Technology developments, security incidents, and digital policy
Databricks, a privately held software maker that competes with Snowflake and Google, said its data warehousing business has more than doubled in size over the last year.
A localized AWS cooling failure caused a multi-hour Coinbase trading outage by breaking matching-engine quorum and cascading messaging dependencies.
SpaceX has acquired AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in a bid to gain a competitive edge over Anthropic and OpenAI.
Atom Computing, a US-backed quantum computing startup, raised $100 million in Series C funding led by Third Point, bringing total funding to $300 million.
SpaceX has acquired the AI startup Cursor for $60 billion. The deal will be paid in shares and closed in the third quarter of 2026.
OpenAI's spending reached $34 billion last year ahead of its planned initial public offering, according to the Financial Times.
The UK is planning to ban social media for children under 16 and may impose overnight curfews.
Alibaba unveils AI models for robots, amid shift from chatbots to agents.
India has temporarily blocked access to Telegram over concerns related to exam fraud.
The UK has launched the world's first national framework for quantum standards, aiming to boost leadership and trade in future technology.
A federal court in California dismissed a lawsuit by Elon Musk's AI company xAI, which accused OpenAI of attempting to steal its trade secrets. The suit alleged OpenAI hired former xAI engineer Xuecheng Li to induce him to disclose confidential information about the Grok chatbot. Judge Rita Lin ruled xAI failed to provide sufficient evidence, calling the claims an equation of standard interview questions with trade secret theft. The dismissal is with prejudice, ending the case.
SpaceX said it would buy Cursor for $60 billion, striking a massive deal for an autonomous coding agent shortly after its blockbuster IPO.
EeroQ has achieved a groundbreaking milestone in quantum computing using electron qubits.
SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock days after blockbuster IPO.
Malaysia's AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5 million.
Chinese AI robot cleaners leave the lab for living rooms. Beijing cleaner Lin Meiqiong was paired with a tall, wheeled robot with AI-powered tidying skills.
SpaceX said it would buy Cursor for $60 billion, striking a massive deal for an autonomous coding agent shortly after its blockbuster IPO.
Meta announced that Threads now has 500 million monthly active users, introduced a 'Your Algo' tool for feed control, and launched Communities out of beta, as reported by TechCrunch.
French intelligence services have dropped the use of Palantir's software due to concerns about overreliance on the United States.
Flutterwave, one of Africa's most valuable fintech startups, has sold an equity stake to Ripple.
The UK government has described its social media ban for under-16s as 'Australia Plus', a baseline broad-brush restriction combined with other measures to ensure enforcement, according to a Reuters World News podcast interview.
Elastic Cloud is reporting a partial outage since 10:57 UTC, with users unable to authenticate to Kibana via SSO.
SpaceX has formally agreed to acquire Cursor, an AI coding startup, in a deal valuing the company at $60 billion.
SpaceX is acquiring AI coding company Cursor for $60 billion, according to an SEC filing.
Threads has introduced new personalization and community features, reaching 500 million monthly active users.
Elastic Cloud is reporting a partial outage since 10:57 UTC, with users unable to authenticate to Kibana using SSO. The incident affects Elastic Cloud Hosted.
Alibaba's AI unit Tongyi Lab launches the Qwen Robot Suite, its first family of AI models for robots, in pilot testing with some enterprise clients.
Plaud, a startup that makes note-taking devices, is planning a new wearable that can work with AI agents and said it expects to book $500 million in annual sales.
Major outage at Elastic Cloud: Kibana authentication flow impacted. Users unable to log in via 'Log in with Elastic Cloud' button.
OpenAI is reporting a partial outage since 10:32 UTC, with a 'Codex Selected Model is at Capacity' error affecting Codex Web, Codex API, CLI, and two other services.