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Trump administration proposes $491M cut to CISA in 2026 budget plan
The Trump Administration has proposed a $491 million funding cut to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency for 2026, citing the need to refocus CISA on its core mission. The proposed budget cut was one of many that were detailed in a letter Friday to Susan Collins, the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, from ...
FutureHouse Platform brings super-intelligent AI research tools to scientists via web and API
FutureHouse, a nonprofit backed by former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt that’s building artificial intelligence agents for scientific research, today announced the launch of FutureHouse Platform, a web-based and application programming interface-accessible suite of super-intelligent AI agents designed to accelerate scientific discovery. The FutureHouse Platform has been designed to handle the overwhelming volume of ...
Atlassian shares drop sharply on slowing growth and wider quarterly loss
Shares in Atlassian Corp. fell nearly 18% in after-hours trading today after the Australian collaboration software company posted a wider net loss and its slowest revenue growth in years despite solid performance in its cloud business. For its fiscal third quarter that ended on March 31, Atlassian reported adjusted earnings of 97 cents per share, ...
Block shares tumble after earnings and revenue miss and lowered guidance
Shares in Block Inc. plunged over 18% in after-hours trading today after the financial services company missed on earnings, lowered guidance and warned of macroeconomic headwinds in its fiscal 2025 first quarter results. For the quarter that ended on March 31, Block reported adjusted earnings of 56 cents per share, up from 47 cents per ...
Fivetran to acquire Census to extend platform with reverse ETL and data activation
Big data integration firm Fivetran Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire universal data platform company Census for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2018 as Sutro Labs Inc., Census offers a data activation platform that allows organizations to operationalize their data by syncing it from cloud data warehouses to various business applications. The company helped ...
Robinhood beats on earnings and revenue, but monthly user count declines
Shares in Robinhood Markets Inc. rose slightly in late trading today after the financial services company reported mixed results in its fiscal 2025 first quarter. For the quarter ended March 31, Robinhood reported diluted earnings of 37 cents per share, up from 18 cents per share in the same quarter of 2024, on revenue of ...
Equinix beats expectations in first quarter and raises full year outlook
Digital infrastructure company Equinix Inc. impressed investors today by reporting first-quarter revenue and earnings that exceeded expectations, while also raising its full-year revenue guidance. For the fiscal 2025 first quarter that ended on March 31, Equinix reported adjusted earnings of $3.50 per share, up from $2.43 per share in the first quarter of 2024, on ...
Confluent shares fall after-hours on reduced outlook despite revenue and earnings beats
Shares in Confluent Inc. fell nearly 10% in late trading today after the data streaming software provider reported earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal first quarter — but a slight downward revision in its outlook, along with negative free cash flow, spooked investors about potential growth deceleration. For the quarter ended March 31, Confluent ...
Research shows MCP tool descriptions can guide AI model behavior for logging and control
New research published today from Tenable Inc. examines how prompt injection techniques in Anthropic PBC’s Model Context Protocol can be harnessed not just for exploitation, but also for strengthening security, compliance and observability in artificial intelligence agent environments. MCP is a framework developed by Anthropic that allows large language models to interface dynamically with external ...
Cyber split: Tenable drops on a weak outlook as Commvault gains on a strong one
Two cybersecurity companies reporting earnings today to a widely varying reception: Tenable Inc. shares dropped in late trading on weak guidance, while Commvault Systems Inc. saw its shares rise in regular trading today on a better-than-expected outlook. Tenable For its fiscal first quarter that ended on March 31, Tenable reported adjusted earnings per share of ...