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Amnesty Researcher Says Signal Phishing Campaign May Have Targeted More Than 13,500 Users
Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, head of Amnesty International Security Lab, said he uncovered details of a large-scale phishing campaign targeting Signal users after hackers attempted to compromise his own account earlier…
Cisco Cuts Nearly 4,000 Jobs While Increasing AI And Cybersecurity Investments
Cisco is laying off nearly 4,000 employees, representing about 5% of its workforce, as the networking company restructures spending priorities toward artificial intelligence and cybersecurity despite posting stronger-than-expected financial results…
Wirestock Raises $23 Million After Pivoting From Stock Photography Platform To AI Data Supplier
Wirestock has raised $23 million in Series A funding after shifting its business from stock photography distribution to supplying multimodal datasets for AI model training, joining a growing group of…
Uber Expands India Engineering Operations With New Campuses And Adani Data Center Partnership
Uber is expanding its technology and infrastructure presence in India with plans for two new engineering campuses and a partnership with Adani Group to build its first Indian data center,…
Former Facebook News Executive Campbell Brown Launches Forum AI To Evaluate Accuracy Of AI Models
Campbell Brown, the former television journalist and former head of news partnerships at Facebook, is building a new company focused on evaluating the accuracy and reliability of AI models in…
Legal AI Companies Report Rapid Revenue Growth As Law Firms Increase Use Of LLM Tools
Artificial intelligence companies focused on legal services are reporting rapid revenue growth as law firms adopt large language model tools for tasks such as document drafting, contract analysis, legal research,…
Notion Launches Developer Platform With AI Agents, Workflow Automation, And External Data Integrations
Notion has introduced a new developer platform designed to expand the capabilities of its AI agents, allowing customers to build automated workflows, connect external AI systems, deploy custom code, and…
NAACP Challenges xAI Over Use Of Nearly 50 Gas Turbines At Mississippi Data Center
xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk, is operating nearly 50 natural gas turbines at its Mississippi data center while avoiding state air pollution oversight through a regulatory…
Anthropic Says Claude Development Is Focused On Automation, Coding, And Proactive AI Features
Anthropic is continuing to expand the role of its Claude AI platform as the company gains momentum among enterprise customers, pursues a funding round that could value the company at…
VirusTotal Malware Archive Equals More Than Two Eiffel Towers Of Hard Drives, Researchers Estimate
Malware archive operators and cybersecurity researchers are drawing attention to the scale of modern malware collections after malware research group vx-underground and malware scanning platform VirusTotal disclosed the approximate size…
X Introduces History Tab To Combine Bookmarks, Likes, Videos, And Articles In One Place
X has introduced a new History tab on iOS that combines bookmarks, likes, watched videos, and viewed articles into a single private section, giving users a centralized place to revisit…
Instagram Launches Instants Feature For Disappearing One-Time Photo Sharing
Instagram announced Wednesday that it is globally launching Instants, a new feature that allows users to share disappearing photos with close friends or mutual followers. The feature focuses on temporary,…
Origin Lab Raises $8 Million To Supply Video Game Data For AI World Models
Origin Lab has raised an $8 million seed funding round to build a marketplace that supplies video game data to AI companies developing world models for robotics and physical simulations.…
Anthropic Launches Claude For Small Business With AI Tools For Smaller Companies
Anthropic announced Wednesday the launch of Claude for Small Business, a new set of AI services aimed at smaller companies and local businesses. The offering expands Anthropic’s business-focused AI strategy…
Foxconn Confirms Cyberattack As Nitrogen Ransomware Group Claims Theft Of Customer Data
Foxconn confirmed Monday that it was targeted in a cyberattack that affected some of its facilities in North America, as ransomware group Nitrogen claimed responsibility for breaching the electronics manufacturing…
Amazon Launches Alexa For Shopping To Replace Rufus With Personalized AI Buying Assistant
Amazon announced Wednesday that it is launching Alexa for Shopping, a new AI-powered shopping assistant designed to provide personalized recommendations, automate purchases, and manage shopping tasks across Amazon and other…
WallStreetBets Opposes SEC Proposal To Reduce Quarterly Reporting Requirements
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is facing growing criticism over a proposal that would allow publicly traded companies to reduce the frequency of mandatory financial disclosures. Among the responses submitted…
U.S. Lawmakers Seek Testimony From Instructure CEO Over Canvas Cyberattacks
U.S. lawmakers are seeking testimony from Instructure executives following cyberattacks that compromised the company’s systems twice and exposed personal information belonging to millions of students worldwide. The inquiry comes as…
Anthropic Surpasses OpenAI In Verified Business Customer Adoption, Ramp Data Shows
Anthropic has overtaken OpenAI in verified business customer adoption for the first time, according to the latest AI Index published by fintech company Ramp. The report, based on expense data…
Meta Adds Incognito AI Chats To WhatsApp And Meta AI App
Meta announced Wednesday that it is introducing an incognito conversation mode for its Meta AI chatbot on WhatsApp and the standalone Meta AI app. The feature is designed to allow…