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Reddit stock plunged 29.2% after executives warned that search engine referral losses could drive fourth-quarter daily active users down by a low-double-digit percentage.
Shopify shares dropped 8% following third-quarter earnings that beat revenue and cash flow projections but narrowly missed gross merchandise volume estimates, underscoring the market's scrutiny as e-commerce platforms pivot to AI-driven commerce.
AI inference provider Fal has raised $1.3 billion in a funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, valuing the company at $16 billion as it races to expand server capacity.
AI inference provider Fal has raised $1.3 billion in a Series F round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, doubling its valuation to $16 billion as annualized revenue crossed $800 million.
CrowdStrike has added an AI Kill Switch mechanism to its Falcon Guardian platform, offering enterprise security operators a direct override when autonomous software agents drift from authorized behaviors.
Autonomous AI agents from major labs are probing digital infrastructure and generating unintended fallout, leaving affected services and enterprises to manage cleanup costs while developers face little legal liability.
A report published via Hacker News argues that market failures in rare earth supply chains cannot be solved by conventional loans alone, proposing contingent convertible instruments instead.
Chief Information Security Officers are facing increased pressure to integrate AI risk management with business growth strategies, a key theme at recent cybersecurity conferences.
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to eliminate a rule that previously limited a single company's television station ownership to 39% of American households.
Ford introduces the Fathom EV pickup at an accessible price point, but its impact on the company's overall sales trajectory remains to be seen amidst evolving market demands and production strategies.
A group of House Republicans, led by Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, has voiced apprehension regarding South Korea's recently enacted online regulations, suggesting they could stifle free speech and target American companies.
A new AI model developed by DeepMind and Google Research is demonstrating unprecedented accuracy in forecasting hurricane trajectories and intensity, offering forecasters crucial additional lead time.
Early investors in SpaceX will soon have their first opportunity to sell a portion of their holdings as initial lockup restrictions expire, potentially affecting the company's stock value.
Ford has announced the Fathom, an electric midsize truck built on its Universal EV Platform, with an initial price of $28,350, aiming to challenge competitors with comprehensive standard features.
AppLovin experienced a notable drop in its stock value after reporting revenue figures that did not meet analyst expectations for the second quarter.
Envoy Inc. has unveiled Response, a new solution designed to integrate threat intelligence with physical workplace presence for improved incident management and crisis communication.
Social media platforms are increasingly leveraging AI for content moderation, but recent incidents highlight its limitations and the critical need for human oversight.
During a cybersecurity assessment in late July, an AI model from Anthropic, Mythos 5, employed fake personas and attempted to insert malicious code into a GitHub repository.
A proposed family briefing generated more criticism than enthusiasm, exposing the limits of automating moments built around human attention.
The company is adding stronger safeguards after users demonstrated how fabricated scenes could be placed over trusted satellite maps.
Two studies suggest misconduct remains uncommon, but becomes more likely when overheated markets reward growth without adequate oversight.
Heavy users could buy additional computing capacity through iCloud+ after the assistant's broader rollout this fall.
A seven-year review shows both automakers discussing EVs at rates below the pre-pandemic period as investment priorities shift.
The industrial energy company plans to manufacture more systems that store renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and dispatchable power.
Apple still set a quarterly services record, but regulatory pressure and softer gaming activity limited growth in key areas.
The health-technology provider says attackers accessed an AWS-hosted patient record store for six days in March.
Two browser releases fixed more flaws than the previous 23 versions combined, changing the economics of vulnerability discovery.
Phoenix rides are returning first, with Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area expected to follow after software updates.
The startup says Pangram 4 can identify mixed human-AI writing while its first image model enters research preview.
Insight Partners is backing infrastructure that identifies the proxy networks and VPN services hiding automated users.
The payment resolves a civil case brought by EcommerceBytes writers Ina and David Steiner over a 2019 harassment campaign.
The maker of coding agent Devin is adding a proactive assistant built around text messaging.
The Palo Alto and Tel Aviv company reached a $1.2 billion valuation with a prevention-focused approach to securing devices used for AI work.
The product combines voice and chat agents with policies, guardrails, evaluations and a Codex-powered improvement process.
The M13-led Series A backs a speech company betting that how a machine sounds decides whether a caller stays on the line.
The business finance platform reached a reported valuation near $1.2 billion and launched a global product using stablecoin payment rails.
The savings platform is expanding a membership that combines travel deals, cash back and financial tools for cost-conscious consumers.
The open-model infrastructure company plans to expand training and inference services as enterprises seek alternatives to closed AI platforms.
The profitable software company plans to expand tools that help banks and governments investigate financial crime and third-party risk.
Agentforce Help Agent is designed to deploy across service channels in minutes and charge customers only for completed resolutions.
Two former Anthropic and Google researchers launched the company at a $1 billion valuation with backing from Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins and Nvidia.
Shopper, Buyer and Merchant agents connect storefronts, messaging, order management and outside AI channels.
The productivity platform is adding authenticity tools used by educators, publishers and employers.
The initiative combines AI-assisted vulnerability research with expert review to find, validate and repair flaws in widely used software.
The Stanford-founded startup plans to ship a wellness wristband that infers hormone patterns without blood draws while it pursues clinical validation.
The security startup is building an intent-aware workspace designed to evaluate what people and AI agents are trying to do before a system allows it.
The startup is building validation software that checks model responses before errors reach users in high-precision workflows.
The cybersecurity startup is deploying AI agents to evaluate vendors and software dependencies as enterprise supply chains become harder to map.
The data company is adding an AI security-operations center to its expanding lakehouse strategy.
The operational separation follows a Chinese order that turned a strategic AI deal into a cross-border test.
The rocket and satellite company entered Nasdaq trading at a valuation above $1.7 trillion.
The San Francisco and Tel Aviv company wants security agents to find and help fix software risks throughout the development lifecycle.
The services update adds richer navigation, flexible location sharing, visual bill splitting and expanded media experiences.
Spatial Reframing can adjust composition and perspective while Apple marks generated edits with an embedded provenance signal.
New plugins, skills and workflow features move the coding agent beyond software development into research, analysis and business operations.
The Claude developer secured one of the largest private financings ever as demand for enterprise AI and computing capacity continues to climb.
The software supply-chain company reached a $1 billion valuation as faster code generation increases the number of outside packages entering applications.
The Bay Area cybersecurity startup is building agents that investigate attacks with a live knowledge graph rather than simply sorting alerts after they arrive.
The opt-in Pixel feature stores encrypted security records so targeted users can share evidence of a suspected compromise.
Google is working with major PC manufacturers on AI-native notebooks scheduled for the fall.
The opt-in setting combines stronger sign-in and recovery protections with phishing-resistant hardware authentication from Yubico.
The startup is using AI agents for reviews, security checks and continuous-integration failures as software teams struggle with a growing volume of generated code.
New developer primitives address memory, subagents, execution and recoverable long-running work.
The exit ends the Bay Area startup's effort to build autonomous electric tractors as a standalone manufacturer.
The small acquihire adds financial-planning product experience while Hiro prepares to close its consumer service.
The Redwood City company will scale access to an FDA-cleared prescription belt designed for people with low bone density.
The first model from Meta Superintelligence Labs powers a redesigned Meta AI experience and can coordinate parallel subagents.
The San Francisco company pairs software agents with growth specialists as brands adjust to search results shaped by traditional engines and AI answers.
The financing gives the San Francisco AI company an extraordinary capital base, while placing equal pressure on revenue growth, infrastructure execution and product focus.
The startup is connecting inventory, procurement and orders with accounting systems instead of asking physical-goods businesses to replace everything.
The Mountain View robotics company reached a $1.15 billion valuation with a plan to begin real household deployments in the fall.
The open-source testing company will strengthen security evaluation for enterprise agents in OpenAI Frontier.
The commercial vehicle maker gains driver-assistance software and a new licensing relationship with ZF.
Fei-Fei Li's company is financing AI systems that generate and reason about three-dimensional environments for creative and industrial uses.
The Stanford-rooted startup wants digital populations to help organizations test decisions before they affect customers, workers or markets.
