A new startup offering an AI-enabled threat-hunting platform is emerging from stealth today with backing from Bain Capital Ventures, the company first shared with Axios.
Why it matters: Cyber defenders are in a race against malicious hackers to embrace AI tools before automated attacks become the norm.
Ransomware gangs are on the hunt for organizations that have yet to patch their vulnerable Microsoft SharePoint servers.
Why it matters: Those could include organizations across the government and sectors including education, health care, transportation, technology and finance, security experts told Axios.
Skydance this week is expected to complete its $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global, following a 20-month process that was cinched via political appeasement.
Cybersecurity leaders are less stressed about hiring new talent and more worried about having the skills they need to tackle the AI-enhanced threat landscape.
Why it matters: De-emphasizing hiring and talent could end up exacerbating the existing cyber workforce shortage in the long-run, Hugh Thompson, executive chairman of the RSA Conference (RSAC) told Axios.
Spotify's user growth blew past investor expectations in its second-quarter earnings report out Tuesday, a sign of just how much a pivotal court ruling against Apple in the U.S. boosted Spotify's business.
Why it matters: Spotify has spearheaded pushing global regulators to take a closer look at how Apple's policies impact competition.
"Obviously we would love to see what happened in the U.S. be expanded to Europe and other markets as well," CEO Daniel Ek told Axios in an interview Tuesday.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, like many tech executives, is pushing the idea that humans and AI bots will soon work side by side, despite current turbulence.
Why it matters: Tech leaders are hedging their bets on AI: promising an eventual utopia in which everyone is productive and fulfilled, while at the same time reducing hiring, cutting jobs and voicing a range of near-term concerns.
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) on Monday demanded answers from Elon Musk about allegations that scam networks in Southeast Asia are using Starlink to facilitate fraud.
The big picture: The senator in her letter cited media, UN and Treasury Department reports saying the satellite-communications network is being misused by transnational criminal groups to scam Americans.
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday launched an inquiry into whether health providers are failing to disclose risks connected with gender-affirming care or are making false claims about its benefits.
Why it matters: The action could help make the case for using unfair competition laws to crack down on health providers, by asserting gender-affirming care involves deceptive claims, legal analysts say.
Pushback on the Walmart website warning Virginia users to avoid searching for or buying reproductive or sexual health products if they don't consent to their information being collected has led the retailer to change the pop-up's wording.
Why it matters: The message raised questionsfrom some shoppers and a state senator about how major retailers are interpreting and complying with the new reproductive health privacy protections in Virginia.
