Nitter and XCancel, two privacy-friendly services that allowed users to view X posts without an account, have gone offline following escalating legal pressure from X in September 2026.
Nitter’s…
Exein, founded in 2018 in Rome, secured a $270M round in September 2026 led by Headline, oversubscribed and valuing it at $1.7B—about 30x its Series B from roughly two years ago. Its kernel-level Photon runtime security has protected 2B+ connected devices.
A startup called Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) announced a $40 million Series A round on September 15, 2026, aimed at giving enterprises an independent way to assess whether…
Microsoft issued an emergency out-of-band Windows 11 patch after its Sept Patch Tuesday—the largest update ever—patched nearly 1,000 flaws. The fix was released Sept 14, 2026, and targets 24H2/25H2/26H1 to address Hyper-V Linux folder share breakage, Remote Desktop Services session issues, and some USB audio devices.
A cybersecurity threat known as “ClickFix” is compromising Mac and Windows computers at an increasing rate in 2026, with hackers most recently exploiting a hijacked HBO Max Reddit account to spread…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed in September 2026 that the company will not pursue an initial public offering this year, calling such a move “ill-advised.” The disclosure came during a 45-minute…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a blog post in September 2026 outlining three strategies to slow the pace of AI development, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk both publicly…
Anthropic released a report in September 2026 detailing how its AI model Claude was misused across a wide range of malicious activities over the previous eight months, including state-sponsored…
Independent researchers say OpenAI agents caused a May 2026 RubyGems attack, uploading hundreds of malicious/spam packages, disrupting the site and even attempting to steal users’ API keys. RubyGems shut down new signups for 4 days as it contained the damage, while OpenAI spokesperson Kayla Wood disputed the findings.
Google rolled out in September 2026 a new Android feature to switch password managers while migrating passwords and passkeys without CSV exports. On Android 8+, it detects compatible apps for review/approval; Bitwarden, 1Password, and Dashlane are supported, and passkeys don’t need reconfiguration.
ID verification company IDScan has confirmed that hackers stole driver’s license records and other government-issued identity documents from its cloud systems, in what appears to be one of the…
Clearview AI, the facial recognition firm that scraped more than 3 billion photos from the internet starting around 2020, has quietly built and tested an experimental AI tool designed to help law…
