat's AI unit. "Rather than a typical generative AI model generating a single response to a question, an agentic AI system may execute several steps on its own to complete the task," he explains in an email interview. This could include analyzing the request, mapping out a strategy, and executing the task, which in itself could be calling out to additional models or external systems, such as a search engine or querying a database.Related:A Force MultiplierWhen fully realized, agentic AI can be a force multiplier to an extreme degree, Fernandes says. "Looking at it from the perspective of a traditional enterprise IT organization, it's like having an incredibly specialized individual -- or team of individuals -- that doesn't mind having the same task, every day, with no creativity or scope expansion."Given its powerful and wide-ranging abilities, agentic AI presents an opportunity to advance scientific research by analyzing petabytes of data, formulating hypotheses, and pinpointing salient patterns in an asynchronous manner. "This has the potential to accelerate advancement in data-heavy fields like biology, chemistry, and drug discovery," Craig says. "Furthermore, agentic AI can update plans based on intermediate findings without needing continuous human supervision, which can result in a broader exploration of possible solutions." Perhaps most importantly, by testing ideas in simulated environments, agentic AI can lower reliance on expensive wet lab experiments, improving the likelihood that subsequent experiments will drive insight.Agentic AI can also free IT team members from maintenance and other low-level tasks, Fernandes says. Instead, staff can work on integrating new systems or applications, engaging more closely with customers, and handling other important duties. "In this scenario, agentic AI takes on the unpleasant tasks of IT work and lets a technology organization drive incredible value for the broader business rather than being stuck in cycles of system maintenance."Related:Over time, agentic AI has the ability to improve its performance by learning from experience, becoming increasingly effective at achieving desired outcomes, says Marinela Profi, global AI market strategy lead at business analytics software and services provider SAS in an online interview. "For example, it might reschedule deliveries to avoid traffic or change a factorys production plan if demand rises."First AdoptersInitial agentic Ai adopters will likely be enterprises looking to maximize their AI investments, boost productivity, and tackle complex business challenges, predicts Lan Guan, chief AI officer at business advisory firm Accenture. "These organizations are particularly interested in solutions that can scale across multiple functions and operate with minimal human oversight," she notes via email.Related:Enterprises across a wide range of verticals are most likely to be the first to commit to agentic AI, eying the potential for reduced costs, Fernandes says. "Looking at agentic AI in the long term, its feasible that almost every organization in nearly every industry can benefit from adopting agentic AI agents in some fashion."First StepsThe best way to get started with agentic AI is by establishing a strong foundational infrastructure and resilient data management practices, Guan says. "Organizations are at varying stages of readiness, and those with a robust enterprise platform architecture are better positioned to ensure seamless accessibility to foundation models."An easier approach to agentic AI is simply experimenting with the technology. "The good news here is that much of the innovation surrounding agentic AI, and AI in general, is happening in open source," Fernandes observes. He points to several emerging agent tools/ frameworks, including CrewAI and LangChain, among many others.On the downside, agentic AI faces some of the same challenges as other generative AI use cases. "The underlying GenAI models need to be trained and tuned on your data and deployed for inference across a hybrid environment that may extend from public clouds, to private data centers and out to the edge," Fernandes explains. "This needs to be done in a cost-effective way to ensure a positive ROI, which is a challenge given that this generally requires accelerated compute hardware, namely GPUs."Adopting organizations also must possess the internal skills and resources needed to effectively train models on their data, as well as a clear deployment strategy. "AI agents offer a solid pathway to production AI, but the constantly evolving market, from new model introductions and technologies to training and RAG-type techniques, means that most IT organizations are currently being very deliberate in their pursuit," Fernandes says.About the AuthorJohn EdwardsTechnology Journalist & AuthorJohn Edwards is a veteran business technology journalist. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and numerous business and technology publications, including Computerworld, CFO Magazine, IBM Data Management Magazine, RFID Journal, and Electronic Design. He has also written columns for The Economist's Business Intelligence Unit and PricewaterhouseCoopers' Communications Direct. John has authored several books on business technology topics. His work began appearing online as early as 1983. Throughout the 1980s and 90s, he wrote daily news and feature articles for both the CompuServe and Prodigy online services. His "Behind the Screens" commentaries made him the world's first known professional blogger.See more from John EdwardsWebinarsMore WebinarsReportsMore ReportsNever Miss a Beat: Get a snapshot of the issues affecting the IT industry straight to your inbox.SIGN-UPYou May Also Like

Veteran MP says there was never a sense that department had taken responsibilityClive Betts MPThe former chair of the housing select committee has criticised the staggering underperformance of the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) in its efforts to tackle the cladding remediation crisis.Clive Betts, MP for Sheffield South East, spoke to BDs sister title Building in the wake of a highly critical report by the public accounts committee of which he is now deputy chair.The report said the governments plan to remediate dangerous buildings across the UK was both insufficiently ambitious and at risk of not delivering what it promises, and found that as many as 7,000 unsafe buildings had yet to be identifiedEight years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, in which 72 people died, Betts said this high number of unidentified buildings demonstrated an incredible underachievement by successive governments and housing ministers.Seeking to explain the failure, he told Building that there was never a sense that the department took up responsibility.MHCLG has primarily been responsible for the governments approach to remediation, much of which was developed while Michael Gove was the secretary of state.>> Read more:MPs sceptical government can deliver on building safety remediation promisesGove was widely seen as taking a firm approach with developers in an effort to encourage them to fix legacy building safety issues themselves.Betts said the department had felt its job was to lay out legal frameworks, and then others, like leaseholders and building owners got on with it.Obviously thats not worked [and] I think the department has to take a much clearer central role, he said.The MP, who chaired the housing committee in Commons for 14 years, said that financial arrangements to support remediation had been disparate and said he was concerned that the deferment of the Building Safety Levy could push the Treasurys contribution higher than the stated 5bn limit.However he added that it was reassuring that there is a recognition now that this has to be accelerated and there has to be central oversight, after the new Labour government published its plan to address the issue late last year.

Scheme reflects wider move to diversify uses within the City of Londons commercial coreSource: Chris Dyson ArchitectsThe proposed new designChris Dyson Architects has submitted a planning application to the city of London corporation for the conversion and extension of a prominent postwar office building at 1 Farringdon Street into an 85-room hotel.The proposed 3,460m development, located by Ludgate Circus, is owned by Lipman Properties.The plans include the addition of a new mansard roof storey, set back from the existing parapet line.The application also includes proposals for a publicly accessible rooftop garden and bar. This top-level terrace would be served by new lift access housed within a brick-clad volume designed to resemble a chimney stack.At ground level, the proposals include new caf and dining spaces, with co-working areas facing the street.The proposed new designSource: Chris Dyson ArchitectsExisting buildingSource: Chris Dyson Architects1/2show captionChris Dyson said: The building has a fantastic location in terms of serving visitors to the City, whether for work or leisure. Its close to St Pauls Cathedral, the new Museum of London, the Elizabeth Line, and within the burgeoning Fleet Street Quarter, which he described as helping turn a too often overlooked part of London into an appealing, walkable destination.He said he hoped the scheme would be one of a wave of new creative reinventions of City buildings, contributing to lower carbon emissions by reusing existing architecture and bringing a greater diversity of activities to the square mile.The building, which is unlisted, retains the principal north and west facades of a four-storey commercial block dating from the early 1870s. While the London stock brick and stone-detailed elevations remain, the structure was substantially reconstructed and extended during the early 1980s.The scheme targets a BREEAM Excellent rating and is intended to support the Citys growing visitor economy.>> Also read:Axiom Architects submits plans to transform City tower into 420-bed Premier Inn>> Also read:Beyond work: how hotels are redefining the office conversion

Teams selected for the maximum four-year agreement will provide specialist development advice to the quango, local authorities and other public bodies across England to promote happier healthy communities and better places to live.The framework is divided into three lots covering strategic outcomes planning and leisure services delivery, assessments of need, and urban design services. Key aims include ensuring new and renewed places support people to become more physically active.According to the brief: We know bespoke procurement exercises are frequently conducted to appoint specialist support in strategic planning, leisure procurement, urban design and planning.AdvertisementThis framework will provide access to specialist consultants (small and medium sized enterprises, as well as larger organisations) with extensive knowledge and expertise, who will be selected for their ability to deliver high quality, consistent services for contracting authorities to support active environments and to create places and spaces for people to be more active and build healthier active communities.Sport England was created in 1996 with a remit to promote government and lottery investment in new facilities to increase the number of people participating in sport and activity.The organisation aims to promote both regular sport and general activity among a wide range of people including groups which statistically engage less in sports. The organisation has provided support and guidance on a range of high-profile projects including the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Wembley Stadium development.Key recent research by the organisation has included the creation of affordable models for new sporting facilities including school sports halls, sports centres and adult community swimming pools.Recent Sport England-supported projects have included a new timber-framed grandstand by Hopkins Architects at Herne Hill Velodrome in south London.AdvertisementThe latest framework will be open to local authorities, town and parish councils, non-departmental public bodies and leisure services providers to help them procure specialist services that help promote active lifestyles.Individual projects let through the framework will be awarded either by mini competition, call-off or direct award. Fees are expected to be worth around 3 per cent-to-5 per cent of the total framework value over its lifetime.Bids for inclusion on the latest framework will be evaluated 70 per cent on quality, 20 per cent on cost and 10 per cent on social value.Competition detailsProject title SE1184 Active Environments FrameworkClient Sport EnglandContract value 5.4 millionFirst round deadline Midday, 18 July 2025Restrictions TbcMore information https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011842-2025

Construction begets destruction. Architecture has long been admired for being a slow art, but it has been slow too in facing up to the deeply-rooted historical prejudices that continue to cast a long shadow over the profession and its role in what the United Nations describes as the triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. In September, I will begin a three-year piece of original research into the extractive history of architecture as part of a Major Research Fellowship awarded by the Leverhulme Trust.Situated at the intersection of architecture, coloniality and the triple planetary crisis, this work will confront the disciplines role in heralding the Anthropocene a potentially new geological epoch defined by our species planetary impact. The research intends to investigate the discipline not as a chronology or assemblage of built objects, styles, personalities, or experiences predominantly from the West, but as an extractive, invariably inequitable and planetary process of world-making.This work builds on my long-standing interest in researching non-canonical histories that have been overlooked, marginalised, or ignored and, more recently, their intersection with the Anthropocene.AdvertisementWhile debates still rage around the definition of the Anthropocene, the terms effectiveness as an overarching cross-disciplinary framework for researchers remains vital.As Chris Thomas,head of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity at the University of York (UK) recently wrote inNature, The concept of an era of human-driven change provides convenient common ground to collaborate with researchers from other disciplines.This is something that people in the arts and humanities and the social sciences have picked up as well [] It is a means of enabling communication about the extent to which we are living in a truly unprecedented and human-altered world.It is in this spirit that this project was conceived, providing a response to this existential challenge from the discipline of architecture, both as a major study of its past and as an advocation for a different and better future.As someone professionally invested in the built environment and its history for over a quarter of a century,I have long been uncomfortable with how the discipline of architecture privileges the experiences of a global minority over those of what theeducator and anti-racist activist Rosemary Campbell-Stephens has coined the global majority.As we increasingly confront the reality of our planetary impact and limitations, this partial view of the environments we have constructed most of which have been built comparatively recently is not merely disingenuous, but increasingly and dangerously irresponsible.Today, the buildings and construction sector accounts for around 37 per cent of total global CO2 emissions, much of which comes from the production and use of cement for concrete. According to the United States Geological Survey, in the three years from 2011-2013, China consumed more cement than the USA did throughout the entire 20th century. In 2007, as the global human population was nearing 7 billion (it now exceeds 8 billion), humans became an urbanised species for the first time, with more people living in cities than in rural areas. Since the early 20thcentury, the mass of material humans produce (a large proportion of which are building materials) has doubled every two decades, resulting in the total mass of human-made material now outweighing all biomass on earth.Such statistics reveal a bigger picture of extraction over longer timeframes, evidencing architectures planetary impact.These facts not only reveal our species suicidal appetite for building anew, they also mask, as Professor Jeremy Till has stated, architectures addiction to extraction. The roots of this addiction run deep into extractive histories of coloniality, wherein architecture was deployed as a means of projecting and sustaining power intellectually and geopolitically the canon and the cannon.AdvertisementFor more than half a millennium, architecture has been rooted in the extraction of natural and cultural resources through colonial domination and cultural exploitation, from coal to humans, from data to indigenous knowledge and from energy to intellectual property. When published, my research aims to join and support the growing voices arguing for architecture to become a restorative, regenerative and reparative practice, encouraging an emergent and urgent change in architectural education and practice that shifts a centuries-old focus on building anew to repairing and improving the already built.Edward Denison is Professor of Architecture and Global Modernities at the Bartlett School of Architecture 2025-03-31will hurstcomment and share

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March 30, 2025Shark Sounds, Molecules on Mars and Continued Federal CutsCuts to federal health and science agencies continue. Plus, we discuss the sounds of sharks, the meaning of Martian molecules and one big dino claw. Anaissa Ruiz Tejada/Scientific AmericanSUBSCRIBE TO Science QuicklyRachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific Americans Science Quickly, Im Rachel Feltman. Lets kick off the week and wrap up the month with a quick roundup of the latest science news.[CLIP: RFK Jr. announces the planned cuts on Thursday in a HHS video: We're gonna eliminate an entire alphabet soup of departments and agencies.]Feltman: Last Thursday the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced plans to cut 10,000 full-time jobs across the department. Another 10,000 individuals have already accepted voluntary retirement and buyouts. The layoffs will hit the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.[CLIP: RFK Jr.: Twenty-eight great divisions will become 15. The entire federal workforce is downsizing now, so this will be a painful period for HHS as we downsize from 82,000 full-time employees to around 62,000.]Feltman: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a statement that the aim of these cuts is to save money and boost efficiency.Meanwhile, last week the Trump administration also moved to cancel more than $12 billion in federal grant funding to state and local health departments. Axios reports that the main targets are grants for COVID testing, initiatives aimed at tackling health disparities, and vaccinations. As of last Thursday those cuts had reportedly already led to layoffs at the Virginia Department of Health.Well, of course, be watching these developments and keeping you posted. But for now, lets move on to some exciting news from Mars. According to a study published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, NASAs Curiosity rover has found the biggest carbon-based molecules ever seen on the Red Planet. The long-chain alkanes are thought to have come from fatty acids, which are the building blocks of cell membranes in living organisms on Earth.Now, these long molecules arent necessarily a smoking gun for Martian life. We know that fatty acids can form by way of chemistry instead of biology. In fact, some scientists think we first got fatty acids on Earth thanks to the interaction of water and minerals in hydrothermal vents. So while fatty acids are necessary for life as we know it, its possible they formed on Mars without life ever finding a way. Still, this finding is another point for Mars in the quest to determine potential past habitability. Plus, since these compounds were found preserved in a 3.7-billion-year-old rock, the discovery gives scientists hope that if microbial life once existed on Mars, we might still be able to find signs of it.Speaking of size superlatives: paleontologists are showing off a really freaking big dinosaur claw in pristine condition. It belongs to a new species of therizinosaur, which was described in a study published in the journal iScience last Tuesday.Writing for National Geographic, Riley Black explained that therizinosaurs were, generally speaking, a weird bunch. The dinosaurs were descended from carnivores but had come to eat plants. They were kind of slothlike, apparently, down to their three giant clawsexcept that they were also giant and covered in feathers. But a specimen found in Mongolia's Gobi Desert back in 2012 has revealed a new species that stands out for having just two fingers instead of three.One of the fingers still has a sheath of keratin that would have protected the actual bone of the claw. This protective covering also added length, creating a talon nearly a foot long. Scientists think the new species likely lost its third digit as a result of evolution. While the creatures sharp claws look like something a raptor would use to tear at prey, these oddballs probably used them to hook branches while foragingwhich the authors of the new study think could have been done more efficiently with a two-fingered grasp than a three-fingered one.Well keep the animal theme rolling to wrap us up with a couple of new papers on animal behavior under the sea. First, a new study on sharks. The predators are known for their stealth, but research published Wednesday in the journal Royal Society Open Science is absolutely blowing up their spot. While the study authors note that sharks and other elasmobranchs, which is a group that also includes rays, are not historically viewed as active sound producers, the researchers managed to catch rig sharks making little clicking noises.The studys lead author reportedly heard some unusual sounds while working with sharks back in grad school but wasnt able to investigate further until recently. In the new study she and her colleagues observed 10 rig sharks in tanks tricked out with underwater microphones. They caught the sharks making extremely shortlike, shorter-than-a-human-blink short so literally blink and youll miss it stuff. And those noises reached a maximum of 156 decibels, on average. The sharks made a lot more noise when handlers first touched them, and the noises tended to subside as they got used to being held. That could mean these are deliberate sounds, like a whats the big idea or a guys, heads-up, these humans are pretty handsy. But well need a lot more research to be sure.And in case youre wondering those clicks sound like this:[CLIP: Rig sharks make clicklike sounds.]Feltman: Sharks lack the swim bladder that most fish use to make noises, but researchers suspect the rigs make these clicks through the forceful snapping of their teeth. As a habitual tooth grinder I can certainly relate. Since sharks are, generally speaking, a pretty toothy bunch, it stands to reason that other species could be producing sounds similar to these.And while sharks are potentially using sound to communicate, cuttlefish are apparently using visual tricks to mesmerize their prey. Cuttlefish are known for having specialized skin cells that allow them to rapidly change color and create patterns for camouflage. Last month a group of researchers published examples of different visual displays that one cuttlefish species might use to trick prey. The scientists recorded broadclub cuttlefish seemingly mimicking floating leaves and branching pieces of coral, as well as generating some pulsing patterns, an effect that makes it look like a dark stripe is moving down a cuttlefishs body. That's kind of a surprising tactic because to human eyes its like a flashing sign that says cuttlefish incoming. But in a new study published last Wednesday in Science Advances, the same researchers argue that this passing-stripe display helps a cuttlefish hunt by overwhelming a prey animals senses. From the perspective of a crab, for example, these fast-moving stripes could distract from the actual movements of the approaching cuttlefish. So its all very pay no attention to the cuttlefish behind the striped curtains!Thats all for this weeks news roundup. Well be back on Wednesday with special guest Wendy Zukerman from Science Vs to talk about the science behind a big debate surrounding a certain sexual phenomenon.Science Quickly is produced by me, Rachel Feltman, along with Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Subscribe to Scientific American for more up-to-date and in-depth science news.For Scientific American, this is Rachel Feltman. Have a great week!

Minecraft movie is just what the world needs right now, says Jack Black, star of the movie, while promoting the movieBlock and roll.Image credit: Warner Bros News by Victoria Kennedy News Reporter Published on March 31, 2025 Actor Jack Black believes his latest film, A Minecraft Move, is just the tonic the world is in need of right now.Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter during the film's premiere, Black channelled his inner Burt Bacharach stating: "What the world needs now is love, sweet love."Everything You Need To Know About Minecraft Legends Gameplay. Watch on YouTube"We've got to work together, my God," Black - who plays Steve in the Minecraft adaptation - continued.The actor said there is quite simply "so much violence and war and hatred" right now, so what he loves about A Minecraft Movie is that there is "a lot of love in it and there's a lot of creativity". He added there is "some anger and violence" peppered throughout the film as well, but "in the end it's about friendship and working together to make [the world] a better place".Black's sentiment was echoed by Game of Thrones and Aquaman actor Jason Momoa, who stars as Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison in A Minecraft Movie."I think everyone needs to escape a little bit right now," Momoa said. "It's nice to sit back and have a really fun adventure and giggle and laugh."As for the rest of the cast, Black was full of praise for his co-stars, calling Momoa "worth the price of admission" alone. Then there's "Danielle Brooks, who is fantastic; Emma Myers, she's fantastic. You've got this new kid [Hansen], who is a genius. But then wild card! You didn't know you're gonna get Jennifer Coolidge?" Black enthused.Oh, and in case you were already wondering, Momoa is up for making another Minecraft film down the line. "We won't let you down. We worked our ass off for you, and I think we brought the world to life. I think everybody's gonna love it," the actor said. "There's so much more to tell; I just hope the fans will be delighted and let us make more." Image credit: Warner BrosA Minecraft Movie is set to release on 4th April, and while Black plays Steve in the film this wasn't always going to be the case. Believe it or not, he was originally going to portray a talking pig in the upcoming film.Meanwhile, if you fancy some themed-food ahead of any trips to the cinema, McDonald's is offering its customers the chance to purchase a 8.19 Minecraft Movie Meal, complete with "amazing collectibles" crafted for adults..