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businessinsider.com - Alex Bitter - Lyft says its latest AI push is all about helping drivers make more money
Lyft says its latest AI push is all about helping drivers make more money
Business Insider

Ride-hailing drivers can spend months or years learning the best ways to make money. Now, there's artificial intelligence for that. Lyft has been rolling out over the past year Earnings Assistant, a AI tool that gives drivers tips on where and when…

si.com - Parker Loverich - Top US Regulator Defends Prediction Markets With a Statement That Changes Everything
Top US Regulator Defends Prediction Markets With a Statement That Changes Everything
Sports Illustrated

Michael Selig, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, told Axios this week that prediction markets and sportsbooks are 'two separate things.' For anyone following the legal battle over how platforms like Kalshi get to operate in this…

businessinsider.com - Ashley Stewart - Read the internal memo from LinkedIn's CEO on layoffs and 'scaling back investments
Read the internal memo from LinkedIn's CEO on layoffs and 'scaling back investments
Business Insider

LinkedIn is laying off employees, according to an internal memo viewed by Business Insider sent by CEO Daniel Shapero. Impacted employees would receive a calendar invite within an hour of Shapero's email being sent at 7 a.m. Pacific, according to…

businessinsider.com - Ashley Stewart - LinkedIn's layoffs will come with operational changes, memo shows
LinkedIn's layoffs will come with operational changes, memo shows
Business Insider

LinkedIn's layoffs are coming with changes to some of the company's operations, according to an internal memo from its chief product officer. LinkedIn on Wednesday announced in an internal memo from CEO Daniel Shapero that it would lay off…

prweb.com - Cyber Skyline - The National Cyber League Announces Official Spring 2026 Cyber Power Rankings for High Schools and Colleges
The National Cyber League Announces Official Spring 2026 Cyber Power Rankings for High Schools and Colleges
PRWeb

The Cyber Power Rankings is a published list of the top 100 schools within the NCL, representing the hard work and skills of collegiate and high school students. These rankings measure students' abilities to work individually and as a team in…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - Foxconn Confirms North American Factories Hit by Cyberattack
Foxconn Confirms North American Factories Hit by Cyberattack
SecurityWeek

Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn has confirmed that some of its North American factories have been hit by a cyberattack. “The cybersecurity team immediately activated the response mechanism and implemented multiple…

securityweek.com - SecurityWeek News - Webinar Today: ROI for Cyber-Physical Security Programs
Webinar Today: ROI for Cyber-Physical Security Programs
SecurityWeek

Live Webinar: May 13, 2026 at 1PM ET – Register to Attend “If it isn't broken, don't fix it” is the most expensive strategy in modern industry. In the world of cyber-physical systems (CPS), the cost of a single hour of downtime…

securityweek.com - Ionut Arghire - 716,000 Impacted by OpenLoop Health Data Breach
716,000 Impacted by OpenLoop Health Data Breach
SecurityWeek

Hackers stole the personal information of 716,000 individuals during a January 2026 intrusion at telehealth platform OpenLoop Health. The incident was initially disclosed to the relevant authorities in March, but the number of impacted individuals…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - Hundreds of Malicious Packages Force RubyGems to Suspend Registrations
Hundreds of Malicious Packages Force RubyGems to Suspend Registrations
SecurityWeek

New account registrations on RubyGems.org, the official Ruby gem hosting service, have been suspended after threat actors published hundreds of malicious packages. RubyGems maintainers announced on May 12 that registrations have been temporarily…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - Microsoft Patches Critical Zero-Click Outlook Vulnerability Threatening Enterprises
Microsoft Patches Critical Zero-Click Outlook Vulnerability Threatening Enterprises
SecurityWeek

One of the 137 vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft with its Patch Tuesday updates is a critical Outlook flaw that could pose a serious threat to enterprises. The Outlook vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-40361 and it has been described by…

securityweek.com - Ionut Arghire - Government to Scrutinize Instructure Over Canvas Disruption, Data Breach
Government to Scrutinize Instructure Over Canvas Disruption, Data Breach
SecurityWeek

The US House Committee on Homeland Security has asked Instructure to provide details on the recent cyberattacks that disrupted its broadly used online learning system Canvas. An initial intrusion on April 29 was blamed for the disruption of tools…

seekingalpha.com - Allspring Global Investments - Allspring Premier Large Company Growth Fund Q1 2026 Commentary (EKJYX)
Allspring Premier Large Company Growth Fund Q1 2026 Commentary (EKJYX)
Seeking Alpha

The Allspring Premier Large Company Growth Fund outperformed the Russell 1000 Growth Index during the first quarter that ended March 31, 2026. Security selection within industrials along with select information technology holdings contributed…

barchart.com - Aritra Gangopadhyay - Are Wall Street Analysts Predicting Fortive Stock Will Climb or Sink?
Are Wall Street Analysts Predicting Fortive Stock Will Climb or Sink?
Barchart.com

Everett, Washington-based Fortive Corporation (FTV) designs, develops, manufactures, and markets products, software, and services in the United States and internationally. The company has a market cap of $18.4 billion and operates through…

barchart.com - Neharika Jain - CF Industries Stock: Is Wall Street Bullish or Bearish?
CF Industries Stock: Is Wall Street Bullish or Bearish?
Barchart.com

Valued at a market cap of $19.1 billion, CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) is a global manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products used primarily for energy, industrial applications, and agricultural fertilizers. The Northbrook, Illinois-based…

barchart.com - Kritika Sarmah - Are Wall Street Analysts Predicting UnitedHealth Stock Will Climb or Sink?
Are Wall Street Analysts Predicting UnitedHealth Stock Will Climb or Sink?
Barchart.com

Headquartered in Minnesota, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) is one of the world's largest healthcare and health insurance companies, providing medical benefits, pharmacy services, healthcare technology, and care delivery solutions to millions…

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