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Samsung now sells its Certified Re-Newed Galaxy S24 and S25 phones on Amazon in the US, with new batteries, a one year warranty and prices from $489.
Microsoft says a China aligned group hijacked ConnectWise cloud apps and used an open source AI agent called ARTEX to try to break into more than 2,250 Microsoft 365 tenants.
Swiss lender Arf will fund short term settlement loans for licensed payment companies in Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin on the XRP Ledger, with native onchain lending planned next.
OpenAI is bringing its frontier models and Codex to Google Cloud's Model Garden, and businesses can pay with their existing Google Cloud commitments.
Bose has acquired Skullcandy, the Park City, Utah, headphone brand, and will run it as a separate brand. Here is why Bose wanted it and what changes for owners.
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found Facebook misled users about data privacy. Meta says it will appeal.
President Trump says AI companies should pay a "dividend" to towns that host their data centers. The post offers no amount or rules, but it marks a shift in tone ahead of the midterms.
Musk confirmed SpaceX and Tesla are exploring a merger. A deal would combine about 30,221 BTC worth roughly $2.5 billion, though no terms have been agreed.
Attackers hijacked the push notification service behind NGRAVE's LIQUID app and sent a fake security alert that phished recovery phrases, draining about $2.56 million from roughly 70 wallets.
