2026-05-01
'The cost of cloud services and the cost of AI will also go down in the future, so we’ll try very hard to keep it for free': Coros' CEO on how the smartwatch maker is swerving subscriptions for now — avoiding another Garmin Connect+ disaster
How Coros has "no plans" to implement unpopular Garmin- or Whoop-style subscription-only features anytime soon, according to its CEO [...]
2026-05-01
QR code phishing surges 146% as Microsoft detects and analyzes 8.3 billion phishing threats in Q1 2026 – attackers are changing tactics to bypass security
Microsoft has seen attackers changing tactics to get around security tools, and they keep adapting even when disrupted. [...]
2026-05-01
Nebius paid $643 million for 20 people because inference is where the money is
Nebius Group, the Dutch cloud computing company that split from Russian internet provider Yandex in 2024, has agreed to acquire Eigen AI for approximately $643 million in stock and cash. The deal, announced on 1 May, is for a 20-person startup founded by alumni of MIT’s HAN Lab. In a market where the largest AI […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-05-01
Seven AI companies signed the Pentagon’s terms. The one that refused is worth $900 billion.
The Pentagon announced on 1 May that it has signed agreements with Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Reflection AI for expanded use of advanced artificial intelligence on classified military networks. The deals bring the total number of companies with such agreements to seven, following similar arrangements with SpaceX, OpenAI, and Google, which signed its own […]<br /> This sto [...]
2026-05-01
The venture fund that spent $4.6 billion in a year just raised $6 billion more
Founders Fund, the venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, closed a $6 billion growth fund on 1 May, its largest ever and its fourth dedicated late-stage vehicle. The majority of the capital, $4.5 billion, came from limited partners including sovereign wealth funds. The remaining $1.5 billion came from the firm’s own partners and employees, […]<br /> This story continues at The N [...]
2026-05-01
Australia’s $22 billion answer to the question the Hormuz crisis asked
When Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz on 27 March, following weeks of US and Israeli air strikes, Brent crude hit $126 a barrel and the World Bank warned that energy prices would surge by 24 per cent, the largest increase since the Russia-Ukraine shock of 2022. For most oil-importing nations, this was an economic […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
