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Lyft says its latest AI push is all about helping drivers make more money
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…
Top US Regulator Defends Prediction Markets With a Statement That Changes Everything
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…
Read the memo from LinkedIn's CMO as the company cuts jobs across its teams
The marketing team wasn't spared from LinkedIn's layoffs on Wednesday. LinkedIn chief marketing and strategy officer Jessica Jensen sent an email saying the company is reducing roles 'across our team' to cut costs. 'Growth is more competitive…
Uber and Waymo are partners. They're also starting to sound like rivals.
Couples go through bumps, and so do business partners. In recent months, Uber and its executives have taken direct and indirect shots at its robotaxi partner Waymo, warning against autonomous vehicle operators trying to scale on their own while…
Amazon cuts more jobs months after mass layoffs
Amazon cut more jobs this week, with reductions hitting its Selling Partner Services organization this time, a company spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider. The layoffs follow roughly 30,000 job cuts announced across waves in October and…
High-Severity Vulnerability Patched in VMware Fusion
Broadcom announced on Thursday that it has released a VMware Fusion update to patch a high-severity vulnerability. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-41702 and rated ‘important' by the vendor, was reported by Mathieu Farrell. An advisory…
Read the internal memo from LinkedIn's CEO on layoffs and 'scaling back investments
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…
LinkedIn's layoffs will come with operational changes, memo shows
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…
China's Claude API Grey Market Sells Access 90% Cheaper Data
Someone is selling access to one of the world's most advanced AI tools — Claude, made by Anthropic — for as little as 10% of what it normally costs. The catch? A new investigation by Oxford researcher Zilan Qian reveals these…
The National Cyber League Announces Official Spring 2026 Cyber Power Rankings for High Schools and Colleges
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…
Foxconn Confirms North American Factories Hit by Cyberattack
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…
Webinar Today: ROI for Cyber-Physical Security Programs
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…
716,000 Impacted by OpenLoop Health Data Breach
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…
Researcher Drops YellowKey, GreenPlasma Windows Zero-Days
A disgruntled security researcher this week publicly disclosed two zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows that enable BitLocker bypass and privilege escalation. BitLocker, Windows' built-in full-volume encryption feature, relies on TPM (Trusted…
Microsoft Patches Critical Zero-Click Outlook Vulnerability Threatening Enterprises
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…
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