Linx Security Raises $50M Series B as Identity Becomes Security’s Biggest Failure Point
Linx Security announced a $50 million Series B round led by Insight Partners, bringing its total capital to $83 million. The New York‑based startup offers an AI‑native identity governance platform that continuously maps, monitors and automates control of human, machine and AI‑agent identities. With identity‑related flaws implicated in roughly 90 % of security breaches, Linx introduced its autonomous Autopilot agent to provide real‑time detection and remediation. The new capital will fund global expansion, go‑to‑market scaling and further product development.
DINO Accelerates Transformer Detector Training to SOTA Speed
🦖 DINO: Faster Training for Transformer Detectors Early transformer detectors like DETR were powerful but painfully slow to train. In 2022, DINO (Detection Transformer with Improved Denoising Anchor Boxes) changed that. By adding denoising queries and smarter anchor-based initialization, DINO stabilized training,...
Sfaal and SDS Propose Pre-Contractual AI Safeguards for Writers
The French Syndicat des agents artistiques et littéraires (Sfaal) and the Syndicat des scénaristes (SDS) have announced a joint framework of pre‑contractual safeguards aimed at protecting writers from unauthorized AI‑generated reproductions of their work. The proposal includes mandatory disclosure clauses,...
Ensemble and Cohere Partner to Build First RCM-Native Large Language Model for Healthcare
Ensemble, a leading revenue cycle management provider, and Cohere are expanding their partnership to create the healthcare industry’s first RCM‑native large language model. Unlike generic LLMs that rely on heavy prompt engineering, the new model is fine‑tuned from scratch on...
NAB Show: Evergent To Showcase Subscriber Monetization & AI Innovations
Evergent, a subscriber lifecycle management specialist, will showcase a suite of AI‑driven tools at the NAB Show in Las Vegas from April 18‑22. The new offerings include subscriber lifecycle intelligence to boost acquisition and engagement, as well as flexible monetization...
Claude Code Leak Reveals Hidden TypeScript Insights
Turns out Claude Code was leaked on March 31, 2026. There are several snapshots of the TypeScript codebase on GitHub. I don’t want to link here for legal reasons, but there are some interesting educational tidbits that can be learned...
Founders Who Execute See Demo Numbers Double
My final student session last night was at 7pm. The founder showed up and had done ALL of his homework. He had doubled the number of demos that were going onto his calendar since our prior session two weeks before,...
The AI Oligarchs Don't Want You Reading This
New York Assemblymember Alex Bores, a Democratic candidate for NY‑12, is confronting a $10 million super‑PAC funded by AI industry leaders Greg Brockman, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. Bores, who authored the state’s RAISE Act—the nation’s toughest AI safety law—promises federal...
CoreWeave Becomes Critical AI Infrastructure, Attracts Mega‑Cap Funding
The shift is clear enough. What was once a niche GPU cloud provider is now treated as a critical infrastructure company. And with this latest financing milestone, @CoreWeave is signaling that the next era of AI compute will be...
Hexagon Updates PULSE for CMM Environment Monitoring
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division released an upgraded version of its PULSE environmental monitoring system for coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). The new hardware and software broaden sensor coverage to temperature, humidity, vibration, shock and probe deflection, extending monitoring beyond the CMM...
Autonomous Agents Risk Malicious Prompts Despite Sandbox Efforts
This is the type of thing I’m worried about with completely “autonomous” agents only the inclusion of something more malicious than ads. It could be unintentional or via prompt injection. I have some tools that can run while I’m sleeping...
Generative AI Moves From Experiment to Production Imperative
If you’re not using #GenerativeAI yet, you’re already behind. Shift: experiments → production. → Open models = control → Custom AI = advantage → Agentic #AI = everything Mistral AI Forge + NVIDIA’s NEMO Tron coalition are accelerating this shift. The next 2–3 years reward ownership. by...
Allen Adds Real-Time Bluetooth Monitoring to Its Go Compact Bike Rack
Allen introduced the Smart Suction Go Compact bike rack, adding real‑time Bluetooth monitoring to its existing suction‑based design. The new rack confirms cup security via a mobile app, addressing driver anxiety about roof‑mounted loads. It retails for $300 USD, roughly...
NAB Show: Fabric To Showcase AI-Driven Media Supply Chain Innovations
Fabric will debut an expanded AI‑driven media supply chain platform at the NAB Show, unveiling updates to its Origin and Xytech product lines. The rollout includes Origin Studio, a cloud‑native title management system, and Origin Insights, a data‑as‑a‑service analytics platform....
The Startup Rebuilding How the World Communicates
Airbase, a stealth‑mode startup founded by former Planet Labs and True Anomaly engineers, is building software to dynamically allocate radio‑frequency spectrum, a finite resource strained by the explosion of satellites, drones, and autonomous vehicles. The founders convinced U.S. regulators that...
The Fed Chair Just Said What AI Leaders Won't: The Models Don't Work
Fed Chair Jerome Powell publicly expressed his lack of confidence in the economic models used to forecast markets, noting that no system has reliably predicted the economy. He highlighted that while large language models (LLMs) have advanced dramatically, they remain...
What Scarcity Taught Computing, and AI Might Need to Relearn
The article reflects on how early computers, constrained by expensive storage and limited memory, forced engineers to develop disciplined indexing, selective retrieval, and purposeful forgetting. It argues that modern AI research often assumes unlimited context windows, leading to information overload...
How to Handle Unexpected Calls About Unclaimed Funds
Scammers are increasingly posing as government agencies to lure victims with promises of unclaimed funds, often citing specific amounts and urgent deadlines. They use phishing tactics such as fake texts, phone calls, and requests for upfront processing fees. Legitimate unclaimed...
ABB Picked to Provide Propulsion and Automation Solutions for New DRBA Ferry
Senesco Marine has selected ABB to provide full propulsion and automation systems for a new 75‑car DRBA ferry replacing the 45‑year‑old Cape Henlopen. The diesel‑electric hybrid vessel, slated to begin construction in mid‑2026, will feature ABB’s onboard DC grid, PEMS...
Cyara Launches Agentic Testing
Cyara announced a new agentic testing and AI governance suite for voice and IVR channels, enabling enterprises to validate, monitor, and control autonomous AI agents before they interact with customers. The offering adds an assurance layer that pits AI agents...
Blaze Announces Evercade Nexus Handheld, Including Enhanced Versions of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie
Blaze Entertainment unveiled the Evercade Nexus, a premium handheld retro console slated for October 2026 with pre‑orders beginning April 1. The device upgrades to a 5.89‑inch IPS screen, adds twin analog sticks, wireless headphone support, and a new EverSync local‑multiplayer feature, while...
Harness Rolls Out Release Orchestration Features with AI-Enabled Verification and Rollback
Harness announced new Release Orchestration capabilities that embed AI‑enabled verification and automatic rollback into its Continuous Delivery platform. The features also bring native warehouse‑level feature management from the Split acquisition and Database DevOps support for Snowflake, allowing code and data...
Enterprises Need Evaluation, Not More AI Pilots
Most enterprises do not have an AI model problem. They have an evaluation problem. That was one of my biggest takeaways from my conversation with @karibriski from Nvidia and @Toucas from Mistral AI at GTC. In the agentic era, the winners will not...
Nomadic Raises $8.4 Million to Wrangle the Data Pouring Off Autonomous Vehicles
NomadicML raised an $8.4 million seed round at a $50 million post‑money valuation to commercialize its vision‑language platform that auto‑annotates autonomous‑vehicle video. The tool transforms terabytes of archived footage into searchable, structured datasets, enabling rapid identification of rare edge‑case events for training...
Rise of ‘Manfluencers’ Leads Louisiana to Propose Update to Its In-Person Recording Rules
Louisiana House Bill 410, championed by Rep. Laurie Schlegel, advanced to require anyone recording an in‑person conversation to notify all participants, shifting the proposal from a two‑party consent model to a simple notification rule. The amendment targets the misuse of...
7 Lesser Known iPhone Features That Can Improve Your Sleep
Apple’s iPhone bundles a suite of built‑in tools that turn the device into a comprehensive sleep aid, from health‑tracking dashboards to automated bedtime routines. The Health app consolidates data from Apple Watch and other wearables, displaying metrics such as heart...
EDB Postgres AI for WarehousePG: Reclaiming Control of the Enterprise Data Warehouse
Enterprise data warehouses are increasingly seen as costly, inflexible assets, prompting a shift toward open‑source alternatives. EDB Postgres AI introduces WarehousePG, a PostgreSQL‑based, petabyte‑scale MPP warehouse that promises up to 58% lower total cost of ownership while delivering predictable performance. The...
Waiting for AirPods Max 2 Shipping Date Updates
Has anyone gotten any shipping updates on the AirPods Max 2's yet? I'm still showing Apr 1-3...
What Does Wildfire Resilience Cost?
A new UCLA Emmett Institute report titled *The Price of Resilience* examines how wildfire‑related costs are allocated between transmission customers and retail ratepayers. In California, wildfire mitigation and liability expenses now represent roughly a quarter of residential electricity bills, driven...
Bloomerang Launches AI Strategist ‘Penny’
Bloomerang has launched "Penny," an AI‑driven fundraising strategist now available in beta on its Giving Platform. Built from thousands of consulting engagements, Penny analyzes each nonprofit’s full donor history to deliver real‑time, actionable recommendations. Early adopters, such as the Joe...
AI Safety Becomes a Cybersecurity Priority
AI safety has entered the cybersecurity era. @IrenaCronin and I write this newsletter every week. AI safety is becoming a cybersecurity issue because advanced AI can now help both defenders and attackers, making the risks more immediate and practical. As AI systems...
Copenhagen Switches Fully to Electric Buses
Copenhagen has finished converting its entire municipal bus network to battery‑electric vehicles, with routes 19 and 5C switched on 29 March. The final rollout added 15 electric buses on route 19 and 37 on the capital’s busiest line, 5C, which carries about 17 million passengers...
O2 Slovakia Offers Data Sharing for Extra Devices
O2 Slovakia launched O2 Connect, a data‑sharing add‑on that lets post‑paid customers extend their mobile plan to tablets, laptops or smartwatches. The service costs €4 per extra SIM, roughly $4.40, and can be ordered and activated through the O2 app....
Coherent's Hidden Bottleneck Is Powering This Rally
Coherent’s datacenter bookings have surged, posting a book‑to‑bill ratio above 4× and securing most of 2026 revenue with visibility extending to 2028. The company’s new six‑inch indium phosphide (InP) production line is projected to deliver more than four times the...
Logile Launches Fresh Operations Management Suite to Help Grocers Turn Fresh Into a Scalable Growth Engine
Logile, Inc. unveiled its Fresh Operations Management suite, an AI‑driven platform that unifies demand forecasting, labor planning, inventory control, and food‑safety compliance for fresh‑food departments. By routing all decisions through a single real‑time demand signal, the system dynamically adjusts production...
ServiceNow Allegedly Says Salesman 'Overachieved' And Is Not Entitled to Comp
ServiceNow is being sued by long‑time public‑sector sales leader Jorge Costa, who alleges the company refused to pay commissions on more than $27 million in federal contract sales. Costa says he is owed $761,974—double the $380,987 originally promised—for a $7.3 million deal...
Anyway, What Does AI-RAN Even Mean?
AI‑RAN is currently a marketing‑driven label rather than a defined technical standard, despite telecom’s decades‑long use of AI in radio networks. Vendors offer divergent interpretations, making it hard for operators to model total cost of ownership or plan capital expenditures....
Healthcare Provider Triples Talent Pipeline and Boosts Applicants Per Opening 17% with ICIMS Candidate Experience Management
ATI Physical Therapy partnered with iCIMS Candidate Experience Management to nurture future clinicians, leveraging AI‑powered candidate relationship management. The initiative tripled the company’s candidate database and lifted applicants per opening by 17% year‑over‑year. Engagement cycles now average over 400 days,...
IRS Pilots Palantir AI to Pinpoint High‑value Audits
The IRS is testing Palantir's AI-powered analytics platform to identify "highest-value" audit and investigation targets, documents obtained by Wired reveal. The pilot program aims to cut through decades of fragmented legacy systems to surface taxpayers most likely to be committing...
Utilities Waste Millions, Ignore Cheap EV Battery Grid Power
Utilities will spend $50M on a substation upgrade before spending $10K on equipment that gives them access to your EV battery. That battery in your garage could be powering the grid during peak demand instead of another substation nobody wanted. The lack...
Whoop's Loyal Users Undermined by Poor Support, Opaque Subscriptions
The loyalty of Whoop’s customer base is pretty incredible. I would love to run a Delight Scale analysis on it but seems that customer support and lack of transparency on subscription terms are the weakest links
BeyondTrust Reveals New Token Injection and Exfiltration Vectors
Where else can the tokens be injected and exfiltrated. This is the original report from BeyondTrust.
Trust, Not Speed, Drives AI Success
AI without trust = risk. AI with trust = scale 🚀 5 essentials for responsible AI: ✔️ Governance ✔️ Anonymization ✔️ Data minimization ✔️ Audits ✔️ Privacy by design The winners in AI won’t just be the fastest. They’ll be the most trusted. #AI #Privacy #ResponsibleAI #Tech https://t.co/97kLb1Dkhl
Nvidia Launches DLSS 4.5 with 6× MFG for RTX 50 Series
Nvidia is rolling out a DLSS 4.5 update today with new frame generation features. The Nvidia app beta introduces 6x Multi Frame Generation for RTX 50-series GPUs https://t.co/16AqOs7K50
Non‑generative AI Crucial for National Security and Legal Search
non-generative AI and the training of non-generative AI is integral to our national security. drones don’t generate prose, images or audio. the search and target, exactly what ROSS Intelligence built but for locating the correct passage of verbatim law.
DNS Covert Channel Bypasses AI Guardrails, Enables Remote Shell
“Specifically, it abuses a hidden DNS-based communication path as a "covert transport mechanism" by encoding information into DNS requests to get around visible AI guardrails. What's more, the same hidden communication path could be used to establish remote shell access...
Open AI Tools Will Spur Global Adoption, Demand Caution
Discussed on @Bloomberg Asia TV: As AI models, tools, and architectures become more open, AI adoption will accelerate worldwide. Security imperfections should be approached with caution as open technologies like OpenClaw and the ecosystems mature over time. https://t.co/AANjdXLL0D
New Strategy Promises Lower Power Prices
Transcript: There’s a New Playbook for Cutting Power Prices #energysky -- via Heatmap News https://t.co/9tZHm1N81C https://t.co/b88wqK0I8d
Edge Hype Overrated: Telcos Aren't Ready for Real-World Inference
Rolling my eyes at the EdgeWash nonsense from @opennebula panellist at @BERECeuropaeu event “Telcos in a unique position” to make edge inference happen. Not in the real world, no
Ahrefs Adds Traffic Value Metric to GSC Insights
In the GSC Insights report in Ahrefs, we've added traffic value. This is your GSC clicks * the CPC for all the keywords leading to the page. https://t.co/IvjpaKvkDg