July 29, 2025

What you may have missed about Trump’s AI Action Plan

A number of the executive orders and announcements coming from the White House since Donald Trump returned to office have painted an ambitious vision for America’s AI future—crushing competition with China, abolishing “woke” AI models that suppress conservative speech, jump-starting power-hungry AI data centers. But the details have been sparse.  The White House’s AI Action…

Do government sanctions against ransomware groups work?

November 2, 2023

Earlier this year, the U.S. government imposed sanctions against Russian national Mikhail Matveev, an FBI most-wanted cybercriminal, who authorities accuse of being a “prolific ransomware affiliate” involved in cyberattacks in the United States and overseas. Authorities say Matveev played a major role in the development and deployment of the Hive, LockBit and Babuk ransomware variants, […]

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AirLoom has a plan to halve the cost of wind power

November 2, 2023

The Wyoming-based startup thinks the traditional three-bladed turbine is played out and has a new design to bring wind energy to more places.

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Setting a New Standard for Customer Service

November 2, 2023
In this episode, hear how Ben and Jenny McAvoy, owners of Insectek Pest Solutions, prioritize communication and put customers at ease in the face of stressful pest encounters.

When generative AI cyberthreats arrive, Wraithwatch will be ready and waiting

November 2, 2023

Generative AI is pervading just about every industry already, whether we like it or not, and cybersecurity is no exception. The possibility of AI-accelerated malware development and autonomous attacks should alarm any sysadmin even at this early stage. Wraithwatch is a new security outfit that aims to fight fire with fire, deploying good AI to […]

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Govly wants to make it easier for companies to spot federal contract opportunities

November 2, 2023

The U.S. government signs more than 11 million contracts a year worth a combined hundreds of billions of dollars, a veritable goldmine for vendors. But federal contracting is a notoriously tough landscape for companies to navigate because of the associated red tape and bureaucracy. Beyond applying to become eligible for awards from the government — […]

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Sweep aims to automate basic dev tasks using large language models

November 2, 2023

Developers spend a lot of time on mundane, repetitive tasks — and surprisingly little on actual coding. In Stack Overflow’s 2022 developer survey, 63% of respondents said that they devote more than 30 minutes a day searching for answers or solutions to problems — which adds up to between 333 to 651 hours of time […]

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The Download: cybercriminals’ Pacific paradise, and the carbon offset crash

November 2, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How a tiny Pacific Island became the global capital of cybercrime Tokelau, a string of three isolated atolls strung out across the Pacific, is so remote that it was the last place on…