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After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool: After its own AI usage wake-up call, Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, a product that tracks individual and team employee AI spending. Read More

Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents: Cloudflare has introduced Kitesurf, a cloud-hosted browser designed for AI agents instead of people. The company says the browser uses less computing power than Chromium for common automation tasks, helping developers build browser-based AI agents more efficiently. Read More

Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks: Researchers found common points of failure, like software used to organize and display web content, could have allowed hackers to run riot through government websites. Read More

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Trump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms: The Trump administration has now convinced developers to abandon 12 offshore wind leases. The latest will cost taxpayers $1.2 billion. Read More

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case: Meta's total fine has raked up to $942 million in this case. Read More

SpaceX's Terafab will rely on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels: SpaceX and Tesla are building a massive semiconductor fab in Texas that will depend on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels. Read More

Chinese AI model Kimi escaped its cybersecurity testing environment, researchers say: In the Kimi test, the sandbox designed to contain the experiment was not properly configured. Read More

Computer maker Framework notifies 'all customers' of a data breach: Framework told "all" of its customers that hackers accessed their names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses in a data breach. Read More

Last but Not Least

Wacom's Movinkpad 11 is a fun and mid-priced entry point for digital artists: The Movinkpad 11 a versatile little graphics tablet that can help make your wildest digital art dreams come true. Read More