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Mandiant today released a report that links Sandworm, a Russian state-backed threat actor, to a series of recent cyberattacks against water utilities. The Google LLC unit also changed the codename it uses to track the hacking group. Mandiant will refer to Sandstorm …
UnitedHealth investigating reported leak of data from its Change Healthcare unit
UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest health insurer in the U.S., today disclosed that it’s investigating a potential leak of internal data from its Change Healthcare unit. The suspected leak is linked to a cyberattack that the division experienced earlier this year. The …
Rivos raises $250M+ to develop chips for AI and analytics workloads
Rivos Inc., a startup developing artificial intelligence chips based on the RISC-V instruction set architecture, has secured more than $250 million in fresh early-stage funding. The company raised the capital through a Series-A3 round announced today. According to Rivos, Matrix Capital Management …
Microsoft invests $1.5B in UAE-based AI company G42
Microsoft Corp. announced today that it’s investing $1.5 billion in G42, a UAE-based artificial intelligence developer. The cloud computing and software giant will receive a minority stake in G42 as part of the transaction. Additionally, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith …
OpenAI opens Tokyo office and debuts custom GPT-4 version for Japan
OpenAI has announced plans to open an office in Tokyo and release a version of GP-4 optimized to process Japanese-language text. The office, which the company unveiled late Sunday, is its third international hub. OpenAI previously launched branches in London and Dublin …
Tesla lays off 10% of its workforce amid demand slowdown
Shares of Tesla Inc. dropped 5% today after the automaker announced plans to let go more than a tenth of its workforce. The company had 140,473 employees last December, which suggests over 14,000 staffers may be leaving the company. Tesla didn’t disclose …
Samsung wins $6.4B in CHIPS Act funding for Texas semiconductor complex
The U.S. Commerce Department announced today that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will receive up to $6.4 billion worth of federal grants to build a chip complex in Taylor, Texas. The project’s total price tag is expected to exceed $40 billion. In Taylor, …
OpenAI rolls out upgraded GPT-4 Turbo model to ChatGPT’s premium tiers
OpenAI has rolled out an upgraded version of its GPT-4 Turbo large language model to ChatGPT’s paid versions. The company announced the update in a late Thursday post on X. “Our new GPT-4 Turbo is now available to paid ChatGPT users,” OpenAI …
Palo Alto Networks discloses critical vulnerability in its firewall operating system
Palo Alto Networks Inc. today disclosed a vulnerability in its Pan-OS firewall operating system that is being actively targeted by hackers. The exploit, which is tracked as CVE-2024-3400, has received the highest possible score in the CVSS threat severity evaluation system. It’s …
Zscaler acquires microsegmentation startup Airgap Networks
Zscaler Inc. today announced that it has acquired Airgap Networks Inc., a startup with a software platform designed to improve the security of enterprise networks. The deal’s financial terms were not disclosed. Santa Clara, California-based Airgap previously raised more than $18 million …