A Russian telecom company known as Protei, which develops technology enabling phone and internet providers to conduct web surveillance and censorship, was hacked. The breach involved the defacement of its website and the theft of data from its servers. Protei…
On Monday, a new Model Context Protocol security startup called Runlayer launched out of stealth with eleven million dollars in seed funding from Khosla Ventures’ Keith Rabois and Felicis. It was created by third-time founder Andrew Berman, whose previous companies…
Three years ago, Joe Fioti was working on chip design at Intel when he had a realization. He saw that while he was focused on creating the best chips, the more significant bottleneck was actually in the software. He understood…
Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos is once again taking a hands-on role in a new venture. He is partially backing a new artificial intelligence startup named Project Prometheus, which has raised $6.2 billion in funding. Bezos will also serve as co-chief…
If you pay attention to the biggest tech companies discussing AI demand, you will notice a common theme: they are running short of compute capacity. This means the large language models that underpin today’s AI products require even more data…
DoorDash has announced a data breach that compromised the personal information of an unspecified number of individuals. The exposed data includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses. The company stated that despite the theft of phone numbers and…
Google is introducing new AI-powered features designed to help users book and plan travel directly within Search. The company announced on Monday that it is expanding the availability of its AI-powered Flight Deals tool. It is also adding the ability…
Aspora, a fintech platform backed by Sequoia, is launching a new feature that allows users to pay bills. This service enables non-resident Indians to pay utility bills or recharge mobile prepaid plans for their family members in India. Previously, users…
Swedish automaker Volvo has canceled a five-year-old contract with Luminar. This marks the latest escalation in an increasingly difficult dispute between the lidar sensor company and its biggest customer. The fight is happening during an existential moment for Luminar. The…
Networking giant Cisco has acquired EzDubs, a YCombinator-backed consumer startup that provides real-time translation services. Cisco announced the acquisition over the weekend, but the company did not disclose the size of the deal. EzDubs was founded by Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy, Amrutavarsh…
