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afr.com - Campbell Kwan - The life of an information security chief just got a lot faster
The life of an information security chief just got a lot faster
Australian Financial Review

The chief information security officer's job is being transformed by artificial intelligence, with security chiefs now forced to defend companies not only from increasingly capable hackers but from AI systems that can find their own way around the…

businessinsider.com - Brent D. Griffiths - Microsoft tells employees not to use prediction markets if they have inside information
Microsoft tells employees not to use prediction markets if they have inside information
Business Insider

Microsoft wants its employees to know that it considers prediction markets to fall under its insider trading policy. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Microsoft included an updated copy of its 'General Insider Trading…

globenewswire.com - Vantiva - Proposed Transfer of the Listing of Vantiva Shares to the Euronext Growth Market
Proposed Transfer of the Listing of Vantiva Shares to the Euronext Growth Market
GlobeNewswire

Proposed Transfer of the Listing of Vantiva Shares to the Euronext Growth Market Paris (France) – July 30, 2026 – At its meeting held on July 30, 2026, the Board of Directors of Vantiva (Euronext Paris: VANTI), a global technology…

thenyledger.com - Press Room - Meta is 'throwing spaghetti at the wall' with its AI strategy, one analyst warns
Meta is 'throwing spaghetti at the wall' with its AI strategy, one analyst warns
The New York Ledger

Meta's AI strategy is, once again, worrying investors. The social media giant's stock tumbled 10% on Wednesday after it disclosed that its capital expenditure growth far outpaced revenue growth. Meta has a core problem: much of this spending…

forbes.com - Heather Ceylan - Why The Safest AI Teams Report The Most Incidents
Why The Safest AI Teams Report The Most Incidents
Forbes

Heather Ceylan is the Chief Information Security Officer at Box, where she leads the global information security program and strategy. ​In security, the metric I distrust most is a low incident count. A quiet quarter can mean the controls…

businessinsider.com - Ashley Stewart - Microsoft keeps capex forecast unchanged, becoming one of the first data center giants to hold the line on AI spending
Microsoft keeps capex forecast unchanged, becoming one of the first data center giants to hold the line on AI spending
Business Insider

Microsoft kept its capex forecast unchanged on Wednesday, becoming one of the first data center giants to hold the line on the industry's runaway AI spending spree. The stock surged about 8% on the news. Earlier this year, the company said it…

businessinsider.com - Stephen Council - Lilian Weng rejoins OpenAI after leaving Thinking Machines Lab over the startup's grueling pace
Lilian Weng rejoins OpenAI after leaving Thinking Machines Lab over the startup's grueling pace
Business Insider

Lilian Weng, a cofounder of the AI startup Thinking Machines Lab who stepped down this week, is rejoining OpenAI. The researcher will lead a team focused on accelerating internal research at the ChatGPT maker, as part of OpenAI's bid to develop AI…

globenewswire.com - International Petroleum Corporation - International Petroleum Corporation to release Second Quarter 2026 Financial and Operational Results on August 4, 2026
International Petroleum Corporation to release Second Quarter 2026 Financial and Operational Results on August 4, 2026
GlobeNewswire

International Petroleum Corporation (IPC) (TSX, Nasdaq Stockholm: IPCO) will publish its financial and operating results and related management's discussion and analysis for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, on Tuesday, August 4, 2026…

businessinsider.com - Pranav Dixit - Meta's AI bets are swallowing almost all its free cash flow
Meta's AI bets are swallowing almost all its free cash flow
Business Insider

The infrastructure behind Meta's AI-powered advertising machine is swallowing almost every dollar of cash the company produces. Meta said on its Wednesday earnings call that its free cash flow — the money left from operating cash after…

seekingalpha.com - SA Transcripts - CareRx Corporation (CRRX:CA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
CareRx Corporation (CRRX:CA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha

CareRx Corporation (CRRX:CA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call July 30, 2026 8:30 AM EDT Puneet Khanna - CEO, President & Director Suzanne Brand - Chief Financial Officer Maximillian Judd-Czmielewski - Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc., Research Division Kyle McPhee…

techcrunch.com - Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai - In the Hugging Face breach, OpenAI's hacker was noisy and fast - but not unstoppable
In the Hugging Face breach, OpenAI's hacker was noisy and fast - but not unstoppable
TechCrunch

Earlier this month, AI dataset platform Hugging Face shocked the world when it revealed that it had fallen victim to a fully autonomous AI-powered cyberattack. Days later, the story took another dramatic twist when OpenAI admitted that the hacker…

globenewswire.com - Ayvens - Strong Q2 2026 operating performance in a tough used car market, H1 2026 results in line with PowerUP 2026 targets, c. EUR 700m distribution to shareholders
Strong Q2 2026 operating performance in a tough used car market, H1 2026 results in line with PowerUP 2026 targets, c. EUR 700m distribution to shareholders
GlobeNewswire

NET INCOME GROUP SHARE OF EUR 248 MILLION, DOWN 8.7% VS. Q2 2025 RETURN ON TANGIBLE EQUITY (ROTE) AT 13.4% VS. 13.7% IN Q2 2025 SHARE BUYBACK OF EUR 450 MILLION, EXCEPTIONAL CASH DIVIDEND OF EUR 0.32 PER SHARE TO BE PAID ON 10 SEPTEMBER 2026…

afr.com - Tech: AI & Cybersecurity
Tech: AI & Cybersecurity
Australian Financial Review

The spread of artificial intelligence tools has made malicious hacking much faster and easier – and that's just for humans – while becoming the locus of a new global arms race. 8 stories or Subscribe to save article The US withheld…

fool.com - Ryan Wilcox - Best High-Yield Savings Accounts Today, July 30, 2026: Up to 4.50% APY Still Available After Latest Fed Decision
Best High-Yield Savings Accounts Today, July 30, 2026: Up to 4.50% APY Still Available After Latest Fed Decision
The Motley Fool

Open Account for CIT Platinum Savings On CIT's Secure Website. 4.80/5 Our ratings are based on a 5 star scale. 5 stars equals Best. 4 stars equals Excellent. 3 stars equals Good. 2 stars equals Fair. 1 star equals Poor. We want your money to work…

edtechmagazine.com - Brad Grimes - Security Awareness Training Reduces Phishing Success
Security Awareness Training Reduces Phishing Success
EdTech Magazine

Human error is the soft underbelly of cybersecurity. According to IBM, it plays a role in roughly 95% of breaches, a statistic that looms especially large in K–12 education. Schools are uniquely vulnerable, with thousands of users, limited…

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