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Tesla reveals insider data breach affected 75,000+ current and former employees
Tesla Inc. has disclosed that a breach of its network compromised more than 75,000 current and former employees’ information. The automaker detailed the incident in a regulatory filing that was picked up by Bloomberg late Sunday. The filing, which was submitted to the Office of the Maine Attorney General, appears to be a copy of ...
SoftBank reportedly buys back 25% Arm stake from its Vision Fund unit
SoftBank Group Corp. has reportedly become Arm Ltd.’s sole shareholder after buying back a stake in the chip designer from a subsidiary. Reuters reported the transaction today, citing people familiar with the matter. Arm develops chip designs that semiconductor makers use as the basis of their products. The U.K.-based company offers blueprints for building central ...
SUSE to be taken private by its majority shareholder
An investment firm plans to take SUSE SA private to advance the open-source software maker’s long-term growth strategy. SUSE announced the plan on Thursday. The proposed deal values the company at about €2.6 billion, significantly higher than its market capitalization before the transaction’s announcement. Germany-based SUSE develops a popular Linux distribution of the same name. ...
Cybersecurity company discovers phishing campaign that uses malicious QR codes
A cybersecurity company has detected a phishing campaign that uses malicious QR codes to try to steal organizations’ data. Cofense Inc., the Virginia-based email security provider that spotted the campaign, detailed its findings in a Wednesday blog post. The company sells software that helps enterprises protect employees from phishing attempts. Cofense was known as PhishMe ...
Former Google researchers launch startup to build nature-inspired neural networks
Two prominent artificial intelligence researchers have launched a startup, Sakana AI, that aims to build a new kind of nature-inspired neural network. The Financial Times reported the startup’s launch this morning. Tokyo-based Sakana AI is led by Chief Executive Officer David Ha, who was previously the head of research at Stability AI Ltd. It’s best ...
CISA warns that hackers are actively targeting Citrix’s ShareFile platform
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has determined that hackers are actively launching cyberattacks against deployments of Citrix Systems Inc.’s ShareFile platform. According to CISA officials, the cyberattacks are exploiting a ShareFile vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-24489 that was publicly detailed last month. The agency on Wednesday added the vulnerability to its KEV database of ...
Google DeepMind reportedly developing at least 21 new generative AI features
Google LLC is reportedly developing a slew of generative artificial intelligence features that can perform tasks such as giving life advice and creating budgets. The New York Times reported the development effort today, citing internal company documents. The initiative is reportedly led by Google DeepMind, the search giant’s AI research group. The group was formed ...
DynamoFL raises $15.1M to tackle language model data leaks
DynamoFL Inc., a startup with software that prevents large language models from leaking sensitive data, has secured $15.1 million in fresh funding. The startup raised the capital through a Series A round it announced this morning. Canapi Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners were the lead investors. A number of other institutional and angel investors contributed ...
Intel scraps its $5.4B acquisition of Tower Semiconductor
Intel Corp. today scrapped its plan to acquire specialty chipmaker Tower Semiconductor Ltd. for $5.4 billion. Under the terms of the acquisition, which the companies announced last February, Intel had until Tuesday midnight PDT to close the transaction. It reportedly missed the deadline after failing to secure regulatory approval in China. In connection with the ...
Google enhances Search Generative Experience with AI summaries and definitions
Google LLC today introduced three new features for Search Generative Experience, an experimental version of its search engine powered by generative artificial intelligence. The update is rolling out less than two weeks after the previous enhancement to the service. Search Generative Experience, or SGE as it’s commonly referred to by Google, debuted in May. It ...