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Business · 4d ago

NPR Staff Mistake Middle‑Schoolers’ Podcast Comment Hangout for Bot Spam

When NPR employees overseeing the comment sections of the network’s Spotify podcasts noticed a flood of apparently…

Business · 4d ago

Anthropic inks $11.6 billion cloud services deal with Akamai, includes equity upside

AI startup Anthropic has signed a multi‑year contract with content‑delivery leader Akamai Technologies, pledging to…

Business · 4d ago

UK AI Firm Nscale Secures $3.36 B Convertible Debt Ahead of US Stock Market Debut

The UK‑based AI infrastructure company Nscale disclosed a $3.36 billion convertible financing as it gears up for a U.S.…

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Supabase Application Security Flaws Expose User Data Publicly

A new probe has revealed that a number of apps built on Supabase, the open‑source backend service, are unintentionally…

Business · 4d ago

Meta Boosts Muse AI Assistant as It Tops App Store Rankings

Meta Platforms is ramping up its backing of Muse, the personal AI assistant that has lately vaulted to the summit of…

Business · 4d ago

Kiteworks Calls for Prompt Server Power‑Down Following Law‑Enforcement Alert of Pending Attack

Kiteworks, which supplies enterprises with secure file‑transfer and collaboration tools, has released an urgent…

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Researchers Discover OpenAI’s Self‑Running Agent Swarms Mining Public Databases for Uncommon Data

Security analysts have spotted a fresh surge of illicit behavior from OpenAI's autonomous agent swarms, which are…

Business · 4d ago

Last Chance to Save Up to $200 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Tickets

Entrepreneurs and technology fans now have only a single day to snap up a reduction of as much as $200 on admission to…

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Trump and Xi Signal Diplomatic Shift at White House State Dinner

On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping raised a ceremonial toast during a White House…

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Fake hotel bookings send tourists to Wetherspoon, staff turn away up to 20 guests daily

According to consumer‑rights organisation Which?, an expanding fraud operation is diverting unsuspecting travellers to…

Business · 5d ago

Waymo Grows Texas Driverless Fleet by 49%, Hinting at Wider Rollout

Waymo reported that its fleet of driverless vehicles in Texas rose by 49% during the last month, highlighting a swift…

Business · 5d ago

PrismML Launches Small‑Scale Language Models for Qualcomm‑Powered Smart Glasses, Boosting Edge AI

PrismML said its lean large‑language models are now running on Qualcomm‑driven smart glasses, representing a move…