PowerSchool begins notifying students and teachers after massive data breach

U.S. edtech giant PowerSchool has begun notifying individuals affected by a December 2024 data breach that likely affects millions of students and teachers across North America. PowerSchool said in a brief update on Monday that it had started the process of filing legally required regulatory notif

Alice & Bob raises $104M, says quantum computers based on cat qubits will be ready by 2030

Quantum computing remains something of a holy grail in the world of technology: It promises a huge leap in computing power, but only if someone can figure out how to square away the fault rates that prevent any scaling of the tech. Now, one of the more promising quantum startups in Europe is annou

Lucid Gravity SUV owners will gain access to Tesla Superchargers on January 31

Owners of the electric Lucid Gravity SUV will gain access to Tesla's Supercharging network starting January 31.  The Gravity is Lucid's second vehicle model in its lineup after its flagship Air sedan series, and the first to be built with charge ports compatible with Tesla's NACS

Spotify says it paid $10 billion to music industry last year

Audio streaming company Spotify said Tuesday that it paid $10 billion to the music industry last year. The company added that it has given nearly $60 billion in industry payouts since its inception. This is another effort from Spotify to dispel reports that the company doesn’t reward artists

'Blade' writer David S. Goyer debuts his latest sci-fi franchise on Incention, a new platform built on Story blockchain

While the adoption of IP (intellectual property) blockchain and tokenization of assets is still in its early stages, more creatives in the entertainment industry are embracing what is called “tokenized storytelling.” This approach enables fans to participate in story development, contributi

Atomicwork gets backing from Khosla for its AI alternative to old-school IT software like ServiceNow

Atomicwork, a SaaS startup led by Indian founders, has raised $25 million in a fresh investment round backed by Khosla Ventures, as it plans to scale and deploy AI agents to simplify communication and service delivery between employees and their enterprises. Amid growing digital adoption, enterpri

Helion raises $425M to help build a fusion reactor for Microsoft

Few fusion startups have been as closely watched as Helion. The 12-year-old company is backed by Sam Altman, rumored to be in talks with OpenAI, and has a deal to supply Microsoft with electricity by 2028 — years earlier than its competitors.  The company’s unorthodox approach to fusi

Microsoft tests ‘scareware blocker’ for Edge that uses computer vision to detect scams

Microsoft is rolling out a new tool dubbed “scareware blocker,” which uses machine learning and computer vision to identify a very pervasive type of online scam. “Scareware” has blighted the web almost since its inception, often in the form of fake antivirus software that

Zepto shifts HQ to India as local listings gain appeal

Quick-commerce startup Zepto has moved its domicile to India from Singapore, joining a growing number of Indian startups that have moved their headquarters home ahead of an IPO in the country. The transition marks the fastest shift of registered headquarters to India by a startup in the country, a

TravelPerk raises $200M as valuation nearly doubles to $2.7B

Barcelona-based business travel management platform TravelPerk has raised $200 million at a hefty $2.7 billion valuation — almost double the $1.4 billion valuation at its previous fundraise last year. Alongside the raise, TravelPerk also announced it has acquired Swiss startup Yokoy to bring nat

Google Maps will soon rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’

Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali mountain in Google Maps once a federal mapping database reflects changes ordered by the Trump administration, the company announced Monday. Google is complying with an executive order issued last week by President Donald Trump that ch

Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is already using DeepSeek instead of OpenAI at his startup, Gloo

DeepSeek's new open source AI reasoning model, R1, sparked a sell-off of Nvidia's stock and caused its consumer app to soar to the top of the app stores. Last month DeepSeek said it trained a model using a data center of some 2,000 of Nvidia's H800 GPUs in just about two months at a co

SonicWall says hackers are exploiting a new zero-day bug to breach customer networks

Cybersecurity company SonicWall says hackers are exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in one of its enterprise products to break into its customers’ corporate networks.  SonicWall said in an advisory that the vulnerability in its SMA1000 remote access appliance, which companies u

Quartz has been quietly publishing AI-generated news articles

Quartz, the international business news outlet, has been quietly aggregating reporting from other outlets, including technewss, in order to publish AI-generated articles under the byline “Quartz Intelligence Newsroom.”   Quartz started publishing simple AI-generated earnings reports