Stadler refuses $12.3 million ransom after supplier data breach
The Swiss rail manufacturer said Everest obtained supplier technical data through compromised credentials, but its own IT systems...
By Renata Fuchs 2 months agoPolicy Reporter
Renata Fuchs
Renata reports on the rules that shape the industry: antitrust, privacy, AI regulation, and the lobbying around all three.
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Alphabet lifts 2026 spending plan as Google trains Gemini 4
Alphabet raised its 2026 investment forecast to $195 billion to $205 billion while Pichai said Gemini’s next frontier push needs l...
By Renata Fuchs 2 months ago
Alphabet puts AGI work ahead of TPU sales as AI spending rises
CEO Sundar Pichai said Alphabet’s TPU allocation starts with AGI research, even as cloud demand pushes the company to lift spendin...
By Renata Fuchs 2 months ago
Mozilla ships Firefox 153 ESR as Thunderbird 153 piles on fixes
Firefox 153 adds built-in container features, while MZLA’s Thunderbird 153 ESR arrives with 181 bug fixes and signs of Thunderbird...
By Renata Fuchs 2 months ago
UK statistics regulator tells NHS to tighten Palantir platform claims
The OSR said NHS England must make clearer that published FDP performance figures do not prove Palantir’s technology caused patien...
By Renata Fuchs 2 months ago
Red teamer says hospital records room fell to social engineering
Dahvid Schloss said an authorized hospital security test exposed weak physical controls and poorly segmented medical networks.
By Renata Fuchs 2 months ago
Amazon cuts AGI roles while keeping AI spending plans intact
Amazon confirmed layoffs inside parts of its AGI unit, without disclosing headcount, as it continues a broader restructuring and h...
By Renata Fuchs 2 months ago
Cory Doctorow says sovereign AI misses the real platform risk
Doctorow argues countries should worry less about national AI models and more about dependence on U.S.-controlled software and har...
By Renata Fuchs 2 months ago
FCC eases broadband fee disclosure rules for internet providers
The agency voted 3-0 to let ISPs aggregate some passthrough fees on broadband labels rather than itemize every charge.
By Renata Fuchs 2 months ago
Linux kernel CVE burst puts 432 issues in security queues
A two-day wave of Linux kernel CVEs has renewed concerns that per-vulnerability triage is breaking down for large operators.
By Renata Fuchs 2 months ago
Astronomers report a Jupiter-mass exomoon candidate 73 light-years away
A Nature paper describes a large object orbiting a brown dwarf, offering a possible route to clearer exomoon detections.
By Renata Fuchs 2 months ago
Tesla puts a $225 kids’ balance bike behind an owner-only preorder
The motorless two-wheeler is aimed at children aged 2 to 5, with preorders opening July 31 only for existing Tesla vehicle owners.
By Renata Fuchs 2 months ago