Mother Ventures Raises $10 Million To Back Startups Focused On Mothers As Consumers
Venture capitalist and entrepreneur Allison Stern has secured $10 million in commitments for her first investment fund, Mother Ventures, which focuses on startups targeting mothers as consumers. The fund arrives…
Poland Says Hackers Targeted Water Treatment Plants In Critical Infrastructure Attacks
Poland’s intelligence service said hackers targeted five water treatment plants in attacks that could have allowed intruders to take control of industrial systems responsible for managing water operations and safety…
Former L3Harris Cybersecurity Executive Ordered To Pay $10 Million Over Hacking Tools Leak
A former senior cybersecurity executive at L3Harris Technologies has been ordered to pay $10 million in restitution after stealing advanced hacking and surveillance tools from the defense contractor and selling…
Truecaller To Cut 15% Of Workforce After Revenue And Profit Decline
Sweden-based caller identification company Truecaller said it will reduce its workforce by about 70 employees, representing roughly 15% of staff, after reporting declines in revenue and profits during the first…
PJM Warns Power Grid Changes Are Urgent As AI And Data Center Demand Surge
PJM Interconnection, the largest electricity grid operator in the United States, said fundamental operational changes are needed within years rather than decades as rising demand from data centers, cloud computing,…
Disney Discussing Unified “Super App” Combining Disney+ And Parks Services
The Walt Disney Company is internally discussing plans for a unified mobile application that could combine Disney+ with services tied to its theme parks, resorts, and cruise operations, according to…
Hackers Deface Canvas Login Pages After Instructure Data Breach
Education technology company Instructure appears to have suffered a second cybersecurity incident days after disclosing a major student data breach, with hackers defacing login pages tied to its Canvas learning…
Gusto Surpasses $1 Billion In Revenue As HR Tech Startups Continue Growing
Payroll and HR software company Gusto has surpassed $1 billion in annual revenue, marking a major financial milestone for the startup as several companies in the HR technology sector continue…
Hackers Hijack Systems Already Compromised By TeamPCP In New “PCPJack” Campaign
An unidentified group of hackers has been targeting computer systems already compromised by the cybercrime group TeamPCP, removing TeamPCP’s tools and taking over infected infrastructure as part of a new…
Mozilla Says Anthropic’s Mythos AI Found High-Severity Firefox Bugs Hidden For Years
Mozilla researchers said Anthropic’s Mythos AI model has uncovered numerous high-severity vulnerabilities in the Firefox browser, including flaws that had remained undetected in the software for more than a decade.…
Toronto Police Arrest Three Men Over Alleged SMS Blaster Phishing Operation
Police in Toronto have arrested three men and filed 44 charges in connection with an alleged SMS blaster operation that authorities say targeted tens of thousands of mobile devices with…
Skyroot Aerospace Becomes India’s First Space Tech Unicorn Ahead Of Vikram-1 Launch
Indian startup Skyroot Aerospace has become the country’s first space technology unicorn after raising $60 million in new funding ahead of the planned orbital debut of its Vikram-1 rocket in…
Lachy Groom Invests $20 Million In Indian Home Services Startup Pronto
Silicon Valley investor Lachy Groom committed $20 million to Indian startup Pronto after spending just 20 minutes with the company’s founder during their first meeting earlier this year, as the…
Barry Diller Says Sam Altman Is “Sincere” But Warns About Unknown AI Risks
Media executive Barry Diller said he believes Sam Altman is trustworthy and sincere in his work on artificial intelligence, while also warning that the larger concern surrounding AI involves the…
Snap Ends Planned Perplexity Partnership As Snapchat User Growth Continues
Snap Inc. said it has ended its partnership agreement with Perplexity AI, canceling a previously announced plan to integrate Perplexity’s AI search technology into Snapchat. The company disclosed the change…
xAI Sells Colossus Data Center Capacity To Anthropic In Multi-Billion-Dollar Deal
xAI and Anthropic announced a partnership on Wednesday that will give Anthropic access to the full compute capacity of xAI’s Colossus 1 data center, a facility estimated at roughly 300…
