LinkedIn runs hidden JavaScript that checks for thousands of Chrome extensions inside users’ browsers, links those findings to identifiable LinkedIn profiles, and shares the results with third parties — a practice uncovered by Fairlinked e.V. in early 2026 that now sits at the intersection of GDPR Article 9 and the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA). […]
Anthropic’s private shares have become exceptionally scarce—buyers are reportedly ready to deploy as much as $2 billion—while SpaceX’s planned $50–75 billion IPO in mid-2026 creates a clear signal that institutional liquidity will reallocate, not simply expand. That clash between narrative-driven demand for Anthropic and a single, massive public offering is the dominant force reshaping late-stage […]
Between Nov 9 and Nov 25, 2023, Daniel Rhyne — a 57‑year‑old core infrastructure engineer — used legitimate administrator privileges and a hidden virtual machine on his company laptop to change passwords and schedule shutdowns that locked IT staff out of 254 Windows servers and 3,284 workstations. This was an insider sabotage operation that looked […]
In March 2026 an accidental release of 512,000 lines of Anthropic’s Claude Code source combined with concurrent InstallFix social‑engineering campaigns to create a single, practical threat: attackers now pair intimate knowledge of an AI agent’s internals with cloned install pages that convince developers to run one-line commands that deploy credential‑stealing malware. What the leak actually […]
OpenAI has acquired the Silicon Valley business podcast TBPN and folded its 11-person team into the company’s strategy organization. The deal gives OpenAI a direct media channel that reports to strategy chief Chris Lehane while OpenAI says TBPN will keep editorial independence. How TBPN plugs into OpenAI’s communications and strategy TBPN will report to Chris […]
CrystalRAT (aka CrystalX RAT) is being sold openly on Telegram as an easy-to-use malware package, but calling it merely “prankware” misses the point: it is a modular malware-as-a-service that combines full remote access, clipboard-based cryptocurrency theft, and nuisance/psychological disruption into a single commercially marketed toolkit. Why the “prank” label understates the risk Security vendors and […]
Anthropic accidentally shipped a 60MB source map inside npm package v2.1.88 that tied bundled production files back to roughly 512,000 lines of original TypeScript across about 1,900 files. The company’s follow‑up DMCA notices briefly disabled more than 8,100 GitHub repositories, a response that turned a deployment error into a platform‑scale enforcement incident. How a build […]
More than half of surveyed enterprises — 56% — reported at least one cyberattack that exploited VPN vulnerabilities in the past year, up from 45% the year before. With 91% of organizations saying VPNs weaken their security posture and 78% planning Zero Trust rollouts within 12 months, the industry is pivoting toward Zero Trust Network […]
Nigerian gig workers have begun filming everyday chores at home—using head-mounted smartphones—to supply real-world footage that robotics companies say is essential to teach humanoid robots practical manipulation. The work pays roughly $15 per hour through firms like Micro1 and feeds a sector that saw more than $6 billion in humanoid development spending in 2025, but […]
Cognichip has closed a $60 million Series A and doubled down on a physics‑informed approach to automate chip design — but the company faces a clear, near-term test: show production tapeouts and independent validation within about 12–18 months. Funding round and board moves that change the signal-to-noise The Series A was led by Seligman Ventures […]
Microsoft pulled the Windows 11 optional preview update KB5079391 within hours of its March 26, 2026 release after installation failures surfaced with error 0x80073712, and then issued an out‑of‑band replacement, KB5086672, on March 31, 2026. That rapid pull‑and‑replace sequence makes clear that update validation still struggles to catch certain failures at scale, even with phased […]
Mercor’s recruiting platform was breached after attackers slipped malicious code into a published LiteLLM package, turning a widely reused open‑source proxy into a broad data exfiltration channel. The incident — detected and removed from distribution within hours but still exploited — exposed terabytes of sensitive material and has forced immediate, industry‑wide dependency audits and credential […]
