Intel Corp (INTC) shares staged a historic rally on Friday, April 24, 2026, soaring 23.6% to close at an all-time high of $82.57 following a blowout earnings report that shattered Wall Street's expectations. The gain marks Intel's most explosive single-day performance since 1987, effectively erasing years of underperformance and pushing the company’s market capitalization past $414 billion. The rally was fueled by a massive "earnings beat" and a strategic pivot toward "agenti

Claude Mythos, a frontier AI model so potent at discovering software vulnerabilities that its own creators refused to release it publicly, has become the center of a cybersecurity firestorm following reports of unauthorized access. Announced by Anthropic in early April 2026, Mythos represents a "jagged frontier" in artificial intelligence. While previous models could assist in coding, Mythos is the first to demonstrate autonomous, multi-stage hacking capabilities that rival e

The notorious cybercrime syndicate ShinyHunters has listed the e-learning giant Udemy on its dark web extortion site, claiming to have exfiltrated over 1.4 million records containing sensitive personal and corporate data. On April 24, 2026, the group issued a "final warning" to the platform, setting a deadline of April 27, 2026, for Udemy to negotiate before the stolen information is publicly released. The threat, posted with the group's signature "Pay or Leak" ultimatum, war

The European Commission has sent preliminary findings to Google outlining aggressive new measures that would force the tech giant to share its core search data with third-party rivals, including AI chatbots from competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic. The proposal, announced on April 16, 2026, is part of an ongoing crackdown under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Editorial credit: daily_creativity / Shutterstock EU regulators argue that Google’s near-monopoly on search data, spe

OnlyFans, the UK-based platform synonymous with creator-driven adult content, is in advanced negotiations to sell a minority stake to San Francisco-based Architect Capital. The deal reportedly values the company at more than $3 billion (£2.2 billion). The potential sale comes at a critical juncture for the London-headquartered firm, following the death of its billionaire owner Leonid Radvinsky last month at age 43. Editorial credit: Mehaniq / Shutterstock Analysts are viewing