Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny
A surprising figure is celebrating Figma’s successful IPO: Lina Khan, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission. In a Friday afternoon post on X, Khan linked to an article about…
CL-STA-0969 Installs Covert Malware in Telecom Networks During 10-Month Espionage Campaign
Telecommunications organizations in Southeast Asia have been targeted by a state-sponsored threat actor known as CL-STA-0969 to facilitate remote control over compromised networks. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said it…
Anthropic cuts off OpenAI’s access to its Claude models
Anthropic has revoked OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models, according to a report in Wired. Sources told Wired that OpenAI was connecting Claude to internal tools that…
New ‘Plague’ PAM Backdoor Exposes Critical Linux Systems to Silent Credential Theft
Aug 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Detection / SSH Security Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux backdoor dubbed Plague that has managed to evade detection for a year. “The implant…
What founders should think about if looking to raise a Series C
Startup founders face a perplexing and even contradictory capital market in 2025, according to Sapphire Ventures partner Cathy Gao. “Capital isn’t scarce. But access to that capital is harder than…
Florida jury orders Tesla to pay $243m in 2019 autopilot crash
A 3-D printed miniature model of Musk and Tesla Logo PHOTO: Reuters Listen to article A Florida jury on Friday found Tesla Inc liable for $243 million in damages to…
OpenAI Says Students Should Be Taught to Use AI, Not Blocked From It
As more schools worry about how artificial intelligence could change classroom learning, OpenAI has started focusing on how to make student interaction with AI more thoughtful rather than reactive. The…
Agentic AI Coding Tools Gain Momentum in Corporate Engineering Workflows
The use of autonomous AI tools in software engineering is accelerating fast, with new data suggesting that companies are no longer limiting artificial intelligence to passive assistance. Instead, more engineering…
Akira Ransomware Exploits SonicWall VPNs in Likely Zero-Day Attack on Fully-Patched Devices
Aug 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Zero Day SonicWall SSL VPN devices have become the target of Akira ransomware attacks as part of a newfound surge in activity observed in late…
OpenAI’s Cheaper ChatGPT Go Tier, Pinned Chats, and Themes Signal Broader Rollout Before GPT-5
OpenAI is developing a new subscription option called ChatGPT Go, offering a cheaper alternative to its existing paid tiers, as spotted by Tibor Blaho. At the same time, it has…