The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead): Students are losing some interest in computer science broadly but gaining interest in AI-specific majors and courses. Read More
Fintech lending giant Figure confirms data breach: The company said hackers downloaded "a limited number of files" after breaking into an employee's account. The hacking group ShinyHunters took responsibility for the breach. Read More
Homeland Security reportedly sent hundreds of subpoenas seeking to unmask anti-ICE accounts: The Department of Homeland Security has been increasing pressure on tech companies to identify the owners of accounts that criticize ICE. Read More
New data from the 2026 "AI Shift in Multilingual Translation" survey of 400+ professionals shows 96% see translation quality as mission-critical, yet only 57% maintain a consistent brand voice across languages, exposing a costly AI gap in global customer communication. Learn more by reading the full report.
Nothing opens its first retail store in India: The two-story location will sell products from Nothing and the more affordable, mass-market brand CMF. Read More
India doubles down on state-backed venture capital, approving $1.1B fund: India's $1.1B fund-of-funds will invest through private VCs to support deep-tech and manufacturing startups. Read More
Hollywood isn't happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator: Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for "blatant" copyright infringement. Read More
Indian pharmacy chain giant exposed customer data and internal systems: A backend flaw in web admin dashboards used by one of India's largest pharmacy chains, exposed thousands of online pharmacy orders. Read More
Anthropic's Super Bowl ads mocking AI with ads helped push Claude's app into the top 10: The numbers suggest that Anthropic's Super Bowl commercials, combined with Anthropic's recent release of its new Opus 4.6 model, worked to drive attention to Claude's app and its key differentiator from ChatGPT. Read More
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