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Factory AI Raises $150M at $1.5B Valuation to Build Autonomous 'Droids' That Replace Dev Teams
Factory's AI agents handle the entire software development lifecycle — code, test, review, deploy — without human intervention. NVIDIA, Adobe, and MongoDB are already using them.
Tesla Tapes Out AI5 Chip — Nearly Two Years Late, Volume Production Not Until Mid-2027
Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla completed the AI5 chip tape-out on April 15. The chip delivers roughly 5x the compute of Tesla's current dual AI4 configuration, but production vehicles won't carry it until at least mid-2027.
NIST Admits Defeat on the CVE Backlog — Will Only Fully Enrich the Most Critical Vulnerabilities Going Forward
A 263% surge in CVE submissions since 2020 has forced NIST to abandon full enrichment of the National Vulnerability Database. Only vulnerabilities on CISA's KEV list, federal software, or EO 14028 critical software will receive complete analysis.
Snap Cuts 1,000 Jobs as AI Now Writes 65% of Its Code — Stock Jumps 11%
Snap is eliminating 16% of its workforce and canceling 300 open roles after AI agents took over the majority of new code generation. The restructuring will save more than $500 million annually and comes weeks after activist pressure from Irenic Capital.
Apache ActiveMQ RCE CVE-2026-34197 Is Being Actively Exploited — Upgrade to 6.2.3 or 5.19.4 Now
A 13-year-old remote code execution flaw in Apache ActiveMQ Classic has been added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Threat actors are chaining it with ransomware and cryptominers across exposed brokers worldwide.
Parasail Closes $32M Series A to Scale Its Pay-Per-Token AI Supercloud to 500 Billion Daily Tokens
The AI inference startup, co-led by Touring Capital and Kindred Ventures, is betting that 'tokenmaxxing' makes pay-per-token compute — with no GPU contract minimums — the default model for agentic AI applications.
15 European Industry Groups Demand EU AI Act Labeling Deadline Be Doubled — Call August 2026 Timeline 'Technically Unworkable'
A coalition led by EuroISPA is formally requesting that EU co-legislators extend the Article 50 grace period for AI-generated content labeling from six months to twelve, arguing that watermarking standards are not yet finalized.
Basic-Fit Data Breach Exposes Bank Details of 1 Million Gym Members Across Six Countries
Europe's largest gym chain disclosed a breach affecting roughly 1 million members in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Luxembourg, and Germany. Exposed data includes names, addresses, and bank account numbers.
Fluidstack Eyes $1B Round at $18B Valuation After Sealing $50B Anthropic Data Center Deal
The AI neocloud startup's valuation has more than doubled since December after signing a $50 billion build commitment with Anthropic. Jane Street and Situational Awareness are in talks to co-lead.
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