UPDATED
GeekWire ·
A robot arm pours from a test tube into a beaker in General Robotics’ lab. The company used the task, and progressively harder versions of it, to test its Auto Engineering system. (General Robotics Photo) A Redmond, Wash., robotics...
News – MeriTalk ·
Federal agencies should use the push to prepare data for artificial intelligence (AI) as an opportunity to advance long-running zero trust efforts, according to acting Federal Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Michael Duffy....
BetaKit ·
The Royal Bank of Canada ( RBC ) has revealed plans to raise and anchor a new, $1-billion USD ($1.4-billion CAD) fund to back scaling Canadian technology companies. The news: RBC announced the RBCx Growth Fund on Wednesday morning. The...
News – MeriTalk ·
As federal cyber leaders gather for the 17th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit , the event’s theme – “Reducing Risk in An Age of AI-Enabled Threats,” – captures the reality agencies face today. Faster-moving adversaries, AI-enabled...
BetaKit ·
Montréal-based startup Onix has raised $5 million USD ($6.9 million CAD) for an app that offers a library of health and wellness advice, provided by AI versions of practitioners chosen by the company. Onix announced on Wednesday that...
BetaKit ·
Montréal-based Vention is opening a new physical AI research lab in an effort to stay ahead of the automated manufacturing curve. “I think we’re actually leading in a place where a lot of people are not spending enough time right now.”...
GeekWire ·
(T-Mobile Photo) — Telecom giant T-Mobile announced that Jessica Uhl will join as chief financial officer-designate later this month, and succeed Peter Osvaldik as CFO in February. Uhl served as CFO of Shell and worked for the global...
News – MeriTalk ·
The CIA needs a more technology-focused workforce and different intelligence targets to compete with China as artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates the pace of cyber operations, Deputy Director Michael Ellis said Sept. 8 at the...
BetaKit ·
The University of British Columbia (UBC) and a Prince George-based solar company are receiving support from the federal government to expand their tech amid ongoing trade pressures. The news: Open Waters Solar , which develops...
News – MeriTalk ·
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and FBI warned on Sept. 8 that China-based artificial intelligence (AI) companies are conducting large-scale campaigns to extract capabilities...
News – MeriTalk ·
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced legislation on Sept. 3 to permanently ban artificial intelligence (AI) companies from developing machines humans cannot control and to pause advanced AI development until federal safety rules are...
News – MeriTalk ·
Microsoft has deployed its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered MDASH security scanner to Azure Government, giving select U.S. government customers and authorized partners preview access to technology designed to identify and validate...
CISA Alerts ·
Executive summary China-based artificial intelligence (AI) companies are conducting systematic extraction of proprietary functionalities and capabilities of U.S. AI companies’ models through industrial-scale knowledge distillation...
BetaKit ·
Neo Financial has laid off more than 100 employees. In a LinkedIn post on Tuesday morning, the Calgary-based FinTech company shared that it had made the decision to “say goodbye” to 102 of its employees, who accounted for roughly 10...
CISA KEV · · Critical severity
Microsoft Windows Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows an attacker to elevate privileges locally. Required action:...
CISA KEV · · Critical severity
N-able N-central Static Code Injection Vulnerability. N-able N-central contains a static code injection vulnerability that could allow for pre-authentication remote code execution. Required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with...
CISA KEV · · Critical severity
Microsoft Windows Link Following Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows Update Stack contains a link following vulnerability that allows a local attacker to escalate privileges locally up to SYSTEM. Required action: Apply mitigations in...
CISA KEV · · Critical severity
Adobe Commerce and Magento Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine Vulnerability. Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source contain an improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine...
News – MeriTalk ·
Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., announced a bipartisan bill on Sept. 4 that would direct the Department of Education to create a federal grant program to help K-12 schools set up artificial intelligence (AI) labs to teach students how AI works...
BetaKit ·
As discussions around making governments more efficient flourish, the City of Toronto is betting on Canadian AI solutions and the problems that technology companies want to solve. But turning that interest into an actual municipal...
BetaKit ·
Two quantum computing firms founded by Canadians have each secured $100-million USD ($138-million CAD) investments under the US CHIPS and Science Act . The news: After signing a letter of intent back in May, BC-founded and...
GeekWire ·
A village of Pallet tiny houses, with some customization by residents. (Pallet Photo) Nine years after setting out to tackle unsheltered homelessness with rapidly deployable, hard-panel micro-shelters, Everett, Wash.-based social...
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News · · Critical severity
Security researchers warned the company of unusual threat activity in a recently patched N-able environment.
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News ·
Simple attacks remain far more consequential than anything AI is doing, government and industry leaders said.
BetaKit ·
Data centre development is ramping up in Canada, with the giant facilities meant to power AI cropping up across the country. While the US has already spent several years building out the infrastructure behind the AI revolution, Canada...
GeekWire ·
Stoke Space’s Nova Pathfinder upper stage flight article No. 1 sits at the company’s factory in Kent, Wash. (Stoke Space Photo) Stoke Space says it has raised roughly $1 billion to get ready for the first launch of its fully reusable...
GeekWire ·
Seattle Transit Live, a circuit board map of Seattle-area trains, ferries and more. (Michael Benedict Photo) When Sound Transit opened the light rail 2 Line across Lake Washington in March, software engineer Michael Benedict built a...
GeekWire ·
Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire...
GeekWire ·
An artist’s conception shows one of Cowboy Space’s data centers in Earth orbit. (Cowboy Space via LinkedIn) California-based Cowboy Space is leasing a 291,035-square-foot industrial facility in Kent, Wash., to support the production of...
GeekWire ·
The Seattle Times and Newsday sued Microsoft and OpenAI on Friday, accusing the tech companies of using their journalism to train AI products without permission. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Microsoft was sued Friday by the...
GeekWire ·
Betsy Cantwell, president of Washington State University, poses alongside an appropriately colored painting at Seattle’s Washington Athletic Club. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) WSU President Betsy Cantwell is a full-on techie. She...
BetaKit ·
Saskatchewan’s first tech incubator, Co.Labs , is branching out from its tech-exclusive programming to offer training in AI adoption for small- and medium-sized businesses. Co.Labs executive director Jonathan Lipoth announced the...
News – MeriTalk ·
The Department of Defense is seeking commercially available, software-only encryption technology to protect military data without requiring changes to existing hardware as the department moves toward post-quantum cryptography (PQC)....
CISA KEV · · Critical severity
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability. Google Chromium V8 contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could...
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News ·
Amid heightened scrutiny, the company will use frontier AI to help water, power and local government providers fight malicious actors.
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News ·
The chipmaker’s acquisition could eventually bring additional security resources and model evaluation tools to the platform, according to experts.
GeekWire ·
Sonic on display at the 210 Gallery in Pioneer Square on Sept. 3, as part of a media preview event. (GeekWire Photo / Thomas Wilde) If you attended the Sunset Market in Seattle’s Pioneer Square on Thursday night, you might’ve noticed...
BetaKit ·
The Government of Canada has brought on former Google CFO and Inovia Capital partner Patrick Pichette to spearhead its newly formed digital transformation agency. The news: The feds announced the launch of Digital Transformation Canada...
GeekWire ·
Scott Pitts, founder of Pallat, inside his Seattle photography studio at Fishermen’s Terminal in Interbay. (Mark Malijan Photo) Longtime Seattle food photographer Scott Pitts spent 25 years capturing commercial imagery for major brands,...
GeekWire ·
Teens are taking questions about their health, their moods and their friendships to chatbots — often without telling anyone. (GeekWire Illustration generated with GPT-5.6 Sol) Kids are heading back to school across the country with a...
Updated's live feed refreshes every 5 minutes with breach alerts, bookmarks, a personalised feed and a Monday digest.
Join Updated free