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Information technology management software company ConnectWise Inc. today launched the ConnectWise Platform, a new operational platform for managed service providers that the company is positioning as the centerpiece of a strategy it calls “Predictive IT.” ConnectWise is pitching the platform as a …
Oriole Networks deploys photonic AI network in first commercial rollout with AMD
U.K. photonic networking startup Oriole Networks Ltd. today announced that it will deploy what it describes as the world’s first large-scale artificial intelligence system running on a pure photonic network, marking the first commercial use of its technology. The deployment, built in …
Rubrik shares slip after-hours despite first-quarter beat and raised outlook
Shares in Rubrik Inc. fell more than 2% in late trading today despite the security and AI operations company reporting beats in revenue and earnings in its fiscal first quarter and raising its outlook for the full year. For the quarter that …
Cloudflare acquires VoidZero, maker of the Vite JavaScript toolchain
Cloudflare Inc. today said it has acquired VoidZero Inc., the open-source company behind Vite and the widely used JavaScript build tools that surround it, in a move to position its developer platform at the center of artificial intelligence-assisted web development. Vite has …
Critical Hugging Face Transformers flaw ran attacker code on a routine model load
Pluto Security Inc. today disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Hugging Face Inc.’s Transformers library that allowed attacker-controlled artificial intelligence models to run arbitrary code on a victim’s machine. The flaw fired through a standard model-loading command, even for organizations …
Offroad launches with $7M to automate identity security with AI agents
Offroad Inc. launched today with $7 million in funding to build what it calls an agentic identity security team, using artificial intelligence agents to investigate and remediate access risks across human users, machine identities and AI agents. Founded in September 2025 and …
Google launches Dreambeans, an AI app that curates daily stories from Google data
Google LLC today launched Dreambeans, an experimental app from its Google Labs division that uses artificial intelligence to assemble a finite set of personalized daily stories drawn from a user’s own Google data. The app is pitched as an alternative to the …
CrowdStrike shares fall as billings miss overshadows earnings and revenue beats
Shares of CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. fell more than 9% in late trading today after the cybersecurity company beat earnings and revenue estimates in its fiscal 2027 first-quarter but disappointed investors with softer-than-expected billings. For the quarter that ended on April 30, CrowdStrike …
WP Engine bolts bot management onto Global Edge Security as AI crawlers surge
WordPress hosting company WP Engine Inc. today added bot management to its Global Edge Security service, giving site operators a way to filter the growing volume of automated and artificial intelligence traffic reaching their sites. The Austin, Texas-based company runs more than …
ZutaCore raises $100M to scale up waterless cooling for AI data centers
ZutaCore Ltd. announced today that it has raised $100 million in new funding to scale deployments of its waterless liquid cooling technology as artificial intelligence chips push data center cooling past what air- and water-based systems were built to handle. The company …