Nvidia has discussed participating in a funding round that would value Mercor, a data labeling provider that supplies data that helps the chip designer develop open-source models, at $20 billion, The Information reported Wednesday (Aug. 19), citing unnamed so…
Greer indicated that a consensus between the countries had been reached. “We're looking at documentation at this point,” he said.
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has inspected the Ibadan Digital Academy in Oyo State to assess its readiness as a skill training centre. Read More: https://punchng.com/nbte-assesses-oyo-digital-academy-for-skill-training-centre-status/
Small electric vehicle maker Also Inc. said today it has raised $150 million in a Series D round to accelerate its work on autonomous driving. The money will fund several self-driving vehicle formats at once, all of them built on the electric architecture Als…
At Black Hat this month, a group of security researchers took a $9,000 robot dog, plugged Google's AI into its brain, and jailbroke it by telling it - with a completely straight face - that it was a Pokemon. What followed involved a wall, a blue ice chest, an…
The B.C. government says it took down its public employee directory due to cybersecurity and privacy concerns, but now some are worried the restricted access amounts to a loss of transparency.
Comcast launches Xfinity Shield, an all-in-one cybersecurity, home monitoring, and family protection platform for Xfinity customers. The post Security, Safety & Smarter WiFi: Comcast Launches Xfinity Shield With Built-In Home Protection appeared first on Boss…
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SerpApi, the world's leading platform for structured search data APIs, today announced that it has surpassed 1.5 million activated user accounts. The achievement marks a significant step for SerpApi as demand for t…
A fashion designer is creating shirts made to confuse automated license plate readers, such as Flock cameras, in mid-2026.
Stripe Inc. today said it has agreed to acquire artificial intelligence model routing startup OpenRouter Inc. in a deal reported at $7.5 billion or more. Neither company disclosed terms and the reported numbers do not agree. The New York Times said $7.5 billi…
My experience at DebConf 2026 in Santa Fé Last month, I attended DebConf 2026 in Santa Fé, which was my 5th DebConf. As always, it was an amazing experience, and I met a lot of great people there. For those unfamiliar with the event, it takes place over the …
North Korean operatives use stolen identities, AI and laptop farms to write résumés, help answer interview questions and land U.S. jobs.
ST. LOUIS and CHESAPEAKE, Va., Aug. 17, 2026 — Avatara, a provider of compliant IT systems-as-a-service, and AVMAC LLC (AVMAC), an aviation and maritime technical services company supporting the U.S. Department of War (DoW), today announced that AVMAC has ach…
Ariana Grande has been granted permission to subpoena information that will help reveal the identities of anonymous hackers who allegedly leaked unreleased songs and footage from recording sessions and music videos. A Los Angeles judge approved Grande’s propo…
The new AI cybersecurity framework could reshape industry standards, influencing market dynamics and strategic decisions among tech companies. The post White House to implement AI cybersecurity framework with NSA-led benchmarking appeared first on Crypto Brie…
The massive health data breach from CareCloud is 10 times worse than thought. It included social security numbers and other private info.
The singer told the court that without immediate discovery power, she runs the risk that the account data needed to identify her alleged hackers "will be lost"
New U.S. Census Bureau data shows that AI is quickly becoming a routine workplace tool, while government leaders are finding that training, guardrails and employee-led experimentation can help turn everyday use into meaningful adoption.
Amazon.com Inc. today announced plans to expand the availability of its Prime Air drone delivery service significantly. The company currently offers aerial deliveries in cities across Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska and Texas. It will …
The brutish group has been surprisingly stable since snatching power in 2021. Rockier times may lie ahead.
NEWMARKET, Ontario, Aug. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AirBoss of America Corp. (TSX: BOS) (OTCQX:ABSSF) (the “Company” or “AirBoss”) today announced that, at the request of the Company, KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) has resigned as auditor of the Company effective August …
AI inference infrastructure is becoming a system-level challenge as organizations move generative and agentic applications into production. Graphics processing unit performance remains essential, but storage latency, network bandwidth, data movement and power…
An illegal intrusion into an IT system is a serious criminal offense in China, one that carries a 3-year jail term. Even so, some adrenaline junkies inadvertently go to great lengths to invite the ire of law enforcement agencies, as members of an API relay st…
The Premier League is introducing mandatory cyber compliance rules, but they won’t be fully enforced until the end of the decade.