Welcome to your daily dose of the latest in the tech world! From breakthrough AI innovations and futuristic gadgets to policy changes, product launches, and major industry shifts — stay in the loop with what's shaping tomorrow. Here's a detailed summary of the top tech headlines for 22 April 2025 you shouldn't miss.
🧠Artificial Intelligence & Global Collaboration
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India–Italy Science Pact: India and Italy signed a new scientific cooperation agreement targeting joint initiatives in quantum technology, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology. The 2025–2027 Executive Programme of Cooperation will support 10 research mobility projects and 10 major collaborative research efforts.
🛡️ Cybersecurity & Threat Intelligence
- Oracle Cloud Breaches: Oracle Cloud experienced multiple cyber incidents this year, although the company itself has denied that its greater cloud-based ecosystem is at risk. The attacks ostensibly only affected legacy environments on servers belonging to “Oracle Cloud Classic” and Oracle Health, which are supposedly unconnected to the larger OCI ecosystem.
- Lotus Panda APT Campaign: The Hacker News reports that Lotus Panda, a China-linked APT, breached key sectors across Southeast Asia — including government, telecom, and air traffic — from August 2024 to February 2025. The attacks involved new tools, stolen Chrome data, and the hijacking of legitimate software.
- Malicious NPM Packages: Researchers have uncovered malicious NPM packages pretending to be Telegram bot libraries, which were designed to steal sensitive user information by hijacking API keys and credentials. The rogue packages, named "messenger", "telebot", and "bot-sdk", were cleverly disguised to avoid detection.
🌌 Space & Science
- Disintegrating Exoplanet Discovery: Astronomers at MIT reported the discovery of BD+05 4868Ab, a small rocky exoplanet located 142 light-years from Earth, which is rapidly disintegrating due to extreme heat from its nearby host star. The planet, orbiting every 30.5 hours, exhibits a comet-like tail of vaporised minerals extending up to 9 million kilometres. It is estimated to be losing mass equivalent to Mount Everest each orbit and may completely evaporate within 1–2 million years.
📉 Corporate & Market Developments
- Meta's Resilience Amid Tariffs: Citi analyst Ronald Josey reaffirmed Meta as his top internet stock pick despite mounting macroeconomic pressures, including escalating tariffs and recession concerns. He highlighted Meta’s strong daily engagement across Facebook and Instagram, which could insulate the company from early declines in digital ad spend.
🛰️ Aerospace & Emerging Technologies
- Supernal's eVTOL Milestone: Supernal, Hyundai’s advanced air mobility division, confirmed the successful first flight of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) technology demonstrator. This marks a significant step toward commercial air taxi services.
🧬 Science & Innovation
- LHCb Detector Upgrade: A major LHCb detector upgrade will be installed during long shutdown~4 (LS4) of the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The experiment will operate at a maximum luminosity of up to $1.5\times 10^{34}\mathrm{cm}^{-2}\mathrm{s}^{-1}$, with acceptance covering a pseudorapidity range close to the beamline. The detector will therefore experience extremely high particle fluences. In order to carry out the LHCb physics programme, technologies are being developed that can withstand the high rates and associated radiation damage while also providing excellent resolution in both space and time. The amount of data to be processed in the online computing and trigger system is also unprecedented.
🧑💼 Events & Policy
- INSA Spring Symposium: The INSA Spring Symposium convened 250–300 senior leaders from government, leading defense contractors, academic institutions, and technology firms supporting the U.S. national security mission. Topics for discussion included integrating emerging technologies, challenges, and solutions.
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