Cisco is moving quickly to lock down a new and growing risk: AI agents that can operate autonomously within enterprise systems. The networking giant is in early talks to acquire Astrix Security, a Tel Aviv–based AI security startup focused on […]

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A quiet San Francisco street turned into a crime scene before sunrise. A man has been arrested after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at the home of Sam Altman, setting part of the property on fire, and later threatening to burn […]

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Meta is opening its wallet again—and this time, the number is hard to ignore. The company has signed a fresh $21 billion agreement with CoreWeave to secure more cloud computing capacity, extending a partnership that is quickly becoming central to […]

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Meta is stepping back into the AI spotlight with a new model it hopes will reset the narrative. On April 8, Meta Platforms introduced Muse Spark, the first release from its newly formed Meta Superintelligence Labs. The model marks a turning […]

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OpenAI’s push to scale its next wave of AI infrastructure has hit a pause in the U.K., a setback that highlights a growing tension facing the industry: building advanced AI systems now hinges as much on energy and policy as […]

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An unknown hacker group claims they breached one of China’s most critical supercomputing facilities, stealing more than 10 petabytes of data—potentially one of the largest exfiltrations of sensitive information ever reported. The alleged target is the National Supercomputing Center in […]

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Polygon Labs is quietly lining up its next move—and it could reshape how money moves on-chain. The team behind one of Ethereum’s most widely used scaling networks is in early talks with investors to raise up to $100 million. The […]

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Vietnam’s fintech race is heating up, and MoMo is right at the center of it. The Vietnamese digital payments startup is exploring strategic options, including bringing in new investors, in a move that could value the business at more than […]

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China’s push to build its own AI stack is starting to take physical shape. Alibaba has teamed up with China Telecom to launch a new data center in southern China, powered entirely by chips designed in-house. At the center of […]

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