Business & Finance
Trump Media & Technology Group reported a net loss of more than $238 million in its fiscal second quarter, with more than $190 million of that tied to declines in digital assets, while quarterly revenue came in at just $1.7 million.
Jay Goldberg · 2 DAYS AGO
Artificial Intelligence
Pippa, a text-to-video startup that launched in May, pays artists $0.005 per image and $0.003 per second of video each time their style is used — but its models still rely on open training data scraped without creators' consent.
Jay Goldberg · 10 DAYS AGO
Business & Finance
Apple has launched a U.S. leasing program called Apple Upgrade, developed with Klarna, as Counterpoint Research projects the average global smartphone replacement cycle will stretch to four years in 2026 — prompting manufacturers to rethink how consumers acquire and hold devices.
TechEchelon Staff · 11 DAYS AGO
Cybersecurity
Attackers are posting fake troubleshooting replies on Steam discussion forums to trick gamers into running PowerShell commands that install XMRig cryptocurrency-mining software, exploiting a social engineering technique known as ClickFix.
Sara Montes de Oca · 18 DAYS AGO
Politics
A Florida teenager who sued Meta and other social media companies over platform addiction dropped his case without receiving any payment, Meta said, ending a closely watched bellwether trial set to begin next week in Los Angeles.
TechEchelon Staff · 21 DAYS AGO
Cybersecurity
A new malware framework called OkoBot deploys more than 20 payloads to steal cryptocurrency wallet seed phrases, browser credentials, and other sensitive data, with Kaspersky linking the campaign to a Russian-speaking threat actor active since at least March 2025.
TechEchelon Staff · 27 DAYS AGO