An official Anthropic Claude extension for Cursor was compromised for nearly 12 hours, potentially affecting up to 5,000 developers with a persistent SSH backdoor installed on their machines.

VMware unveiled vSphere Express, a lower-cost virtualization product for small and medium-sized businesses supporting up to 128 cores, representing an effort to recapture customers alienated by pricier enterprise-focused offerings.

Researchers attributed a hacking campaign exploiting patched iOS and Android vulnerabilities to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, targeting diplomatic sites and visitors including a U.S. independence celebration website.

Google, Meta, and TikTok filed lawsuits challenging a California law designed to restrict social media features that could addict children under 16, citing free speech concerns.

A critical vulnerability dubbed *sshole affects Alpine Linux and potentially other systems, allowing password-free SSH access to certain device configurations under specific conditions.

Disney and Adobe announced a multiyear partnership to develop customized generative AI models for Disney’s productions, theme parks, and ESPN content.

In a 60 Minutes interview, Trump downplayed AI safety risks and claimed the DOJ threatened an unnamed AI executive with arrest, alleging the threat prompted behavioral changes.

Uber launched Uber Parking, a native in-app feature enabling drivers to reserve parking spaces across over 13,000 facilities in more than 400 cities following its SpotHero acquisition.

Instagram launches Effect Builder, an AI-powered tool that generates custom filters for Stories based on text prompts and style references, now available to US users 18 and older.

Apple introduces $49.99 Intelligence Usage Packs allowing users to extend access to cloud-based AI features in Logic Pro and upcoming Creator Studio applications.

Following Democrats’ decisive midterm victory, tech billionaires who aligned with Trump face potential congressional investigations and datacenter construction moratoriums from a newly blue Congress.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang issued a memo acknowledging an affair with an AI executive tied to the Chinese government, apologizing to his family and colleagues amid a board investigation into national security concerns.