Cloud communications provider RingCentral is facing heightened scrutiny after the extortion group ShinyHunters published a massive dataset containing personal information belonging to approximately 1.6 million user accounts. The leak follows a July security incident that RingCentral attributed to a "sophisticated social engineering campaign". In a security notice published on its site, the provider stated that it took immediate action to halt unauthorized access and engaged a

OpenAI is facing fresh questions about its leadership stability after two senior executives announced their departures within days of each other, just as the ChatGPT maker prepares for a potential initial public offering. Former Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap announced on August 11 that he was leaving OpenAI after eight years to start a new venture. Two days later, Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser also announced her departure after less than a year in the role. Edi

For the first time in state history, heavy-duty autonomous trucks have begun real-world testing on California public highways. The operational milestone follows a major regulatory shift by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), which officially opened the application process allowing self-driving freight vehicles weighing over 10,001 pounds to operate on state freeways and interstates. The regulatory update removes a long-standing ban on heavy-duty autonomous vehi

Artificial intelligence agent startup Manus has formally announced its return to independent operations following the complete unwinding of its $2 billion acquisition by Meta Platforms. The separation concludes a high-profile geopolitical dispute that saw Chinese regulators intervene on national security grounds to reverse the cross-border tech deal. Editorial credit: Koshiro K / Shutterstock The Sequence of Events: From Deal to Unwind Originally founded in China in 2022 unde

Anthropic is moving to make AI-generated writing easier to identify, announcing plans to embed invisible, machine-readable watermarks into text produced by its Claude models. The move comes as new European Union transparency requirements for AI-generated content take effect. Anthropic says the watermarking will be applied globally, rather than being limited to users in Europe. Editorial credit: gguy / Shutterstock An Invisible Fingerprint in the Text Unlike a visible label sa