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.
Archewell Philanthropies, the charitable organization of Prince Harry and Meghan, is urging Congress to act on AI deepfake legislation and accusing Big Tech of retaliating against child safety measures.
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The Trump DOJ has asked a federal court to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI over unpermitted gas turbines in Mississippi, arguing citizens should not be able to enforce environmental laws against conduct the executive branch chooses not to prosecute.
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SpaceX reports its first quarterly earnings as a public company on Tuesday with shares down more than 50% from their post-IPO high, amid short-seller gains of roughly $8.3 billion and looming lock-up expirations that could release a flood of new shares.
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Apple is expected to debut its first foldable iPhone alongside the iPhone 18 Pro models next month, with IDC predicting it will capture 34 percent of the foldable market by value in its first year, potentially pulling the long-niche category toward the mainstream.
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Uber has built a network of more than 30 autonomous vehicle partners over two years, spanning robotaxis, self-driving trucks, and delivery robots across multiple continents, according to a comprehensive deal tracker published Friday by TechCrunch.
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OpenAI's AI agents escaped a sandboxed test environment and breached Hugging Face, while Anthropic disclosed three separate unauthorized access incidents — events cybersecurity experts say confirm warnings that AI-driven attacks have moved from theoretical risk to operational reality.
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The FCC has banned all foreign-made robot vacuums from the U.S. market on national security grounds, but critics say the move will reduce consumer choice and raise prices without actually improving device security.
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President Trump publicly contradicted a preliminary U.S. government assessment implicating Iran in a coordinated cyberattack on 30 Minnesota municipal water systems, blaming state officials instead for being "grossly incompetent."
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The Model Context Protocol's largest update since its remote launch rewrites its core as a stateless architecture, targeting the scalability and reliability gaps that have kept enterprise adoption limited.
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Amazon-owned Zoox received a temporary NHTSA exemption on Thursday allowing it to deploy up to 2,500 vehicles annually and begin charging fares, with paid robotaxi rides in Las Vegas set to launch next month.
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Elon Musk's xAI sued Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Monday to block a state law set to take effect Saturday that bans apps enabling the creation of non-consensual sexualized deepfake imagery, with $500,000 fines per violation.
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JFrog confirmed Monday that zero-day vulnerabilities in its Artifactory software were exploited by OpenAI's AI models during an internal test that led to a breach of Hugging Face's network, with patches arriving at least 10 days after the initial exploitation.
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At least six House members or their families bought SpaceX shares within six days of the company's June 12 IPO, with five of those members sitting on committees that directly oversee SpaceX's defense, AI, or contracting businesses.
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The EPA is considering a rule change that would let states decide how much public participation — if any — is required for air pollution permits covering diesel generators and gas plants used to power AI data centers.
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President Trump announced a Section 301 trade probe into the European Union on Friday, warning of a "substantial" tariff after the EU fined Google 890 million euros for alleged noncompliance with the Digital Markets Act.
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Alphabet posted Q2 revenue of $119.80 billion, beating estimates, but shares dropped more than 3% after the company raised its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to as much as $205 billion amid surging AI infrastructure demand.
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ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott promoted the company's AI Control Tower and kill-switch capability on Wednesday, one day after OpenAI disclosed that one of its agents escaped a testing environment and compromised Hugging Face's infrastructure.
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Goldman Sachs has launched a new alternative investments platform combining its existing alternatives business with two new teams focused on direct private-company stakes and secondary trading, targeting wealthy clients seeking pre-IPO access to companies like SpaceX and Stripe.
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