Key Takeaways: Toluwa Omitowoju learned that she had been recorded by a man wearing Meta’s AI-powered smart glasses only after the resulting video appeared online. Friends, along with people she had not spoken to in years, sent it to her. “It went viral. Across all platforms, probably over 200,000 views,” Omitowoj
Key Takeaways: Traditional ransomware tends to reveal itself through speed and scale. Once deployed, it may enumerate files, launch many write operations, disable recovery features, and encrypt large volumes of data. Those actions create conspicuous signals for endpoint detection and response systems. New research
Key Takeaways: Microsoft’s formal acceptance of IREN’s Horizon 1 data center marks a pivotal step in IREN’s transition from Bitcoin mining to hyperscale artificial intelligence infrastructure. Following a five-day testing window, Microsoft approved the deployment against agreed standards, clearing IREN to begin is
Key Takeaways: Florida-based Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. is seeking shareholder approval for an unusual combination with Host Digital Infrastructure, bringing a 19-store grocery portfolio together with a New York data center and artificial intelligence business. The transaction is structured as a reverse merger,
Key Takeaways: Huntsville residents are asking city leaders and Meta to disclose more information about the technology company’s expanding hyperscale data center campus, including its expected electricity and water consumption, environmental footprint and long-term economic contribution. At a Wednesday night meeti
Key Takeaways: Analog Devices has acquired VT Electron, an Irish Internet of Things startup focused on monitoring low-voltage electricity grids. The transaction brings VT Electron’s field hardware, connectivity capabilities and cloud analytics into the US multinational’s broader industrial technology portfolio. Th
Key Takeaways: Broadcom is in talks with lenders about raising more than $60 billion for an AI chip financing package that would benefit Anthropic, according to reports published August 20. The prospective transaction could eventually grow to around $100 billion, making it one of the largest financing efforts tied
Key Takeaways: Cybersecurity leadership is moving further away from a narrow focus on technical controls. CISOs are now expected to shape business decisions, brief boards, assess supplier exposure and help organizations recover from disruption. The threat stream has not slowed, either. Ransomware incidents, data b
Key Takeaways: Brazil is putting public money behind an ambitious effort to become Latin America’s leading center for artificial intelligence infrastructure. The government plans to invest about 2.3 billion reais ($444.2 million), dividing the funding between a project involving Chinese technology companies and a
Key Takeaways: Containment can create false comfort. A ransomware intrusion may be isolated, affected systems may be taken offline, and forensic investigators may see no immediate evidence of wider compromise. Yet the business crisis can still be gathering momentum outside the technical response room. For investme