Journals

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: Mandiant: Yevgeny Prigozhin-linked online influence operations are active months after his death in August 2023, and underwent subtle shifts in their targeting  —  Online influence campaigns have remained active since the Wagner Group leader’s… Read More »Mandiant: Yevgeny Prigozhin-linked online influence operations are active months after his death in August 2023, and underwent subtle shifts in their targeting (Dustin Volz/Wall Street Journal)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: NYC-based Coro, which offers SMB cybersecurity tools, raised a $100M Series D led by One Peak, sources say at a $750M post-money valuation, to expand in Europe  —  Enterprises and other large organizations have long been… Read More »NYC-based Coro, which offers SMB cybersecurity tools, raised a $100M Series D led by One Peak, sources say at a $750M post-money valuation, to expand in Europe (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Financial Times: Trump Media & Technology Group closed up 14% at $66.22 on March 27, for a $13.5B market cap, as small investors boost the stock; Trump’s stake is worth ~$5.3B  —  Heavy trading in company behind Truth Social fuels… Read More »Trump Media & Technology Group closed up 14% at $66.22 on March 27, for a $13.5B market cap, as small investors boost the stock; Trump’s stake is worth ~$5.3B (Financial Times)

Emilia David / The Verge: The US OMB releases new guidance on AI, requiring all federal agencies to have a senior leader overseeing all AI systems they use and submit an annual AI report  —  All US federal agencies will… Read More »The US OMB releases new guidance on AI, requiring all federal agencies to have a senior leader overseeing all AI systems they use and submit an annual AI report (Emilia David/The Verge)

Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: A profile of Anduril founder Palmer Luckey, as the AI surveillance and defense tech startup, which sells drones to the US, expects $1B in annual revenue by 2026  —  Silicon Valley has found a lucrative… Read More »A profile of Anduril founder Palmer Luckey, as the AI surveillance and defense tech startup, which sells drones to the US, expects $1B in annual revenue by 2026 (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)

Fortune: A look at the rise and fall of Emad Mostaque and Stability AI, including how Mostaque’s relationship with Coatue and Lightspeed blossomed and fell apart  —  In December 2022, someone was looking for Emad Mostaque.  The founder and CEO… Read More »A look at the rise and fall of Emad Mostaque and Stability AI, including how Mostaque’s relationship with Coatue and Lightspeed blossomed and fell apart (Fortune)

Open Web Advocacy: How in-app browsers silently subvert user choice, stifle innovation, trap users into apps, break websites, and enable apps to severely undermine user privacy  —  In-App Browsers subvert user choice, stifle innovation, trap users into apps, break websites… Read More »How in-app browsers silently subvert user choice, stifle innovation, trap users into apps, break websites, and enable apps to severely undermine user privacy (Open Web Advocacy)

Clara Murray / Financial Times: Similarweb: GPTs created by subscribers on OpenAI’s GPT Store accounted for just 1.5% of desktop visits to ChatGPT’s site in February, suggesting limited appeal  —  CEO Sam Altman wants customised chatbots to supercharge its business… Read More »Similarweb: GPTs created by subscribers on OpenAI’s GPT Store accounted for just 1.5% of desktop visits to ChatGPT’s site in February, suggesting limited appeal (Clara Murray/Financial Times)

Álvaro / eXputer: Leaked images show a white disc-less Xbox Series X console, which Microsoft plans to release in 2024, with the same design as the existing black Xbox Series X  —  This in continuation of eXputer’s previous report back… Read More »Leaked images show a white disc-less Xbox Series X console, which Microsoft plans to release in 2024, with the same design as the existing black Xbox Series X (Álvaro/eXputer)

Rebekah Valentine / IGN: Take-Two acquires Borderlands developer Gearbox Entertainment from the Embracer Group for $460M in stock; the deal is expected to close by the end of June 2024  —  A new Homeworld game is also in development.  — … Read More »Take-Two acquires Borderlands developer Gearbox Entertainment from the Embracer Group for $460M in stock; the deal is expected to close by the end of June 2024 (Rebekah Valentine/IGN)