Soon after the Trump administration launched its war on Iran, I called up Reed Blakemore, director of research and programs at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, to talk about the consequences. While oil and gas prices were already on the rise, there was still more hope then that the impact of the conflict might…
OpenAI launched Codex Security on March 6, entering the application security market that Anthropic had disrupted 14 days earlier with Claude Code Security. Both scanners use LLM reasoning instead of pattern matching. Both proved that traditional static application security testing (SAST) tools are structurally blind to entire vulnerability classes. The enterprise security stack is caught…
Reports say the two prediction market platforms’ CEOs have beef—and it could have major implications. As online prediction markets skyrocket in popularity, two major players have emerged as industry leaders: Kalshi and Polymarket.
Kevin Mandia, who founded the cybersecurity startup Mandiant in 2004 and sold it to Google for $5.4 billion in 2022, has launched a new AI-native cybersecurity startup with what the company claims is a record-breaking funding round. The new outfit, called Armadin, has raised $189.9 million in combined seed and Series A funding led by…
OpenAI is rolling out new interactive responses in ChatGPT it says are designed to make the chatbot more useful for learners. Starting today, ChatGPT will generate dynamic visuals when you ask it to explain select scientific and mathematical concepts, including the Pythagorean theorem, Coulomb’s law and lens equations. When ChatGPT responds with an interactive visual,…
Satechi has announced a redesigned version of the iPad Pro stand with USB-C hub functionality it launched nearly five years ago that’s smaller and easier to travel with. The new OntheGo Foldable Stand Hub is available now through Satechi’s online store and Amazon for $79.99 in space black. While the original was specifically designed for…
Presented by 1Password Adding agentic capabilities to enterprise environments is fundamentally reshaping the threat model by introducing a new class of actor into identity systems. The problem: AI agents are taking action within sensitive enterprise systems, logging in, fetching data, calling LLM tools, and executing workflows often without the visibility or control that traditional identity…
Directed-energy weapons are often sold as systems that can fire forever. In practice, dwell time, heat, and the chaos of the battlefield impose strict limits on how many threats they can actually stop. High-energy laser weapons are often touted as offering decisive advantages over conventional kinetic systems, from speed-of-light engagement to a comparatively low cost…
Drew Perkins has been inventing computer network tech and building startups since the dawn of the internet age. Now he’s back as a co-founder and CEO of AI networking startup Eridu that’s officially coming out of stealth on Tuesday with an oversubscribed $200 million Series A round. The round was led by Socratic Partners, renowned…
The Oversight Board is once again urging Meta to overhaul its rules around AI-generated content. This time, the board says Meta should create a separate rule for AI content that’s independent of its misinformation policy, invest in more reliable detection tools and make better use of digital watermarks among other changes. The group’s recommendations stem…
