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Build-A-Bear Rebounds After Years Of Losses Under Sharon Price John Despite Tariff Pressure

Build-A-Bear Workshop has returned to sustained profitability and strong stock performance after a prolonged downturn, even as tariffs and weaker consumer traffic create new financial headwinds. Turnaround After Years Of…

Chris Kelly Says AI Industry Will Shift Focus Toward Efficiency As Data Center Costs Rise

Former Facebook chief privacy officer Chris Kelly said the next stage of artificial intelligence development will center on efficiency, as the industry confronts rising costs and power demands tied to…

Nissan Confirms Customer Data Exposed After Red Hat GitLab Breach

Nissan has confirmed that personal data belonging to customers of a Japanese sales subsidiary was exposed following unauthorized access to a Red Hat development environment, linking the incident to a…

Nvidia Signs Licensing Deal With Groq And Hires Founders Amid Reported $20 Billion Asset Purchase

Nvidia has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with AI chip company Groq and will bring Groq’s founder and president into the company, as questions remain over the scale of…

Mill Secures Amazon And Whole Foods Deal To Expand Food Waste Business Into Grocery Stores

Food waste startup Mill has reached an agreement with Amazon and Whole Foods that will bring its commercial food waste technology into grocery stores, marking a shift beyond the household…

Italy Orders Meta To Suspend WhatsApp Policy Blocking Third-Party AI Chatbots

Italy’s competition authority has ordered Meta to suspend a policy that prevents companies from using WhatsApp’s business tools to distribute their own AI chatbots, citing concerns that the restriction could…

ServiceNow Agrees To Acquire Armis For $7.75 Billion In Cash

Enterprise software company ServiceNow has agreed to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion in cash, bringing a planned public listing for the nine-year-old company to an end. Valuation And…

Writers File Lawsuit Against Major AI Firms Over Alleged Use Of Pirated Books In Training

A group of writers has filed a lawsuit against several major artificial intelligence companies, alleging their models were trained using pirated copies of copyrighted books, and challenging how earlier legal…

BP Sells Majority Stake In Castrol For $6bn As Part Of Asset Sale Drive

BP has agreed to sell a majority stake in its Castrol motor oil business for $6bn (£4.4bn), marking a significant step in its effort to reduce debt and refocus on…

Zoox Recalls Robotaxi Software After Lane And Crosswalk Issues Near Intersections

Amazon-owned Zoox issued a recall Tuesday over concerns its autonomous driving system caused vehicles to cross over the center lane line near intersections or block crosswalks. The voluntary recall of…

Crypto Theft Hits Record $2.7 Billion As Exchange Hacks Accelerate In 2025

Cybercriminals stole an estimated $2.7 billion in cryptocurrency this year, setting a new record for crypto-related thefts, according to multiple blockchain monitoring firms. The figure underscores a continued rise in…

Suspected DDoS Attack Knocks France’s La Poste And La Banque Postale Offline

France’s national postal and banking services were disrupted on Monday after a suspected distributed denial-of-service attack took key digital systems offline, according to statements from La Poste and its banking…

Anna’s Archive Claims It Scraped Nearly All Of Spotify’s Music Catalog

A pirate activist group known as Anna’s Archive says it has scraped almost the entire Spotify music library and plans to distribute the data via torrents, framing the effort as…

OpenAI Warns Prompt Injection Attacks Will Persist As Atlas AI Browser Expands

OpenAI says prompt injection attacks remain an unsolved and enduring security risk for AI agents operating on the open web, even as the company rolls out new defenses for its…

Alphabet Agrees To Acquire Intersect Power For $4.75 Billion To Secure Data Center Energy Supply

Alphabet has agreed to acquire clean energy and data center developer Intersect Power for $4.75 billion in cash, plus the assumption of its debt, as the company moves to secure…

Paramount Skydance Sweetens Cash Bid For Warner Bros With Larry Ellison Guarantee

Paramount Skydance has escalated its bid to acquire Warner Bros Discovery by submitting an amended all-cash offer backed by a personal financing guarantee from Oracle founder Larry Ellison, intensifying a…

United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno Steps Down After 12 Years As Launch Market Shifts

Tory Bruno has resigned as chief executive of United Launch Alliance after more than a decade in the role, as competition from newer private spaceflight companies continues to reshape the…

Retro Team Launches Splat App To Turn Photos Into AI Generated Coloring Pages

The team behind Retro, a private photo-sharing app focused on close friends and family, has launched a new experimental app that uses generative AI to transform photos into printable coloring…

Chinese Robotaxis Could Begin UK Trials In 2026 Through Uber And Lyft Partnerships

Chinese-built robotaxis could begin operating on UK roads as early as 2026, after ride-hailing firms Uber and Lyft announced plans to partner with Baidu to trial autonomous vehicles in London,…

Amazon Says It Blocked Over 1,800 Job Applications Linked To Suspected North Korean Agents

Amazon has blocked more than 1,800 job applications tied to suspected North Korean operatives who attempted to secure remote IT roles using stolen or fabricated identities, according to a senior…