The entire backend of AI startup Doublespeed, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, was hacked, exposing its operation of a massive phone farm. The hack revealed over 400 TikTok accounts, many using AI-generated “influencers” to promote products without disclosing the posts were ads, violating platform and
Apple’s latest iOS update quietly solves a persistent user frustration. The Podcasts app now includes direct links to songs played in Apple Music Radio episodes, letting you save tracks and explore artists instantly.
Cisco has unveiled a new framework designed to help organizations understand and mitigate risks across the entire AI lifecycle. It aims to bridge the gap between technical security flaws and the real-world safety failures they cause.
Facing three major legal battles and intense AI competition, Google’s 2025 looked bleak. Instead, it posted over $100 billion in quarterly revenue, avoided a forced Chrome sale, and saw its AI models like Gemini 3 and Veo 3 become major hits.
Mozilla is charting a new course under its incoming leadership. The plan is to evolve Firefox into a “modern AI browser” while doubling down on user trust and transparency.
A broad slump in emerging market assets is being tied to wobbling AI stocks and shifting expectations for Federal Reserve policy. Key currencies like the Mexican peso and South African rand saw volatile swings following the US jobs report.
A routine SEC filing from Oracle dropped a financial bombshell last week: $248 billion in future lease commitments for AI data centers. This staggering figure, largely off the balance sheet, reveals the immense scale and risk of the cloud infrastructure arms race.
SK Hynix and Nvidia are teaming up to create a new class of SSD specifically for AI inference workloads. The drive, targeting a staggering 100 million IOPS, is being developed under the names “Storage Next” and “AI-NP.” A proof of concept is in the works now, with a prototype expected by the end of
The City of Seattle has hired Lisa Qian as its first-ever AI Officer, a move to cement its status as an AI hub. Meanwhile, Microsoft is poaching top talent for its AI news products. It’s a busy week for tech exec shuffles in the Pacific Northwest.
The explosive demand from AI data centers is exposing a critical weakness in U.S. energy infrastructure. Regulators and tech giants are scrambling to find solutions, because you can’t win the AI race if you lose the energy race.
