The long-held understanding among security researchers and network defenders is that it’s impossible to negotiate in good faith with an extortion racket because there’s no incentive for the other side to actually walk away.
Cascade raises $3.5M to help construction firms find and win projects
a16z Speedrun, Ada Ventures, and Snowball VC have invested in Cascade’s $3.5 million seed round.
How do researchers make sure new vaccines are safe?
[[{“value”:” How do researchers make sure new vaccines are safe? Published: Clinical trials are a rigorous and time-consuming part of medical research, with new drugs or vaccines sometimes taking ten to fifteen years to complete. At the University of Alberta in Canada, Dr Vanessa Meier-Stephenson is trialling a new vaccine for hepatitis C, using several specialist techniques, such as a…
Passionfroot raises $15M to expand its B2B creator marketplace to the US
Passionfroot, a German startup building a marketplace connecting B2B creators with brands, has raised $15M in a Series A round led by Insight Partners.
WhatsApp adds Apple CarPlay and Android Auto upgrades, iPad sign-ups, and more
WhatsApp on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will let users hear and reply to messages, make calls, view their call history, and access favorite contacts hands-free and right from their car’s screen.
Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2B valuation to challenge endpoint security in the AI era
Glow is targeting a new class of endpoint risks created by the rapid adoption of AI agents and developer tools inside enterprises.
Synthesia’s AI training platform is moving beyond videos into live coaching
Synthesia launched AI Roleplay Sessions, an interactive enterprise training platform where employees practice workplace conversations with AI avatars that provide feedback, scoring, and analytics to help companies measure training effectiveness.
The Anthropic-Physical Intelligence rumor roiling AI Twitter
Anthropic and OpenAI’s aggressive 2026 acquisition sprees set the stage for a weekend rumor.
Dimension Capital’s $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming
The four-year-old firm’s latest fund is 60% larger than its second vehicle announced 18 months ago.
Meta is testing an AI bedtime story app for people with no imagination
Meta’s StoryKit app is only available in certain regions while the company tests how parents react to it.