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Who will you learn from in 6 days at TechCrunch Founder Summit? Meet the founders and investors taking the stages
Six days from now, TechCrunch Founder Summit brings experienced founders, investors, and operators to Boston on Nov. 4 to share the decisions, mistakes, pivots, and lessons that s…
Amazon updates Alexa to help you manage shopping lists, subscriptions, and update delivery instructions
The update allows you to use Alexa to create lists, register them, see what's on them, and add or edit items. You can also manage subscriptions with the AI bot.
Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure
Deepgram said that it is committed to keep Pipecat open source.
Massive leak exposes 41,000 DHS workers and undercover ICE agents
The leak reveals undercover agents, surveillance groups, and sensitive DHS access.
Meta loses French appeal over orders to negotiate with news publishers
Paris appeals court has rejected Meta’s challenge to emergency orders that require it to resume talks with French news publishers over payment for their content, Reuters reported …
DoorDash acquires Instacart in $17 billion delivery service merger
The deal combines the two largest grocery delivery platforms in the US.
VitVio brings its 3D operating room AI to a hospital in Mexico
London-based startup VitVio is bringing its AI system to every operating room at Hospital Español de Veracruz, a private hospital on Mexico’s Gulf coast. It is the company’s first…
Collective raises $100M to run the finances of one-person businesses
San Francisco startup Collective, which handles the finances of one-person businesses, has raised $100M. The money comes in two parts: a $40M Series B and $60M from General Cataly…
Pluto Security details how a trust_remote_code download turns into malware
The trick at the center of this campaign is not an exploit. It is a feature. Pluto Security’s analysis of a cryptominer operation on the Hugging Face Hub shows that the attacker n…
Windows 11 KB5127936 update released with 41 changes and fixes
Microsoft released the KB5127936 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 26H2, with 41 changes, including File Explorer and Cloud rebuild improvements. [...]
EasySMX S10 Lite review: A Switch 2 fidget toy with a weird removable faceplate
EasySMX is using Elizabeth Holmes levels of pedantry with this faceplate situation.
DoorDash is acquiring Instacart for around $17 billion
DoorDash has announced that it's buying Instacart in a deal valued at approximately $17 billion. The acquisition will give DoorDash a bigger presence in online grocery delivery vi…
Tesla Robotaxi riders report detours after Houston service expands
Riders of Tesla’s Robotaxi service in Houston are reporting long detours and pickup points the app will not accept, Business Insider reported on Wednesday. The problems come days …
Webinar: How to Build AI Threat Readiness Into Your Security Operations
Security teams have spent years trying to detect threats faster. AI is changing the harder part: how much time defenders have left to act. Advanced AI models can now help attacker…
Telegram Android Flaw Lets Attackers Run Code When Users Answer Voice Calls
A flaw in Telegram for Android allowed an attacker to run code on a victim's phone via a voice call once the victim answered, according to security startup NebuSec. The attacker n…
The Rise of the Threat Operator: How AI Will Redefine Security Operations and Careers
AI is beginning to take over much of the work that has traditionally defined the security analyst's job. Investigating alerts, collecting evidence, correlating activity across too…
26,400 Valid Cloud and AI Credentials Found Exposed in Public Gitee Repositories
26,400 credentials that developers left in public code on Gitee, a Chinese code-hosting service, still worked when a researcher tested them. Anyone who copied one from that code c…
New Cisco firewall zero-day exploited to crash SSL VPN devices
Cisco released security updates to patch a denial-of-service zero-day in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Threat Defense (FTD) software that attackers are exploiting to remot…
Pentagon suspects hackers behind freezer failures at US base stores
The Pentagon is investigating whether hackers caused freezers to fail at shops on US military bases in August, after a similar attack hit hundreds of supermarkets in France this m…
SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for America's space agency
"NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it."
Cisco Patches Actively Exploited ASA and FTD VPN Flaw That Can Crash Firewalls
Cisco has released patches to address a high-severity security flaw in Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software…
Apple and Google fined in South Korea over app store violations
South Korean regulators found that Apple and Google violated the country's Telecommunications Business Act.
Pudu Robotics opens its European headquarters in Neuss, Germany
Chinese robot maker Pudu Robotics has opened its European headquarters in Neuss, near Düsseldorf, as it builds out its business across the region. The Shenzhen-based company annou…
GitHub Launches npm Firewall to Block Malicious Packages Before Installation
GitHub has announced that it's introducing a new package firewall as a preview to block installation of suspicious npm packages during installation time. "The firewall inspects bo…