Technology
Polestar tries to quantify what it’s like to drive a performance car
Drivers had electrodes strapped to their heads as they tested EVs on track.
Over $963,000 worth of graded Pokémon and sports cards were stolen from Fedex
Last week over 200 packages of graded trading cards being shipped back to their owners were stolen from a Fedex truck parked outside the headquarters of Professional Sports Authen…
Terra Security’s AI Native Cybersecurity podcast opens with Amazon’s CISO
A cyberattack that once might have taken weeks or months to unfold can now go from initial access to a complete system takeover in minutes. That was the lesson CJ Moses, CISO of A…
RAM prices are crazy high, but do not settle for an 8GB laptop
An 8GB laptop can seem like the solution to rising computer prices, but that's a mistake that will cost you for years.
Anthropic to rewrite part of its leaked AI bill after safety backlash
Anthropic has told US lawmakers it will rewrite part of its own draft AI safety bill. The leaked text drew days of criticism from the AI safety community. The confidential draft w…
DHS bans DeepSeek products across US federal civilian agencies
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ordering federal civilian agencies to stop using DeepSeek products and remove them from government systems. [...]
Spotify pulled 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from its recommendations
Spotify says it has removed more than 50 million songs considered AI-generated slop or spam from user recommendations over the past year. That's according to an announcement on Tu…
Figma co-founder Dylan Field thinks MCP is not a perfect protocol
Figma said it plans to support as many standards as possible without exposing all of its data
DeepSeek open-sources DeepInfer, the engine that runs its AI models
DeepSeek has open-sourced DeepInfer, the software it uses to run its AI models in production. The Chinese AI lab announced the release on X on Tuesday and published the code on Gi…
Hackers Use Autonomous AI Agents to Breach Company Websites, Target Over 1,200 Sites
A Chinese-speaking criminal pointed autonomous AI agents at company websites and let them break in with almost no help, and a security researcher watched it happen because the ope…
US Army picks a bid for ECHOTRIBBLE, its plan for autonomous AI agents
Army Cyber Command has picked one company’s bid for ECHOTRIBBLE, a programme for AI agents that hunt down targets in computer networks. The command’s technology centre and the Cyb…
CJIS v6.1 Compliance: 5 Practical Priorities for Agencies
CJIS v6.1 requires agencies to maintain strong authentication, account security, and audit controls while demonstrating ongoing compliance. Specops outlines five practical priorit…
Amazon Prime comes with an Alexa upgrade you should know about
Amazon's Echo Show and Dot devices, tablets and website all have new capabilities that you might want to take for a spin.
ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent order $35bn of Nvidia chips, Reuters reports
ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have ordered more than 3 million of Nvidia’s RTX PRO 5500 graphics cards. Their combined sticker price is over $35bn. Reuters reported the orders on…
Salesforce agrees $5.7bn deal for customer messaging firm Braze
Salesforce has agreed to buy Braze, a New York company that helps brands send personalised messages to their customers, for about $5.66bn including debt. The two companies announc…
Hacker gets 8 years for stealing $3.3 million from taxpayers
A Nigerian national was sentenced to eight years in prison for his involvement in a series of spearphishing attacks targeting US tax preparation businesses since 2019. [...]
SpaceX alum’s aviation startup, Reliable Robotics, lands $115M, topping $1B valuation
Reliable Robotics extended its Series D round with $115 million in equity and $25 million in debt.
How to stop fake virus pop-ups on your Windows PC
Blaring security alerts that urge you to call a number or download a scanner are bogus, and you can shut them up easily.
TikTok employees said they knew about child safety issues, but execs failed to act
TikTok was repeatedly warned by its own staffers about risks its platform posed to child safety, according to court records obtained by NPR. The publication reports that employees…
US orders federal agencies to remove China’s DeepSeek AI from their systems
The US has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products and third-party services built using its technology, citing national security concerns.
Adobe Lightroom mobile can now open closed eyes in photos with a simple tap
Adobe announced yesterday that the mobile version of Lightroom, available for iOS, iPadOS, and Android, can now open closed eyes in photos using generative AI with just a single t…
Jooba emerges with $4M to build AI-native recruiting firm
The startup combines human recruiters with custom AI sourcing agents, betting that fast-growing companies want help hiring without another tool to manage. For a startup trying to …
Postquant Labs launches a virtual machine for different quantum computers
Quantum computers don’t all work the same way, and that creates a problem for developers. Code written for one machine may need to be rewritten before it can run on another. Postq…
Inspired Capital closes $450M fourth fund as New York pushes back on Silicon Valley’s gravitational pull
The raise comes as venture dollars pile up on the West Coast.