Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 has raised a $250 million Sequence E at a $2 billion valuation, greater than tripling its valuation in 14 months. The San Francisco-based agency drew backing from returning traders NightDragon and NEA. The funding arrives as two main AI analysis labs disclosed final week that their fashions had breached methods exterior their…
The strike by WestJet flight attendants has ended after a tentative agreement was reached overnight. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local 8125 and WestJet announced they reached a tentative agreement early Monday morning. “As of 4:15am on August 3, we are no longer on strike as we have reached a tentative agreement with…
World primary Aryna Sabalenka is aiming to bounce again from Wimbledon disappointment as she launches her North American onerous court docket season in Toronto. Photograph: AFP/File LONDON: Aryna Sabalenka’s world primary rating can be on the road on the WTA 1000 match in Toronto, the place the Belarusian star goals to increase her onerous court docket dominance…
Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner’s internet connection with strangers, potentially putting millions of Samsung smart TVs at risk of hijacking, according to new security research published on Monday. Some of these apps claim to have been installed on hundreds of millions of smart TVs in people’s homes, per…
New Zealand’s endangered bird, the Takahe, at the Zealandia Wildlife Sanctuary, in Wellington, New Zealand. — Reuters Australia warned on Monday against the risk of a wider spread of H5N1 bird flu after its first mass mortality episode among seabirds killed about 50 greater crested terns off the coast south of Adelaide. However, there is…
Fifa President Gianni Infantino attends the FIFA World Cup 2026 draw at the John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, US, on December 5, 2025. — Reuters Gianni Infantino’s hopes of extending his Fifa presidency may rest less on winning back soccer’s traditional powers than on calling in favours from the…
“The eating places ended up spending extra time smoothing over the issue they created,” says Michael Schatzberg, cofounder of Branded Hospitality, which invests in food-service-technology corporations. “Everybody was like, ‘That is the worst. Cease. Get the individuals again with the headsets.’” Branded Hospitality offered off its early AI-drive-thru investments. In 2024, Del Taco rolled back its…
Voters in three federal ridings are being courted this summer by candidates hoping to fill vacant seats in the House of Commons. There are actually four ridings without an MP right now, but only three byelections. Why didn’t Prime Minister Mark Carney call four? The answer is a bit complicated, but the bottom line is…
It’s so arduous for giant companies to get AI instruments working reliably that entire new organizations of forward-deployed engineers or FDEs— specialists who drop into an organization to get its AI techniques up and working — are springing as much as assist them. “AI, paradoxically, will increase the demand for skilled companies,” says Efrat Rapoport,…
Pakistan Test cricketer Mohammad Abbas. — ICC/File Pakistan captain Babar Azam said the decision to leave experienced fast bowler Mohammad Abbas out of the playing XI for the second and final Test against the West Indies was based solely on the playing conditions at Queen’s Park Oval. Abbas’ omission came as the biggest surprise when…
