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Sysdig says it caught the first ransomware attack run entirely by an AI agent. It broke in, wiped a database, and left a ransom the victim can't pay off.

ElevenLabs is reportedly in early talks for an employee tender offer valuing the voice AI startup at roughly $22bn, double its February valuation.

AI infrastructure company Crusoe is in talks to raise about $3 billion in a round that could take its valuation to roughly $30 billion, Bloomberg reports.

A solid rocket motor exploded at Anduril's Mississippi test site. The $61bn defence startup calls it routine, but insiders describe a slipping schedule.

The Netherlands' defence ministry is investing tens of millions of euros in Intelic's NEXUS platform to let different drone makers' systems work together.

China's securities regulator has approved Unitree's IPO registration on the Shanghai STAR Market, clearing the way for a listing worth about $619 million.

A day after ordering WhatsApp to pause its usernames feature, India's IT ministry has sent similar notices to Telegram and Signal, a government source says.

ndia's HCLTech has signed a $1.14bn digital transformation deal with an unnamed Fortune Global 50 European firm, its largest win since the 2023 Verizon contract.

Citizen Lab says former MEP Stelios Kouloglou, who sat on the EU's spyware inquiry, was hacked with NSO Group's Pegasus while the probe was under way.

QTS has withdrawn its final legal appeal, ending plans for what would have been one of the world's largest data centre campuses in Prince William County.