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Russian hackers breached Polish power grid thanks to bad security, report says

The Polish government accused a Russian government hacking group of hacking into energy facilities taking advantage of default usernames and passwords.

Bluesky issues its first transparency report, noting rise in user reports and legal demands

Bluesky’s first transparency reports tackle moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns, and more. The number of government legal requests went up fivefold.

Reid Hoffman urges Silicon Valley leaders to stop bending the knee to President Trump

Some Valley CEOs have condemned recent border patrol events, but Hoffman urges them to wield their influence more powerfully.

Uber is literally in the driver’s seat when it comes to AV bets

Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks.   The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion into robotaxis for the company founded by former Uber AI chief Raquel Urtasun. It also feels like another chip from Uber on the autonomous vehicle roulette table. With more… Continua a leggere Uber is literally in the driver’s seat when it comes to AV bets

Anthropic brings agentic plug-ins to Cowork

The company says you can use plug-ins to “tell Claude how you like work done, which tools and data to pull from, how to handle critical workflows, and what slash commands to expose so your team gets more consistent outcomes.”

Blue Origin pauses space tourism flights to focus on the moon

The company is trying to take advantage of President Donald Trump’s desire to return astronauts to the lunar surface by the end of his term.

SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries are booming in the meantime

To unpack what SpaceX’s IPO chatter means, how private liquidity works before a debut, and what investors are looking for in today’s pre-IPO giants, we spoke with Greg Martin, managing director at Rainmaker Securities, a broker-dealer specializing in secondary share transactions for late-stage private companies.

Instagram might soon let you remove yourself from someone’s Close Friends list

Since the feature’s launch in 2018, users haven’t been able to remove themselves from someone else’s Close Friends list.

OpenClaw’s AI assistants are now building their own social network

The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new shell — again. After briefly rebranding as Moltbot, it has now picked OpenClaw as its new name.