Former Meta AI chief calls Musk’s xAI a “failure”

In an unusually forward appraisal of an AI competitor, AMI Labs’ founder and former head of AI at Meta Yann Lecun has lambasted xAI. The latter, now part of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has been left without its founders, which LeCun sees as caused by Musk’s purportedly bad behavior. LeCu … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 4 hours ago

How a Rotterdam field lab is paving the way for quantum-safe communications

The Quantum Communication Fieldlab Rotterdam (QCFR) has been unveiled in Rotterdam today. It is a collaborative environment for testing, validating and operationalising quantum-secure communication in real-world infrastructure. Founded by Cisco, Eurofiber, INSPIR8ION, Q*Bird, and … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 6 hours ago

AWS launches Continuum for code vulnerabilities

AWS announces AWS Continuum for code vulnerabilities, now available in gated preview. The platform addresses the entire vulnerability lifecycle, from discovery to remediation, using multiple Frontier AI models. Security teams start in “learn mode” and can scale up step by step to … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 7 hours ago

AI agents take over robot training at Nvidia

Nvidia is taking the next step in automating robot development. Researchers at the company have developed a system that allows AI agents to independently train, evaluate, and improve robots. According to Ars Technica, in experiments, robots learned to perform tasks such as instal … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 7 hours ago

AI turns decades of cybersecurity upside down

Organizations are embracing AI en masse to accelerate processes. Without the right security, however, this innovation can quickly become a loose cannon. How do you ensure that the AI your organization uses runs securely and isn’t compromised? We’ll discuss this in an in-depth rou … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 8 hours ago

Trump: Apple chooses Intel for chip production in the U.S.

Apple plans to have some of its future chips designed and manufactured in the United States in collaboration with Intel. U.S. President Donald Trump announced this via his social media platform, Truth Social. According to Reuters, the partnership could provide a significant boost … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 8 hours ago

Fortinet breach grants access to thousands of corporate networks

One of the largest exposed collections of corporate login credentials in recent years is putting thousands of organizations under pressure. Researchers discovered that attackers gained access to tens of thousands of Fortinet systems and built up a massive database of valid login … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 10 hours ago

The Stack: New Dutch AI hub opens in September

In September 2026, The Stack—a new 4,500-square-meter AI hub—will open in Amsterdam’s Oostenburg neighborhood. The initiative brings European AI developers under one roof and aims to bridge the gap between Europe’s AI potential and the actual production of foundation models. The … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 11 hours ago

Build once, deploy twice: HPE integrates Aruba and Juniper without merging them

HPE says it has done in one year what its competitors needed a decade for: merging two major networking portfolios, Aruba and Juniper, without forcing either customer base to switch platforms. At HPE Discover in Las Vegas, Sudheer Matta, SVP Products at HPE Networking, laid out h … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 1 day ago

From app-centric to open and data-centric: Can Everpure deliver on its promise?

Without good data, AI can’t add much value to organizations. That’s a given. However, it’s not easy to optimize the data pipeline. Everpure aims to offer a solution to this with Data Intelligence and Data Stream. These additions to the platform are also intended to ensure that or … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 1 day ago

SentinelOne launches Purple AI Agentic Investigation for customers

SentinelOne is rolling out Purple AI Agentic Investigation to all customers on the Singularity Platform. The new “zero-click” capability detects, investigates, and stops threats completely autonomously, without human intervention. At the same time, the company is introducing Sing … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 1 day ago

Cohesity Maestro makes data protection AI-driven

With Cohesity Maestro, the entire Cohesity Data Cloud—from cyber resilience to AI search capabilities via Cohesity Gaia—becomes accessible through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This allows IT teams to directly manage data protection from Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT, without ne … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 1 day ago

DeepSeek reaches a valuation of over 50 billion dollars

According to multiple media reports, the Chinese AI company DeepSeek has completed a new funding round of over 7 billion dollars. This brings the company’s valuation to over 50 billion dollars, making DeepSeek China’s highest-valued AI startup overnight. According to reports by T … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 1 day ago

Microsoft said to have dropped $3B Oracle deal over compliance gap

Microsoft was in advanced talks to lease cloud capacity from Oracle worth over $3 billion, but the deal is said to have collapsed over a security compliance issue. Oracle’s public cloud lacks FedRAMP certification, a requirement for handling U.S. government data. Oracle was unwil … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 1 day ago

Intel brings improved 18A process to production

Intel has taken the next step in its chip manufacturing strategy. The company reports that 18A-P, an advanced version of the 18A manufacturing process, has reached the risk production phase. This brings the technology closer to large-scale production and commercial deployment. Re … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 1 day ago

JetBrains plug-ins steal API keys from AI services

Security firm Aikido Security has discovered malicious plug-ins in the JetBrains Marketplace that intercept API keys from AI services. According to the researchers, at least fifteen extensions are involved, which have been installed nearly 70,000 times in total. The plug-ins pres … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 1 day ago

Dutch Kyndryl takeover blocked on sovereign grounds to get court appeal

Solvinity, the company that manages the Dutch civil identity system DigiD, is taking the matter to court. It hopes to challenge the blocking of a takeover by Kyndryl. This ban was imposed by State Secretary Aerdts last month. The company takes the government’s concerns seriously … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 1 day ago

HPE expands self-driving networks to AI Factories and the Edge

HPE is expanding its self-driving network strategy. At HPE Discover in Las Vegas, the company unveiled new AI data center switches, additional AIOps features, and an integrated SASE platform. Innovations from the (former) Juniper portfolio are being incorporated into the HPE AI F … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 1 day ago

New AI runtime risks demand large-scale AI runtime telemetry

AI safety concerns are everywhere. The technology industry is claiming to be able to address the reality of the risks that do exist from the base-level data provence and infrastructure layer, from the agentic policy control layer, from the controlled agentic code execution layer … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 days ago

Okta and Google Cloud link identity to AI agents and browsers

Okta and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership with new integrations. The announcements focus on securing AI agents through Auth0 for AI Agents and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Runtime, and on improving browsersecurity through Chrome Enterprise. For developers, there’s … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 days ago

HPE offers a year of free VME and near-free Zerto for VMware migrants

HPE is launching a migration program that allows organizations switching from VMware to HPE Morpheus VM Essentials to avoid paying license fees for the first year. On top of that, they receive Zerto Advanced Resilience Edition for the miniscule sum of $1 for a full 12 months. The … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 days ago

Databricks breaks down the barrier between OLTP and OLAP with LTAP architecture

Databricks introduces LTAP (Lake Transactional/Analytical Processing), a new architecture that eliminates the distinction between transactional (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) databases. Storage is consolidated into a single open format, without ETL pipelines. With Lakebase as its f … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 days ago

1 in 5 IT assets not covered by patch and security management

Ten percent of IT assets lack endpoint security entirely. At the same time, 65 percent of non-BEC incident response cases are attributable to the misuse of remote access services, even though patches were already available for all ten of the most exploited CVEs. This is according … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 days ago

SpaceX acquires Cursor for $60 billion

SpaceX is acquiring Anysphere, the company behind the AI coding tool Cursor, for $60 billion. The acquisition follows just days after SpaceX’s initial public offering on the Nasdaq. Through the deal, xAI—which merged with SpaceX in February—aims to secure a stronger position in t … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 days ago

GitHub turns to AWS due to growth in AI development

Microsoft is utilizing additional capacity from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to keep GitHub running as the platform faces unprecedented growth in AI-generated software development. Business Insider reports this based on sources familiar with the matter in an article. RunTimeWire quo … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 days ago

Microsoft sued over Azure reporting

Microsoft faces a lawsuit from shareholders who claim the company painted an overly optimistic picture of its AI strategy to investors. According to the plaintiffs, Microsoft used the buzz surrounding AI and Copilot to downplay concerns about slowing Azure growth and rising infra … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 days ago

‘Fix this code’: three words behind the export ban on Claude Fable 5

The export ban on Anthropic’s AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 was reportedly prompted by a simple command: “fix this code.” Security researcher Katie Moussouris was the only external expert to review the report and asserts that no jailbreak occurred. More than a hundred security e … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 days ago

Rust nears top 10 in TIOBE Index, Python drops

Python remains the most popular programming language according to the latest TIOBE index, but its lead continues to narrow. At the same time, Rust has reached its highest-ever position in the rankings, which, according to TIOBE, is reason to reconsider previous doubts about the l … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 days ago

Anthropic may require identity verification for Claude use

Anthropic has revised its privacy policy. Users of Claude Free, Pro, and Max may now be asked to verify their identity. The company intends to request biometric data and government-issued identification in exchange for access. The revised policy takes effect on July 8, 2026, and … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 days ago

Dell is building an open stage for others to perform on

Dell Technologies World 2026 showcases a company that has stripped its strategy down to the essentials. Dell built an open infrastructure stage; it’s up to partners and the market to shine on that stage. That’s not a weakness, but a deliberate choice. It does raise the question, … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 2 days ago

1Password Acquires Just-in-Time access management provider Apono

1Password has acquired the Israeli security company Apono. Apono offers a platform for just-in-time access management, enabling companies to grant temporary and controlled access to sensitive systems. Especially now that machines are increasingly sending login requests, this tech … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 3 days ago

Salesforce acquires Fin: AI Agents for customer service

Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fin, a developer of AI agents, for approximately 3.1 billion euros. Salesforce plans to integrate Fin into Agentforce to help companies of all sizes get a quick start on building out their customer service capabilities. Sale … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 3 days ago

Nvidia is also turning to bonds, aiming to raise $20 billion

Nvidia is entering the bond market for the first time in five years and aims to raise at least $20 billion. The chipmaker is offering bonds with seven different maturities. For the first time since it began dominating the AI sector, Nvidia is entering the bond market. The chip co … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 3 days ago

Linux kernel 7.1 released with updated NTFS driver

Linus Torvalds officially released version 7.1 of the Linux kernel on Sunday. A new NTFS driver, Intel FRED (Flexible Return & Event Delivery), and other minor improvements make up the new release. Linus Torvalds announced the release via the mailing list and stated that the kern … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 3 days ago

AI’s real security risk is the supply chain

Cyber threats benefit from a fear of the unknown on the part of their potential victims. Clarity is the panacea, as Kaspersky knows all too well. By researching the threat landscape and tracking its behavior, the company’s Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT) highlights how at … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 3 days ago

Schneider Electric and Foxconn partner on AI data centers

Schneider Electric and Foxconn are partnering to develop infrastructure for AI data centers. The two companies aim to develop joint solutions designed to accelerate the construction and deployment of AI capacity. The first products resulting from the collaboration are set to go i … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 3 days ago

Amazon warned government about Anthropic models

According to Reuters, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy (photo) has expressed concerns to the U.S. government about the security risks posed by Anthropic’s latest AI models. Those discussions took place shortly before the Trump administration intervened and restricted the use of the models w … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 3 days ago

FBI takes down Chinese phishing operation

An international operation by the FBI, Google, and security firm Black Lotus Labs has led to the takedown of a large-scale platform that provided cybercriminals with tools for phishing attacks. According to investigators, the network, which operated under the name Outsider Enterp … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 3 days ago

EU investigates control directive of Anthropic AI models

The European Commission is investigating the consequences of a U.S. export restriction directive that has forced Anthropic to disable its AI models Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 worldwide. Brussels states that measures must not discriminate against partners and emphasizes the impor … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 3 days ago

Post-Mythos security is still very much pre-Mythos security

Anthropic’s Mythos model exposes many new vulnerabilities. The hype surrounding it suggests that everyone needs to focus on this right now. However, there are still plenty of existing, much “boring” issues to address when it comes to cybersecurity. You could even say that those i … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 3 days ago

US blocks Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5: is frontier AI now too dangerous?

In the dying embers of the American working week, Anthropic received a directive from Washington to block access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for non-U.S. citizens. The reason: a jailbreak of these AI models could jeopardize national security. The end result is a complete block … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 5 days ago

Messenger, Facebook, and Facebook Ads are experiencing an outage

Since 3:30 p.m. today, the messaging app Messenger and the social media platform Facebook appear to be experiencing an outage. Since then, users have reported issues on the website Downdetector. The number of reports on this website, which tracks outages, has been rising ever sin … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 6 days ago

Microsoft fixes WUSA bug during Patch Tuesday

Microsoft fixed an issue with the June 2026 Patch Tuesday: Windows updates installed via the Windows Update Standalone Installer (WUSA) from a network share had been failing for over a year. The fix is included in KB5079391 for Windows 11 and KB5094125 for Windows Server 2025. Ad … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 6 days ago

Klarrio: Security by design as the foundation for software

Klarrio has released a white paper on its approach to security by design in cloud-native software development. The company argues that regulatory compliance should be the result of strong security practices, not the primary reason for them. The approach centers on risk-based secu … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 6 days ago

VS Code 1.124: Autopilot enabled by default, smarter agents

Visual Studio Code 1.124 enables Autopilot by default for all users, adds background processing for agent sessions, and significantly improves navigation between sessions. The integrated browser now also includes browser history. Autopilot is the permission layer that allows agen … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 6 days ago

AI code adoption is ubiquitous, but governance lags far behind

Black Duck’s State of AI-Powered Software Development report finds AI coding tools have reached 97 percent adoption at large enterprises. Nevertheless, only about a third of teams have full governance in place. Those that have done their homework here report significantly better … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 6 days ago

Scaling at speed: How AI is rewriting the blueprint for the modern data center

With Nvidia leading the way, AI is making everything go faster and faster. The rest of the market just has to keep up. To see how this is impacting data center construction, we recently visited TeraWulf’s new flagship Lake Mariner AI campus, currently under construction on the sh … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 6 days ago

Marvell launches AI switch chip with 102.4 Tbps capacity

Marvell has announced the Teralynx T100, a new network switch chip for AI data centers. The chip offers a throughput capacity of 102.4 Tbps and is designed for networks that connect large clusters of GPUs and other AI accelerators. The launch comes at a time when the scale of AI … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 6 days ago