Evolve Bank says a Russia-linked gang stole millions of customers’ data

Evolve Bank & Trust said this week that hackers accessed millions of customers’ personal data during a recent cyberattack

The Memphis-based lender said in a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Monday that more than 7.6 million people we

AI startup funding doubled in Q2, Crunchbase data shows

Investors bet $24 billion on AI companies during the second quarter, new Crunchbase data shows, doubling the amount invested in the burgeoning space in the first quarter. AI investments represented 30% of the total dollars invested in the quarter.

AI attracted more investment than all other sectors for the first time since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, Crunchbase finds. 

“And there

Inside Uber’s new plan to route around traffic at the Paris Olympics

Efficiently making your way around a national capital during the Olympics could be an Olympic sport in its own right.

Uber’s plan to avoid losing that game in Paris starts with a feature that gives drivers the ability to report crashes and traffic so that others don’t also find themselves (and their passengers) in the same stream of brake lights.

In the U.S.,

Etsy will now tell you what role a seller had in a product’s creation

Etsy is adding news tags to products to further clarify a seller’s role in the creation process.

The online marketplace is requiring all items to be listed as either “made by a seller,” “designed by a seller,” “sourced by a seller,” or “handpicked by a seller.” For example, a seller who finds vintage shirts would fall under the “handpicked” umbrella, while a ceramic vase from a pottery studio would be listed und

Pitchbook says defense tech is a stalwart in an otherwise chilly VC environment

Technology companies, especially small ones, have often had difficulty selling their wares to the Pentagon thanks to bureaucratic red tape and excruciatingly slow sales cycles. And the U.S. greatly needs to work with the tech sector in order to stay competitive in a world of increasingly high-tech (and AI-powered) weapons systems. 

But over the past year a narrative has develop

AI vulnerabilities to space pirates: Cyberattacks in space can threaten life on Earth

If space systems such as GPS were hacked and knocked offline, much of the world would instantly be returned to the communications and navigation technologies of the 1950s. Yet space cybersecurity is largely invisible to the public at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions.

Extreme heat is raising concerns about the durability of our tech infrastructure

The summer of 2024 started less than a month ago, but it’s already off to a scorching start. Phoenix has already topped 112 degrees and the year’s first Heat Dome arrived weeks ago.  

Beyond the well-founded meteorological fears of

14 tools to help you make the most of your mornings

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here.

Here are some of the support tools I relied on this morning to get work done.

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Forget Zoom, Meet, and FaceTime: This video-chat app beats them all

At this point, video chatting has become a common part of our day-to-day lives—and yet, when you really stop and think about it, it tends to be a pretty awful experience.

Whether you’re using Meet, Zoom, or any other such service, starting a virtual face-to-face chat inevitably involves a lot of annoyances. You’ve gotta download something, create an account or sign in, and share all sorts of personal info with the company behind it.

Plus, you’ve gotta hope (or, more likel

Could Ariana Grande joining Weverse start the K-popification of American music?

When Jungkook—a member of Korean pop group BTS—went to an Ariana Grande concert in 2019, he said it was partially to learn from her performance. Five years later, Grande has become the pupil of BTS by joining Weverse, the fan-engagement platform that’s helped the K-pop group grow the ranks of its global fandom, known as ARMY. 

Weverse—owned by


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