Prosecutors confirmed Peter Williams, the former Trenchant boss, sold eight exploits to a Russian buyer. TechCrunch exclusively reported that the Trenchant division was investigating a leak of its hacking tools, after another employee was accused of involvement.
Google to bring shuttered nuclear power plant back from the dead
Google is working with NextEra to reopen the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa to power the tech companies data centers.
Bending Spoons to acquire AOL
Wednesday’s news marks a new chapter for AOL, which was once one of the most recognized brands on the internet, known for its email service and “You’ve Got Mail” notification.
ElevenLabs CEO says AI audio models will be ‘commoditized’ over time
ElevenLabs’ founder Mati Staniszewski said that, in the short term, AI audio models were still the “biggest advantage and the biggest step change you can have today.”
It’s official. Fubo is combining with Hulu Live TV
Fubo and Disney have officially completed the transaction to combine the live sports platform with Hulu Live TV.
How AI labs use Mercor to get the data companies won’t share
Mercor CEO Brendan Foody has built a $10 billion empire freeing up valuable data from legacy industries, and making it available to AI labs.
Nvidia becomes first public company worth $5 trillion
With a market cap of $5 trillion, Nvidia is now worth more than the aggregated stock markets of all countries, apart from the United States, China and Japan.
Etsy names former head of Depop, Kruti Patel Goyal, as its new CEO
Etsy CEO Josh Silverman will be replaced by Kruti Patel Goyal, former Depop CEO, at the beginning of next year.
Iceberg hunting: how well can we predict the distribution of icebergs?
[[{“value”:” Iceberg hunting: how well can we predict the distribution of icebergs? Published: Ever since an iceberg sank the Titanic in 1912, scientists have been attempting to track their movements across the oceans. However, predicting the path of an iceberg is surprisingly difficult. At the University of Manitoba in Canada, Dr Juliana Marson is using numerical models to understand how…
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