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Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over Copyright Infringement

The Seattle Times and Newsday file a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement. The two news organizations claim the companies use their journalism as training data for AI models without permission and often reproduce passages from their reporting in response to user queries. The suit also names Microsoft

Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over AI Training

The Seattle Times and Newsday become the latest news organizations to sue OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the tech companies of using their journalism to train AI models without permission. The lawsuit argues that the rise of AI could leave the journalism industry "broken beyond repair," describing generative AI

Neocloud Lambda Raises $1 Billion in Debt to Fuel Nvidia Chip Purchases for Microsoft

Lambda, an AI cloud company that buys computing chips and rents them out to businesses, raises $1 billion in private, short-dated debt to purchase Nvidia's AI chips, which it plans to lease to Microsoft, according to Bloomberg. JP Morgan Chase arranges the deal, and its terms suggest Lambda

OpenAI, Google, Anthropic Lead Industry Call for Defense Against Rogue AI

More than one hundred technology companies — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft — are signing an open letter that urges the private and public sectors to work together against AI-related cyber threats. The letter includes signatures from major cybersecurity firms like CrowdStrike, Okta, and Fortinet, along with financial institutions and internet

Mystery AI Model Ox Alpha Sparks Frenzy Over Its Creator

A mysterious new AI model called Ox Alpha is driving intense speculation across the internet about who actually built it. The free model appears on OpenRouter, where it is described as "a reasoning model designed for coding, sustained agentic work, and production workload." Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, whose

Microsoft Patches Critical Entra ID and Azure Flaws After False Exploitation Alarm

Microsoft has patched several maximum-severity vulnerabilities affecting Entra ID, Azure Arc, Exchange Online, and an Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra. The most serious flaw, CVE-2026-69836, is a critical deserialization bug in Entra ID that allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code over a network in low-complexity attacks. The vulnerability

Hackers Actively Exploit Critical Windows IKE Extension Remote Code Execution Flaw

CISA is warning that hackers are actively exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Internet Key Exchange Service Extensions component. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-33824, stems from a double free issue and allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code by sending specially crafted packets to unpatched systems over

Ransomware Gangs Now Weaponize Windows Task Host Privilege Escalation Flaw

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) confirms that ransomware gangs are now exploiting CVE-2025-60710, a high-severity Windows Task Host vulnerability. Task Host is a core Windows component that runs DLL-based processes in the background and ensures they close properly during shutdown to prevent data corruption. The flaw,

Microsoft Races to Patch ShieldBreak Zero-Day Bypassing Defender on Windows

Microsoft confirms it is working on a security patch for a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Defender known as "ShieldBreak." Security researcher Nightmare Eclipse publicly discloses the flaw, describing it as a full bypass of the RoguePlanet privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-50656) that Microsoft patched inadequately in June. The company

Microsoft Merges Copilot Apps and Kills Off Unsuccessful AI Features

Microsoft is merging its consumer-facing Copilot app with its business-oriented Microsoft 365 Copilot app, as the company works to simplify an AI strategy that has grown too complicated to compete with rivals like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. The consolidation, first reported by GeekWire and detailed in Microsoft's support

DeadLock Ransomware Leverages Blockchain to Evade Law Enforcement Takedowns

The DeadLock ransomware operation is employing blockchain-backed infrastructure to shield its communications and data-leak operations from law enforcement takedowns. Since emerging in mid-2025, the group uses double-extortion tactics and has already listed 80 organizations on its leak site, primarily targeting European companies across sectors like IT, mining, manufacturing, and transportation.

Hackers Weaponize SharePoint Exploit Code Within Days of Release

A proof-of-concept exploit for a critical Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability is already being weaponized by attackers just days after its publication. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 released the exploit code and a detailed technical writeup for CVE-2026-55040, which allows attackers to bypass authentication through the JWT token validation pipeline without requiring any prior

AI Restructuring Wave Reshapes Tech Industry as Major Players Cut Jobs

Monday.com joins a growing list of tech companies attributing workforce reductions to AI-driven transformation, announcing a 20% staff cut affecting roughly 600 employees. The Tel Aviv-based work management platform frames the layoffs not as cost-saving measures or direct AI replacement, but as part of an organizational shift toward an

AI Industry Urges U.S. to Avoid Broad Restrictions on Open-Weight Models Amid China Debate

Major AI companies including Hugging Face, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral, and Nvidia are signing an open letter that urges U.S. policymakers to avoid imposing broad restrictions on open-weight AI models. The letter emerges as Washington debates how to respond to allegations that Chinese AI labs are stealing intellectual property and

Microsoft Bankrolls Mistral AI's European Expansion in Multibillion-Dollar Pact

Microsoft announces a multibillion-dollar deal to fund Mistral AI's expansion across Europe, marking a significant commitment to the French AI startup. The investment aims to accelerate Mistral's growth and strengthen its position in the increasingly competitive European AI landscape. This partnership builds on an existing relationship