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Databricks Inc. is in the process of finalizing a funding round that will value it at $118 billion. The company announced the deal on Thursday without disclosing the amount that it’s raising. According to the Wall Street Journal, the round will add $3 billion to Databricks’ balance sheet. Coatue is leading the investment with contributions from new and existing backers. Databricks operates a cloud data platform that enterprises use to store and analyze business information. Over the past few years, the company has added numerous artificial intelligence features to speed up common analytics tasks. Databricks will use its new funding…
Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, any opinions expressed below belong solely to the author. Data sourced from Singapore Ministry of Manpower and Randstad. In the age of the Internet, most of us are used to looking for a job online, googling for offers on one of the numerous employment boards or LinkedIn. Data in Randstad’s recently published Employer Brand Research 2026 appears to confirm that this is the case. Image Credit: Randstad Because of that, it might seem easy to forget that there are many direct ways to search for a new job. However, according to the data released by Singapore’s…
B2B teams are winning at AI adoption and losing on growth. that’s all on the widening gap between deploying AI and transforming with it. Walk into any B2B marketing team right now and ask about AI. And you’ll definitely hear about three things: => tools they’ve deployed => workflows they’ve automated => hours saved on content production There are pilots everywhere. Use cases are stacking up. And LinkedIn posts are celebrating how the team is “leaning into AI.” And then ask about pipeline. About revenue. About whether any of it actually moved the business. Silence. Or, worse, a pivot to…
Defense giant Anduril is operating its autonomous naval vessel manufacturing facility at the old Foss Shipyard on the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle. Demonstrators plan to protest a different location, Anduril’s downtown Seattle office. (GeekWire Photo / John Cook) A coalition of activists and community organizations plans to rally Sunday outside Anduril’s Seattle office, protesting the defense technology company’s development of artificial intelligence-powered military systems and its growing presence in the region. The demonstration, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. at Anduril’s downtown Seattle office, is being organized by groups including BAYAN Washington, International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines…
I wasn’t expecting a smartphone brand’s exit to hit me this hard, but OnePlus leaving the US and Europe genuinely did. The company has already confirmed that it will no longer launch new products in either market, although existing customers will continue receiving software updates and after-sales support. So while OnePlus isn’t disappearing altogether, it is walking away from two of the biggest smartphone markets in the world. To be honest, the Android market in the US already feels limited. If you’re shopping for a flagship, your realistic choices almost always begin with Samsung and end with Google. OnePlus was…
Ravie LakshmananJul 17, 2026Software Supply Chain / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of seven malicious npm packages targeting the Vite frontend tooling ecosystem as part of a software supply chain attack. The malicious package campaign, codenamed ViteVenom by Checkmarx, marks an expansion of ChainVeil, which was observed using an “unprecedented” four-tier blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) infrastructure spanning Tron, Aptos, and Binance Smart Chain to deliver a remote access trojan (RAT) capable reverse shell, credential harvesting, file exfiltration, and persistent backdoor injection. “This tactic makes disabling or destroying the C2 infrastructure extremely difficult,” Checkmarx researcher Pavan Gudimalla said in an…
The country’s gambling authority ordered ISPs to block access to the prediction market’s website. PJ McDonnell/Shutterstock France is doubling down on preventative measures for its citizens trying to access Polymarket. The Autorité Nationale Des Jeux (ANJ), the country’s independent regulatory authority in charge of licensed gambling and betting games, announced this week that it ordered internet service providers to block access to Polymarket. The ANJ’s latest decision follows its previous regulatory action from November 2024 that placed a geoblock on any financial transactions from French residents on the Polymarket website. Despite this ban on transactions, the agency said that…
The app also offers workouts, which auto-adjust the speed to your pace via sensors under the belt. It felt awkward, since I couldn’t figure out how to slow the pace without the device totally stopping. You switch between modes within the app or on the display, and you can stop and start the machine using the app or remote. I like to use the machine in manual mode, and I tend to use the app more than the remote, because the remote connectivity is inconsistent.The machine feels like it will have a long lifespan. Its heft makes it harder to…
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s first reinvention rebuilt the company. It was frankly about survival. Its next reinvention must redefine the company. AMD’s resurgence over the past decade came from doing what many thought was improbable – rebuilding its processor franchise, taking meaningful share from Intel Corp., and restoring credibility through disciplined execution. In our view, AMD’s next chapter is fundamentally different. The company is no longer trying to defeat Intel in a mature x86 market. Instead, it’s positioning itself as the indispensable second platform in a rapidly expanding artificial intelligence infrastructure market – one where Nvidia Corp. is likely to…
Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. The blue group in today’s NYT Connections puzzle made me laugh. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers. The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the…