Whistleblower Claims Former DOGE Engineer Took Social Security Data Covering Hundreds Of Millions Of Americans
A whistleblower complaint alleges that a former software engineer working with the Department of Government Efficiency removed sensitive data belonging to Americans from the Social Security Administration and stored it…
Google Completes $32 Billion Acquisition Of Cybersecurity Firm Wiz After Regulatory Approval
Google has completed its $32 billion cash acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz, finalizing a deal first announced a year earlier. The transaction represents the largest acquisition in Google’s history…
TikTok Partners With Apple Music To Enable Full Song Playback Inside The App
TikTok has partnered with Apple Music to allow subscribers to play full songs directly from the social network. The new feature lets Apple Music users start complete tracks after discovering…
Canopii Develops Autonomous Robotic Greenhouses Designed To Shorten Produce Supply Chains
Canopii has developed an autonomous greenhouse system designed to grow crops from seeding to harvest without human intervention. The Portland-based company says its robotic farms can produce up to 40,000…
AI Data Center Boom Drives Demand For Worker “Man Camps” In Remote Construction Sites
Developers building large artificial intelligence data centers are increasingly turning to temporary housing compounds known as “man camps” to accommodate the hundreds or thousands of workers required during construction. The…
Flipkart Moves Headquarters Back To India Ahead Of Planned IPO
Indian e-commerce company Flipkart has relocated its headquarters from Singapore back to India as it prepares for a potential public listing in the coming years. The move marks a reversal…
AMI Labs Raises $1.03 Billion To Develop AI World Models Focused On Real-World Understanding
AMI Labs, an artificial intelligence research startup co-founded by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, has raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation to develop a new category of…
Apple Produces 25% Of Global iPhones In India As Supply Chain Shift Accelerates
Apple is now manufacturing about 25% of its global iPhone output in India, reaching a milestone analysts predicted several years ago as the company continues efforts to diversify production away…
AI Networking Startup Eridu Raises $200 Million Series A To Build New Infrastructure For Data Center AI
Eridu, an artificial intelligence networking startup founded by veteran technology entrepreneur Drew Perkins, said Tuesday it has emerged from stealth with a $200 million Series A funding round aimed at…
Lux Aeterna Raises $10 Million To Develop Reusable Satellites With Heat Shield Technology
Lux Aeterna, a startup founded by a former SpaceX satellite engineer, has raised $10 million in seed funding to develop satellite structures designed to survive atmospheric reentry and return payloads…
Solid State Transformer Startups Gain Funding As Data Center Power Demands Increase
A new generation of startups is developing solid state transformers as an alternative to the iron-core transformer, a technology that has supported electrical grids for more than 140 years but…
Neura Robotics And Qualcomm Partner To Develop Processors And Platforms For Physical AI Robots
Neura Robotics and Qualcomm have announced a partnership to develop technology for the next generation of robots powered by physical artificial intelligence. The collaboration focuses on integrating Qualcomm processors with…
Slate Auto Names Former Amazon Executive Peter Faricy CEO Ahead Of Electric Truck Launch
Slate Auto has appointed Peter Faricy as its new chief executive, replacing the company’s founding CEO months before the planned launch of its first electric truck. The leadership change took…
OpenAI Acquires Promptfoo To Expand AI Security Testing For Enterprise Agent Platform
OpenAI has announced the acquisition of Promptfoo, a company founded in 2024 to develop tools that identify vulnerabilities in large language models. OpenAI said the startup’s technology will be integrated…
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Steps Down As Company Names Toni Schneider Interim Chief Executive
Bluesky chief executive Jay Graber is stepping down from the company’s top leadership position and will move into a new role as chief innovation officer. The company said Monday that…
AI Researchers From OpenAI And Google DeepMind Support Anthropic Lawsuit Over Pentagon Supply Chain Risk Label
More than 30 employees from OpenAI and Google DeepMind have filed a legal statement supporting Anthropic in its lawsuit against the US Department of Defense after the agency designated the…
FAA Approves Pilot Program Allowing Electric Air Taxi Testing Across 26 US States
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved eight pilot projects that will allow several companies to begin broader testing of electric aircraft across the United States as early as this summer.…
Anthropic Files Lawsuit Against US Government Over Supply Chain Risk Designation
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has filed a lawsuit against the US government after being designated a “supply chain risk” by the Department of Defense. The company argues that the decision…
Live Nation Reaches Tentative Settlement With US Justice Department In Antitrust Case Over Ticketmaster
Live Nation has reached a tentative settlement with the US Department of Justice in an antitrust case examining the company’s influence over the live events sector, including its ownership of…