In a massive cybersecurity deal, ServiceNow has agreed to acquire Armis for $7.8 billion. The all-cash transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026 and aims to combine Armis’s asset intelligence with ServiceNow’s workflow automation.
France’s national postal service, La Poste, has been hit by a massive cyber incident described as a “major network incident.” The attack, suspected to be a DDoS, has taken key online and mobile services offline, impacting parcel deliveries and banking right before Christmas.
A 75-year-old Russian defense contractor set himself on fire on Red Square after his company buckled under the strain of military orders. His case exposes a system where failure can mean prison, as the Kremlin pushes manufacturers to the breaking point.
KKR-backed FiberCop has filed a legal challenge against Italy’s broadband agency Infratel, claiming it gave unfair advantages to its state-backed rival, Open Fiber. The dispute centers on a review of contracts for over 700,000 addresses under the EU’s “Italia a 1 Giga” program and could complicate I
A Singapore AI firm called Megaspeed has imported over $4.6 billion in Nvidia GPUs since 2023. Now, the US is investigating whether it’s a front for smuggling those restricted chips into China, a probe that could reshape global export controls.
Copper just smashed through $12,000 a ton for the first time ever. The rally is being fueled by a perfect storm of potential US tariffs and severe supply disruptions, even as demand in China weakens.
Oyster, a platform for hiring and paying remote global teams, just hit a $1 billion valuation. Its explosive growth underscores a permanent shift in how companies build their workforces.
AI adoption in HR is leading to a wave of new, specialized job titles. These roles focus on managing the human-AI relationship, from training the systems to governing their ethical use.
Shares of chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits surged nearly 700% in its Shanghai debut last week. For global retail investors wanting a piece of the action, the door is effectively closed due to China’s restrictive brokerage account requirements.
Severe weather in Colorado caused a prolonged power outage at NIST’s Boulder campus, knocking its primary atomic time scale offline. A backup generator then kept the servers running, potentially disseminating inaccurate time, but storm conditions prevented staff from physically disabling it. The inc
