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The public sours on AI and data centers as Anthropic, OpenAI look to IPO and tech keeps spending

Negativity around AI could be a drag on OpenAI and Anthropic as the startups look to go public, and will likely be a major issue in the midterm elections.

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Anthropic products are operational after brief outage, status page says

Anthropic said it is working to "fully resolve this issue," according to its page showing the status of the Claude chatbot, Claude Code and the API.

8h ago

Adobe takes Creative Cloud into Claude Code-esque territory

This is a big step in a new strategic direction for Adobe.

9h ago

The Hacker News

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4-Cyber with Expanded Access for Security Teams

OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled GPT-5.4-Cyber, a variant of its latest flagship model, GPT‑5.4, that's specifically optimized for defensive cybersecurity use cases, days after rival Anthropic unveiled its...

21h ago

Anthropic’s rise is giving some OpenAI investors second thoughts

One investor who has backed both companies told the FT that justifying OpenAI's recent round required assuming an IPO valuation of $1.2 trillion or more — making Anthropic's current $380 billion valua...

23h ago

Anthropic co-founder confirms the company briefed the Trump administration on Mythos

In an interview at the Semafor World Economy summit this week, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark explained why the company was still engaged with the U.S. government while simultaneously suing them.

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AI General

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Trump’s posting even more AI-generated Trump-Jesus fan art

The version posted by @realdonaldtrump/Truth Social. Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about Big Tech power plays in Washington and beyond. (And when I say beyond, I...

Google releases new apps for Windows and MacOS

Google mostly creates products for the web, but it has some new desktop apps today.

Boston Dynamics’ robot dog now reads gauges and thermometers with Google's AI

Google's AI enables robots to read gauges while inspecting industrial facilities.

OpenAI updates its Agents SDK to help enterprises build safer, more capable agents

OpenAI has expanded the capabilities of its agent-building toolkit, as agentic AI continues to grow in popularity.

LinkedIn data shows AI isn’t to blame for hiring decline… yet

LinkedIn says hiring is down 20% since 2022, but blames higher interest rates — not AI — for the slowdown.

Google rolls out a native Gemini app for Mac

You can share anything on their screen with Gemini to get help with what they're looking at in the moment, including local files.

AI Business

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Cramer's lightning round: Nokia still has room to run

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed.

Struggling shoe retailer Allbirds makes bizarre pivot to AI, adds $127 million in value

Allbirds announced a deal with American Exchange Group to sell its intellectual property and other assets for $39 million in March.

The market is seeing a feverish rotation. Here’s Cramer’s advice on how to play it

CNBC’s Jim Cramer offers guidance for navigating a “tricky” market rotation.

Amazon sellers boycott ads in policy change revolt: 'We're running out of f---ing margin'

Hundreds of large Amazon sellers are boycotting the online retailer's advertising platform on Wednesday to protest the policy changes.

Tesla stock adds nearly 8% as Elon Musk touts chip progress

UBS analysts changed their previously bearish rating on shares of Tesla this week.

Ford’s EV and software chief Doug Field is leaving the company

Ford is shaking things up as it relates to its EV and software teams. Doug Field, who left Apple five years ago to helm Ford's multibillion-dollar bet on electric vehicles and software, is stepping do...

Cybersecurity

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Critical Nginx UI auth bypass flaw now actively exploited in the wild

A critical vulnerability in Nginx UI with Model Context Protocol (MCP) support is now being exploited in the wild for full server takeover without authentication. [...]

New AgingFly malware used in attacks on Ukraine govt, hospitals

A new malware family named 'AgingFly' has been identified in attacks against local governments and hospitals that steal authentication data from Chromium-based browsers and WhatsApp messenger. [...]

4h ago

WordPress plugin suite hacked to push malware to thousands of sites

More than 30 WordPress plugins in the EssentialPlugin package have been compromised with malicious code that allows unauthorized access to websites running them. [...]

Microsoft counters the MacBook Neo with freebies for students

Apple's $599 MacBook Neo ($499 for students) has sent shockwaves through the PC ecosystem, and now Microsoft is responding with deals targeting students in the US. A new "Microsoft College Offer" is l...

8h ago

Signed software abused to deploy antivirus-killing scripts

A digitally signed adware tool has deployed payloads running with SYSTEM privileges that disabled antivirus protections on thousands of endpoints, some in the educational, utilities, government, and h...

8h ago

The Hacker News

n8n Webhooks Abused Since October 2025 to Deliver Malware via Phishing Emails

Threat actors have been observed weaponizing n8n, a popular artificial intelligence (AI) workflow automation platform, to facilitate sophisticated phishing campaigns and deliver malicious payloads or...

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Tech General

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Florida surgeon charged with killing man after removing liver instead of spleen

It wasn't the first time the surgeon cut out the wrong organ.

YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts

YouTube's time management settings now have an option to put a zero-minute time limit on Shorts, effectively removing them from your app in Android and iOS. The option is an update to the Shorts timer...

4h ago

Jury finds Live Nation/Ticketmaster is illegal monopoly that overcharged fans

Trump administration dropped out of the trial, but 33 states kept fighting.

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"TotalRecall Reloaded" tool finds a side entrance to Windows 11's Recall database

"The vault is solid. The delivery truck is not."

Prime Video shows “technical difficulties” sign instead of NBA game in overtime

"Am I trippin??" asks LeBron James.

Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly, jury finds

Live Nation-Ticketmaster is an illegal monopolist, a Manhattan jury found, according to Bloomberg. The jury found the company liable on three counts: illegally monopolizing the market for live event t...