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US banks scramble to assess data theft after hackers breach financial tech firm

U.S. banking giants including JPMorgan Chase, Citi, and Morgan Stanley are working to identify what data was stolen in a recent cyberattack on a New York financial firm.

Momentic raises $15M to automate software testing

AI testing startup Momentic has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Standard Capital, with participation from Dropbox Ventures. Existing investors at Y Combinator, FCVC, Transpose Platform and Karman Ventures also participated.

Amazon Is Using Specialized AI Agents for Deep Bug Hunting

Security

Born out of an internal hackathon, Amazon’s Autonomous Threat Analysis system uses a variety of specialized AI agents to detect weaknesses and propose fixes to the company’s platforms.

Telstra announces Australia’s first release of Camara API

Internet, Technology

Telco extends presence in API arena with two products designed to give businesses practical tools to improve customer experience, while laying the foundation for models of innovation and collaboration

Chief data officers hire for tech innovation

Computing

Once an organisation’s data maturity is sorted, CDOs need to show how strong data management can power tech initiatives

A Research Leader Behind ChatGPT’s Mental Health Work Is Leaving OpenAI

Business

The model policy team leads core parts of AI safety research, including how ChatGPT responds to users in crisis.

A $100 Billion Chip Project Forced a 91-Year-Old Woman From Her Home

Business

Azalia King was the last holdout preventing the construction of a Micron "megafab." Onondaga County authorities threatened to use eminent domain to take her home away by force.

IBM and Cisco light up quantum networking collaboration

Internet, Technology

Firms collaborate to design a connected network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, laying the groundwork for a quantum computing internet

UK digital bank Revolut sees value jump £23bn in a year

Computing

UK-headquartered fintech firm sees its valuation increase dramatically with its latest share sale

Google wins multimillion-pound contract to supply sovereign cloud services to Nato

Computing

Google follows up recent Ministry of Defence sovereign cloud contract win with Nato deal

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