Tech
AI Summary
- Cyera is acquiring Oasis Security for $1 billion, signaling a major move in safeguarding the increasing number of AI agents.
- Sam Altman, reportedly, is advocating for a more measured pace in AI development, suggesting a potential shift in OpenAI's trajectory.
- Waymo and other robotaxi companies are facing increased scrutiny regarding their emergency response protocols following several incidents.
- eBay has agreed to a $56 million settlement stemming from a 2019 harassment campaign against e-commerce newsletter writers.
- Data centers across the US may experience temporary power interruptions as grids implement measures to prevent widespread blackouts.
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TechCrunch
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Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security for $1B to safeguard proliferating AI agents
an hour ago
by Marina Temkin
AI, Security, Cyera, M&AThe deal is Cyera's third acquisition this year.
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Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight
4 hours ago
by Julie Bort
AI, Fundraising, Startups, TC, bot detection, cybersecurity startups, In Brief, Insight PartnersSpur Intelligence has raised a $200 million round from Insight Partners for its tech that can identify legit human traffic from bots.
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MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea
5 hours ago
by Julie Bort
AI, Enterprise, Startups, TC, lawsuit, RipplingRunlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself.
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Sam Altman is ready to decelerate
5 hours ago
by Tim Fernholz
AI, sam altmanHis change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally."
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Ozlo’s Sleepbuds 2 build on Bose’s sleep earbud legacy
6 hours ago
by Sarah Perez
Hardware, Startups, ozlo, sleepbudsOzlo’s first major update to its sleep earbuds introduces longer battery life, improved connectivity, enhanced audio, and new sleep features as the startup continues the product line once abandoned by Bose.
Hacker News
- Codex Security 5 hours ago
- Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9 5 hours ago
- Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript 3 hours ago
- Substack writers, you need a website 9 hours ago
- The Difference Between a Button and a Link an hour ago
The Verge
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The US is banning foreign robots
3 hours ago
News, Policy, Politics, Robot, TechThe Chinese robot maker, Unitree, will likely be impacted by the ban. | Bloomberg via Getty Images The US government is targeting China with a new import ban on "advanced robotic devices" and power inverters made in foreign countries, as reported earlier by Reuters . In an announcement on Tuesday , the Federal Communications Commission says the ban will include "mobile" robots, such as humanoid and quadruped models - but it is not limited to robots that walk around. Though the FCC says the move isn't targeted at a specific country, it will have a major impact on China as
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Ariana Grande is suing the hackers who’ve been leaking her songs and videos for years
4 hours ago
by Stevie Bonifield
Entertainment, Music, News, Security, TechAriana Grande filed a lawsuit on Monday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court against the currently unidentified hackers who allegedly stole and leaked private content. It aims to "uncover the identities of these currently unknown and unscrupulous individuals," referred to as "John Doe 1 and John Does 2 through 100." The lawsuit also says that "In 2023 alone, 45 unreleased songs" were "hacked, stolen, and leaked," adding that hundreds of similar leaks have happened since Grande's music debut in 2011. The stolen content is said to include "still-in-production, unreleased masters and demos, footage from recording sessions, music videos, …
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The union drive at the Wikimedia Foundation is expanding
4 hours ago
by Mia Sato
Creators, Labor, News, TechIn June, UK staff at the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia became the first to announce their intention to form a union . Now, US-based employees at the Wikimedia Foundation are joining the union drive, but management at the nonprofit has declined to voluntarily recognize their union. "While the Wikimedia Foundation touts to the public that they plan to take a neutral stance in our organizing efforts, they have already proven that not to be the case behind the scenes," a press release sent by Communications Workers of America, with which Wiki Workers United is affiliated, reads in part . "When
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eBay’s bizarre cyberstalking saga ends with a $56 million settlement
4 hours ago
by Emma Roth
Law, News, Policy, TecheBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million as part of a settlement with a Massachusetts couple targeted with a bizarre harassment and cyberstalking campaign in 2019, as reported earlier by CNBC . The settlement will resolve a lengthy legal saga that revealed how eBay's former executives sent live insects , a bloody pig mask, a funeral wreath, and other strange items to David and Ina Steiner over their newsletter's coverage of eBay. The Steiners, who operate the EcommerceBytes newsletter, sued eBay and its former executives - including ex-CEO Devin Wenig - in 2021. The lawsuit accused the company
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AI leaders sign a statement asking the government to do something about automated AI
6 hours ago
AI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, News, OpenAI, TechEmployees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowdown of sorts for frontier AI development - or at least a speed-up of global coordinated governance efforts. "Al could help create a dramatically better future, but that outcome is not guaranteed," the employees wrote in the statement. "The world's leading Al companies believe they could be close to automating Al research. It is hard to predict exactly how much this will accelerate Al progress, but there is a real
Wired
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OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face
an hour ago
by Dell Cameron, Maxwell Zeff
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Bigger, BreachIn a new disclosure, OpenAI says its agent used exposed logins to gain access to at least four “publicly available services” in its unhinged quest to solve a test.
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A Typo Landed an Innocent Gamer in Prison for 18 Months
2 hours ago
by Nate Anderson, Ars Technica
Security, Security / Security News, Oops.How much could a single underscore in a username really matter? Just ask Brandon Klayme, who served 18 months in prison before realizing how authorities arrested, charged, and convicted the wrong man.
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Ebay Has to Pay $55.7 Million in Settlement for Its Unhinged Harassment Campaign
5 hours ago
by Lauren Goode
Business, Business / Big Tech, Cash, on, DeliveryFor months on end, eBay employees and contractors made life hell for a couple that had criticized the company. Six years later, the company is finally paying up.
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Laura Loomer’s Reversal on Ukraine Stirs Up the MAGA Civil War
6 hours ago
by David Gilbert
Politics, Party, SplitDonald Trump’s base has been increasingly spilt. Laura Loomer’s sudden embrace of Ukraine has only widened that divide.
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Is the Electric Trike the Next Big Thing in Shared Micromobility?
12 hours ago
by Boone Ashworth
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Three, WheelingVeo is launching accessibility-focused electric tricycles in Denver, with plans to put its e-trikes on the streets nationwide.