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Marc Sabatini

Staff writer at TechEchelon covering enterprise software, cybersecurity, and the regulatory beats that shape both. Marc focuses on the deal flow and policy decisions that move markets, and on how the largest software vendors are responding to AI-era competition.

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    Cybersecurity

    Microsoft July 2026 Patch Tuesday Addresses Record 570 Vulnerabilities, Including 3 Zero-Days

    Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes a record 570 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited zero-days in Active Directory Federation Services and SharePoint Server, alongside a Windows 10 extended security update carrying the same patches.

    23 DAYS AGO

  2. 38
    Cybersecurity

    Australia Warns of Global CMS Exploitation Campaign as RedHook Android Malware Gains Shell-Level Access via Wireless ADB

    Australia's cyber agency has warned of a global campaign targeting CMS platforms including WordPress and Craft CMS, while Group-IB researchers have detailed a new RedHook Android malware variant that abuses Wireless ADB to gain shell-level device access without requiring root.

    25 DAYS AGO

  3. 39
    Politics

    White House Names Harvard Astrophysicist Avi Loeb to Lead UAP Science Advisory Council

    Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, known for controversial claims about alien technology, has been named to lead the White House-backed UAP Science Advisory Council, a multidisciplinary body tasked with advising the federal government on unidentified anomalous phenomena.

    26 DAYS AGO

  4. 40
    Business & Finance

    SK Hynix Rises 13% in Nasdaq Debut as Chairman Says Memory Demand Is "Enormous"

    SK Hynix shares rose 13% on their first day of Nasdaq trading, closing at $168.01 after ADRs priced at $149 raised $26.5 billion, as Chairman Chey Tae-won said customer demand for AI memory chips remains insatiable.

    27 DAYS AGO

  5. 41
    Artificial Intelligence

    Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft, Alleging Scheme Reached "Every Level" of the AI Lab

    Apple filed a federal lawsuit Friday against OpenAI, alleging the AI lab systematically stole trade secrets through former employees and job candidates in order to build its own consumer hardware, naming OpenAI's hardware chief and IO Products as defendants.

    27 DAYS AGO

  6. 42
    Cybersecurity

    Dutch Police Find "Strong Indications" Local Hackers Behind Odido Breach Affecting 6.2 Million Customers

    Dutch National Police say they have found "strong indications" that Dutch-speaking hackers carried out the February breach at telecom provider Odido, which exposed the personal data of 6.2 million customers after a social engineering and phishing attack.

    27 DAYS AGO

  7. 43
    Business & Finance

    SpaceX Shares Slide Below Debut Price as Analysts Tout Orbital Data Center Opportunity

    SpaceX closed at $148 on Wednesday, below its $150 debut price for a second straight session, even as analysts initiated coverage with bullish targets and pointed to orbital data centers as a key long-term growth driver.

    29 DAYS AGO

  8. 44
    Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI to Publicly Release GPT-5.6 Models After U.S. Government Clears the Way

    OpenAI will publicly release its GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna models on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Commerce cleared the company to proceed, ending a roughly two-week restricted rollout requested by the government.

    29 DAYS AGO

  9. 45
    Politics

    Apple Tests Chinese Memory Chips for China Market While Lobbying Washington for Broader Approval

    Apple has begun testing DRAM chips from China's state-backed ChangXin Memory Technologies for devices sold in China, and is lobbying the U.S. government to permit broader use of CXMT's products, according to people familiar with the matter.

    30 DAYS AGO

  10. 46
    Business & Finance

    AI Startup CEO Pleaded Guilty to Insider Trading Tied to Law Firm Leak Scheme

    Arya Bolurfrushan, founder and CEO of Abu Dhabi-based AppliedAI and a former Goldman Sachs banker, pleaded guilty in June 2025 to conspiring to commit securities fraud as part of a wide-ranging insider trading scheme tied to confidential merger tips from law firm attorneys.

    30 DAYS AGO

  11. 47
    Business & Finance

    Samsung Electronics Reports Record Preliminary Q2 Operating Profit of 89.4 Trillion Won Despite Share Decline

    Samsung Electronics reported a record preliminary second-quarter operating profit of 89.4 trillion won ($58.4 billion), up from 4.7 trillion won a year earlier, though shares fell nearly 5% at Tuesday's open amid concerns over one-off bonus-related expenses.

    31 DAYS AGO

  12. 48
    Artificial Intelligence

    Anthropic Signs 20-Year Lease for TeraWulf's Kentucky Data Center in $19 Billion Deal

    Anthropic has signed a 20-year lease to use a TeraWulf data center in Hawesville, Kentucky, in a deal expected to generate around $19 billion in revenue over its initial term. TeraWulf shares jumped more than 16% in premarket trading on the news.

    31 DAYS AGO

  13. 49
    Artificial Intelligence

    Apple Veteran's Smart-Glasses Startup Even Realities Reaches $1 Billion Valuation With Tencent and Meituan Backing

    Even Realities Technology, a Shenzhen-based smart-glasses startup founded by a former Apple engineer, has raised $150 million in a pre-Series B round backed by Tencent and Meituan, reaching a $1 billion valuation as it targets the AI wearable market dominated by Meta Platforms.

    32 DAYS AGO

  14. 50
    Cybersecurity

    JadePuffer Ransomware Used Autonomous AI Agent to Conduct Entire Cyberattack

    Cloud security firm Sysdig has documented what researchers call the first ransomware operation conducted entirely by an autonomous AI agent, dubbed JadePuffer, which carried out every stage of an intrusion — from exploitation to encryption — without apparent human direction at each step.

    33 DAYS AGO

  15. 51
    Artificial Intelligence

    Microsoft Commits $2.5 Billion and 6,000 Employees to New AI Deployment Unit

    Microsoft launched Microsoft Frontier Co. on Thursday, committing $2.5 billion and 6,000 employees to a new unit focused on hands-on artificial intelligence deployments for enterprise clients, joining Amazon, OpenAI, and Anthropic in the forward deployed engineering push.

    35 DAYS AGO

  16. 52
    Politics

    Google Loses Appeal Over Record 4.1 Billion Euro EU Antitrust Fine

    Europe's top court upheld a 4.1 billion euro ($4.67 billion) antitrust fine against Google on Thursday, dismissing the company's appeal over alleged anti-competitive practices tied to its Android mobile operating system.

    36 DAYS AGO

  17. 53
    Artificial Intelligence

    Meta Shares Jump 8% on Plans to Sell Excess AI Computing Capacity to Outside Customers

    Meta Platforms shares rose 8% after the company confirmed plans to build a cloud business selling its surplus AI computing capacity to outside customers, a move that sent rival neocloud stocks sharply lower.

    36 DAYS AGO

  18. 54
    Business & Finance

    Digital Realty Falls 5% After Acquiring $3.5 Billion Stake in Blackstone's Virginia Data Centers

    Digital Realty announced a $3.5 billion stake in three Blackstone-owned data centers in Northern Virginia, paying $1.2 billion in cash and $2.3 billion in shares for assets valued at $7.8 billion. Shares fell 5.4% in premarket trading on the news.

    37 DAYS AGO

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