July 21, 2025

CoinDCX confirms $44M stolen in hack: The crypto exchange, the largest in India, said it plans to absorb the costs of the breach. Read More

New zero-day bug in Microsoft SharePoint under widespread attack: Security researchers say Microsoft customers should take immediate action to defend against the ongoing cyberattacks, and must assume they have already been compromised. Read More

Why Cartken pivoted its focus from last-mile delivery to industrial robots: Cartken started seeing an influx of demand for its last-mile delivery robots from industrial customers and is now focused on that sector. Read More

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Tesla loses its charm for India's loyalists — even as Musk finally delivers: Tesla's debut in India has not convinced its early backers, who waited for the company to enter the market for nearly a decade. Read More

Windsurf CEO opens up about 'very bleak' mood before Cognition deal: Days after AI coding startup Windsurf announced that it's being acquired by Cognition, Windsurf startup Jeff Wang took to X to offer more details about the drama and uncertainty around the deal. Windsurf was previously reported to be in acquisition talks with OpenAI, but that deal fell apart. Read More

Dia launches a skill gallery, Perplexity to add tasks to Comet: The Browser Company has launched an official repository of "skills" for its Dia browser — shortcuts for prompts that are used frequently. Read More

Microsoft says it will no longer use engineers in China for Department of Defense work: Following a Pro Publica report that Microsoft was using engineers in China to help maintain Department of Defense cloud computing systems, the company said it's made changes to ensure this will no longer happen. Read More

David Sacks and the blurred lines of government service: When Vultron announced its $22 million funding round earlier this week, the AI startup made sure to highlight a key investor: Craft Ventures, the firm "co-founded by White House AI adviser David Sacks." The announcement has raised questions about conflicts of interest in the Trump administration, where Sacks serves as both AI and crypto czar […] Read More

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Astronomer CEO resigns following Coldplay concert scandal: Andy Byron, the startup executive at the center of an extraordinary social media furor, has resigned as CEO of data operations startup Astronomer.  Byron, who is married, was captured on a Coldplay concert "kiss cam" with his arms around the company's chief people officer Kristin Cabot. Read More

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