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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…

Kalshi Reaches $22 Billion Valuation After New $1 Billion Funding Round

Prediction market startup Kalshi announced on Thursday that it has raised a $1 billion Series F funding round, doubling the company’s valuation to $22 billion just five months after its…

Jeff Bezos Family Office Representative Leaves Slate Auto Board

The head of Bezos Expeditions, the family office of Jeff Bezos, has stepped down from the board of electric vehicle startup Slate Auto, according to multiple state filings reviewed by…

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…

DeepSeek Reportedly Seeks First Venture Funding At Up To $45 Billion Valuation

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is reportedly in discussions to raise its first venture capital funding round, with the company’s potential valuation rising from about $20 billion to as high as…

Match Group Slows Hiring As Company Increases Spending On AI Tools

Match Group said it is slowing hiring plans for the rest of the year as the company increases spending on artificial intelligence tools for employees, according to comments made during…

Apple Agrees To $250 Million Settlement Over Apple Intelligence Marketing Claims

Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that the company overstated the readiness and availability of artificial intelligence features promoted ahead of the…

Finnish AI Lab QuTwo Reaches €325 Million Valuation After €25 Million Angel Round

Finnish artificial intelligence startup QuTwo has reached a valuation of €325 million, or about $380 million, after raising a €25 million angel funding round, as investor interest in European AI,…

Samsung Reaches $1 Trillion Valuation As AI Chip Demand Drives Share Surge

Samsung’s market valuation crossed $1 trillion on Wednesday after shares of the South Korean technology company climbed more than 10%, as rising demand for artificial intelligence chips continued to lift…

ElevenLabs Reveals New Investors As ARR Passes $500 Million

Voice AI startup ElevenLabs disclosed additional investors participating in its $500 million Series D funding round, while also reporting that its annual recurring revenue has exceeded $500 million as the…

Instructure Confirms Student Data Breach As ShinyHunters Claims Responsibility

Instructure has confirmed a data breach affecting student information after the hacking and extortion group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the attack. Hackers Claim Theft Of Student And School DataShinyHunters said…