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CISA says two more Ivanti Connect Secure flaws are under attack. Together with a third, they let intruders take full control without a login and hunt for admin passwords.
Read more: Hackers chain three flaws in Ivanti remote access softwareInc. examines the careful wording tech giants use when announcing mass layoffs, and why reading it closely can help you spot real risks to jobs and contracts.
Read more: What big tech companies really mean when they announce layoffsNvidia is in talks to guarantee billions in loans for an Anthropic data center, a sign that AI's building boom is leaning on its suppliers for support.
Read more: Nvidia may cosign billions in loans for an Anthropic data centerOpenAI now wants $10 billion less from investors than first planned, a sign that even the top AI company is trimming its money plans.
Read more: OpenAI cuts how much money it wants to raise by $10 billionLumaril, a startup building AI for factories, wants to help plants get more out of what they already have. Few details are public yet.
Read more: AI startup Lumaril wants to help factories run betterHalloween beat New Year's Eve and St. Patrick's Day for US ride-hailing demand last year, and a Saturday Halloween this year could mean another big night.
Read more: Halloween is the busiest day of the year for Uber and Lyft driversBinance says the $6.3 billion theft involved more than one weak spot, not just an engineer's laptop. Here is what customers with money on exchanges should know.
Read more: Binance says hackers got in through more than one door in $6.3B theftA SaaStr founder who long pushed yearly software contracts now lists the hidden costs, from discounts to slow payments, and says the best AI firms are changing the deal.
Read more: Why Locking Customers Into Annual Contracts Can BackfireSalesforce plans to buy Loops, an AI tool that explains why key business numbers moved, and send the answers to Slack and email.
Read more: Salesforce is buying Loops, a tool that explains why your numbers changedA New Zealand engineer is building a tool to track who is responsible when AI helps decide things like loans, a question regulators are starting to ask.
Read more: A young engineer is building a tool to show who answers for AI decisionsWorkday agreed to buy C1.ai, a tool that controls which people and AI agents can reach company apps and data, and the move points to a gap many firms share.
Read more: Workday buys C1.ai to control who and what can access company systemsAmazon says its cloud unit could grow more than 40% a year for two years, driven by AI demand. For businesses on cloud tools, that may shape prices and features.
Read more: Amazon's cloud arm expects growth above 40% a year for two yearsA top investor at Baillie Gifford says Anthropic's tech skill, efficient spending and founder control make it a fit for people who invest for the long term.
Read more: Why Some Big Investors Are Backing Anthropic for the Long HaulRevolve now uses AI to build a landing page for each ad click. Spangle, the software maker, reports big sales gains in tests, though the numbers come from its own case study.
Read more: Fashion Retailer Revolve Uses AI to Build a Web Page for Each Ad ClickStripe ran $1 billion in its own vendor payments through Global Payouts and found that bad recipient details, not banks, caused most failures.
Read more: Stripe moved $1 billion in vendor payments to its own payout toolAn Entrepreneur contributor lays out a 90-day plan for small businesses to redesign one revenue process around AI, using only team time and no new software.
Read more: A 90-day plan to run your business the AI way with no new budgetMozilla, the maker of Firefox, has a plan for an internet that feels fake and full of junk. Details are thin, but the worry behind it affects what you buy and trust.
Read more: Mozilla wants to fix an internet that feels fake and flooded with junkAI-focused investors are buying whole companies, including ADT for $15.3 billion, so the firms behind your alarm, payroll or HOA may soon run differently.
Read more: AI investors are now buying whole companies, from ADT to payroll firmsAn Inc. piece argues small startups gain ground against TikTok and YouTube by doing what those giants have no reason to do, not by chasing their audience.
Read more: Small startups win against TikTok and YouTube by going where they won'tApple's iOS 27.2 patches a flaw that could let an app use the camera without asking. Apple has no sign it was used in attacks, but updating is still wise.
Read more: Apple fixes iPhone and Mac bug that let apps skip camera permissionAnthropic renamed its two top Claude plans and lifted a usage limit for verified Ultra users, so paying customers should check which plan they are on.
Read more: Anthropic renames its Claude Max plans and drops a usage capSalesforce is buying Rune, a startup that builds military supply software, for a reported $375 million, a sign business software firms are moving deeper into defense.
Read more: Salesforce buys Rune, a military supply software startup, for $375MDylan Anderson left a job in Minnesota to become the first engineer at Adam, a Y Combinator startup. His advice for anyone eyeing a startup: judge the idea first.
Read more: A Minnesota engineer moved to San Francisco to be a startup's first hireA bankruptcy judge says Character Technologies should hire an independent privacy watchdog to check whether its AI platform harms children before a Disney licensing deal.
Read more: Judge wants child safety check before Character AI deal with Disney
