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Z.ai Releases GLM-5.1 Language Model Under MIT License
AI

Z.ai Releases GLM-5.1 Language Model Under MIT License

Chinese AI company Z.ai has released GLM-5.1, a 754-billion-parameter language model that it says outperforms GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 on software engineerin...

Anthropic unveils Project Glasswing cybersecurity initiative with Mythos model
AI Cybersecurity

Anthropic unveils Project Glasswing cybersecurity initiative with Mythos model

Anthropic announced Project Glasswing, a new cybersecurity initiative that includes an unreleased frontier AI model called Mythos Preview. The company says the ...

AI Tech & Business Infrastructure

Anthropic hires Microsoft AI infrastructure chief Eric Boyd

Anthropic has hired Eric Boyd from Microsoft to lead its infrastructure efforts as the AI startup scales to meet growing demand for its Claude models. Boyd spe...

AI Cybersecurity

Anthropic's Mythos Preview Model Discovers Thousands of High-Severity Vulnerabilities

Anthropic has released Claude Mythos Preview, a general-purpose language model capable of identifying and exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in widely used sof...

Anthropic Launches Project Glasswing with Apple, Microsoft, Google to Secure Critical Infrastructure
AI Cybersecurity Tech & Business

Anthropic Launches Project Glasswing with Apple, Microsoft, Google to Secure Critical Infrastructure

Anthropic has announced Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity initiative bringing together Amazon Web Services, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, Micros...

Vector illustration of the Intel logo.
AI Infrastructure Tech & Business

Intel partners with Elon Musk to build Terafab AI chip factory in Texas

Intel has signed on to help design and build Elon Musk's Terafab semiconductor facility in Austin, Texas, providing crucial manufacturing expertise for the ambi...

AI

Google Gemini 3 AI Overviews achieve approximately 90% accuracy rate

An analysis of Google's Gemini 3-powered AI Overviews indicates the feature generates accurate responses approximately 90% of the time, according to a report fr...

AI Tech & Business

Meta employees compete on internal AI token usage leaderboard

Meta Platforms has created an internal competition system called "Claudeonomics" where employees earn status rankings based on their usage of AI tokens, accordi...

Indian AI startup Rocket launches McKinsey-style consulting platform
AI Startups

Indian AI startup Rocket launches McKinsey-style consulting platform

Rocket, an artificial intelligence startup based in India, has launched a platform that generates strategy reports and competitive analysis previously requiring...

AI Tech & Business

Bezos' Project Prometheus recruits xAI co-founder Kyle Kosic from OpenAI

Jeff Bezos has hired Kyle Kosic, a co-founder of Elon Musk's xAI, to join Project Prometheus, the billionaire's secretive artificial intelligence startup, accor...

Super Micro Launches Independent Probe Into Export Control Violations
Tech & Business Policy

Super Micro Launches Independent Probe Into Export Control Violations

Server manufacturer Super Micro Computer has begun an independent probe into the indictment of three individuals for export control violations and initiated an ...

Tech & Business Policy

Super Micro Launches Internal Probe of Server Sales to China

Super Micro Computer Inc. has established a committee of independent directors and hired a law firm to investigate circumstances surrounding an indictment of tw...

Uber expands AWS contract to run ride-sharing features on Amazon AI chips
Tech & Business Infrastructure

Uber expands AWS contract to run ride-sharing features on Amazon AI chips

Uber is deepening its cloud infrastructure partnership with Amazon Web Services, expanding its contract to run more ride-sharing features on AWS's custom AI chi...

Tech & Business Infrastructure

Broadcom extends AI chip partnerships with Google and Anthropic

Broadcom shares rose in premarket trading Monday after the chip designer announced extensions to its partnership agreements with Google and Anthropic. The deal...

Tech & Business

Ackman Offers $10.8B for Universal Music Group

Pershing Square Capital Management has submitted a €9.4 billion ($10.8 billion) cash and stock offer to acquire Universal Music Group, according to a statement ...

EU Parliament Blocks Extension of Mass Chat Scanning Program
Policy

EU Parliament Blocks Extension of Mass Chat Scanning Program

The European Parliament has voted not to prolong an interim derogation from e-Privacy rules that allowed service providers to voluntarily scan private communica...

Policy Infrastructure

U.S. weighs new export restrictions on ASML chip equipment to China

Shares of ASML, the Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer, declined following reports that the U.S. government is considering new export restrictions targe...

Policy Infrastructure

Wisconsin town votes on first anti-data center referendum in U.S.

Voters in Port Washington, Wisconsin, will decide Tuesday on the nation's first ballot measure specifically targeting data center development, marking an early ...

Startups Infrastructure

AI Data Center Startup Firmus Raises $725 Million at $8 Billion Valuation

Australian AI data center startup Firmus is seeking to raise $725 million in additional funding at an $8 billion valuation, according to reports. The company, ...

AI Data Center Builder Firmus Hits $5.5 Billion Valuation
Startups Infrastructure

AI Data Center Builder Firmus Hits $5.5 Billion Valuation

Asia-based AI data center provider Firmus has raised $505 million in new funding led by Coatue at a $5.5 billion post-money valuation. The Singapore-based compa...

Soma Energy Raises $7 Million to Accelerate Data Center Grid Connections
Startups Infrastructure

Soma Energy Raises $7 Million to Accelerate Data Center Grid Connections

Soma Energy has secured $7 million in funding to accelerate data center grid connections using artificial intelligence. The company, founded by former Amazon We...

Hermeus Raises $350 Million for Autonomous Hypersonic Fighter Development
Startups Tech & Business

Hermeus Raises $350 Million for Autonomous Hypersonic Fighter Development

Defense aviation startup Hermeus has raised $350 million to advance its development of autonomous hypersonic fighter aircraft. The funding comes as the Atlanta-...

Startups

Busan's HiveMind accelerator tests whether the city can build global startups, not just fund them

Busan, South Korea's second-largest city, is launching an ambitious experiment through its HiveMind accelerator program to determine whether it can cultivate gl...

Cybersecurity

Pro-Iranian Cyber Group Claims Responsibility for Attacks on Chime and Pinterest

A pro-Iranian cybercrime group has claimed responsibility for cyberattacks that knocked the websites of fintech company Chime and social media platform Pinteres...

FBI Reports Americans Lost Record $21 Billion to Cybercrime in 2025
Cybersecurity

FBI Reports Americans Lost Record $21 Billion to Cybercrime in 2025

U.S. victims lost nearly $21 billion to cyber-enabled crimes last year, according to data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The record-breaking losses w...

Cybersecurity Policy

UK warns Russian hackers are hijacking popular routers to steal credentials

The United Kingdom has issued an alert that Russian state-sponsored hackers are compromising widely used internet routers to steal passwords and redirect traffi...

Cybersecurity

Security Researchers Disclose Grafana Flaw Enabling Enterprise Data Leaks

Security researchers have disclosed a vulnerability in Grafana, a widely-deployed open source monitoring platform, that could allow attackers to extract sensiti...

Security Researchers Demonstrate Root Shell Access via Novel GPU Rowhammer Attack
Cybersecurity

Security Researchers Demonstrate Root Shell Access via Novel GPU Rowhammer Attack

Security researchers have demonstrated a novel attack method called GPUBreach that exploits Rowhammer vulnerabilities in graphics processing units to achieve ro...

Cybersecurity

Jones Day law firm hit by ransomware attack exposing client files

Global law firm Jones Day has suffered a ransomware attack that resulted in the exposure of client files, according to a report from The Lawyer. The breach aff...

Cryptographer calls for urgent post-quantum encryption rollout following Google advance
Cybersecurity

Cryptographer calls for urgent post-quantum encryption rollout following Google advance

A leading cryptography engineer is calling for immediate deployment of quantum-resistant encryption across global infrastructure, citing new urgency after Googl...

China-Linked Storm-1175 Exploits Zero-Days to Deploy Medusa Ransomware
Cybersecurity

China-Linked Storm-1175 Exploits Zero-Days to Deploy Medusa Ransomware

A threat actor Microsoft tracks as Storm-1175 has been exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities to rapidly deploy Medusa ransomware across enterprise networks, accor...

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Cybersecurity

Jones Day confirms 'limited' data breach following Silent Ransom Group phishing attack

International law firm Jones Day confirmed a limited data breach after being targeted by the Silent Ransom Group in a phishing attack. The breach represents the...

Infrastructure Tech & Business AI

Intel joins Musk's Terafab project alongside Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI

Intel has agreed to participate in Elon Musk's Terafab project, a semiconductor manufacturing initiative that includes Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI as partners. The c...

Infrastructure Tech & Business

Pimco in Talks for $14 Billion Debt Deal to Finance Oracle Data Center

Pacific Investment Management Co. is in discussions with Bank of America to provide approximately $14 billion in debt financing for a massive Oracle data center...

Iran threatens attack on OpenAI's Stargate data center in UAE
Infrastructure Policy AI

Iran threatens attack on OpenAI's Stargate data center in UAE

Iran has issued threats against a major OpenAI data center facility in the United Arab Emirates, marking a significant escalation in regional targeting of criti...

Tesla Rebuilds Silicon Team With Leadership Hire for AI6 and Dojo 3 Chips
Infrastructure AI

Tesla Rebuilds Silicon Team With Leadership Hire for AI6 and Dojo 3 Chips

Tesla has rehired Anant Nivarti to lead its silicon engineering efforts, including development of AI6 and Dojo 3 chips. The move signals a revival of the compan...

Infrastructure Tech & Business

Intel Stock Climbs After Joining Musk's Terafab Chip Manufacturing Project

Intel shares rose after the company announced it would join Elon Musk's Terafab project, a semiconductor manufacturing initiative serving Tesla Inc., SpaceX and...