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Skills assessment and experiential learning platform company CodeSignal Inc. today announced the launch of Cosmo, a mobile learning app that aims to turn spare minutes into career-ready skills. At launch, Cosmo includes more than 60 learning paths and more than 300 swipe-through micro-courses across …
Seemplicity raises $50M to expand AI driven exposure management platform
Security risk reduction and productivity platform provider Seemplicity Security Ltd. revealed today that it has raised $50 million in new funding to advanceits AI-based exposure management platform and scale its go-to-market operations. Founded in 2020 by cybersecurity veterans Yoran Sirkis, Ravid Circus and Rotem …
Prosecutors charge Rapper Bot administrator after targeting X and thousands more
U.S. prosecutors have charged a 22-year-old man for allegedly running one of the most powerful bot networks observed in recent years. Ethan J. Foltz from Eugene, Oregon, was arrested Aug. 6 and stands accused of operating Rapper Bot, also known as “Eleven Eleven …
Firecrawl raises $14.5M to grow AI-ready web data infrastructure
Developer platform startup Firecrawl (SideGuide Technologies Inc.) announced today that it has raised $14.5 million in new funding. Founded in 2022, Firecrawl offers a developer-first platform designed to make the web’s constantly changing information accessible and usable for artificial intelligence. The company …
Google Cloud adds new protections for AI agents and cloud workloads at Security Summit 2025
Google Cloud today announced a range of new security capabilities designed to protect organizations’ artificial intelligence capabilities while also using AI to strengthen defenses. The updates, revealed at the Google Cloud Security Summit 2025, span agent security, operations, consulting and core platform …
February ransomware attacks hit record high as ThreatDown reports 25% annual surge
A new report out today from ThreatDown, the corporate business unit of Malwarebytes Inc., finds that ransomware attacks jumped 25% year-over-year between July 2024 and June 2025, making it the most active 12-month period on record. The ThreatDown 2025 State of Ransomware …
Alation debuts Chat with Your Data to simplify enterprise access to structured insights
Data intelligence company Alation Inc. today announced the launch of Alation Chat with Your Data, a new offering aimed at allowing anyone in the enterprise to get fast, accurate numbers from structured data by asking questions in plain English. The new solution is designed …
Fastly report finds AI bots are reshaping the balance of web traffic
A new report out today from edge cloud platform provider Fastly Inc. highlights how the explosive growth of artificial intelligence bots is reshaping web traffic, content access and infrastructure risks. The company’s Q2 2025 Threat Insights Report focuses exclusively on AI bots, providing …
Druva introduces AI agents to streamline workload recovery and incident response
Data security provider Druva Inc. today announced a major expansion of DruAI, the company’s suite of artificial intelligence capabilities for customers, to help organizations proactively secure, recover and manage their data. DruAI, built with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore on Amazon Web Services Inc., now includes …
BrowserStack introduces Testing Toolkit Chrome extension to unify QA workflows
Web and mobile testing company BrowserStack Inc. today announced the launch of Testing Toolkit, a new Google Chrome extension that brings more than 10 essential manual testing tools into one solution. The new extension seeks to address the issue wherein manual web testing has …