Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators an AI model for the entire plant

Applied Computing has raised a $20M Series A to build a foundation AI model for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry.

Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic

Microsoft is looking to sell its in-house AI models as more efficient and cost-effective than its competitors’ models.

Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health raises another $700M

Neko Health has developed proprietary body-scanning technology, which it couples with bloodwork, to assess a person’s health.

Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex

OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designed to be paired with its agentic coding app.

Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II

The vulnerability in the decades-old game could have allowed hackers to take over victims’ computers with a malicious game invite.

SpaceX falls to $135 IPO price ahead of Starship launch

The stock has steadily fallen from the euphoric post-IPO high, showing that markets may be sobering up to the promises CEO Elon Musk made before and after SpaceX went public.

Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data

The hacker used an employee’s credentials to access source code, which revealed how Suno scraped decades of audio.

Whatnot acquires Shaped to power real-time live shopping recommendations

Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has acquired AI startup Shaped, a machine learning company focused on real-time recommendations and search. The deal will bolster Whatnot’s personalization and discovery features as it expands into new product categories.

Microsoft patches record number of security vulnerabilities, citing its use of AI

Microsoft’s monthly release of security fixes, dubbed Patch Tuesday, resolved a record 570 security vulnerabilities across the company’s product line, thanks to discoveries with AI.

US charges Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts over cyberattacks that netted $62M from cybercrime victims

The 2024 indictment, now unsealed, accuses three Russians and two web hosts of aiding hackers and profiting from cybercrime.