Tag: In Brief
Federal employees can download TikTok on their work phones again | TechCrunch
The Department of Justice says that federal employees can now download TikTok on their government devices, according to...
CISA gives US federal agencies three days to fix a VPN bug under attack by a ransomware gang | TechCrunch
A ransomware group is actively exploiting an unpatched flaw in security tools used across the U.S. federal government,...
OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill-advised’ to go public in 2026 | TechCrunch
While OpenAI has filed confidentially for an IPO, the company will not be going public this year, according...
OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks | TechCrunch
OpenAI announced a new feature that it says will provide additional protection from prompt injection attacks, where malicious...
Kimi-maker Moonshot AI targets $2B in annual revenue | TechCrunch
One of China’s most prominent AI labs, Moonshot AI, believes it can turn its popular open-weight model into...
Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation | TechCrunch
E-commerce logistics company Stord has raised a $250 million round at a $3 billion valuation, it announced Tuesday....
Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack | TechCrunch
U.S. beverage maker Coca-Cola said one of its dairy subsidiaries was hacked and that it’s shutting down its...
Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO | TechCrunch
Nscale, the buzzy U.K.-based AI data center startup, has appointed former OpenAI, Meta, and Instacart executive Fidji Simo...
OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide | TechCrunch
NextSlide recently announced that it’s joining OpenAI, with the presentation startup’s team members now working on ChatGPT.The NextSlide...
Sony says PlayStation Plus members will get five-day extension after outage | TechCrunch
After the PlayStation Network experienced a global outage that lasted for nearly a day, Sony says it will...
