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ARCHIVE FRIDAY, APRIL 17 · 28 STORIES
Cursor in talks to raise $2 billion at $50 billion valuation
AI coding startup Cursor is in talks to raise at least $2 billion in new funding at a $50 billion valuation, according to sources familiar with the matter. Ret...
Anthropic CEO meets White House officials amid cybersecurity model rollout
Tensions between Anthropic and the Trump administration may be easing following the AI company's introduction of a powerful cybersecurity model and a White Hous...
OpenAI executive departs as company restructures scientific research division
OpenAI is losing another senior executive as the company restructures its scientific research division and streamlines product offerings ahead of a potential pu...
Tinder offers free boosts to users who verify identity with Sam Altman's World ID orb
Tinder is expanding its partnership with World, the identity verification company co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, offering users free boosts in the app for...
OpenAI loses two key executives as company shifts focus from 'side quests' to enterprise AI
OpenAI is losing two executives who led some of its most ambitious research projects as the company consolidates around enterprise artificial intelligence. Kev...
SaaStr AI Annual 2026 to feature hands-on vibe coding classes with Replit
SaaStr AI Annual 2026 will host more than 10 hands-on vibe coding classes taught in partnership with Replit, according to an announcement from the B2B and AI co...
Researchers propose Train-to-Test scaling to optimize AI compute budgets
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Stanford University have introduced Train-to-Test scaling laws, a framework that jointly optimizes mode...
AI coding tools boost output but increase code churn, analytics show
Developers using AI coding assistants like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex are generating significantly more code, but much of it requires substantial revision, ...
Playdate console maker Panic bans generative AI from official game catalog
Game console manufacturer Panic has implemented new restrictions banning games created with generative artificial intelligence from its Playdate Catalog, the of...
Chef Robotics reaches 100 million servings milestone with AI-powered food automation
Robotics startup Chef Robotics has surpassed 100 million servings prepared by its AI-powered food automation systems, marking a significant milestone for a comp...
Autonomous Vehicle Funding More Than Triples to Record $21.4 Billion in 2026
Autonomous vehicle startups have raised a record $21.4 billion across 34 deals through mid-April, more than triple the $5.9 billion invested in all of 2025, acc...
Nvidia alum's Manycore Tech soars 187% in Hong Kong debut with robotics pivot
Manycore Tech Inc., a Chinese software company that built a billion-dollar valuation in the country's real estate market, saw its shares soar as much as 187% in...
AI coding startup Factory hits $1.5B valuation with $150M funding round
Factory, a startup developing AI agents for enterprise engineering teams, has raised $150 million in a funding round that values the company at $1.5 billion. Th...
Apple wins latest round in Masimo patent dispute over Apple Watch blood oxygen feature
Apple has prevailed in the latest stage of its patent dispute with Masimo over the Apple Watch's blood oxygen feature, as the International Trade Commission dec...
French telco trio in exclusive talks to acquire SFR for €20.35 billion
Three French telecommunications companies have entered exclusive negotiations to acquire mobile operator SFR from parent company Altice for €20.35 billion ($24 ...
Top 10 U.S. funding rounds: Electric vehicles and biotech lead with $650M for Slate Auto
Transportation and biotech startups dominated the largest U.S. funding rounds this week, led by a $650 million investment in electric vehicle maker Slate Auto. ...
Hacker who breached US Supreme Court filing system gets probation
A hacker who breached the U.S. Supreme Court's electronic filing system and two other government networks received probation instead of prison time after expres...
US-sanctioned crypto exchange blames Western intelligence for $15M cyberattack
A US-sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange based in Kyrgyzstan has suspended operations after suffering a multimillion-dollar cyberattack it claims was orchestrate...
Payouts King ransomware uses QEMU virtual machines to bypass endpoint security
The Payouts King ransomware operation is using the QEMU emulator to create hidden virtual machines on compromised systems, allowing attackers to bypass endpoint...
Bluesky social media platform hit by DDoS attack, causing widespread outage
The social media platform Bluesky experienced a widespread outage on Thursday after being targeted by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Company of...
Three Microsoft Defender zero-days actively exploited, two remain unpatched
Cybersecurity firm Huntress reports active exploitation of three zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Defender, with threat actors leveraging the flaws to gain...
CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability Undetected for 13 Years
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned Thursday that a high-severity Apache ActiveMQ vulnerability patched earlier this month is being...
International law enforcement seizes 53 DDoS-for-hire domains in Operation PowerOFF
Law enforcement agencies from 21 countries have taken down 53 domains and arrested four individuals as part of an operation targeting commercial distributed den...
Three Windows zero-day vulnerabilities are actively being exploited in attacks
Security researchers have observed active exploitation of three Windows security vulnerabilities that were recently disclosed as zero-day flaws. The attacks tar...
Dielectric fluids gain traction in data center liquid cooling market
Dielectric fluids are becoming increasingly important for data center cooling as liquid cooling technologies gain adoption for high-density computing workloads....
Portugal approves national data center plan to attract hyperscale investment
Portugal has launched a national data center development strategy aimed at attracting hyperscale operators through streamlined regulations and pre-approved infr...
Japan extracts rare earth elements from 6,000-meter deep Pacific deposit
Japan has successfully recovered rare-earth elements from sediments at a depth of 6,000 meters in the Pacific Ocean near the remote island Minamitorishima. The...
Battery maker Envision AESC mulls up to $2B Hong Kong IPO
Envision AESC, a major global manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems, is considering an initial public offering ...