Lawsuits
Meta Platforms and Google Face $3 Mn Verdict in Teen Mental Health Case
The jury awarded $3 million in compensatory damages to the plaintiff, identified as Kaley, with Meta ordered to pay 70% of the amount.
Pritam Bordoloi
Pritam Bordoloi is a senior technology journalist and founder of The Left Shift, covering AI, enterprise technology, startups, digital transformation, and the business of technology.
AI Developments
Google Unveils TurboQuant to Boost AI Efficiency Through Extreme Compression
Early results suggest the technology can reduce memory usage by up to six times and improve processing efficiency.
SaaS
Ta3s Launches AssurePulseAI to Drive Predictive Performance Engineering
AssurePulseAI integrates telemetry across applications, infrastructure, databases, networks and APIs into a unified system.
Cybersecurity
Tenable Launches Hexa AI to Automate Exposure Management and Counter AI-Driven Threats
The solution is part of the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform and aims to address the growing complexity of cybersecurity operations.
Cybersecurity
Databricks Launches Lakewatch to Counter AI-Driven Cyber Threats
Lakewatch brings together security, IT and business data into a unified, governed environment, enabling organizations to detect and respond to threats at scale.
Chips
Arm Holdings Unveils AGI CPU, Marking Major Shift Into AI Chip Market
The chip will be manufactured by TSMC using its advanced 3-nanometer process.
Cybersecurity
Ampcus Cyber Launches AI-Powered ‘Mirror’ Platform to Strengthen Enterprise Cyber Resilience
Mirror is designed for modern software environments, integrating with CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous security testing
AI Models
OpenAI Discontinues AI Video Generating Model Sora
Disney executives were informed of the decision just 30 minutes after a meeting with OpenAI teams.
Legal
Meta Platforms Found Liable in New Mexico Child Safety Case, Faces $375 Mn Penalty
Among those who testified was former Meta engineer Arturo Béjar, who described exposure of young users to harmful content on Instagram.
Acquisition
Meta Platforms Acqui-Hires Dreamer Team to Boost AI Agent Push
The Dreamer team, including former Meta and Google executive Hugo Barra, will join Meta’s Superintelligence Labs
AI Startups
Operant AI Launches AI Infrastructure Security Programme Amid India’s AI Boom
The programme is open to infrastructure providers and AI platform vendors, offering integrated security capabilities as enterprises increasingly demand safe, scalable AI deployment.
Chips
SiMa.ai Launches Modalix PCIe Card to Power Edge AI and LLMs
The card enables full AI workloads to run on its onboard MLSoC architecture, reducing reliance on host CPUs and improving throughput.