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NineDot Opens 20 MW Bronx Battery Site for Peak Grid Demand

NineDot Energy’s Hunts Point battery site adds nearly 20 MW of storage capacity for Bronx peak demand, pairing grid resilience with a local shift away from fossil-fuel peaker plants.

#battery storage #New York grid #clean energy

September 29, 2026Read More →

Bitget Hacker Moves $6.3 Million Through THORChain As Freeze Request Fails

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Bitget Hacker Moves $6.3 Million Through THORChain As Freeze Request Fails

A wallet tied to Bitget’s $388 million breach converted about $6.3 million in ether into bitcoin through THORChain, exposing the limits of selective freezes on open swap networks.

#crypto #THORChain #Bitget

September 29, 2026Read More →

Andreessen Horowitz Academy Tests AI Work Track Against College

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Andreessen Horowitz Academy Tests AI Work Track Against College

Horowitz Andreessen Academy's plan covers a tuition-free San Francisco program for about 50 students in 2027, with AI coursework, company co-ops, compute credits and no current accreditation.

#education technology #startups #AI infrastructure

September 29, 2026Read More →

FBI Job Portals Stay Offline After ShinyHunters Breach Claims

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FBI Job Portals Stay Offline After ShinyHunters Breach Claims

FBI recruiting portals remain unavailable after ShinyHunters claimed access through an unconfirmed Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day, while Mandiant warned that WAF-only mitigations can be bypassed.

#FBI #ShinyHunters #Oracle PeopleSoft

September 29, 2026Read More →

Instinct Raises $1B as Personal AI Assistant Race Intensifies

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Instinct Raises $1B as Personal AI Assistant Race Intensifies

Instinct’s new $1 billion Series C values the early-access personal AI assistant startup at $10 billion, four times its valuation after a $250 million round one month earlier.

#Instinct #personal AI assistants #AI agents

September 29, 2026Read More →

Nigeria Mini-Grids Face Financing Test After 180 Solar Sites Built

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Nigeria Mini-Grids Face Financing Test After 180 Solar Sites Built

Nigeria’s solar mini-grid market has proven deployments across 23 states, but currency pressure, bank-loan constraints and a new $300 million fund will decide whether the model can scale.

#Nigeria #mini grids #renewable energy

September 28, 2026Read More →

Google Tests Flipkart Checkout Inside Gemini And AI Mode In India

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Google Tests Flipkart Checkout Inside Gemini And AI Mode In India

Google is testing a Flipkart checkout flow inside Gemini and AI Mode in India, extending AI shopping from product discovery toward transactions ahead of a planned October rollout.

#Google Gemini #AI Mode #Flipkart

September 27, 2026Read More →

MacSync Malware Hides Mac Payload Delivery In An iCloud Calendar

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MacSync Malware Hides Mac Payload Delivery In An iCloud Calendar

Kaspersky researchers found a new MacSync variant using a fake crypto wallet app, executable payloads and an iCloud calendar handoff to steal Mac credentials, wallet data and files.

#cybersecurity #MacSync #macOS malware

September 27, 2026Read More →

APAC AI Spending Outruns The ROI Scorecards Leaders Need

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APAC AI Spending Outruns The ROI Scorecards Leaders Need

Asia Pacific companies are investing faster in AI than peers elsewhere, but survey data shows CEOs, finance leaders and IT teams still measure returns differently.

#AI ROI #APAC #enterprise AI

September 27, 2026Read More →

Microsoft’s $80 Surface Mouse Returns With Haptic Feedback On October 13

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Microsoft’s $80 Surface Mouse Returns With Haptic Feedback On October 13

Microsoft is reviving the Surface Mouse with an October 13 launch, haptic feedback, a customizable button, rechargeable battery and three-device Bluetooth support.

#Microsoft Surface #computer accessories #Windows hardware

September 27, 2026Read More →

Pentagon’s $30.3 Million AI Lie Detector Plan Tests Polygraph Limits

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Pentagon’s $30.3 Million AI Lie Detector Plan Tests Polygraph Limits

A Pentagon budget request would fund Polygraph+, a five-year AI and standoff-sensing lie detection effort, despite a long record of scientific doubt about polygraph screening.

#AI policy #Pentagon #polygraph

September 27, 2026Read More →

RAND Superintelligence Plan Pushes U.S. AI Options Beyond Acceleration

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RAND Superintelligence Plan Pushes U.S. AI Options Beyond Acceleration

Import AI highlighted a RAND strategy document urging the United States to spend now on AI safety, security architecture, institutional capacity and response plans so it can keep multiple superintelligence policy options open.

#AI policy #superintelligence #RAND

September 27, 2026Read More →