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Robotics labs operate on a basic assumption that the machines inside them take instructions only from authorized sources. However, that assumption immediately falls apart when the software running those machines can be reached and hijacked by anyone with a network connection and the right payload. That is exactly the situation researchers have now exposed with LeRobot, Hugging Face’s open-source robotics platform. A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-25874 with a CVSS score of 9.3, was publicly disclosed on April 28, 2026. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on systems running LeRobot, with no login credentials required. The platform…

For decades, the cybersecurity industry worked on the assumption that a lock is only as useful if you know who has the keys. And so, there was a process of verifying a person’s identity, granting access, and then trusting they are who they say they are. However, the proliferation of AI tools has broken that assumption. Today, the average enterprise network is not only accessed by dozens of employees but by thousands of automated systems, AI agents, and machine credentials, many of which were never designed with security as a priority. On January 8, 2026, CrowdStrike announced it had signed…

Running an AI agent inside a business without a security layer is a bit like wiring a new electrical system throughout a building and skipping the circuit breakers. The power is on, everything works, but nobody notices the problem until something overloads. On April 30, 2026, Palo Alto Networks announced its intent to acquire Portkey, a startup that functions as that missing security layer, sitting between enterprise applications and AI model APIs to handle authentication, routing, and policy enforcement for AI traffic. While the financial terms were not disclosed, the deal is expected to close in Palo Alto’s fourth fiscal…

Google has spent years building its own AI chips for internal use and renting access to them through its cloud platform. Now, for the first time, it is selling those chips directly to outside customers who will install them in their own data centers. The announcement, made during Alphabet’s first-quarter 2026 earnings call on April 29, marks a fundamental shift in how Google plans to compete in the AI hardware market. More importantly, it puts the company more squarely in the business that has made Nvidia one of the most valuable companies in the world. What Google Announced Alphabet CEO…

A sprinter who wins a race but finishes three seconds behind their personal best still wins the race. OpenAI finds itself in a similar position. The company behind ChatGPT has fallen short of its own targets for revenue growth and new users, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. This shortfall has stirred internal concern at the company, raised questions about its ability to fund massive data center commitments, and sent stocks of its major infrastructure partners tumbling. Yet the company still carries a post-money valuation of $852 billion, the highest ever assigned to a private startup. The…

Most companies would not hand a new employee the master key to every room in the building on their first day, tell them to handle a problem, and then walk away. But it took only nine seconds for this exact dynamic to play out at PocketOS, a company that builds software for car rental businesses. Last month, the company reported that an AI coding agent that already had full access to its database was in the middle of a routine task when it ran into a minor login error otherwise known as a “credential mismatch” and decided on its own…

For decades, patent law operated on a simple assumption that if someone built something, the person gets to be credited for the idea. However, AI systems started generating ideas that humans had not thought of on their own, and that assumption quickly cracked. The World Intellectual Property Organization has now looked at how countries around the world responded to that crack and the answer is nearly unanimous. An AI cannot be listed as the inventor on a patent. But understanding why that answer matters requires looking at what actually happened that got us here. The Case That Forced the Question…

Corporate workers around the world are getting more work done than ever and many of them are being paid less for it. Research published in early 2026 by the IMF, Anthropic, Bank of America, and PwC shows the same pattern across multiple regions. AI tools are helping corporate workers finish tasks faster, and employers are responding by paying them less, hiring fewer new people, and in some cases, outrightly cutting salaries. All of this is to say while the productivity gains remain solid, there seems to be a pay problem. A Split That Is Widening Across Income Groups The IMF…

Launching thousands of satellites takes years. Buying a company that already has satellites in orbit, government permissions to operate them, and an established customer base takes considerably less time. That shortcut is what Amazon is paying roughly $11.57 billion for, after recently signing a merger agreement with satellite company Globalstar. The deal is expected to close in 2027, pending regulatory approval. Amazon wants to use Globalstar’s satellites and radio frequency licenses to add a direct-to-direct feature to its satellite internet service, Amazon Leo. Direct-to-device allows satellites to connect directly to smartphones without needing a separate router or terminal. This means…

Meta has raised the prices of its Quest VR headsets in the United States, effective April 19. The Quest 3S (128GB) now costs $349.99, up from $299.99; the Quest 3S (256GB) moves from $399.99 to $449.99, and the flagship Quest 3 (512GB) goes from $499.99 to $599.99, a $100 jump. The new prices cover both new and refurbished units. However, accessories are not affected. Meta explained the decision in a blog post, saying the cost of building high-performance VR hardware has risen significantly. The company pointed specifically to a global surge in the price of memory chips, which it said…