United States – U.S. technology companies are increasingly designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk amid the AI firm’s escalating legal dispute with the U.S. government. Firms such as Figma have disclosed in regulatory and customer communications that this classification could jeopardize their ability to sell or maintain AI-powered tools...
United States – Instructure, the U.S.-based parent company of the Canvas learning management system, has confirmed it paid an undisclosed ransom to the cybercrime group ShinyHunters following a massive data breach that affected more than 8,000 educational institutions, including major universities and K-12 school districts. The breach, first detected in...
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday condemned the integration of artificial intelligence into modern weapons systems during a visit to Rome’s La Sapienza University, calling current global military investment a “spiral of annihilation.” The American-born pontiff criticized prioritizing high-tech arms over healthcare and education, and warned that autonomous systems threaten human...
Beijing, China – Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has joined former U.S. President Donald Trump’s official delegation to Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, underscoring how semiconductor trade and artificial intelligence regulation have moved to the center of U.S.–China diplomacy. Huang, whose company controls the majority of...
U.S.-based educational technology firm Instructure has confirmed it struck a formal agreement with the cybercrime group ShinyHunters after a massive breach of its Canvas learning management system. Detected in early May 2026, the incident exposed 3.65 terabytes of data tied to about 275 million users at 8,809 universities and K–12...
Houston. Nauticus Robotics announced an earnings conference call for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, scheduled for May 19, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time; registration and a listen-only webcast link were provided in the May 12 PRNewswire release. Reno's Dragonfly Energy launched a redesigned Battle Born e-commerce site on...
Washington — U.S. intelligence assessments this week show Iran has regained operational access to 30 of 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz and retained roughly 70 percent of its mobile launchers and pre-war missile stockpile, according to classified reports cited by The New York Times. The assessments, prepared...
Washington — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on May 12 estimated that President Donald Trump’s proposed 'Golden Dome' missile defense program could cost roughly $1.2 trillion over 20 years. The CBO report, using the January 2025 executive order as a blueprint, places acquisition costs at just over $1 trillion and...
United States – The U.S. education sector faces a large-scale data extortion threat after the criminal hacking group ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen 3.6 terabytes of data from Instructure’s Canvas learning management system and set a final ransom deadline of May 12, 2026. The group says the breach affects roughly...
In a recent CBS 60 Minutes interview aired this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Pakistan is serving as a key hub for large-scale, AI-driven bot farms seeking to influence U.S. public opinion about Israel. Netanyahu said Israeli intelligence, in cooperation with private cybersecurity firms, traced coordinated social...
