FBI and Dutch police seize and shut down botnet of hacked routers
U.S. authorities indicted three Russians and one Kazakhstan national for hacking and selling access to a botnet made of vulnerable internet-connected devices.
Multiplier, founded by ex-Stripe exec, nabs $27.5M to fuel AI-powered accounting roll-ups
Multiplier raised Series A and seed funding from Lightspeed and Ribbit Capital.
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Compliance Is No Longer Just a Back-Office Function — It’s a Core Driver of Brand Trust. Here’s the Cost of Getting It Wrong.
From missed certifications to slow onboarding, legacy compliance systems are costing companies more than time — they’re costing trust.
A Podcast Inspired Her to Leave the Corporate World and Start Her Own Business. Here’s How She Built a Community of Loyal In-Store and Online Shoppers.
Eileen Carew discusses the strategies she used to launch and grow her new and vintage home décor store, Emptio.
SoundCloud changes policies to allow AI training on user content
SoundCloud appears to have quietly changed its terms of use to allow the company to train AI on audio that users upload to its platform. As spotted by tech ethicist Ed-Newton Rex, the latest version of SoundCloud’s terms include a provision giving the platform permission to use uploaded content to “inform, train, [or] develop” AI. […]
Rippling raises $450M at a $16.8B valuation, reveals YC is a customer
HR tech startup Rippling has raised a $450 million Series G round at a $16.8 billion valuation, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. It is also conducting a $200 million tender offer to give current and former employees some liquidity. The equity raise marks a big jump in valuation from a year ago. In April 2024, […]
Microsoft Employees Are Banned From Using This Popular AI App
Microsoft Vice Chairman and President Brad Smith said data security concerns caused the company to ban this app internally.
Microsoft Build 2025: How to watch this year’s conference
Microsoft Build, Microsoft’s biggest event of the year, is on the horizon. It’s scheduled to start May 19 at the Seattle Convention Center, and it’ll run through May 22. The keynote address featuring Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CTO Kevin Scott will take place May 19 at 9:05 a.m. PT. That’ll be followed by a […]
Google inks deal to develop 1.8 GW of advanced nuclear power
Google is promising to add at least 600 megawatts of generating capacity at each of the three sites.
CoreWeave reportedly looks to raise $1.5B in debt as IPO disappoints
Data center operator CoreWeave is reportedly seeking a $1.5 billion debt deal after a disappointing IPO. According to the Financial Times, CoreWeave is holding a roadshow this week with bankers at JPMorgan for debt options. The company’s executives intend to use the meetings to gauge investor interest. New Jersey-based CoreWeave listed its shares in March, […]
Warren Buffett Says to Forget About 10,000 Hours of Practice — If You Want to Master Something, Do This Instead
At the 2025 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting, the “Oracle of Omaha” described the systematic approach to success that has worked so well for him over his storied career.