Netskope opens at $23 after cybersecurity firm prices shares at top of range

Netskope is the latest IPO debut amid a revival in market activity following a years-long drought

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Apple’s New AirPods Offer Impressive Language Translation

The technology is one of the strongest examples yet of how artificial intelligence can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people’s lives.

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Google partners with UK nonprofit to detect and remove nonconsensual intimate images from Search

Google has been slow to adopt StopNCII’s system, as its partnership with the nonprofit comes a year after Microsoft integrated the tool into Bing.

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ICE unit signs new $3M contract for phone-hacking tech

Homeland Security Investigations, the law enforcement arm of ICE, adds phone unlocking tech made by Magnet Forensics to its arsenal of technology used to power the Trump administration’s deportation crackdown.

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China Turns Legacy Chips Into a Trade Weapon

As Washington pushes for a TikTok deal, Beijing is countering with probes into American chipmakers.

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Coinbase CEO says banks are fighting stablecoin rewards with ‘boogeyman’ issues

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said banks should have to “compete on a level playing field in crypto.”

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Microsoft to spend $4 billion on second Wisconsin data center

Microsoft is rushing to meet artificial intelligence computing needs of OpenAI and other clients.

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Nvidia to Buy $5 Billion Stake in Intel, Giving Rival a Lifeline

The deal between the chipmakers, whose fortunes have diverged sharply, includes plans to collaborate on technology to power artificial intelligence.

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Google and PayPal team up on agentic commerce

PayPal and Google are teaming up on agentic commerce.

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US House committee summons CEOs of Discord, Twitch, Reddit to testify on online radicalization

The House Oversight Committee has requested that the CEOs of Discord, gaming platform Steam, Twitch, and Reddit testify on October 8th about online radicalization.

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