Cyberattacks Hit Government Data, Infrastructure, Companies And Identity Systems In 2026
Cybersecurity incidents in 2026 have affected U.S. government data, civilian infrastructure, major companies, open source software, and identity verification services. Reported cases include alleged Social Security data exposure, attacks on…
Thinking Machines Lab CEO Mira Murati Previews ‘Interaction Models’ In First Major Media Appearance In 18 Months
Mira Murati, former CTO of OpenAI and now CEO of Thinking Machines Lab, sat down with Bloomberg in San Francisco on Thursday for her first major media appearance in roughly…
Anthropic Files Confidentially For IPO After $65 Billion Raise At $965 Billion Valuation
Anthropic has taken steps toward a public listing by filing confidentially for an IPO, co-founder Daniela Amodei said at the Bloomberg Tech conference on Thursday. The decision comes down to…
Meta Builds Six Tent Data Centers In Ohio To Cut Construction Time, Using Gas Turbines For Power
Meta has built data centers in tents outside of New Albany, Ohio, according to Michael Thomas, founder of Cleanview, which tracks data center deployments. The company describes the structures as…
Helion Raises $465 Million At $15.5 Billion Valuation As It Races To Complete Orion Fusion Power Plant
Helion, the fusion startup backed by Sam Altman, announced on Thursday that it raised $465 million in a new funding round valuing the company at $15.5 billion. The cash infusion…
Meta’s Oversight Board Finds Account Deactivations Lack Due Process And Clarity On Violations
The Oversight Board, Meta’s independent governing body that makes policy recommendations to the tech company, said Thursday that Meta’s account deactivations lack due process. The board found that violations are…
Burglar Used Waymo In San Francisco Theft But Police Could Not Identify Suspect Due To Blurred Footage
A burglar used a Waymo while stealing yoga clothes in San Francisco this past January. Police have still not caught the suspect. The San Francisco Chronicle reported on the case…
Meta Spins Out Supernatural Fitness Game Into Independent Company After Earlier Plan To Stop New Content
Meta is letting the Supernatural team spin off into a new independent company called Supernatural Health. The new company will take over the VR fitness app later this year. Meta…
Uber Reports Thousands Of Lost Items In Robotaxis Including Dentures And An ‘I Heart Hot Dads’ Bag
Uber released its annual Lost & Found Index on Tuesday. The report typically catalogues millions of forgotten items from human-driven rides. This year, Uber used the report to highlight lost…
Xcimer Energy Activates Phoenix Laser System As A Step Toward Fusion Power Plant
Fusion startup Xcimer Energy switched on its Phoenix laser system on Wednesday. The company says Phoenix is the largest privately owned laser system in the world. Xcimer’s approach to fusion…
Cyera Finalizes $300M Round At $12B Valuation Just Five Months After $400M Series F
Data storage security company Cyera is finalizing a round led by Evolution Equity Partners of at least $300 million at a $12 billion valuation, according to four people with knowledge of the…
Uber Caps AI Coding Tools At $1,500 Per Employee Per Month After Burning Annual Budget In Four Months
Uber has instituted internal usage caps on AI coding tools to moderate rising costs. The company now places a monthly $1,500 cap per employee and per agentic coding tool, including…
Microsoft’s ASSERT Framework Turns Plain Language Into Automated AI Tests For Application-Specific Behavior
Microsoft introduced ASSERT (Adaptive Spec-driven Scoring for Evaluation and Regression Testing) on Tuesday. The open-source framework simplifies testing for application-specific AI behavior. ASSERT uses AI to turn high-level, natural-language descriptions…
Layup Parts Raises $42 Million Series A After Anduril Alumni Workshopped Pitch
Layup Parts raised $42 million in a Series A round led by dual-use fund Marlinspike, the Huntington Beach, California, composites startup announced Tuesday. The company, founded in 2024 by former…
Amazon’s Ring Sued Over Familiar Faces Facial Recognition Feature
Amazon was sued on Monday in Seattle over allegations that Ring’s Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without their consent, a class action filed by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt…
OpenAI Launches Six Job-Specific Codex Plug-ins, Sites, And Annotations To Push Enterprise Adoption And Now Has 5M+ Weekly Codex Users
OpenAI released six new plug-ins for Codex aimed at specific enterprise roles—data analytics, creative production, sales, product design, equity investing, and investment banking—plus a Sites feature to output work as hosted interactive…
Focused Energy Raises Oversubscribed $240 Million Series A, One Of The Largest Early-Stage Rounds For A Fusion Power Startup
Focused Energy recently raised an oversubscribed $240 million Series A round, one of the largest early-stage rounds for a fusion power startup, announced last week. The new round brings the…