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An attacker purchased 30+ WordPress plugins on Flippa, planted backdoors that lay dormant for eight months, then activated cloaked SEO spam served only to Googlebot. WordPress has no ownership-transfer review.

The EU has unveiled an open-source age verification app using zero-knowledge proof to shield children from harmful content online.

Alexander Theuma is killing SaaStock after a decade and launching Shift AI, citing $2 trillion in erased SaaS market cap and the collapse of per-seat pricing under AI agent pressure.

US utility companies plan $1.4 trillion in electricity infrastructure investment, driven by AI data centres. Residential customers could bear nearly half the cost.

Wayve has raised $60M from AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm Ventures, extending its $1.2B Series D. Robotaxi pilots with Uber are planned for Tokyo and London from 2026.

Auctor has emerged from stealth with $20M led by Sequoia Capital to fix enterprise software implementation, a market where half of projects miss deadlines.

AliveCor's Kardia 12L, a pocket-sized AI ECG system, has received CE Mark for launch in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK.

French deeptech Agriodor has raised 15M led by Crédit Mutuel Impact to scale its olfactory biocontrol platform.

Meta and Broadcom have extended their AI chip deal to 2029, starting with 1GW+ of MTIA processors. The new chips use a 2-nanometer process.

FluidStack is in talks to raise $1B at an $18B valuation, more than double its December 2025 valuation. Jane Street and Situational Awareness are in talks to co-lead.