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ShinyHunters Claims FBI Breach Exposed Data on Agents and Job Applicants

Cybercriminal group ShinyHunters claims it breached the FBI and stole sensitive information belonging to thousands of agents, their family members and people who applied for jobs at the agency. The…

Andreessen Horowitz Launches Academy for Young Founders With Tuition-Free First Year

Andreessen Horowitz is launching the Horowitz Andreessen Academy, a San Francisco school aimed at young people coming out of high school who want to build startups or work in technology.…

OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Sol and Luna With Lower API Prices and Fewer Errors

OpenAI has released GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna, expanding the model family it introduced earlier this month with GPT-6 Astra. The company says the new models carry some of Astra’s…

Waymo Expands Teen Robotaxi Accounts to Nashville for Riders as Young as 13

Waymo is allowing teenagers ages 13 to 17 to use its fully autonomous robotaxi service in Nashville, making the city its second market with teen accounts after Phoenix. The Alphabet-owned…

Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 5.5 With Lower Prices and Stronger Coding Performance

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 5.5, its latest model for coding and knowledge work, with higher performance, lower prices and faster output than Opus 5. The company says the model…

SpyCloud Finds Stolen Credentials Exposing Nearly 1,800 U.S. Water Sector Organizations

New research from cybersecurity firm SpyCloud found that password-stealing malware exposed credentials linked to 1,787 organizations across the U.S. water sector, creating potential access points for hackers. At least 250…

Noble Carbon’s Smart Breakers Aim to Cut EV Charger Installation Costs

Noble Carbon has developed smart circuit breakers that can make it possible to install EV chargers, heat pumps and induction stoves without replacing a home’s electrical panel. The breakers adjust…

AstroForge Plans 2027 Autonomous Spacecraft Mission Controlled by Its Solo AI System

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge plans to put its in-house AI system in control of a spacecraft in 2027, reducing its dependence on commands from flight controllers on Earth. The company…

TikTok USDS Joins Lantern Child Safety Network and Commits $2 Million to NCMEC

TikTok USDS Joint Venture has joined Lantern, a cross-platform child safety program that allows participating technology companies to securely share signals linked to harmful behavior and content. The U.S. TikTok…

Breakthrough Energy Backs New Climate Tech Fellows as Electricity Demand Is Set to Rise

Breakthrough Energy has selected its sixth group of early-stage climate technology companies as it prepares for a sharp increase in global electricity demand. The new Fellows work on technologies ranging…

Data & Society Report Examines Why Pennsylvania Residents Are Resisting AI Data Centers

A new Data & Society report examines why opposition to AI data centers is growing in Pennsylvania, pointing to concerns about electricity costs, property values, environmental effects, local decision-making and…

Meta Backs MacroCycle’s First Commercial Plastics Recycling Plant With Carbon Credit Deal

Meta has signed an agreement with plastics recycling startup MacroCycle that will help finance its first commercial plant in the U.S. The deal gives Meta rights to environmental attribute credits…

Apple Retail Pioneer Ron Johnson Says AI Won’t Replace the In-Store Shopping Experience

Ron Johnson, the former Apple executive who helped build the company’s retail business, believes AI will change how people research products but will not eliminate the need for physical stores.…

OpenAI Creates Independent Math Advisory Group After Backlash Over AI-Generated Proofs

OpenAI has helped establish an independent advisory group of mathematicians to review how AI-generated mathematical discoveries are evaluated, communicated and released. The group arrives after criticism from prominent mathematicians over…

Meta’s Muse Beats ChatGPT’s Early iOS Launch in U.S. and Canada

Meta’s new Muse app is growing faster than ChatGPT did during its first days on mobile, according to estimates from market intelligence firm Apptopia. When comparing only iOS downloads in…

Samsung C&T Backs Kairos Power With Up to $100 Million for Google-Linked Reactor

Kairos Power has selected Samsung C&T to help build its 50-megawatt Hermes 2 demonstration reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as the nuclear startup works toward supplying its first power under…

Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI Agent From Shopping on Its Store

Amazon has blocked Meta’s Muse AI assistant from making purchases on its marketplace, telling users that access by an unauthorized AI agent violates its Conditions of Use. The restriction surfaced…

X Will Tell Users When Governments Force It to Limit Their Posts

X is expanding its transparency tools to tell users when their posts or accounts have been shown to fewer people because the platform is complying with local laws. The update…

Oura Seeks Up to $2.2 Billion in IPO as Early Investors Cash Out

Smart ring maker Oura is seeking to raise as much as $2.2 billion in its initial public offering, but most of the money from the deal will go to existing…

Tabby Wants to Make Bookkeeping Invisible for Small Businesses

Tabby is building an AI-powered bookkeeping platform designed to replace much of the software and manual work small businesses typically use to manage their finances. Fourteen months after launch, the…