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Parsec founders raise $8.75M from a16z to give AI agents their own PCs
Phaze, started by the team behind remote desktop firm Parsec, raised an $8.75M seed round led by a16z. It lets employees and AI agents use powerful remote computers, so companies …
Pliant raises $80M to open its B2B payments platform to AI agents
Berlin fintech Pliant has raised an $80M Series C to open its B2B payments infrastructure to AI agents, the company said on Wednesday. Seaya Nova and Speedinvest led the oversubsc…
Galantas CEO Mario Stifano on AI, data centres and the copper supply gap
Mario Stifano is chief executive of Galantas Gold, a gold and copper company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Toronto and on AIM in London. He has more than 25 years of exper…
Redditor uses AI to get Switch games running natively on Apple TV
The TVPort project is another example of people using Claude Code to bring software to other platforms
Bluetooth is going to get a lot faster in 2027
Bluetooth HDT's rollout will benefit a wide range of wireless devices and how they communicate.
Aformic raises $6.95M to move its factory robots into AI data centres
Aformic, which makes self-driving forklifts and carts for factories, raised a $6.95M seed round led by Veteran Ventures Capital. It says it has more than $34M in orders and plans …
Sequoia hits rewind, undoing 20 years of expansion
Sequoia is consolidating into a smaller, Bay Area–centered firm, shutting down the programs and offices it built during a 20-year expansion while announcing roughly $10 billion in…
God of War Laufey delayed until May
God of War Laufey's release date is being delayed to May 20th, 2027, developer Santa Monica Studio announced today. It was set to launch on PlayStation 5 on February 16th. Here is…
Nintendo is losing a Switch cartridge supplier
Nintendo is about to lose a major memory supplier for its Switch cartridges. The supplier, Macronix, announced during a recent quarterly earnings call that it would be gradually p…
Elon Musk spent nearly $500 million on the midterms and lost big-time
This was the Cybertruck of elections.
Debian and Ubuntu APT Flaw Lets MitM Attackers Swap Verified Packages and Run Code as Root
A flaw in APT, the package manager for Debian and Ubuntu, allows an attacker who can modify package downloads to swap a checked package for their own. The attacker's code then run…
SonicWall Won't Patch EoL GMS Flaws That Could Expose Files, Alter Database Records
SonicWall has warned of two vulnerabilities impacting end-of-life Global Management System (GMS) systems that it said will not be patched. Details of the security flaws, which aff…
NIKKE PC game launcher hacked to spread remote access, data-stealing malware
The developers of Goddess of Victory: NIKKE have confirmed that hackers tampered with the game's PC launcher scripts in a supply-chain attack, distributing malware capable of stea…
I tried Apple’s Siri Recaps. They’re surprisingly useful — and a little unsettling
Apple's AI-powered Siri Recaps won me over in just one day, despite my privacy reservations. But there's still room for improvement.
Why are premium domains so expensive?
Premium domains are expensive because each name exists only once, and short, memorable ones are long gone. Registries and owners price them on demand. They help brands get remembe…
Anker’s new window-mounted camera monitors the outside of your home from within it
Anker announced a new indoor security camera that's designed to watch your yard, driveway, or front porch through a window, instead of monitoring what's inside your home. The new …
Google faces backlash for plan that would turn off Search for schools that restrict AI
Politicians on the left, like NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani and former FTC chair Lina Khan, accused Google of acting as an unregulated monopoly.
Rian Johnson explains why he had to build his own iPhone camera app
Rian Johnson is an analog photography devotee. The director of Knives Out and The Last Jedi can often be spotted on set with a Leica M6 at his side, documenting production on film…
Researchers Uncover Prompt Adware Hidden in OpenAI Codex Jailbreak Toolkit
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an OpenAI Codex jailbreak bundle that's designed to modify an artificial intelligence (AI) agent's trusted instructions to inse…
Binance says hackers who stole billions in crypto spent months planning heist
Techniques included laptop infections, compromised internal tooling, and fake job interviews.
Data centers lost the midterms
Data center developers are poised to face a more restrictive building environment after voters across the country voted in candidates who favor moratoriums and ballot measures tha…
mSecure password manager hack prompts password reset warnings
mSeven Software is warning current and former mSecure password manager customers to change passwords, reset two-factor authentication, and remove passkeys following a cyberattack …
Uber only fulfilled 4 rides from AI agents last quarter
AI agents won't be stealing Uber's lunch any time soon. Only four rides were arranged by third-party AI agents during the third quarter of 2026, Uber executives disclosed during a…
My favorite 25W wireless power bank is down to $35
If you’re someone who owns an iPhone, you might have considered getting a MagSafe power bank that can quickly recharge it. I tested a handful of options that claim to deliver 25W …