In a new Wired podcast interview, Palantir CEO Alex Karp defends his company’s work with controversial clients like ICE and the Israeli government. The conversation reveals how Karp positions his $20 billion data analytics firm as Silicon Valley’s misunderstood underdog despite its massive governmen
WhatsApp is finally bringing multi-account support to iPhone users after years of requests. The feature will allow seamless switching between two accounts within the same app. Public rollout is expected later in 2026.
Gloo’s Nasdaq debut marks a rare religious sector IPO, valuing the company at nearly $586 million. The Christian tech platform provides AI tools to over 140,000 faith leaders and raised $72.8 million despite pricing below its initial range.
Cloudflare’s global outage yesterday wasn’t a cyberattack but a database configuration error that doubled a feature file size. The disruption affected major platforms including X, OpenAI, and Shopify for over five hours. Analysts estimate the incident caused $250-300 million in direct and indirect l
The former Google employee who helped design YouTube’s engagement systems warns that AI is creating unbeatable digital addiction. With Americans spending 5.5 hours daily on phones and productivity losses exceeding $1 trillion, the movement to reclaim attention is gaining ground.
African organizations face a perfect storm of AI-powered cyberattacks targeting identity systems and cloud infrastructure. The continent’s digital expansion is outpacing security maturity, creating massive vulnerabilities across critical sectors.
The startup is tackling the bottleneck in drug discovery: actually making the molecules. Their AI-driven approach could make compound synthesis twice as fast, expanding what’s possible in pharmaceutical development.
Walmart is in talks to acquire Israeli-founded startup R&A Data, which helps detect scams and counterfeits on online marketplaces. The move comes as Walmart’s third-party marketplace becomes crucial to its growth strategy, with U.S. e-commerce surging 25% last quarter. This acquisition follows CNBC’
Google’s massive $60 billion capital expenditure plan for 2025 is heavily focused on AI infrastructure. The company is implementing a dual-track strategy using both Nvidia chips and its own custom TPUs to gain negotiating leverage and control costs as AI shifts from training to inference.
Microsoft just dropped PowerToys version 0.96 with significant upgrades to Advanced Paste and Command Palette. The update adds support for multiple AI providers including Azure OpenAI, Google Gemini, and local models. PowerRename now leverages photo metadata for smarter file organization.
