Enclave, a startup focused on finding the most dangerous security flaws buried deep within code written by AI, is launching from stealth with $6 million in seed funding at a $33 million valuation, led by 8VC. The round includes a roster of prominent tech investors and executives, including Stripe cofounder Patrick Collison, Salesforce CEO Marc...Read More
Accenture has partnered with Anthropic to launch Cyber AI. This is a cybersecurity solution powered by Claude that helps organisations automate and scale security operations. The company stated that the platform aims to transition response mechanisms from human-paced processes to continuous AI-driven capabilities.The solution integrates Accenture’s proprietary agent library with Anthropic’s Claude model, which acts...Read More
FBI director Kash Patel’s personal emails breached by suspected Iran-backed hackers The recent hacking of FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email account by the Iran-linked Handala Hack Team underlines ongoing tensions between US officials and foreign cyber-adversaries. Concerning the current situation, FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email account was compromised when the Handala group released...Read More
We found there had been some improvements, especially on Instagram, which didn’t show any potentially harmful content whatsoever this time. Instagram’s Teen Accounts are now guided by PG-13 movie ratings to help protect under-18s. However, on TikTok, the girls were still exposed to worrying content, mostly on the profile of 15-year-old Maya, who was repeatedly...Read More
The surveillance tech industry today is in the spotlight, but not for the best reasons. With controversy around the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tapping into Flock’s camera network to surveil people, and home camera maker Ring drawing criticism for building new features that would enable law enforcement to ask homeowners for footage of their...Read More
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a speculative frontier technology. It is now a structuring force in global power competition, reshaping how states gather intelligence, conduct warfare, project influence, manage borders, secure cyberspace, and even shape public perception. Although hosting the AI Impact Summit 2026, India signalled to the world its readiness in AI, a deeper...Read More
Listen to this story Loading audio file, please wait. Speed1.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 (Adobe Stock photo) For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people’s mental health and can lead to addiction, eating disorders, sexual exploitation and suicide. For...Read More
Earlier this week came the news, both disturbing and empowering, that three teens had filed a class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI, alleging that its Grok tool was used, with their photos, to make nonconsensual nude and sexually explicit images of them. It was “heartbreaking,” said the mom of one of the girls, to watch...Read More
The kids are not all right. While many things have changed over the years, one constant that has remained is parents needing to keep an eye on the friendship group of their impressionable teens. Of course, doing so is arguably more difficult than ever thanks to the rise of social media. New research out of...Read More
It was an early morning at Sydney airport, and I was juggling a bunch of deadlines, a few last minute phone calls and working out where to get a coffee that would cost me less than my last mortgage interest rate hike. Distracted, I flipped open my laptop to move a bit of money...Read More
