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News – MeriTalk ·
Army has awarded Anduril Industries a contract worth up to $1.8 billion over five years to expand the common data layer for its Next-Generation Command and Control (NGC2) effort, beginning with I Corps, the company announced Oct. The...
BetaKit ·
Giving every developer free rein with AI tools is like adding more planes to the sky without updating air traffic control. “The traditional software development lifecycle was built for humans: long sprints, handoffs, ceremonie. Adding...
News – MeriTalk ·
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has not verified whether hardware it left at four former regional offices is properly secured, according to a Sept. 30 management alert from the agency’s inspector general. The Office of...
GeekWire ·
City of Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson set up a new task force to bolster the economy. (Photo via Katie Wilson for Mayor) Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is bringing together leaders from Amazon, Spotify, the Port of Seattle, organized labor,...
GeekWire ·
The Legislative Building in Olympia, where Washington lawmakers passed a 9.9% tax on household income above $1 million earlier this year. Initiative 645 on the November ballot would repeal it. (Photo by Nils Huenerfuerst via Unsplash )...
GeekWire ·
Walmart and Wing are partnering on drone delivery service that is expanding across the U.S. (Walmart Photo) Walmart looks like it might beat Amazon to the skies over the Seattle area as the retail giant announced this week that it plans...
GeekWire ·
Maria Cantwell at the GeekWire Summit in 2022. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) With President Donald Trump, states and tech giants taking varied and largely uncoordinated steps to put guardrails on artificial intelligence as the...
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News ·
The company presented new data about the prevalence of different forms of social-engineering attacks, saying identity fundamentals still matter in the AI era.
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News · · High severity
An initial access broker is working with various ransomware groups in a global campaign.
GeekWire ·
A portion of the Yoodli team gathers for a photo this week inside the company’s new headquarters on Seattle’s Pier 70, under a neon version of the startup’s logo. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Yoodli , the Seattle startup that offers...
GeekWire ·
The new Ring Smart Lock, right, next to one of the company’s video doorbells. (Ring Image) Ring is moving from the doorbell to the deadbolt. The Amazon-owned company on Wednesday announced its first smart lock , a $249 deadbolt with no...
BetaKit ·
New York-based marketing platform Zeta is looking to boost its in-house generative engine optimization (GEO) capabilities by acquiring Toronto-based Senso. The news: Zeta Global announced on Monday that it has agreed to acquire Senso....
BetaKit ·
A group of Canadian athletes has teamed up to help sports agencies streamline their operations and make more informed decisions using AI-powered software. Toronto-based Endo officially launched on Wednesday with 11 sports agencies,...
GeekWire ·
Temporal co-founders Maxim Fateev, CTO (left), and Samar Abbas, CEO. (Temporal Photo) Bellevue, Wash.-based Temporal is expanding its security capabilities for AI agents following a $550 million funding round last month that valued the...
GeekWire ·
(LinkedIn Photo) — Ravi Vedula , a corporate vice president at Microsoft , is leaving the company after 26 years. Vedula, who is based in the Seattle area, led an organization of more than 1,000 people that runs the data and analytics...
BetaKit ·
Shunning a microphone, Sean Naugle used his “military voice” to address a room of bleary-eyed founders this morning during a session on how entrepreneurs can do business with Canada’s defence sector. Naugle, a 30-year veteran of the...
News – MeriTalk ·
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Oct. 6 that none of the major federal agencies have fully completed key preparations for transitioning vulnerable federal systems to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), leaving agencies at...
News – MeriTalk · · Medium severity
Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., announced bipartisan legislation that would hold artificial intelligence (AI) agent operators and developers liable for hacking incidents. The AI Agent Accountability Act would apply...
News – MeriTalk ·
Department of Defense (DOD) has officially ceased all operational use of Anthropic products following a months-long standoff over safety guardrails. “The Department of War has ceased the use of Anthropic products,” a department...
News – MeriTalk ·
The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) is investing $83.4 million across four artificial intelligence (AI) projects at the Agriculture, State, and Transportation departments, according to new federal investment records. The largest...
GeekWire ·
A rendering of the reception area at Superhuman’s new Seattle office in South Lake Union. (Superhuman Image) Superhuman , the San Francisco company formerly known as Grammarly, opened a 13,501-square-foot office in Seattle’s South Lake...
BetaKit ·
The federal government is looking to overhaul its defence procurement processes yet again, this time by making the fledgling Defence Investment Agency (DIA) into a Crown corporation. “Procurement and investment must live together.”...
GeekWire ·
The SWELL hosts a weekly open house for entrepreneurs, including non-members, to meet up. Sally Revell, The SWELL founder, at lower center. (The SWELL Photo) A new hub for women entrepreneurs is taking shape in Seattle and will host its...
BetaKit ·
Markham, Ontario-based CyberWorks Robotics says it has struck a deal to supply and test its autonomous vehicles with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The news: CyberWorks was awarded the amended contract , which is worth more than $1...
GeekWire ·
Founders and guests mingle at the opening of Foundations’ San Francisco hub earlier this year. (Foundations Photo) Foundations, the startup community with hubs in Seattle and San Francisco , launched a service Tuesday that lets...
CISA Alerts · · Critical severity
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could crash the device being accessed; a buffer overflow condition may allow remote code execution. The following versions of Savannah lwIP SMTP client are affected: lwIP...
CISA Alerts · · Critical severity
View CSAF Summary Hitachi Energy is aware of RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ component of SOI product versions listed in this document. These vulnerabilities can be exploited to carry out various attacks...
CISA Alerts · · Critical severity
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to gain full unauthorized access to the device. The following versions of Johnson Controls EasyIO FG are affected: EasyIO FG firmware <=2.0b52...
CISA Alerts · · Medium severity
View CSAF Summary Hitachi Energy is aware of unauthenticated servlet access vulnerabilities that affect Asset Suite product versions listed in this document. These vulnerabilities can be exploited to potentially cause confidentiality,...
CISA Alerts · · Medium severity
View CSAF Summary Hitachi Energy is aware of open-source software vulnerabilities that affect REB500 product versions listed in this document. These vulnerabilities can be exploited to carry out Denial of Service (DoS) attack on the...
BetaKit ·
Secure messaging service Signal is still ready to shut down its Canadian operations if Bill C-22, known as the Lawful Access Act, becomes law and is enforced. The news: Signal VP of strategy and global affairs Udbhav Tiwari reiterated...
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News ·
The tech giant’s announcement underscores the insufficiency of companies’ existing software supply-chain security practices.
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News ·
Attacks targeting key industrial sites and unforced errors among leading AI companies are raising alarm bells.
GeekWire ·
The Chiplytics team, including Connor Dempsey, CTO (far left); Stephen DiBartolomeo, president and co-founder (center); and Steven Dourmashkin, CEO and co-founder (far right). (Chiplytics Photo) Seattle startup Chiplytics today...
BetaKit ·
Toronto-based mobile commerce platform Reactiv has acquired its New York-based competitor Kin Commerce to expand its client base and integrate new social features. “[Acquiring Kin] definitely wasn’t in my 2026 bingo card; I think part...
BetaKit ·
Canadian investment and tech industry associations are calling on the federal government to use tax reforms to try and retain more founders, talent, and capital in Canada. The news: Under the campaign name “Bet on Canada,” the Council...
BetaKit ·
A group of home services veterans has teamed up again, this time to bring AI and automation to a large but overlooked sector of the economy: home warranty claims. Led by a team with experience building Setter, Thumbtack, and Sears Home...
BetaKit ·
Construction, manufacturing, and heavy industry might not be the first jobs that come to mind when thinking of AI, but a new report suggests blue-collar workers aren’t outliers when it comes to using the technology at work. “In heavy...
BetaKit ·
Many of Canada’s small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are expected to ride the wave of the country’s major projects boom , provided they can overcome some key challenges. The news: A new report from the Business Development Bank of...
BetaKit ·
Downtown Edmonton was abuzz with founders, investors, innovators, and entrepreneurs this evening as the city gathered to officially kick off Edmonton Startup Week . Spearheaded by Edmonton Unlimited , the annual celebration runs from...
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