OpenAI races toward possible IPO in September
A day after Elon Musk lost a lawsuit that threatened OpenAI’s organization, leadership and finances, the AI giant is ready to move forward with an initial public offering, people told The Wall Street Journal. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly hopes his company will be ready for an initial public offering by September. ChatGPT makers are […]
Jeff Bezos, you almost made a good point.
On Wednesday morning, Jeff Bezos said in an interview with CNBC that Americans in the bottom half of income brackets shouldn’t pay taxes. “Why is a nurse in Queens who makes $75,000 a year paying more than $1,000 a month in taxes?” Bezos said. “That’s $1,000 that could be used for rent, groceries, etc… To […]
Microsoft open sources RAMPART and Clarity to protect AI agents during development
Rabi LakshmananMay 20, 2026Artificial intelligence/security testing Microsoft announced two new open source tools, RAMPART and Clarity, to help developers better test the security of their artificial intelligence (AI) agents. RAMPART, which stands for Risk Assessment and Measurement Platform for Agentic Red Teaming, serves as a Pytest-native safety and security testing framework for creating and running […]
Customers claim personal information was leaked from Trump Mobile
President Trump’s namesake cell phone provider and smartphone maker Trump Mobile has reportedly leaked customer data, including mailing addresses and email addresses. On Tuesday, YouTubers Coffeezilla and penguinz0 said they had ordered Trump Mobile’s gold T1 cell phone and were alerted by researchers who discovered the data leaked online. “I know that because, sadly, I […]
Intuit to lay off more than 3,000 employees as it refocuses on AI
Enterprise software giant Intuit will lay off about 3,000 people, or 17% of its workforce, as it seeks to redirect resources to integrating AI into its products, Reuters reported, citing an internal memo to employees. According to Reuters, a memo from CEO Sasan Gudarji said the job cuts were aimed at simplifying the company’s structure […]
AI search startups are growing explosively
Yesterday’s big news was Google’s plan to blow up traditional search in favor of AI-powered experiences. But Google isn’t the only company planning next-generation discoverability. AThis morning, Bloomberg broke the news that Andreessen Horowitz-backed Exa Labs has raised $250 million at a $2.2 billion valuation to go after the same market. And it’s part of […]
Microsoft suspends malware signing service behind ransomware attack
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it had disrupted a Malware Signing-as-a-Service (MSaaS) operation that used its Artifact Signing system as a weapon to distribute malicious code, carry out ransomware and other attacks, and compromise thousands of machines and networks around the world. The tech giant attributed the activity to a threat actor called Fox Tempest, […]
NanoClaw creator turns down $20 million acquisition offer, raises $12 million in seed instead
NanoCo, the company behind NanoClaw, a security-focused alternative to OpenClaw, has raised an oversubscribed $12 million seed round following a viral launch, founders tell TechCrunch. The funding was led by Valley Capital Partners with participation from angels including Docker, Vercel, Monday.com, Slow Ventures, and Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face. NanoClaw creator Gabriel Cohen (pictured […]
Webworm uses Discord and MS Graph API to deploy EchoCreep and GraphWorm backdoors
Cybersecurity researchers have alerted to new activity by a Chinese-aligned threat actor known as the Webworm in 2025, deploying a custom backdoor that uses Discord and Microsoft Graph API for command and control (C2 or C&C) communications. The webworm was first publicly documented by Broadcom-owned Symantec in September 2022 and is assessed to have been […]
Agent AI is here. are you ready?
hacker newsMay 20, 2026Identity Security/Enterprise Security New industry data just released suggests otherwise. On May 19, 2026, Orchid Security announced the results of the Identity Gap: Snapshot 2026. Among the findings, “identity dark matter” (invisible and unmanaged elements of identity) overshadows visible elements by 57% vs. 43%. And it couldn’t have come at a worse […]