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Rocket Lab Secures 816 Million Dollar SDA Contract For Missile Tracking Satellites

Rocket Lab has secured its largest contract to date after winning an 816 million dollar award from the U.S. Space Development Agency, marking another step in the company’s expansion beyond…

Former Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario To Step Down From Rivian Board Ahead Of R2 Launch Year

Rose Marcario is resigning from the board of directors of Rivian, according to a stock exchange filing published Friday, as the company prepares for a pivotal period tied to new…

Delaware Supreme Court Reinstates Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla Pay Package

The Delaware Supreme Court has reinstated Elon Musk’s 2018 compensation package from Tesla, reversing a decision made last year by the state’s Chancery Court that had invalidated the award. The…

Ousted Ben & Jerry’s Chair Accuses Owner Of Threatening Smear Campaign Amid Board Dispute

The former chair of Ben & Jerry’s independent board has accused the ice cream maker’s owner of threatening to publish defamatory statements about her, as a long-running dispute over board…

Lush Co-Founder Mark Constantine Defends Activism Led Business Model Amid Retail Pressures

Lush co-founder and chief executive Mark Constantine has reaffirmed the company’s long-standing commitment to activism in business, saying he embraces the label “woke” as part of Lush’s identity and does…

Jim Beam To Pause Production At Main Kentucky Distillery Throughout 2026

Jim Beam will halt production at its primary distillery in Kentucky for the entirety of next year as the company reassesses output levels and invests in upgrades at the site,…

Instacart Agrees To 60 Million Dollar FTC Settlement Over Refunds And Advertising Claims

Instacart has agreed to pay 60 million dollars in refunds to settle allegations by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that the grocery delivery platform misled consumers through deceptive advertising practices…

Pickle Robot Names Former Tesla Executive As CFO Following Reported UPS Deal

Pickle Robot has appointed a new chief financial officer as the warehouse automation startup reportedly moves closer to a major expansion of its relationship with UPS. The company announced the…

Peripheral Labs Bets On Volumetric Video To Rethink How Fans Watch Live Sports

Peripheral Labs is building a volumetric video platform aimed at making live sports more engaging as leagues and broadcasters look for new ways to address declining viewership among younger audiences.…

Givefront Targets Nonprofits With Financial Platform Built For Compliance And Spend Management

Givefront, a Y Combinator-backed startup, is building a financial platform tailored specifically to nonprofits, aiming to modernize how organizations in the sector manage spending, compliance, and reporting. The company is…

DXS International Discloses Cyberattack Affecting Internal Servers

DXS International, a U.K.-based healthcare technology provider that works with England’s National Health Service, disclosed that it experienced a cyberattack affecting its internal systems, according to a statement published Thursday.…

Lovable Raises 330 Million Dollars At 6.6 Billion Dollar Valuation As Growth Accelerates

Swedish startup Lovable has more than tripled its valuation in five months after closing a $330 million Series B funding round, underscoring investor interest in its AI-powered “vibe-coding” platform as…

FTC Seeks Information On Instacart AI Pricing Tool Amid Price Difference Reports

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has issued a civil investigative demand to Instacart seeking details about its AI-powered pricing tool, Eversight, after reports showed shoppers were paying different prices for…

ByteDance signs binding deal to hand majority of TikTok US business to investors

TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance has signed binding agreements that will give US and global investors majority ownership of the app’s American business, a move aimed at resolving long-running US national…

Trump Media to merge with fusion energy firm TAE Technologies in deal valued above $6bn

The company behind President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform has agreed to merge with fusion energy firm TAE Technologies in a transaction valued at more than $6bn (£4.4bn), marking a…

Adobe sued over claims its AI model was trained on pirated books

Adobe is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit that alleges the company used pirated books to train one of its AI language models, adding to a growing list of legal challenges…

Cisco warns of active exploits targeting unpatched flaw that enables full device takeover

Cisco has disclosed an active hacking campaign exploiting a critical vulnerability in several of its widely used products, allowing attackers to fully take over affected devices while no security patch…

Coursera to acquire Udemy in $2.5bn all-stock merger

Coursera and Udemy have agreed to a merger valued at about $2.5bn, combining two of the largest platforms in online education as they face slowing investor confidence and rapid changes…

Mozilla names Anthony Enzor-DeMeo CEO as Firefox faces renewed browser competition

Mozilla has appointed Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as its chief executive, placing the former Firefox general manager at the helm as the browser maker adjusts to rapid changes in how people access…

Amazon weighs up to $10bn OpenAI investment tied to use of its AI chips

Amazon is holding early talks about investing as much as $10bn in OpenAI, a deal that would involve the artificial intelligence company using Amazon’s own AI chips, according to CNBC.…