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Cursor in talks to raise at a $10B valuation as AI coding sector booms
Investor interest in AI coding assistants is exploding.
Anysphere, the developer of AI-powered coding assistant Cursor, is in talks with venture capitalists to raise capital at a valuation of nearly $10 billion, Bloomberg reported.…
Apple delays Siri AI improvements to 2026
Apple CEO Tim Cook inspects the new iPhone 16 during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters on September 09, 2024 in Cupertino, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesWhen unveiling Apple Intelligence last summer, one of Apple's…
FBI says scammers are targeting US executives with fake BianLian ransom notes
The FBI is warning that scammers are impersonating the BianLian ransomware gang using fake ransom notes sent to U.S. corporate executives.
The fake ransom notes, first reported by U.S. cybersecurity company GuidePoint Security, claim…
Cryptocurrencies fall after Trump officially establishes U.S. bitcoin reserve
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesCryptocurrencies held steady early Friday following a decline the previous day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a strategic bitcoin reserve for the United States and,…
Trump signs executive order for U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve
AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks speaks with President Donald J Trump as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on Jan. 23, 2025 in Washington, DC.Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesPresident Donald…
Google co-founder Larry Page reportedly has a new AI startup
Google co-founder Larry Page is building a new company called Dynatomics that’s focused on applying AI to product manufacturing, according to The Information.
Page is reportedly working with a small group of engineers on AI that can…
More trifold smartphones are popping up after Huawei’s $3,600 splash
BARCELONA — China's Huawei isn't the only smartphone maker adding a third display to its devices.At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade show in Barcelona, a number of firms were showing off their display technology innovations.The…
UK quietly scrubs encryption advice from government websites
The U.K. government appears to have quietly scrubbed encryption advice from government web pages, just weeks after demanding backdoor access to encrypted data stored on Apple’s cloud storage service, iCloud.
The change was spotted by…
Online scams easy as ever, as cybercrime markets flourish
"Looking back to the 1990s and early 2000s, you needed to have a reasonable level of technical competence to pull off these types of crimes," Nicholas Court, assistant director of Interpol's Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre,…
Alexis Ohanian, Kevin Rose team up to buy and revive Digg
Alexis OhanianDavid A. Grogan | CNBCContent aggregator Digg is making a comeback with the help of an unlikely partner: Reddit co-founder and rival Alexis Ohanian.Ohanian and Digg founder Kevin Rose acquired the platform for an…
Trump gives Big 3 automakers one month reprieve for Canada, Mexico tariffs
President Donald Trump has delayed tariffs on automobile imports from Canada and Mexico for one month after requests from executives at the Big Three automakers — General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis — according to Politico.
The…
Qualcomm CEO says its new modem creates a ‘huge delta’ with Apple
Apple webpage with iPhone 16e ad is screened on a mobile phone for illustration photo. Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesQualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon told CNBC its latest modem will create a big distance in performance versus Apple,…
Darwinbox, the HR upstart from India, raises $140M to take on Deel and Rippling
Darwinbox, an Indian startup building a SaaS platform for hiring, onboarding and employee administration, has raised $140 million to take on the likes of Rippling and Deel as it seeks to expand internationally, especially in the U.S.…
CrowdStrike (CRWD) Q4 earnings 2024
George Kurtz, co-founder and CEO of CrowdStrike Holdings Inc., during a Bloomberg Technology television interview at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on April 26, 2023.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCrowdStrike shares…
Klarna CEO doubts that other companies will replace Salesforce with AI
The founder and CEO of IPO-bound fintech Klarna took to X to once again explain why his company ditched Salesforce’s flagship CRM product about a year ago in favor of its own homegrown AI system.
But this time, Sebastian Siemiatkowski…
Crypto recoups earlier losses from trade war sell-off, bitcoin reclaims $85,000
The new Bitcoin token is photographed on U.S. $100 bills.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesCrypto losses subsided Tuesday afternoon, with the price of bitcoin returning to the $85,000 level – where it traded before President Donald…
Malaysia says it’ll take action if firms involved in Nvidia fraud case
Nvidia's headquarters on Feb. 26, 2025, in Santa Clara, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesMalaysia said it will take "necessary action" against Malaysian companies if they are found to be involved in a fraud case linked to the…
Trump Administration cuts may threaten AI research efforts
The Trump Administration has fired a number of National Science Foundation employees who had been handpicked for their expertise in AI, threatening the agency’s ability to sustain key AI research, Bloomberg reported.
One of the…