Sabrina Carpenter has joined the ranks in Fortnite, and she's bringing peace and love to the battle royale.Developer Epic Games reported "dance-related stalemates are on the rise" as players sporting the Sabrina skin are putting away their weapons and getting jiggy with it instead."[Battle Royale] is all vibes now," the developer teased on X/Twitter."So, I was playing a game of Fornite ZB Reload and I saw two Sabrina skins just hanging," explained one fan on the Fortnite subreddit."They crouched and uncrouched and I stopped shooting, and well, before we knew [it], us three became, like, nine players who stopped fighting and only danced around."Truly the most wholesome thing I've seen in a video game," they added."This right here is why I love Fortnite," added a commenter. "Out of all the online games I’ve played, the fact that this game has silly emotes and a rotating character pool that the community gets into makes for unique moments like this, that I’ve never seen in any other game."Imagine doing this in PUBG, or Tarkov."Sabrina Carpenter dropped into Fortnite as the Season 8 Icon of Fortnite Festival. As part of the Season 8 Music Pass, players can unlock the Sabrina Carpenter Outfit, themed cosmetics, and Jam Tracks like "Juno" and "Nonsense." Sabrina Carpenter-themed items are also available on the Item Shop, including the "A Sweet Little Bundle" packed with items for fans to enjoy. Did you catch the news that Fortnite is getting a special Nintendo Switch 2 port? Epic Games’ trend-setting battle royale showed up during a sizzle reel during last week's Nintendo Switch 2 Direct to confirm that a new version is in development. It'll launch with Nintendo’s new hybrid console this June.Vikki Blake is a reporter, critic, columnist, and consultant. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.

A Chinese-affiliated threat actor known for its cyber-attacks in Asia has been observed exploiting a security flaw in security software from ESET to deliver a previously undocumented malware codenamed TCESB. "Previously unseen in ToddyCat attacks, [TCESB] is designed to stealthily execute payloads in circumvention of protection and monitoring tools installed on the device," Kaspersky said in an analysis published this week. ToddyCat is the name given to a threat activity cluster that has targeted several entities in Asia, with attacks dating all the way back to at least December 2020. Last year, the Russian cybersecurity vendor detailed the hacking group's use of various tools to maintain persistent access to compromised environments and harvest data on an "industrial scale" from organizations located in the Asia-Pacific region. Kaspersky said its investigation into ToddyCat-related incidents in early 2024 unearthed a suspicious DLL file ("version.dll") in the temp directory on multiple devices. The 64-bit DLL, TCESB, has been found to be launched via a technique called DLL Search Order Hijacking to seize control of the execution flow. This, in turn, is said to have been accomplished by taking advantage of a flaw in the ESET Command Line Scanner, which insecurely loads a DLL named "version.dll" by first checking for the file in the current directory and then checking for it in the system directories. It's worth pointing out at this stage that "version.dll" is a legitimate version-checking and file installation library from Microsoft that resides in the "C:\Windows\system32\" or "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\" directories. A consequence of exploiting this loophole is that attackers could execute their malicious version of "version.dll" as opposed to its legitimate counterpart. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-11859 (CVSS score: 6.8), was fixed by ESET in late January 2025 following responsible disclosure. "The vulnerability potentially allowed an attacker with administrator privileges to load a malicious dynamic-link library and execute its code," ESET said in an advisory released last week. "This technique did not elevate the privileges, though – the attacker would have already needed to have administrator privileges to perform this attack." In a statement shared with The Hacker News, the Slovak cybersecurity company said it released fixed builds of its consumer, business, and server security products for the Windows operating system to address the vulnerability. TCESB, for its part, is a modified version of an open-source tool called EDRSandBlast that includes features to alter operating system kernel structures to disable notification routines (aka callbacks), which are designed to allow drivers to be notified of specific events, such as process creation or setting a registry key. To pull this off, TCESB leverages another known technique referred to as bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) to install a vulnerable driver, a Dell DBUtilDrv2.sys driver, in the system through the Device Manager interface. The DBUtilDrv2.sys driver is susceptible to a known privilege escalation flaw tracked as CVE-2021-36276. This is not the first Dell drivers have been abused for malicious purposes. In 2022, a similar privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2021-21551) in another Dell driver, dbutil_2_3.sys, was also exploited as part of BYOVD attacks by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group to turn off security mechanisms. "Once the vulnerable driver is installed in the system, TCESB runs a loop in which it checks every two seconds for the presence of a payload file with a specific name in the current directory – the payload may not be present at the time of launching the tool," Kaspersky researcher Andrey Gunkin said. While the payload artifacts themselves are unavailable, further analysis has determined that they are encrypted using AES-128 and that they are decoded and executed as soon as they appear in the specified path. "To detect the activity of such tools, it's recommended to monitor systems for installation events involving drivers with known vulnerabilities," Kaspersky said. "It's also worth monitoring events associated with loading Windows kernel debug symbols on devices where debugging of the operating system kernel is not expected." Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter  and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.

Lisa Morgan, Freelance WriterApril 9, 20255 Min ReadRobert Kneschke via Alamy StockThe accelerating pace of technology innovation and business, coupled with an ever more complex tech stack requires chief information officers to stay current, so they understand what’s best for the business and why at any given moment. The CIO’s schedule also tends to be very tight, leaving little time for learning, yet continuous learning is a given if one wants to best serve their career and company. “In 2025, successful CIOs won’t just be technology leaders -- they will be business enablers, transformation and growth drivers and architects of future-ready enterprises. What it takes to lead today is very different than even a year ago,” says Bill Pappas, EVP head of technology and operations at insurance company MetLife. “The pace of change is unlike anything we’ve seen before, and that’s why the ability to learn, unlearn, and relearn new skills at scale is absolutely critical.”  Savvy employers support CIO development by investing in continuous learning opportunities, encouraging participation in industry forums and cross-functional leadership programs.  “In the digital age, no one person or company has all the answers,” Pappas says. “There’s no single playbook, which means it’s increasingly important for technology leaders to come together to share insights, solve challenges and learn from one another to drive innovation and stay ahead in an ever-evolving landscape.” Related:Bill Pappas, MetLifeCIOs want to know how to align IT and business strategy, build a culture of trust and communication, and drive value from new technologies.  “You must stay current. It’s very difficult to be a successful CIO and not be current on what is happening, both from a technology and business perspective,” says Steve Agnoli, lead instructor at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College CIO Program. “I think a learning culture or learning approach must be part of the CIO job. Otherwise, you fall behind pretty quickly.” Choosing Educational Resources CIOs have a lot of options when it comes to upskilling: traditional colleges and universities, online training sites, and communing with other CIOs. The choice depends on their career goals, the amount of time they have for learning, what their companies will fund and personal bias. “One of the things that we try and focus on is ensuring that you understand the archetype of the organization that you’re in, because that can help you understand how you can be effective,” says CMU’s Agnoli. “I think that also applies to the training side, knowing what would make best sense to make you most effective and then look for programs or content, that aligns with that.” Related:He also stresses the importance of learning about both technology and business, since today’s CIO is a business leader.  “It's really important to focus on both the technical side when you're looking at training as well as the business skills side,” says Agnoli. “Things are changing quickly on the technology side, so you need to be fluent in in all that stuff -- AI, cloud, cyber security, analytics and data, governance and all that kind of stuff. And it’s important that CIOs can lead their businesses and their functions as a business leader. So, the skills that other folks in the C-suite have are the same skills that CIOs need to have. It’s not just knowing the latest and greatest tech; it’s knowing the things that matter from a business perspective and making those happen.” Irina Mylona, learning designer at Cambridge Advance Online also says in 2025, the CIO role is evolving at an unprecedented pace. “CIOs are no longer solely responsible for IT infrastructure. They are increasingly expected to drive digital transformation, align technology with business strategy, and foster innovation,” says Mylona. “The question is, are CIOs doing enough to stay ahead, and what training is essential for them to remain effective in the face of accelerating technological and business changes?” Related:Steve Agnoli, Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz CollegeThe rapid advancement of many technologies, ranging AI and cloud computing to cybersecurity threats and data-driven decision-making, demands that CIOs continuously update their skill sets. The pressure to balance operational efficiency with innovation is immense, and failing to keep pace can have serious consequences for business competitiveness.  “The reality is that while many CIOs recognize the need for ongoing education, the fast-moving nature of their roles often leaves little time for structured learning. Approximately 27% of students taking Cambridge Advance Online courses are CIOs and senior roles, whether they’re taking technology courses or not,” says Mylona. “In order to design our courses, we are in constant communication with both our learners and the market demands, listening to the needs of CIOs and technology roles. And what we have observed is that these professionals seek education not only to refresh their technical knowledge but also to bridge the gap between IT and executive leadership, ensuring they remain at the forefront of industry advancements.” Online learning, like in-person learning, can provide access to world-class expertise.  “From what we have observed from the market, our learners and their training needs, the CIO role in 2025 will demand a balance of technical expertise, strategic vision, and leadership skills,” says Mylona. “As technology continues to evolve, ongoing education is not just beneficial -- it is essential. Whether it’s refreshing their knowledge, staying close to executive teams, or learning about the latest innovations in AI and data-driven business strategies, CIOs must embrace continuous learning to drive success in the digital era.” About the AuthorLisa MorganFreelance WriterLisa Morgan is a freelance writer who covers business and IT strategy and emerging technology for InformationWeek. She has contributed articles, reports, and other types of content to many technology, business, and mainstream publications and sites including tech pubs, The Washington Post and The Economist Intelligence Unit. Frequent areas of coverage include AI, analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, mobility, software development, and emerging cultural issues affecting the C-suite.See more from Lisa MorganWebinarsMore WebinarsReportsMore ReportsNever Miss a Beat: Get a snapshot of the issues affecting the IT industry straight to your inbox.SIGN-UPYou May Also Like

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Over the winter, eggs suddenly became all but impossible to buy. As a bird flu outbreak rippled through dairy and poultry farms, grocery stores struggled to keep them on shelves. The shortages and record-high prices in February raised costs dramatically for restaurants and bakeries and led some shoppers to skip the breakfast staple entirely. But a team based at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a device that could help slow future outbreaks by detecting bird flu in air samples in just five minutes.  Bird flu is an airborne virus that spreads between birds and other animals. Outbreaks on poultry and dairy farms are devastating; mass culling of exposed animals can be the only way to stem outbreaks. Some bird flu strains have also infected humans, though this is rare. As of early March, there had been 70 human cases and one confirmed death in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The most common way to detect bird flu involves swabbing potentially contaminated sites and sequencing the DNA that’s been collected, a process that can take up to 48 hours. The new device samples the air in real time, running the samples past a specialized biosensor every five minutes. The sensor has strands of genetic material called aptamers that were used to bind specifically to the virus. When that happens, it creates a detectable electrical change. The research, published in ACS Sensors in February, may help farmers contain future outbreaks. DataIn mid-March, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there had been 70 confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H5) in the US since April 2024, linking 26 to exposure to infected poultry.By that time, the US Department of Agriculture estimated, A(H5) had affected more than 90 million birds, from both commercial and backyard flocks.The CDC said the immediate risk to the general public from the virus was low. Part of the group’s work was devising a way to deliver airborne virus particles to the sensor.  With bird flu, says Rajan Chakrabarty, a professor of energy, environmental, and chemical engineering at Washington University and lead author of the paper, “the bad apple is surrounded by a million or a billion good apples.” He adds, “The challenge was to take an airborne pathogen and get it into a liquid form to sample.” The team accomplished this by designing a microwave-­size box that sucks in large volumes of air and spins it in a cyclone-like motion so that particles stick to liquid-coated walls. The process seamlessly produces a liquid drip that is pumped to the highly sensitive biosensor.  Though the system is promising, its effectiveness in real-world conditions remains uncertain, says Sungjun Park, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Ajou University in South Korea, who was not involved in the study. Dirt and other particles in farm air could hinder its performance. “The study does not extensively discuss the device’s performance in complex real-world air samples,” Park says.  But Chakrabarty is optimistic that it will be commercially viable after further testing and is already working with a biotech company to scale it up. He hopes to develop a biosensor chip that detects multiple pathogens at once.  Carly Kay is a science writer based in Santa Cruz, California.

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The former National Centre for Popular Music closed in 2000 – just 17 months after it opened in March 1999. It was designed by Branson Coates, and featured four massive steel drums around a central atrium space. It is one of several Millennium-era projects on this year’s list. Sheffield Hallam University, which acquired the site for use as a student union in 2003, has recently announced plans to move its student union closer to the city centre, leaving the Hubs building, as it is now known, with an uncertain future. The university has not ruled out its demolition. A spokesperson told the AJ that it was ‘looking at several different options for the building in the longer-term’ as part of the next phase of a campus development plan.Advertisement The Twentieth Century Society’s Risk List 2025 (see full list below) features a further five buildings across the north of England. The society says this is indicative of ‘growing regional inequalities evident in heritage protection’. The buildings include a 1930s rollercoaster in Blackpool and a 1930s department store in Bradford as well as Bury’s early-1970s market hall and a FaulknerBrowns-designed stand at Newcastle Football Club’s St James’ Park stadium.  The final northern scheme is Hodder + Partner’s National Wildflower Centre in Merseyside, which has been closed since 2017 when the charity behind it entered liquidation. In 2023 Knowsley Council suggested it would remove the building amid problems with arson and graffiti.  The Risk List features a third millennium-era project: Cullinan Studio’s Archaeolink Prehistory Park, which opened as an archaeological tourist site in Aberdeenshire in 1997. The park closed in 2011 due to low visitor numbers and was sold to developers in 2024.  Part of the site is earmarked for housebuilding, but the subterranean visitor centre is now back on the market for £150,000. The Twentieth Century Society has expressed concern over its dereliction despite hopes that a café or shop could yet occupy the space. Advertisement Also on the list are the Penallta Pithead Baths and Canteen, a 1930s International Modern bathhouse for coalminers, which faces dereliction despite Grade II*-listing; and Michael Hopkins and Anthony Hunt’s Patera Prototype in soon-to-be-developed Royal Docks, an ‘early relic of the High-Tech movement’.  A 10th and final project on the Risk List appears to have been saved since the list was drawn up. The 1960s Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue has been listed at Grade II, which is likely to end plans to demolish flats on the site.  The building is only the second post-war synagogue to join the National Heritage List for England and features ‘extraordinary, technicolour’ stained coloured windows dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust.  The windows, by artist John Petts, have been dubbed ‘the Guernica of Brighton’ and described by National Portrait Gallery chief curator Alison Smith as ‘one of the greatest religious artworks of the 20th century’.  Twentieth Century Society director Catherine Croft said of the Risk List: ‘The three Millennial projects highlighted may feel very young to be recognised as heritage, but they’re now a quarter of a century old and the product of an era where unprecedented public funding delivered some ambitious and extraordinary projects.  ‘They are simply too good to lose. Some of the businesses and organisations behind them may have failed, but we’re left with an architectural legacy capable of inspiring and energising new uses, that make our towns, cities and landscapes richer and more interesting places to live. ‘The threat to these buildings is tempered with the wonderful news that the Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue has been Grade II listed as this campaign went to press. With the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz being commemorated in 2025, the destruction of this luminescent memorial would have been unthinkable.’ The Twentieth Century Society’s Risk List 2025 Patera Prototype, Newham, London – Michael Hopkins and Anthony Hunt, 1982 Sunwin House, Bradford, West Yorkshire – WA Johnson, 1935-36 Bury Market Hall, Lancashire – Fairhurst & Son, 1969-71 St James' Park Stadium East Stand, Newcastle – FaulknerBrowns, 1973 Grand National Rollercoaster, Blackpool - Charles Paige, Harry Traver and Joseph Emberton, 1935 Former National Wildflower Centre, Merseyside – Hodder + Partners, 2000 Former National Centre for Popular Music, Sheffield –  Branson Coates, 1999 Archaeolink Prehistory Park, Aberdeenshire – Cullinan Studio, 1994-97 Penallta Pithead Baths and Canteen, Caerphilly – Miners’ Welfare Committee Architects, 1938 Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue, East Sussex - Derek Sharp Associates and John Petts, 1967-68 More information on each of the Twentieth Century’s Society's top 10 at risk buildings can be viewed on its website

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April 9, 20255 min readWhy People Feel ‘Tired but Wired’ After Little SleepPeople on TikTok and other social media say they feel more alert when they have had fewer hours of sleep—but sleep scientists warn this is a false sense of energy PeopleImages/Getty ImagesA full night’s rest is key for waking up alert and energized for the day. But a wave of social media habitués, across platforms from TikTok to Reddit, have recently boasted a contrarian-tinted trend: avoiding sleep to feel more awake. Many report feeling weirdly wired—and paradoxically more productive—despite snoozing for three to four hours instead of the seven to nine hours most experts recommend for adults.But sleep scientists say the energy jolt some people claim to experience after acute sleep deprivation stems from a natural but fleeting sense of alertness that the brain uses to temporarily cope with insufficient rest. “I can’t deny that, subjectively, people are feeling kind of wired,” says Jamie Zeitzer, a sleep medicine researcher at Stanford Medicine. “Physiologically speaking, that’s not happening. They’re not actually more alert.”Still, social media and grind culture continue to romanticize the practice. And famous and infamous entrepreneurs have long attributed their success to prioritizing work over sleep. In his early years building Microsoft, Bill Gates often competed with co-workers to see who could run on the least amount of sleep. Elon Musk frequently pulled all-nighters and slept on the Tesla factory floor. That company’s namesake, Nikola Tesla reportedly slept no more than two hours a night while working on an invention.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.Sleep scientists, however, want to make the matter clear: no type of sleep deprivation is ultimately good for you. “Our biology requires sleep, and there is no way around it,” says Eti Ben Simon, a neuroscientist and sleep researcher at the University of California, Berkeley.Scientific American spoke further with sleep experts about what happens in the brain when it runs on limited sleep and how this can affect health.Triggering Survival ModeWhen the brain senses sleep disruption, it protectively acts as if something might be very wrong, and survival instincts kick in. The body produces a physiological reaction to keep the brain alert and energized, Ben Simon explains. The network of our sympathetic nervous system produces the fight-or-flight response, which uses stored energy to react against approaching predators.A single night of sleep deprivation is a stressor, which acts via the central nervous system to activate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. This circuit between the brain and the adrenal glands triggers the stress response, and the adrenal glands secrete the wakefulness-promoting hormones cortisol and adrenaline. This in turn prompts the liver to release sugar into the blood, creating an immediate energy supply during the fight-or-flight response.“That level of energy people might feel after a short sleep might actually be the stress response the body and brain are provoking to fight off sleep loss,” Ben Simon says. Zeitzer adds that the rise in cortisol from insufficient sleep is only a small bump, just enough to hide fatigue for a few hours after waking.The energy boost from the sympathetic nervous system is temporary, and it does not mean people’s brains are fully functional, however. Ben Simon says sleep loss experiments show people’s memory and attention are immediately impaired after a single night of sleep deprivation.Sleep InertiaResearchers generally describe five stages of the sleep cycle: wakefulness, three phases of nonrapid eye movement (NREM) and one phase of rapid eye movement (REM). Clinical psychologist Michael Breus, who now works with commercial approaches to improving sleep, says the stage at which a sleeper wakes up can affect how they react to being abruptly roused and subjectively refreshed.“The disconnect from the environment is so profound that if you wake up someone from deep sleep, it takes them longer to realize where they are and what has happened versus if you wake them up from light sleep,” Ben Simon says. And the longer a person sleeps, the greater the chance they’ll experience sleep inertia—a temporary period of grogginess and mental fog after waking up.Breus says it’s possible people feel more “awake” if they’re roused during the first or second stage of shallower NREM sleep. Waking up during these shallower sleep stages could decrease sleep inertia and make a person feel more energized during a deprivation period—but Ben Simon says the first half hour can be misleading. She advises people to take stock of their daytime activity levels and emotional responses to see how shortened sleep affects them.CaffeineCaffeine blocks a brain chemical called adenosine, which increases sleep pressure, or the biological urge to rest. But the world’s most popular drug has a mean half-life of just five hours before it wears off in the body. Ben Simon emphasizes that caffeine does not get rid of the fatigue caused by sleep deprivation; it simply masks it. “Adenosine is still building up, but the brain doesn’t sense it. So when caffeine wears off, you suddenly get this rush of adenosine—and that’s when you realize how exhausted you are,” she explains.“Many times, people who believe they can get by without sleep are masking that sleep pressure by ingesting more and more caffeine,” Zeitzer adds. Trying to compensate for this by consuming more caffeine—by chugging multiple cups of coffee or energy drinks, for example—can only help so much: one study found caffeine no longer affected people’s alertness after the fourth day of partial sleep deprivation.When Adrenaline and Cortisol Wear OffA single night of shortened sleep might seem harmless, but putting your body under the resulting stress has drawbacks. Losing just two hours of sleep can make people more impulsive and prone to making mistakes. Additionally, the energy from elevated cortisol and adrenaline levels fades over the day. “None of these things will be particularly sustained for a long time,” Zeitzer explains.And accruing lost hours of sleep can have long-term consequences. Chronically losing sleep increases the risk of several health issues, such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and heart disease. It’s also associated with a decline in cognitive performance.For a better way to reduce grogginess, Ben Simon advises people to sleep as much as possible for two to three days with no alarm clocks to catch up on rest. Lately, even some high-profile people have seemed to change their mindset when it comes to sleep. Gates, who once claimed sleep was unnecessary, now reportedly rests a minimum of seven hours every night.The bottom line: You can’t cheat sleep. There is no shortcut to being ready to seize the day—not when sleep is already the greatest life hack. As Ben Simon puts it, “It took Mother Nature millions of years to perfect sleep—to give us optimal performance and mental health.”

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