
Tech Roundup: OpenAI Hack, Policy, Light Flip
A week of tech debate touched security, policy, and design. A reported OpenAI intrusion again raised questions about AI companies and risk. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr’s positions on platforms and

A week of tech debate touched security, policy, and design. A reported OpenAI intrusion again raised questions about AI companies and risk. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr’s positions on platforms and
Mobile gaming used to mean compromise. Today, it looks more like a serious alternative to laptops and handhelds. After watching a detailed hands-on with Red Magic’s Astra 2, I am

The Trump administration shared details of a new artificial intelligence plan with leading labs on Tuesday, including OpenAI and Anthropic, while keeping specifics out of public view. The quiet briefings

In New York, Zenity announced a fresh $125 million Series C, signaling investor confidence in tools that secure AI agents as companies race to deploy them across daily work. The

Grok Build introduced a new ability to write and run automated workflows, a move that could speed up complex tasks by splitting them across many agents and checking results in

As cities weigh privacy against crime prevention, Flock Safety has become a lightning rod in the fight over how much surveillance is acceptable on public streets. The company’s founder and

Cracker Barrel said this week that CEO Julie Masino will step down, and that she will depart with company-funded security still in place. The detail points to how last year’s

ESPN introduced an artificial intelligence tool that flags poker “tells” during broadcasts of the 2026 World Series of Poker, raising questions about fairness and showmanship. The feature appeared on live

A research team has built tiny 3D-printed diving suits that let cockroaches walk underwater for up to three hours with no harm, raising new ideas for search-and-rescue and off-world scouting.