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AI vs. AI: Prophet Security raises $30M to replace human analysts with autonomous defenders
Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Prophet Security, a startup developing autonomous artificial intelligence systems for cybersecurity defense, announced Tuesday it has raised $30 million in Series A funding... Read more
AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents
Wyoming’s data center boom Cheyenne is no stranger to data centers, having attracted facilities from Microsoft and Meta since 2012 due to its cool climate and energy access. However, the new project pushes the state into uncharted territory. While Wyoming is the nation’s third-biggest net energy supplier, producing 12... Read more
Two arrested in Murfreesboro after police uncover illegal gambling operation
Police in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, have made two successful arrests after a two-month-long investigation into an alleged illegal gambling operation located on West Burton Street. Detectives from the Special Investigations Section (SIS), within the Murfreesboro Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division, handed out a search warrant on the aforementioned West Burton... Read more
Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords This Friday. What to Do Now
We’re only days away from the Microsoft Authenticator app no longer managing passwords.  As of this Friday, you won’t be able to save or manage passwords, use two-factor authentication or auto-fill. And it won’t be your go-to password manager anymore, either.  Earlier this summer, Microsoft announced it was moving from passwords... Read more
ChatGPT’s Study Mode Is Here. It Won’t Fix Education’s AI Problems
The school year starts soon for many students, and ChatGPT has announced a new “study mode” that aims to prevent—or at least, encourage against—students taking homework shortcuts. The mode is designed around the Socratic method, so when activated, OpenAI’s generative AI chatbot rejects direct requests for answers, instead guiding... Read more
BetMGM lifts 2025 forecast after surging first-half revenue
US sports-betting service BetMGM, a joint venture between Entain and MGM Resorts, just raised its full-year revenue and earnings forecast after delivering a strong performance in the first half of the year. The company reported a 35% jump in first-half net revenue, totaling $1.35 billion, driven by solid demand... Read more
The Tea App Data Breach: What Happened, and What Was Exposed
Tea, a women’s safety dating app that surged to the top of the free iOS App Store listings, suffered a major security breach last week. The company confirmed Friday that it “identified authorized access to one of our systems” that exposed thousands of user images. And now we know... Read more
Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them
There are currently more than 50 issued nationwide 404 permits—some of which still require pre-construction notifications—which are renewed once every five years. Many of those exemptions are for agricultural activities, like cranberry harvesting and constructing ponds for farms, or ecosystem and scientific services like surveying and soil maintenance. Some... Read more
Stack Overflow data reveals the hidden productivity tax of ‘almost right’ AI code
Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now More developers than ever before are using AI tools to both assist and generate code. While enterprise AI adoption accelerates, new data from... Read more
New Jersey lawmaker seeks to ban fast-paced micro betting wagers
New Jersey Assemblyman Dan Hutchison is pushing for a ban on one of the fastest-growing trends in sports gambling called micro betting. It comes as the state pushes for more stringent gambling regulation against unregulated operations. If Hutchison’s proposal, Bill A5971, becomes law, sportsbooks in the Garden State would... Read more