Technology
Bhutan’s DK Bank gets ADGM in-principle approval for Abu Dhabi expansion
Bhutan’s DK Bank has received In-Principle Approval from ADGM’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority to establish a regulated subsidiary in Abu Dhabi. The approval gives the ba…
Nestlé CEO says workers need more than prompting skills to use AI well
Nestlé chief executive Philipp Navratil says knowing how to write a good prompt is not enough for workers who want to keep up with artificial intelligence. Staff also need to unde…
Microsoft Teams to get support for third-party deepfake detection tools
Microsoft will soon introduce support for third-party deepfake detection solutions and impersonation protection in Teams meetings. [...]
Xbox is launching a new film and TV division
Xbox is launching a new division, called "XP," that's dedicated to Xbox experiences that aren't video games, including films and TV adaptations, consumer products, live events, an…
Vesta raises $30M to bring swarms of agents to mortgage lenders
Vesta, an AI-native software startup that helps lenders originate mortgages, announced a $30 million round led by Conversion Capital.
OpenAI hires Cursor’s Europe chief, its second sales hire from SpaceX
OpenAI has hired Ismail Elmas, who ran Cursor’s business in Europe, as its vice president of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He is the second sales executive …
ASOS links data breach to social engineering attack, credential theft
ASOS is sending updates to affected customers about the cybersecurity incident it suffered earlier this week, confirming that hackers accessed some personal data. [...]
Cupertino might be made for your mom, but it’s a good take on tech
Cupertino brings the tech backlash to the CBS procedural - an initially awkward combination, but with rewarding results. The show starts off just slightly unsure, but quickly figu…
Sesterce plans €10B AI data centre campus at former Finnish paper mill
French AI infrastructure company Sesterce plans to invest more than €10bn in an AI data centre campus at a former paper mill in Jämsä, central Finland. The campus will be located …
Nvidia's big bet on physical AI aims for safer robotaxis, humanoid robots
Full-stack safety solution for physical AI is being used by robotics companies.
Manus raises more than $500M in first funding round since Meta exit
Butterfly Effect, the company behind AI agent startup Manus, said that it has closed a funding round of more than $500 million. This would be the first raise since Meta’s $2 billi…
A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets—now she's a Kalshi lobbyist
Sen. Blanche Lincoln wrote law that let US ban sports-event contracts. She lobbies for the other side now.
Teenage Engineering will stop making synths to focus on... whatever it feels like
Teenage Engineering, the company famous for its synths, is going to stop making... synths.
Wazza Phishkit Targets Banking, Government, and Manufacturing Across the US, EU, and Australia
Phishing kits are no longer limited to copying a familiar login page and waiting for a victim to enter credentials. Attackers are increasingly building filtering, session manageme…
Owner of Empire cybercrime market gets 40 years in prison
The co-creator of Empire Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces before its shutdown, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for facilitating $430 million in illegal tr…
TikTok gave young users a placebo safety tool, New York lawsuit alleges
According to a new unsealed filing in New York’s lawsuit, TikTok gave thousands of users, including teenagers and children, a safety tool that did not work. Reuters reported the a…
CrowdStrike links South Korean bank breaches to AI tools and a China suspect
The person behind a wave of cyberattacks on South Korean banks may be a 26-year-old living in China’s Guangdong province, US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says. The suspect has n…
AI talent platform Dex hires founders of Secret Escapes and Progression
Dex, a London-based AI recruitment platform for software engineers, has hired two former founders for senior roles. Tom Valentine, co-founder of travel deals site Secret Escapes, …
Samsung expects record $80bn quarterly profit as AI memory demand soars
Samsung Electronics expects its operating profit for the third quarter to reach a record level of about 107.4 trillion won ($80bn), a significant increase from 12.17 trillion won …
16 Malicious Firefox Extensions Pose as Rabby and OKX Wallets to Steal Recovery Phrases
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 16 malicious Mozilla Firefox extensions that are capable of stealing cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases and private keys…
Swiss prosecutors investigate data leak at federal pension fund Publica
Publica, the pension fund that provides pensions for staff of the Swiss federal government, has confirmed today that a data leak occurred as a result of a cyberattack on one of it…
The new BMW iX4 is the X4 reborn as an EV
BMW has brought the X4 design to its third Neue Klasse EV with an electric version called the iX4.
GPT-6 is coming to all tiers of ChatGPT
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 to ChatGPT, and it will come with the capability to build more visual responses.
Amazon reportedly cuts jobs in its retail unit during Prime Big Deal Days sale
Amazon has cut a small number of office jobs, mostly in its Stores division, the company confirmed on Wednesday. The cuts came during Prime Big Deal Days, its two-day sale on Octo…