NVIDIA didn’t invest in Xanadu, but it made its CEO a billionaire anyway
NVIDIA didn’t invest in Xanadu, but it made its CEO a billionaire anyway

Christian Weedbrook, the founder and CEO of Toronto-based Xanadu Quantum Technologies, became a billionaire this week without NVIDIA investing a single dollar in his company. His 46.4 million multiple-voting shares were worth approximately $1.5 billion…

Intel’s new Wildcat Lake chips take aim at the MacBook Neo with AI as the differentiator
Intel’s new Wildcat Lake chips take aim at the MacBook Neo with AI as the differentiator

Intel has launched its Core Series 3 processors, codenamed Wildcat Lake, in what amounts to a direct response to the MacBook Neo. The new chips, announced on 16 April, target the same budget laptop segment that Apple redefined last month with its $599 …

Athena launches FabOrchestrator, an agentic AI platform for manufacturing execution systems
Athena launches FabOrchestrator, an agentic AI platform for manufacturing execution systems

In short: Athena Technology Solutions, a Fremont-based MES integrator with roughly 120 employees, has launched FabOrchestrator, an agentic AI platform for manufacturing that automates reporting, support tickets, system modelling, and code generation fo…

Spotify is selling physical books now, and it makes more sense than you think
Spotify is selling physical books now, and it makes more sense than you think

In short: Spotify has launched physical book sales in the US and UK through a partnership with Bookshop.org, letting users buy print copies via affiliate links on audiobook pages within the app. The feature sits alongside Page Match, which now works in…

Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft paid AI agent bug bounties, then kept quiet about the flaws
Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft paid AI agent bug bounties, then kept quiet about the flaws

In short:Security researcher Aonan Guan hijacked AI agents from Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft via prompt injection attacks on their GitHub Actions integrations, stealing API keys and tokens in each case. All three companies paid bug bounties quietly…

Google classifies back button hijacking as spam, enforcement starts June 2026
Google classifies back button hijacking as spam, enforcement starts June 2026

In short: Google is classifying “back button hijacking” as spam, targeting sites that abuse the browser History API to trap users when they try to navigate away. Enforcement begins 15 June 2026, with penalties ranging from manual spam actions to algori…

Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted backdoors in all of them
Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted backdoors in all of them

An attacker bought 30+ WordPress plugins (Essential Plugin portfolio) on Flippa for six figures, planted a PHP deserialization backdoor in August 2025, then activated it eight months later to serve cloaked SEO spam exclusively to Googlebot. WordPress.o…

SaaStock is dead: founder kills Europe’s biggest SaaS conference and launches Shift AI
SaaStock is dead: founder kills Europe’s biggest SaaS conference and launches Shift AI

SaaStock founder Alexander Theuma is retiring Europe’s biggest B2B SaaS conference after a decade and replacing it with Shift AI. The Austin event on 15-16 April is the last SaaStock; the first Shift Europe runs in Barcelona on 13-14 October 2026. Theu…

Roblox splits its user base into three age-gated tiers as lawsuits mount over child safety
Roblox splits its user base into three age-gated tiers as lawsuits mount over child safety

In short: Roblox is introducing three mandatory age-gated account tiers -Kids (5-8), Select (9-15), and standard (16+) – starting mid-May, segregating content and chat access by age group. The move follows lawsuits from eight US state attorneys general…

A mobile-first approach to Window film installation: understanding the purpose behind the Scorpion Scan platform
A mobile-first approach to Window film installation: understanding the purpose behind the Scorpion Scan platform

For many small businesses, operational efficiency often determines whether growth is sustainable. Entrepreneurs frequently navigate limited staffing, tight budgets, and constant time constraints while still delivering consistent service to customers. I…