OpenAI Confirms: No Sora API Planned for Now
OpenAI has officially ruled out the immediate release of an API for Sora, its high-fidelity generative video model. During a recent Ask Me Anything (AMA) session with the company’s developer…
ConnectOnCall Data Breach Exposes 914K Patient Records
ConnectOnCall, a digital answering service for healthcare providers, has confirmed a massive data breach that compromised the sensitive personal and medical information of nearly one million patients. Owned by healthcare…
YouTube Grants Creators Control Over AI Model Training
YouTube officially launched a new feature this Monday, granting creators direct control over how third-party companies utilize their video content to train artificial intelligence models. This update arrives as a…
Google DeepMind Launches Veo 2 to Challenge OpenAI’s Sora
Google DeepMind has officially unveiled Veo 2, its latest leap in generative AI video technology designed to directly compete with OpenAI’s Sora. Announced this Monday, the model represents a significant…
BlackBerry Sells Cylance for $160M in Massive Loss
Arctic Wolf has officially acquired BlackBerry’s cybersecurity unit, Cylance, for $160 million. This deal marks a staggering devaluation for BlackBerry, which originally purchased the startup for $1.4 billion in 2018.…
Rhode Island Data Breach: Massive Cyberattack Hits RIBridges
A significant cyberattack targeting Rhode Island’s RIBridges portal has potentially compromised the sensitive personal data of hundreds of thousands of residents. State officials confirmed a “high probability” that personally identifiable…
Yahoo Cuts 25% of Cybersecurity Team, Outsourcing Red Team
Yahoo has significantly restructured its security division, laying off approximately 25% of its internal cybersecurity team—known as The Paranoids—throughout the past year. Since the beginning of 2024, the company has…
TwelveLabs Raises $30M to Revolutionize Video AI Search
TwelveLabs, a startup specializing in multimodal AI models, has secured $30 million in new funding to scale its video-first intelligence platform. The investment, which brings the company’s total capital raised…
Harvard and Google Open 1M Public-Domain Books for AI
Harvard University has officially partnered with Google to release a massive dataset containing approximately 1 million public-domain books. This initiative aims to democratize access to high-quality training data for artificial…
Krispy Kreme Hit by Cyberattack: Online Orders Disrupted
Doughnut giant Krispy Kreme confirmed on Wednesday that it is currently managing a significant security breach. The cyberattack has triggered operational disruptions across several United States locations, specifically impacting the…
US Sanctions Chinese Firm Over Massive Firewall Hack
The United States Treasury Department officially sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity firm Sichuan Silence and its employee, Guan Tianfeng, on Tuesday for exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Sophos firewalls. This cyber…
Spotify Officially Shuts Down All Car Thing Devices
Spotify has officially pulled the plug on its Car Thing hardware, confirming that all units of the in-car streaming device are now completely non-operational. The shutdown marks the final chapter…