The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered all federal civilian agencies to urgently remediate a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS GlobalProtect VPN, tracked as CVE-2026-0257. The flaw, disclosed by Palo Alto Networks in a May 13, 2026 advisory with a CVSS score of...
Washington, United States — A new report from cybersecurity firm Check Point warns that threat actors are actively preparing to interfere with the 2026 U.S. midterm elections by targeting the broader digital infrastructure that supports the vote. The research forecasts a surge in malicious activity aimed at campaign infrastructure, online...
Legacy technology companies once seen as past their prime are sharply gaining market value amid a worldwide rush to build AI infrastructure. Firms such as Nokia, Dell, Cisco, Intel and Lenovo are benefiting from soaring demand for servers, storage, networking hardware and older-generation chips that underpin large-scale AI systems. Earlier...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to develop a new constellation of satellites for the Space-Based Advanced Moving Target Indicator (SB-AMTI) program, which will track and monitor airborne threats, including advanced missiles. Described as one of the Space Force’s largest commercial procurements, the...
Humanoid robots built by San Francisco-based Foundation Future Industries have been deployed in active combat areas in Ukraine, marking the first known use of such machines in a war zone. The Phantom MK-1 units, shipped earlier this year with U.S. government backing and in coordination with Ukrainian officials, are being...
Hackers from the ShinyHunters group have published what they claim are more than 42 million customer records stolen from Charter Communications, the operator of Spectrum internet, cable, and mobile services in the United States. According to the attackers, the breach began on April 1, 2026, when they used voice phishing...
United States federal intelligence and cybersecurity agencies are investigating allegations that foreign actors linked to China are influencing a recent wave of protests against data centers across the country. The demonstrations have disrupted operations at facilities that host major artificial intelligence models, commercial cloud services, and government data processing, raising...
U.S.-based artificial intelligence company Anthropic has reached a valuation of $965 billion after closing a new $65 billion funding round, the firm announced in its latest financing update. The round was led by major venture investors including Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital, and featured a $5 billion commitment...
San Francisco — California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Chrome Holding Co., the company formerly known as 23andMe, in San Francisco Superior Court on Thursday, May 28, alleging the firm failed to protect customers' genetic, ancestry and health-related data after a breach that began in April 2023 and reportedly lasted...
In the United States, Elon Musk has recently held internal discussions about potentially merging SpaceX and Tesla into a single corporate entity, according to multiple people cited by CNBC. The talks come just weeks before SpaceX is scheduled to list on Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX, following its May 20,...
