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Why Technical Buyers Are Harder To Reach With Traditional Marketing
Technical buyers are not avoiding information. They are waiting to take an identifiable action until they have gathered the right information and developed enough confidence to move forward. Traditional B2B marketing, however, often asks them to…
Nymex Overview: Oil Futures Extend Gains on US-Iran Tensions -- OPIS
Refined product futures were also moving higher. October ULSD rose 25.25cts to $5.0289/gal, with November up 16.45cts at $4.7981/gal. October RBOB climbed 6.26cts to $3.6496/gal, with November up 7.2cts at $3.4124/gal. Oil futures had initially…
Oracle's 'force majeure' notice raises questions about the company's ability to deliver on AI data centers
Oracle's move to protect itself against a potential delay for its flagship AI data center project has Wall Street questioning whether the company can deliver the capacity needed to support its AI business. Bloomberg reported Thursday that Oracle…
Abandoned kittens found in box at Clark County industrial park; shelter seeks information
WINCHESTER, Ky. (LEX News) — The Clark County Animal Shelter is asking for the public's help after several young kittens were found abandoned in a box at an industrial park Thursday. According to a social media post from the shelter, a man…
Microsoft's CEO is putting Brad Smith in charge of communications, memo shows
Microsoft 's CEO Satya Nadella has a new plan for who will oversee the company's public announcements, according to an internal memo viewed by Business Insider. President Brad Smith will be in charge of the company's communications department…
How Trump's crypto winnings undermined the industry's push for looser regulation
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The crypto industry has just suffered a paradoxical defeat: Its biggest backer, President Donald Trump…
Kontext Security Emerges With $4 Million for AI Agent Runtime Controls
Kontext Security today launched publicly with $4 million raised in a funding round led by 42CAP, with additional support from a16z CSX and HTGF. Co-founded by Jens Ernstberger and Michel Osswald, the Munich, Germany-based startup has built a…
Island Raises $400 Million at $6.4 Billion Valuation
Island announced Thursday that it raised $400 million in a Series F funding round, bringing the company's valuation to $6.4 billion. The latest funding round was led by Evolution Equity Partners and it brings the total investment in Island to well…
Autonomous AI hacks raise thorny questions of legal accountability
The Justice Department has a long history of investigating and prosecuting hackers who break into a private company's network. But what happens when the hackers aren't human? That's the question at the center of a public policy debate roiling…
Astrana Health Data Breach Impacts Private, Confidential Information
Astrana Health says private and confidential information was stolen from its servers after employees were targeted in a social engineering attack. Astrana Health is a California-based physician-centric healthcare management company that provides…
OT Security Guidance: NIST Drafts Updated Guide, CISA/FBI Advise on ICS Integrators
NIST has published a draft update to its operational technology security guide, and CISA and the FBI have issued a fact sheet on the risks of working with third-party ICS integrators. NIST this week released a draft of Special Publication 800-82…
How Trump's crypto winnings undermined the industry's push for looser regulation
The crypto industry has just suffered a paradoxical defeat: Its biggest backer, President Donald Trump, inadvertently helped scuttle chances for a major legislative win thanks to revelations of the riches he and his family have made off of their…
US Court Sentences Armenian Man to Prison for Ryuk Ransomware Attacks
Karen Vardanyan, a 35-year-old Armenian national, has been sentenced to prison by a US court for his role in Ryuk ransomware attacks, the Justice Department announced this week. Vardanyan was charged by a grand jury in the United States in February…
IG report finds government cyber directives lack teeth
Most federal agencies missed the deadline for adopting cloud security requirements issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, as CISA lacks the authority to enforce its governmentwide cyber directives, according to a new…
Critical WordPress Vulnerability Exploited Immediately After Disclosure
The exploitation of a fresh WordPress vulnerability started within hours of public disclosure and has escalated to active compromises, security firm Patchstack warns. Tracked as CVE-2026-87902 (CVSS score of 9.2), it is a path traversal flaw in…
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