OpenAI’s valuation is on a rocket ship. After hitting $300 billion in August, it’s now reportedly targeting a $750 billion valuation in its next funding round, with Amazon and Disney making massive bets.
OpenAI is rolling out a major update to ChatGPT focused on teen safety. The move comes after the company faced lawsuits alleging the AI coached teens to take their own lives.
AI music companies Suno and Udio are settling copyright lawsuits with major labels, but the deals only protect signed artists. The model rewards infringement and leaves thousands of independent creators uncompensated.
Matt Tengtrakool and Aidan Sunbury, both 21, have raised a $2 million seed round for Givefront. Their startup aims to bring modern spend management to the massive, but often overlooked, nonprofit sector.
New data from Oura ring users shows Americans logged the most daily physiological stress in 2024. But the metric is a complex mix of physical and psychological signals.
Apple is opening Japanese iPhones to third-party app stores and payment processors in 2025, similar to the EU. But a new 5% fee on revenue from competing stores has Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney calling it “malicious compliance,” and he says Fortnite won’t be returning as a result.
Cisco has confirmed a zero-day vulnerability in its AsyncOS-based Secure Email products is being actively exploited. The flaw requires the Spam Quarantine feature to be internet-facing. With no patch available, confirmed compromises may require a full appliance rebuild.
The React2Shell vulnerability is being exploited at an industrial scale. Security teams are already responding to ransomware attacks that used the bug as the initial point of entry.
The Lewiston City Council has unanimously rejected a proposal for a major AI data center in the historic Bates Mill. All seven councilors voted against the project, citing overwhelming public concern and unanswered questions from the developer. The decision halts what would have been Maine’s second-
AlphaTon Capital has inked a major colocation deal with atNorth in Sweden, leasing 2.2MW of capacity starting in February 2026. The company plans to deploy over 2,000 enterprise-grade GPUs, targeting the AI infrastructure-as-a-service market. The contract is expandable to 4.3MW to support computatio
