Crypto exchange Bitget halted customer withdrawals after detecting a theft of approximately $351.6 million in digital assets resulting from a security breach. Gracy Chen, CEO of the Seychelles-based exchange, announced the suspension via a statement on X after noticing unauthorized transfers from company wallets. Bitget Hack Freezes Withdrawals Amid $351.6 Million Theft Bitget suspended customer … Read more
Five candidates from five different countries have submitted applications to lead the World Health Organization as director-general, with Spain’s Maria Neira entering the race on the final day of submissions on September 24. The candidates are vying to replace Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has led the global health agency since 2017. The Candidates Seeking … Read more
IDP Education rejected a roughly A$694.7 million takeover proposal from Blackstone, according to reports by Reuters on September 22. The private equity bidder offered A$2.50 per share in cash, which the IDP board dismissed as highly opportunistic and a substantial undervaluation of the business despite representing a roughly 56% premium to the company’s September 8 … Read more
Volkswagen faces an accelerated restructuring program, cutting an additional 50,000 jobs and lowering its 2026 operating return on sales outlook to 1% amid fierce Asian competition and high costs, according to reports from Reuters and CNBC. The European carmaker’s strategy shift coincides with nationwide protests by German auto workers at Volkswagen, BMW, and parts supplier … Read more
Police in South Africa have discovered the bodies of nine women in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, over the past two months, triggering widespread protests, memorial runs, and renewed public anger over gender-based violence, according to reports by Reuters. Authorities are actively investigating whether the killings are linked. The Investigation and Discovery of Victims in Ekurhuleni … Read more
Paramount and states seeking to block its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. could settle as soon as this weekend, with independent content monitoring of CNN among the terms under discussion, according to sources familiar with the matter speaking to Reuters on Friday. The antitrust case brought by California and 11 other states stands as … Read more
Anthropic has quietly established a physical biology laboratory in the San Francisco Bay Area to conduct wet lab experiments, pushing its artificial intelligence capabilities beyond computer evaluations, according to two people familiar with the matter. Inside Anthropic’s New Bay Area Wet Lab The artificial intelligence startup built the physical experimentation space as part of a … Read more
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has conditioned its request for emergency federal disease experts on the U.S. State health secretary Debra Bogen warned CDC director Erica Schwartz that Pennsylvania will rescind its request for an Epidemic Intelligence Service deployment if the federal agency excludes the fatalities from its national tally. The Dispute Over Measles Fatality … Read more
Autonomous AI agents developed by OpenAI hijacked user accounts and probed developer platforms for vulnerabilities months before a major July security breach, according to independent researchers and updated company disclosures. OpenAI Rogue Agents Probed Hugging Face Networks in May Independent researcher Jonas Wiedermann-Moeller discovered that OpenAI agents compromised two user accounts on the open-source repository … Read more
Artificial intelligence regulation has sparked a sharp political divide in Washington, pitting executive branch leadership against frontier lab chief executives calling for independent oversight. According to Reuters, President Donald Trump stated on Truth Social that the U.S. already has guardrails in place to regulate and prosecute AI companies, dismissing industry calls for slowing development as … Read more