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Sara Montes de Oca

Editor in Chief of TechEchelon and an accomplished journalist and correspondent known for her work focusing on business, finance, and politics. Previously, Sara worked as a correspondent and producer in Washington, D.C., contributing to fast-paced political and news programming, with experience in editing, scriptwriting, and live broadcast production.

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  1. 55
    Cybersecurity

    CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Critical Splunk Enterprise Flaw by Sunday

    CISA has confirmed active exploitation of CVE-2026-20253, a critical Splunk Enterprise flaw that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to manipulate files, and ordered federal civilian agencies to patch by Sunday under Binding Operational Directive 26-04.

    46 DAYS AGO

  2. 56
    Cybersecurity

    Klue OAuth Breach Expands as Icarus Extortion Group Claims Responsibility

    Market intelligence platform Klue has confirmed attackers stole OAuth tokens connected to customer Salesforce environments on June 12, as the newly emerged Icarus extortion group publicly claims responsibility and the list of affected organizations continues to grow.

    46 DAYS AGO

  3. 57
    Cybersecurity

    Bulgaria Allowed Surveillance Firm Circles to Export Spyware to Ten Repressive Governments, Human Rights Watch Finds

    Human Rights Watch obtained Bulgarian export licensing records showing surveillance firm Circles sold phone-interception and geolocation tools to ten governments — including the UAE, Bahrain, and Azerbaijan — between 2018 and 2023, raising fresh questions about the EU's export control enforcement.

    47 DAYS AGO

  4. 58
    Business & Finance

    Apple CEO Tim Cook Warns of Unavoidable Price Increases as Global Memory Shortage Deepens

    Apple CEO Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal that price increases on the company's products are "unavoidable" due to a worsening global memory shortage driven by AI chip demand, signaling the supply crunch has reached even the most insulated players in consumer hardware.

    47 DAYS AGO

  5. 59
    Business & Finance

    Samsung and SK Hynix Hit All-Time Highs as South Korea's Kospi Jumps 2.8%

    South Korea's Kospi surged 2.8% as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix reached all-time highs, while U.S. chip stocks including Intel and Micron powered a broad market rebound following a volatile Federal Reserve policy meeting.

    47 DAYS AGO

  6. 60
    Artificial Intelligence

    Amazon Investigates Engineers Who Testified Against AI Data Center Expansion

    Amazon is investigating three engineers who testified before the Seattle City Council in support of a one-year moratorium on AI data center construction, prompting a civil rights complaint alleging the company violated a local ordinance protecting employee political speech.

    48 DAYS AGO

  7. 61
    Artificial Intelligence

    Waymo Issues Second Recall in Five Weeks After Robotaxis Enter Freeway Construction Zones

    Waymo has recalled nearly 3,900 robotaxis after 13 incidents in which vehicles entered closed freeway construction zones in Phoenix and San Francisco, marking the company's second voluntary recall in just over a month.

    48 DAYS AGO

  8. 62
    Artificial Intelligence

    Federal Regulators Unanimously Back Trump's Plan to Fast-Track Power for AI Data Centers

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted unanimously Thursday to allow AI data centers and other large power users to connect more quickly to the U.S. electric grid, advancing a Trump administration priority amid rising public concern over electricity costs and grid reliability.

    48 DAYS AGO

  9. 63
    Business & Finance

    Intel Shares Jump 7% After Trump Announces Apple Chip Design and Production Partnership

    President Trump announced on Truth Social that Apple will partner with Intel to design and build semiconductors in the U.S., sending Intel shares up as much as 8.8% in premarket trading on Thursday.

    48 DAYS AGO

  10. 64
    Artificial Intelligence

    Nearly 80% of Global Data Center Capacity Faces Elevated Climate Risk, Study Finds

    A new study by climate risk analytics firm First Street finds that 79% of global data center capacity is exposed to acute climate hazards including flooding, extreme winds, and wildfires, with the Asia-Pacific region carrying the highest share of risk.

    48 DAYS AGO

  11. 65
    Artificial Intelligence

    Allbirds Rebrands to Smartbird and Names New CEO in Deepening AI Pivot

    Allbirds rebranded to Smartbird and named Nadia Carlsten — former head of AWS's quantum computing center — as its new CEO, sending shares up 39% as the company deepens its pivot from footwear to AI infrastructure.

    48 DAYS AGO

  12. 66
    Artificial Intelligence

    Anthropic and Google DeepMind CEOs Call for U.S.-Led AI Coalition at G7 Summit

    Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis called for a U.S.-led international AI coalition at a closed-door G7 summit meeting in France on Wednesday, joined by roughly a dozen tech executives including OpenAI's Sam Altman.

    49 DAYS AGO

  13. 67
    Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Join World Leaders at G7 as AI Rises on the Geopolitical Agenda

    CEOs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google joined G7 world leaders in Evian-les-Bains on Wednesday for a working lunch on AI policy, as export control disputes and frontier model risks dominate the geopolitical agenda.

    49 DAYS AGO

  14. 68
    Business & Finance

    SpaceX Index Inclusion Forces Passive Investors Into Most Volatile Trillion-Dollar Stock

    SpaceX's pending inclusion in major index funds is alarming passive investors, as the newly public company carries implied volatility nearly three times higher than the iShares bitcoin ETF and holds a $2.7 trillion market cap with no earnings.

    49 DAYS AGO

  15. 69
    Cybersecurity

    CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Maximum-Severity Joomla Plugin Flaw by Friday

    CISA has ordered federal agencies to patch CVE-2026-48907, a maximum-severity flaw in the Joomla Content Editor plugin, by Friday after confirmed active exploitation. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute PHP code with no prior privileges required.

    49 DAYS AGO

  16. 70
    Artificial Intelligence

    Intel Begins 18A-P Risk Production, Bringing Apple Foundry Deal Closer Into View

    Intel has entered risk production on its most-advanced chip node, 18A-P, at the VLSI Symposium in Honolulu, moving the company closer to a potential deal to manufacture chips for Apple and other outside customers.

    50 DAYS AGO

  17. 71
    Politics

    DOJ Backs SpaceX in Bid to Dismiss NAACP Air Pollution Lawsuit Over Memphis Data Centers

    The Department of Justice has filed a motion in a Mississippi federal court to dismiss the NAACP's Clean Air Act lawsuit against SpaceX, arguing that shutting down power at xAI's Memphis-area data centers would threaten national security and military AI operations.

    50 DAYS AGO

  18. 72
    Artificial Intelligence

    Mobileye Targets U.S. Robotaxi Launch in 2027 With Initial 100-Vehicle Fleet

    Mobileye Global said it will deploy an initial 100-vehicle robotaxi fleet in a major U.S. city in 2027, with plans to scale to roughly 17,000 vehicles over five years, placing the self-driving supplier in direct competition with its own customers.

    50 DAYS AGO

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