Petco’s security lapse affected customers’ SSNs, drivers’ licenses and more
Petco said the exposure was due to an error in an application, and that it is notifying victims’ whose data was affected.
Understanding the thermal ceiling in portable power
Plug a phone into a modern charger and the first 10 minutes are impressive. The next 20 are not. This is not a defect. It’s the connected device protecting itself. As temperature rises during charging, a smartphone’s battery management system reduces the current it will accept, because heat accelerates the chemical degradation that permanently reduces…
Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales
Quilt has sold nearly 1,000 units in the U.S. and Canada, and the new funding should help expand sales operations to more states and provinces.
How I Disrupted a Stale, Broken Industry — and How You Can Do the Same
The gold resale market wasn’t ripe for disruption because of technology — it was ripe because of trust.
Why Brand Mentions in AI Are Becoming a Business Metric
Tracking brand mentions in AI has shifted from PR vanity metric to a real measure of business value.
Paramount Just Launched a Hostile Takeover Bid to Block Netflix From Buying Warner Bros. Discovery
The company is bypassing Warner Bros. Discovery’s board and going straight to shareholders with a higher, all-cash offer.
‘ONE RULE’: Trump says he’ll sign an executive order blocking state AI laws despite bipartisan pushback
“I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week,” Trump posted on social media. “You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something.”
Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid
Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile, $108.4 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, days after Warner Bros. agreed to be acquired by Netflix for $82.7 billion.
This 31-Year-Old Ex-Microsoft Worker Used $3,000 to Start a Side Hustle — Now the Product’s in Erewhon and Eyeing $1 Million in Revenue
Aadit Patel’s desire to stay connected to his Indian-American identity inspired him to start a business.
IBM to acquire Confluent for $11B as it seeks to bolster its data offerings
IBM is buying data infrastructure company Confluent for $11 billion in cash in a bid to to bolster its data and automation products as ever more companies move their tech operations to the cloud and deploy AI technology.
Entrepreneurs Don’t Have Time to Read — and Now With This App You Don’t Have To
Unlock key ideas from the world’s best nonfiction books.