Why Private Wealth is eliminating VC intermediaries
VC intermediaries are being eliminated faster than anyone expected. Family offices and private wealth firms are taking direct steps to write checks, sit on boards, and even grow companies from the ground up. And more founders are starting to realize. In February alone, family offices made 41 direct investments, including a Midwestern company that led […]
Possibility of supplying electricity to South Dakota with large intake of natural gas from Meta
Data centers have become so large that their power demands are now equivalent to an entire U.S. state. Take Meta’s Hyperion AI data center, for example. Once completed, the new AI data center will consume as much electricity as the state of South Dakota. Meta announced last week that it would finance seven natural gas […]
Cameo partners with TikTok to boost popularity
In a bid to regain its popularity, celebrity greetings app Cameo has launched a new TikTok integration. This will allow creators in the US to offer personalized Cameo videos directly to their fans through the short-form video app. The new partnership aims to help creators increase revenue while simplifying the process for fans to request […]
WhatsApp notifies hundreds of users who installed fake app created by government spyware maker
WhatsApp has announced that it has notified around 200 users who were tricked into installing a malicious fake version of the chat app that contained spyware. WhatsApp has accused Italian spyware maker SIO of creating a fake version of its iPhone messaging app, according to an announcement shared by the company with TechCrunch. “Our security […]
CERT-UA impersonation campaign spreads AGEWHEEZE malware to 1 million emails
Ravi LakshmananApril 1, 2026Email security/artificial intelligence Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) has revealed details of a new phishing campaign impersonating the cybersecurity agency itself to distribute a remote administration tool known as AGEWHEEZE. As part of the attack, the attacker, tracked as UAC-0255, sent emails impersonating CERT-UA on March 26 and 27, 2026, distributing […]
CogniChip wants to let AI design chips that run AI, and just raised $60 million to do so.
Cutting-edge silicon chips are accelerating the development of artificial intelligence. So, can AI return the favor? CogniChip builds deep learning models to help engineers design new computer chips. The problem the company is solving is one the industry has had for decades. Chip design is extremely complex, prohibitively expensive, and time-consuming. Advanced chips take three […]
SpaceX secretly files for IPO of giant public company worth $1.75 trillion, reports say
SpaceX, the technology conglomerate founded by Elon Musk, has reportedly filed a confidential disclosure with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ahead of its initial public offering. SpaceX could seek a valuation of $1.75 trillion, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. Under SEC rules, private companies can privately file IPO registration statements and receive private feedback […]
Hasbro says it was hacked and recovery could take “several weeks”
American toy maker Hasbro has acknowledged the cyberattack and said it could take “several weeks” to resolve the incident. The owner of the Transformers, Peppa Pig, Dungeons & Dragons and other properties said Wednesday in a legally required disclosure to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it detected the intrusion on March 28, which […]
Hubble photos reveal that Fart Comet has reversed its rotation for the first time in history and may soon explode on its own.
Thanks to newly analyzed Hubble Space Telescope photos, astronomers have, for the first time in history, witnessed a comet change the speed and direction of its rotation. A new study says the unexpected reversal was caused by an “outgassing” jet that injected an icy mixture of gas and dust into the solar system. The comet, […]
Microsoft warns that VBS malware distributed by WhatsApp can hijack Windows via UAC bypass
Ravi LakshmananApril 1, 2026Social engineering/malware Microsoft is warning of a new campaign that uses WhatsApp messages to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files. The campaign, which begins in late February 2026, utilizes these scripts to establish persistence and initiate a multi-step infection chain to enable remote access. At this time, it is unclear what […]