European Commission confirms cyberattack after hackers claim data breach
The European Union’s top executive body has confirmed a cyberattack after hackers reportedly stole reams of data from the European Commission’s cloud storage.
Aetherflux reportedly raising Series B at $2 billion valuation
Index Ventures is said to be leading a $250 million to $350 million round.
Rivian gets another $1B from Volkswagen
The two companies have been collaborating on a joint venture that would see Rivian tech go in VW’s EVs.
Iranian hackers claim breach of FBI director Kash Patel’s personal email account
Handala, a pro-Iranian hacking group allegedly working for Iran’s government, published emails it said were taken from the Gmail account of FBI director Kash Patel.
OpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court
When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nearby anyway, but as
Apple says no one using Lockdown Mode has been hacked with spyware
The tech giant’s claim that it has not seen any successful spyware attacks targeting Apple devices with Lockdown Mode enabled comes amid a leak of hacking tools targeting users running devices with older software.
Anthropic wins injunction against Trump administration over Defense Department saga
A federal judge has ordered that the Trump administration rescind recent restrictions it placed on the AI company.
David Sacks is done as AI czar — here’s what he’s doing instead
Sacks will be much further from power center in Washington than since the outset of this second Trump administration.
You can now transfer your chats and personal information from other chatbots directly into Gemini
Google is launching “switching tools” that, just as it sounds, will make it easier for users of other chatbots to switch to Gemini.
Wikipedia cracks down on the use of AI in article writing
The site, whose policies are subject to change, has struggled with the issue of AI-generated writing.