Spyware Investigator Reveals Russian Government Hackers Trying to Take Over Signal Accounts
Earlier this year, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, a security researcher investigating spyware attacks, found himself in an unusual position. Only once did he become the target of a hacker. The message I received on my Signal account said, “Dear User, this is the Signal Security Support Chatbot. We have detected suspicious activity on your device that […]
Cisco cuts nearly 4,000 jobs as it expands investment in AI, reports ‘record quarterly revenue’
Technology giant Cisco is cutting nearly 4,000 jobs, or about 5% of its workforce, despite reporting better-than-expected profits and sales in its fiscal third quarter. The network equipment maker said it was cutting headcount in order to change its “cost structure” and invest in AI and cybersecurity. Cisco’s decision follows a recent trend in which […]
Who decides what AI communicates? Campbell Brown, former head of news at Meta, thinks:
Campbell Brown has spent his career pursuing accurate information, first as a renowned television journalist and then as Facebook’s first and only full-time news chief. Today, we see the threat of history repeating itself as we watch AI change the way people consume information. This time, she’s not waiting for someone else to fix it. […]
Anthropic raises funding while Clio hits $500 million milestone
AI is now being applied to everything from healthcare to customer support, but no use case is yet as popular or profitable as writing code. Jack Newton, co-founder and CEO of Clio, a Canadian law firm management software company, believes legal tech is poised to be the next big winner of the LLM era. It’s […]
Notion turns your workspace into a hub for AI agents
Productivity software maker Notion is stepping into the agent era. In a livestreamed product announcement Wednesday, the company best known for its collaborative note-taking app expanded the capabilities of its custom AI agents, connected them with external agents, and introduced a new developer platform that lets teams build automated, multi-step workflows that can ingest data […]
Anthropic’s Cat Wu says that in the future, AI will predict your needs before you know them.
Anthropic is having a very good year as the tech industry focuses specifically on AI models. The company aims to raise tens of billions of dollars in a funding round that would value it at about $950 billion (OpenAI was valued at $854 billion in a March round), and enterprise customers are increasingly preferring Claude […]
Geothermal startup Fervo Energy gains 33% in IPO debut, driven by demand for AI data centers
Fervo Energy, a geothermal energy startup, achieved a market valuation of over $10 billion in its public market debut, driven by demand for AI data centers and the energy that can power them. Furbo raised $1.89 billion in an enhanced initial public offering Wednesday, which originally valued the company at about $7.6 billion. Demand for […]
Air purifier deals: 70% off Blueair Mini Restful
Save $140: The Blueair Mini Restful Air Purifier and Sunrise Alarm Clock is on sale for $59.99 off the regular price of $199.99 at Woot. That’s a 70% discount. $59.99 in woot $199.99 Save $140 It’s a difficult time to think about buying yourself something nice as a little treat. The price of almost everything […]
Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics raises another $400 million
Mind Robotics, a Rivian spinoff company working to develop industrial robots that can further automate factory operations, has raised another $400 million just two months after raising $500 million. The funding round, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, was led by Kleiner Perkins. Volkswagen’s venture arm and Salesforce, which is partnering with Rivian in […]
Who would trust Sam Altman? |Tech Crunch
In May 2023, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was sworn in and testified before Congress on regulating artificial intelligence. Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana heard his thoughts on licensing advanced models and asked if Altman might be qualified to run a hypothetical AI regulator. “I love what I do now,” Altman said with a laugh. “You […]