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Month: February 2025

Anthropic used Pokémon to benchmark its newest AI model

Anthropic used Pokémon to benchmark its newest AI model. Yes, really. In a blog post published Monday, Anthropic said that it tested its latest model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, on the Game Boy classic Pokémon Red. The company equipped the model with basic memory, screen pixel input, and function calls to press buttons and navigate around the…

SpaceX says Starship self-destructed after propellant leaks caused fires and comms blackout

SpaceX said Monday that last month’s Starship explosion was brought on by a cascading series of events caused by propellant leaks — a problem the company says has been addressed ahead of an eighth test flight that could happen as early as Friday. The spaceflight company is still waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…

SoundCloud partners with TicketMaster to let artists list events

Music streamer SoundCloud announced a partnership with entertainment company Live Nation today, allowing artists on its platform to list Ticketmaster and Universe events on their profile in a customized way. The company said it would create more promotion opportunities for artists in the future in partnership with Ticketmaster through a new promotion program but didn’t…

Khosla Ventures seeks $3.5B in fresh capital

Khosla Ventures, a firm known for early investments in OpenAI, is raising $3.5 billion across three funds, the Wall Street Journal reported. That target is 17% larger than the firm’s previous 2023 fund haul of $3 billion.   About half of the new capital will be allocated to its ninth core venture fund. The remaining money will…

Google Drive users can now access and search transcripts for videos

After launching automatically generated captions for videos last year, Google Drive is now launching searchable video transcripts. Google announced that starting Monday, Drive users can now view and search transcripts for their videos. The new feature gets rid of the need to upload a video’s audio to a transcription service like Otter. Transcripts will appear…

Anthropic launches a new AI model that ‘thinks’ as long as you want

Anthropic is releasing a new frontier AI model called Claude 3.7 Sonnet, which the company designed to “think” about questions for as long as users want it to. Anthropic calls Claude 3.7 Sonnet the industry’s first “hybrid AI reasoning model,” because it’s a single model that can give both real-time answers and more considered, “thought-out”…

DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app

DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques, have led Wall Street analysts — and technologists — to question whether the U.S. can maintain its…

Perplexity teases a web browser called Comet

AI-powered search engine Perplexity says it’s building its own web browser. In a post on X on Monday, the company launched a signup list for the browser, which isn’t yet available. It’s unclear when it might be — or what the browser look like, even. But we do have a name: Comet. “Just like Perplexity…

Three years on, Europe looks to Ukraine for the future of defense tech

Today marks three years since Russia’s illegal, unprovoked, and brutal invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian people have heroically fought the war with grit and determination, but they have also, against the odds, innovated on and off the battlefield.  In addition to establishing a defense tech initiative called BRAVE1, the country has also hosted tech conferences like…

TikTok (with Douyin) becomes first app to reach $6B in annual consumer spending

TikTok, including its Chinese counterpart Douyin, in 2024 became the first non-game app to reach $6 billion in in-app purchase revenue in a year. According to a new report from app intelligence provider Sensor Tower, TikTok also generated a record high of $1.9 billion in gross in-app purchase (IAP) revenue in the fourth quarter of…

The Evolution of Single Sign-On for Autonomous AI Agents: Securing Non-Human Identities in the Age of Agentic Automation

As AI agents dominate workflows, traditional SSO struggles with machine-speed authentication. Discover next-gen frameworks using JWT tokens, quantum-resistant cryptography, and behavioral biometrics to secure non-human identities while balancing security and automation. The post The Evolution of Single Sign-On for Autonomous AI Agents: Securing Non-Human Identities in the Age of Agentic Automation appeared first on Security…

What defenders are learning from Black Basta’s leaked chat logs

Black Basta’s internal chat logs, which were leaked earlier this month, are providing defenders with actionable intelligence on the ransomware group’s operations, cybercrime experts told CyberScoop.  Researchers sifting through Black Basta’s exposed communications found details about the group’s preferred tools and techniques, including custom malware loaders, indicators of compromise, cryptocurrency wallets and email addresses associated…

Integration with Gloo Gateway | Impart Security

Securing Web apps, APIs, & LLMs Just Got Easier: Impart’s Native Integration with Gloo Gateway APIs are the backbone of modern applications, but they’re also one of the biggest attack surfaces. As API threats evolve and Large Language Model (LLM) security becomes a pressing concern, organizations need fast, efficient, and easy-to-deploy solutions to protect their…

The startup battle begins now: TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 applications are open

Pre-Series A founders, this is your moment! If you’re ready to showcase your game-changing innovations on a global stage, the battlefield awaits. Applications for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 — the premier startup pitch competition — are officially OPEN. This is your shot to shine! Step onto the global stage and showcase your groundbreaking startup to…

As Meta gets rid of fact-checkers, misinformation is going viral

Meta is phasing out its third-party fact-checking programs in the U.S. while it reintroduces a bonus program for creators, which pays them for viral content. The timing of these changes at Meta could intensify the prevalence of misinformation, according to ProPublica. In the past, content creators could not monetize posts that fact-checkers deemed false; but…

LogonBox VPN 2.4.11 – Now Available

IntroductionLogonBox is pleased to announce the immediate availability of LogonBox VPN 2.4.11.This release includes extra support for TOTP in our own authenticator as well as updated components to address potential security concerns.TOTP additionsThe LogonBox Authenticator now supports failover to using TOTP if the user’s mobile is offline or out of signal range.On the LogonBox web…

Video: How Pegasystems and Tata Consultancy Services Helped Transform Becton, Dickinson and Company

In this episode of Partner POV, we dive into a powerful success story featuring Pegasystems, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and customer, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD). Learn how BD, a global medical technology company working to advance health and medical discovery, tackled complex workflow and process orchestration challenges with Pega’s AI-powered platform and TCS’s expertise…

LogonBox SSPR 2.4.11 – Now Available

IntroductionLogonBox is pleased to announce the immediate availability of LogonBox SSPR 2.4.11.This release includes extra support for TOTP in our own authenticator as well as updated components to address potential security concerns.TOTP additionsThe LogonBox Authenticator now supports failover to using TOTP if the user’s mobile is offline or out of signal range.On the LogonBox web…

ThreatLocker Supercharges MSP Security with New Tools

ThreatLocker just released many new security tools that simplify MSPs’ lives. At its Zero Trust World 2025 conference in Orlando this week, the company announced a suite of new security offerings, expanding its reach into key IT areas. CEO Danny Jenkins states that new capabilities include patch management, web filtering, and cloud control. The company…

Flexport releases onslaught of AI tools in a move inspired by ‘Founder Mode’

Freight forwarding and logistics company Flexport is rolling out a suite of new products and features, many of which use AI, in what the company says will be the first in a series of semi-annual announcements of this kind.  If that sounds similar to Airbnb’s approach to seasonal product announcements, that’s because it was the…

Appfire Partner Exec on Flow Acquisition & Ecosystem Growth

Independent software vendor Appfire builds tools and technologies to simplify, automate, and improve the experience of users across products from leading companies such as Atlassian, monday.com, and others. SVP of Global Channel and Field Operations Colin Puckett shared details on the latest acquisition, how the company approaches industry demand, and more in an interview with…

Right of Boom, CIS & Antisyphon Partner on CIS Controls Course

Right of Boom is a cybersecurity community purpose-built for managed service providers (MSPs) and managed security services providers (MSSPs). It will partner with the Center for Internet Security (CIS) and Antisyphon Training to launch a course for MSPs, helping them master CIS Critical Security Controls (CIS Controls). The CIS Controls Mastery Course for MSPs will…

Patlytics raises $14M for its patent analytics platform

For decades, patents have been a bone of contention in the technology world, seen by some as a way to protect intellectual property, but by critics as a blunt weapon against innovation. In the age of AI, they are once again getting revisited. New York startup Patlytics has developed an AI-enabled patent analytics platform to…

Deutscher IT-Dienstleister im Visier von Ransomware-Angreifern

Die Hackerbande Akira soll Daten von InSyst gestohlen haben. Quality Pixel – Shutterstock.com Der IT-Dienstleister InSyst wurde offenbar Ziel einer Ransomware-Attacke. Die Ransomware-Gruppe Akira fügte das Unternehmen kürzlich zu ihrer Opferliste im Darknet hinzu. Die Hacker behaupten, vertrauliche Daten wie NDAs, Führerscheine, Finanzdaten sowie Kontaktdaten von Mitarbeitern und Kunden erbeutet zu haben. Die Angreifer drohen…

Meta AI arrives in the Middle East and Africa with support for Arabic

Meta has formally expanded Meta AI to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), opening the AI-enabled chatbot to millions more people. Back in October, Meta announced it was launching Meta AI in six additional markets, including Brazil and the U.K. At the same time, the company teased gradual rollout plans for additional markets around…

Newest ‘Head Nerd’ On Supporting Partners at N-Able

Global technology vendor N-able announced in February that Ben Lee had joined its “Head Nerds” team. This business division provides a variety of enablement resources to N-able channel partners. Lee spoke with us to share more details about his long career working with Microsoft solutions and why joining this program was the right move. Lee’s…

Williams AV unveils SoundPlus® T3 and Auracast to redefine accessibility in assistive listening

COMPANY NEWS: One in six Australians experience hearing loss, a figure expected to rise to one in four by 2050.[1] This growing need for high-quality, accessible audio systems is addressed by Williams AV with two new innovations: the SoundPlus® T3 Infrared Transmitter, available from March 2025, and the Auracast solution, launching locally after its debut…

Williams AV unveils SoundPlus® T3 and Auracast to redefine accessibility in assistive listening

COMPANY NEWS: One in six Australians experience hearing loss, a figure expected to rise to one in four by 2050.[1] This growing need for high-quality, accessible audio systems is addressed by Williams AV with two new innovations: the SoundPlus® T3 Infrared Transmitter, available from March 2025, and the Auracast solution, launching locally after its debut…

Seeing Machines names Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America as a referral partner to drive accelerated sales of Guardian Generation 3 in The Americas

COMPANY NEWS:  Seeing Machines Limited (AIM: SEE), the advanced computer vision technology company that designs AI-powered operator monitoring systems to improve transport safety, announces that Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. (“MEAA”) has signed a Referral Agreement (“Agreement”) with the Company that will allow Seeing Machines to leverage MEAA’s significant Aftermarket distribution network and customer base across…

Seeing Machines names Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America as a referral partner to drive accelerated sales of Guardian Generation 3 in The Americas

COMPANY NEWS:  Seeing Machines Limited (AIM: SEE), the advanced computer vision technology company that designs AI-powered operator monitoring systems to improve transport safety, announces that Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. (“MEAA”) has signed a Referral Agreement (“Agreement”) with the Company that will allow Seeing Machines to leverage MEAA’s significant Aftermarket distribution network and customer base across…

Apple commits $500B to US manufacturing, including a new AI server facility in Houston

The U.S. government is leaning hard on tech companies to make more commitments to building their businesses in the country, and Big Tech is falling in line. On Monday, Apple laid out its own plans in that area: it will spend $500 billion over the next four years in areas like high-end manufacturing, engineering, and…

Google Cloud KMS Adds Quantum-Safe Digital Signatures to Defend Against Future Threats

Google Cloud has announced quantum-safe digital signatures in Google Cloud Key Management Service (Cloud KMS) for software-based keys as a way to bulletproof encryption systems against the threat posed by cryptographically-relevant quantum computers. The feature, currently in preview, coexists with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) post-quantum cryptography (PQC)

Yope is sparking GenZ (and VC) interest with an Instagram-like app for private groups

Photo and video apps targeting young adults with social hooks are a dime a dozen these days, so those that show traction with 18-twentysomethings tend to catch the attention of investors looking for the next Instagram or TikTok. In the latest example, photo-sharing app Yope, which lets you share still images to private groups, says…

Australia Bans Kaspersky Software Over National Security and Espionage Concerns

Australia has become the latest country to ban the installation of security software from Russian company Kaspersky, citing national security concerns. “After considering threat and risk analysis, I have determined that the use of Kaspersky Lab, Inc. products and web services by Australian Government entities poses an unacceptable security risk to Australian Government, networks and…

AI can kill banks: Cybersecurity’s disinformation gap

The British research organization Say No To Disinfo has simulated an AI-driven disinformation campaign in cooperation with communications specialists Fenimore Harper. As part of the campaign, 500 bank customers in the UK were confronted with synthetic “rumours” about their financial institution. The motivation behind the simulation was to ascertain whether fake news campaigns based on…

The Essential Guide to Horizon Scanning in Compliance and Regulatory Frameworks

In today’s fast-paced and interconnected world, compliance and regulatory frameworks are evolving faster than ever. The risk of falling behind on these changes can be severe. Enter horizon scanning—a concept that’s rapidly gaining traction in compliance and regulatory risk management.  Horizon scanning is not a new concept. In fact, horizon scanning has been used for…

Strategic? Functional? Tactical? Which type of CISO are you?

When executives at a startup asked security leader George Gerchow to advise them on selecting a CISO, Gerchow recommended finding a security chief who had the skills to scale a security program, handle an incident, and engage with customers. The company instead hired a highly technical CISO, one who worked like the hands-on architect Gerchow…

The lesson of Larry Ellison’s misadventures in farming

Larry Ellison’s leap into farming with his company, Sensei Farms, serves up a classic reminder: being a genius in one arena doesn’t mean success in another. As the WSJ reports, the Oracle co-founder set out to reinvent agriculture on Hawaii’s Lāna‘i Island, which he scooped up for $300 million back in 2012. Eight years and…

Australia bans the use of Kaspersky products by government entities

The Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs issued on Friday a mandatory direction under the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) to government entities requiring all to prevent the installation of Kaspersky products and web services from its devices and to remove existing ones. In the directive signed by Stephanie Foster on 17 February, Foster…

Mit MXDR gegen den Fachkräftemangel

Mit dem Einsatz von MXDR können Unternehmen ihr IT-Security-Team durch Experten erweitern und deren Expertise nutzen. G Data IT-Sicherheit ist für Unternehmen von entscheidender Bedeutung, um die Infrastruktur vor Angriffen zu schützen und die Verfügbarkeit von Ressourcen und Daten zu gewährleisten. Der Bereich erfordet nicht nur spezielles Fachwissen, sondern vor allem Fachpersonal. IT-Sicherheitsexpertinnen und -experten…

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