Billions Are Driving a Race Against China’s Decades-Long Lead in Rare Earths
Industrialized nations are spending billions to shore up rare-earth supply chains, but China’s toxic Weikuang Dam offers important lessons about monazite.
Billions Are Driving a Race Against China’s Decades-Long Lead in Rare Earths
Industrialized nations are spending billions to shore up rare-earth supply chains, but China’s toxic Weikuang Dam offers important lessons about monazite.
AIPOCH’s Open-Science Workbench Wants to Make AI Research Portable, Inspectable, and Actually Shareable
AIPOCH launches Open-Science, an open-source AI research workbench with 525 Skills and .science packages for portable, reproducible research.
Microsoft Issues More Than 1,400 Security Fixes, Shattering Its Own Monthly Record
Microsoft issued updates fixing more than 1,400 security flaws, dwarfing September’s record of nearly 1,000 fixes and pushing 2026’s CVE total past 4,000.
Boomi Acquires Israeli Startup Elementary Data in Deal Valued at $40–45 Million
Boomi acquires Israeli startup Elementary Data for approximately $40–45M in cash and stock, adding data observability tools to its enterprise platform.
Bessemer and Lightspeed Back Zenzap’s $44M Bid to Make AI a Team Sport at Work
Zenzap raises $44M from Bessemer and Lightspeed for its AI-powered workplace messenger, used by Starbucks, FedEx, and Taco Bell.
A $33 Billion IPO Hangs on Whether Israel’s Justice Ministry Acts Before a Bond Deadline
Israel Aerospace Industries has six weeks to break a regulatory deadlock over classified disclosures or risk losing its status as a publicly reporting company.
CrowdStrike Reportedly Eyes a $500 Million Bet on Orion’s AI Approach to Stopping Data Leaks
CrowdStrike is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Orion Security, a 2024-founded AI data-security startup, for about $500 million.
Georgia ICE Detainees Turned the Facility’s Own Video Call System Into a Megaphone
Detainees at a Georgia ICE facility used prison video-calling software to document conditions and a hunger strike from the inside.
Rein Security Banks $25 Million to Solve the Problem Nobody Knew AI Agents Would Create
Rein Security raises $25M Series A to help enterprises govern AI agents that act autonomously — and unpredictably — across company systems.
Capitolis Hits $1.9 Billion Valuation After Closing $200 Million Round to Rewire Wall Street’s Plumbing
Capitolis raises $200M at a $1.9B valuation, cementing its role optimizing capital and risk across global financial markets.