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| Dustin Volz / New York Times: |
Google's TIG reports the first known example of hackers using AI to discover and weaponize a zero-day; TIG's chief analyst says “this is the tip of the iceberg” — The company said that it had identified, for the first time, hackers using artificial intelligence to discover an unknown bug.
More: Google Cloud Blog, CyberScoop, The Keyword, The Information, Security Affairs, CSO, Metacurity, The Register, BleepingComputer, Reuters, Infosecurity, Politico, Help Net Security, Forbes, Public Citizen, SiliconANGLE, SecurityWeek, and Lyrie Research
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| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI let 600+ current and former employees sell their shares in a $6.6B secondary sale in October 2025; ~75 people cashed out the maximum cap of $30M — Employees waited two years to sell their shares. Then, the company let them unload $30 million.
More: Implicator.ai, MarketWatch, Newser, The Economic Times, Sherwood News, Tech in Asia, Blockonomi, crypto.news, Seoul Economic Daily, and The Decoder
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| Reuters: |
OpenAI launches the OpenAI Deployment Company with a $4B+ investment to help organizations build and deploy AI systems, and acquires AI consulting firm Tomoro — OpenAI said on Monday it is setting up a new company with more than $4 billion in initial investment to help organizations build …
More: OpenAI, Decrypt, Axios, OpenAI, Bloomberg, Implicator.ai, The Tech Portal, Crypto Briefing, Yahoo Finance, and Financial Post
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| Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: |
Circle raised $222M via the presale of its native Arc token at a $3B valuation; a16z led with a $75M investment, with participation from BlackRock and others — Circle Internet Group has raised $222 million in the presale of Arc, the native token of its new blockchain … | Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg: |
SEC filing: Cerebras upsizes its IPO to 30M shares at $150-$160 each, up from 28M shares at $115-$125, aiming to raise up to $4.8B at an up to $34.4B valuation — Cerebras Systems Inc. increased the size of its initial public offering, now seeking to raise as much as $4.8 billion … | Sean Keach / The Sun: |
TikTok is rolling out TikTok Ad-Free, a £3.99-per-month subscription for UK accounts aged 18 or older “over the coming months”, after testing the option in 2023 — You can update your preferences at any time, and it's always possible to switch back to the free version of the app.
More: BBC, TikTok, TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, LADbible, Mashable, and Telecompaper. X: @mattnavarra
| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft's Playground Games accidentally uploads unencrypted PC preload files for Forza Horizon 6 to Steam, leaking the PC version before its release next week — It's a potentially multi-million dollar error. Playground Games uploaded fresh pre-load files to Steam, albeit without encryption.
More: Video Games Chronicle, IGN, The Verge, Insider Gaming, PC Gamer, Game Sandwich, Kotaku, KitGuru, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Comic Book, Digital Foundry, Gameranx, VideoCardz.com, Digital Trends, Polygon.com, Neowin, and Notebookcheck
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Forums: r/GamingLeaksAndRumours and r/windowscentral
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Discord launches Nitro Rewards, giving Nitro subscribers access to offers from gaming services like Xbox Game Pass and hardware like Logitech G at no extra cost — Discord on Monday unveiled Nitro Rewards, which gives Nitro subscribers access to offers from other gaming and lifestyle brands for no additional cost.
More: Discord Blog, Xbox Wire, The Verge, PCMag, Windows Central, Thurrott, VideoCardz.com, GamesBeat, MobileSyrup, TheGamer, Dexerto, Game Informer, Neowin, IGN, Polygon.com, PocketGamer.biz, Video Games Chronicle, Pure Xbox, TechRaptor, Kotaku, and DayOne
Forums: r/xbox, r/Games, and r/XboxGamePass
| Gene Maddaus / Variety: |
Dua Lipa files a $15M lawsuit against Samsung in California, alleging it used her likeness to sell TVs without paying her and without permission from 2025 — Dua Lipa has filed a $15 million lawsuit against Samsung, alleging that the electronics manufacturer used her likeness to sell TVs without paying her and without permission.
More: Reuters, PCMag, PetaPixel, Android Authority, Music Business Worldwide, Billboard, New York Times, Advanced Television, Deadline, Digital Music News, SamMobile, The Guardian, FemaleFirst, BMI, afaqs!, Consequence, The Sun, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter, Dexerto, Rolling Stone, Stereogum, The Indian Express, SammyGuru, and Just Jared
| Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
In a two-week UK High Court trial, Shein accuses Temu of “industrial scale” copyright infringement of its photos; Temu says Shein is suing to stifle competition — Online fast-fashion platform Shein accused Temu of copyright infringement “on an industrial scale” … | CNBC: |
Nvidia embraces the AI investor role in 2026, already making $40B+ in equity commitments so far, including $30B in OpenAI, $3.2B in Corning, and $2.1B in IREN — Nvidia stepped on the gas last year, putting cash into companies up and down the AI infrastructure stack and helping to fund businesses …
More: Tech Times, Fortune, The Decoder, Blockonomi, The Next Web, and Benzinga
X: @mf_camillus and @ric_rtp
Forums: r/StockMarket and r/technology
| Himanshu Anand: |
The 90-day vulnerability disclosure policy is dead, as LLMs compress bug finding and exploit development time, and critical issues must be patched immediately — Table of Contents — story 2: 30 minutes from patch to exploit — what the industry needs to do (and I am not sugarcoating this)
More: ZDNET, The Record, CSO, The Decoder, SecurityWeek, and V4bel on GitHub
Forums: Hacker News, r/netsec, and Lobsters
| Bruce Einhorn / Bloomberg: |
Cowboy Space, led by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt to build data centers in orbit, raised a $275M Series B led by Index Ventures at a $2B valuation — A space unicorn started by Baiju Bhatt, the billionaire co-founder of Robinhood Markets Inc., raised $275 million, changed its name …
More: FinSMEs, TechCrunch, SpaceNews, and Payload
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Venmo implements a major privacy measure, setting new users' posts to “friends only” by default during onboarding; in 2021, a reporter found Joe Biden's Venmo — As part of a big app redesign, Venmo will change default settings for new users so that posts will be visible only to friends by default.
More: 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, and Fast Company
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