TD Cowen analyst Shaul Eyal sees Palo Alto Networks positioning itself as a leader in the post-quantum security shift. The company is urging the industry to prepare now for the future threat quantum computers pose to encryption.
New data shows vulnerability exploits are the leading cause of security breaches, outpacing even phishing. The speed of attacks is the real shocker, with exploits appearing within hours of a flaw being disclosed.
According to Techmeme, Meta’s revenue grew 22% YoY to $201B, with 98% from ads. A key driver is Reels, which hit a $50B annual run rate in October, powered by over 2B advertisers using Meta’s AI tools. Analyst estimates show Meta now enjoys higher Revenue Per Thousand Hours than Netflix in the US.
A New York startup is taking a different path in humanoid robotics. Instead of building a Terminator, they’ve created Sprout, a friendly, $50,000 robot inspired by WALL-E and designed to be a collaborative platform.
Mplify is launching a new, specialized certification for Carrier Ethernet networks that need to handle AI workloads. It requires providers to first pass a baseline business certification, then meet tougher performance standards. The goal is to give operators a way to prove their infrastructure is tr
The European Union is formally investigating Elon Musk’s X under the Digital Services Act over Grok’s role in generating non-consensual sexual deepfakes. This follows bans in Southeast Asia and probes from the UK and California. The company’s promised fixes have so far been ineffective.
In a drastic move to prevent blackouts, the federal government has authorized Texas grid operator ERCOT to order data centers to switch to their on-site diesel generators. The emergency order is in effect through Tuesday, January 27th, as a winter storm threatens the state’s power supply.
Nvidia is pouring another $2 billion into CoreWeave, deepening a partnership that includes buying unsold compute capacity and now gaining early access to Nvidia’s new Vera CPU. The move comes as CoreWeave plans a staggering $200 billion infrastructure spend, even as it faces project delays and a cla
A UK Court of Appeal has overturned a previous ruling, deciding that virtual currency in games like RuneScape can be legally defined as “intangible property” and stolen. The case centered on a former Jagex developer accused of taking £543,123 worth of gold. This sets a major precedent for the legal
In a troubling development, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has begun indexing Grokipedia, an AI-generated encyclopedia created by Elon Musk’s xAI. This integration risks amplifying the platform’s known inaccuracies and biases across the most popular LLM. It highlights a growing crisis as AI systems increasingly t
