Jul 31, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Wiz researchers discovered a single credential that could unlock every database in Azure Cosmos DB, with help from an AI vulnerability researcher named Atlas. The flaw, called CosmosEscape, has been patched by Microsoft. The incident highlights how AI agents are changing the speed and scale of security research and exploitation.
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Jul 31, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Amazon's own metrics reveal an AI project that used Anthropic's Claude to match author records, burning $1.8m before failing. The misconfigured job ran 860% over budget for five months unnoticed. AWS sells batch inference, prompt caching, and model routing to prevent such bills. The real lesson is about governance, not technology.
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Jul 31, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
The era of stumbling on a cheap seat for a popular flight is fading as airlines hand pricing over to artificial intelligence. AI-powered systems constantly adjust fares based on dozens of variables, shrinking the gaps that once allowed bargain hunting. While this can lower prices on quiet routes, it often means higher fares on busy ones and raises concerns about surveillance pricing. Regulators are beginning to scrutinise how airlines use personal data to set prices.
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Jul 31, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Amazon is shutting down most of its in-house Nova AI models, including text, video, and image generators, as it pivots to a single frontier model effort. The company is focusing talent and compute on one flagship model expected to debut at re:Invent this autumn. While some Nova products will remain, the move signals a strategic retreat from broad model development. Amazon continues to lean heavily on its cloud infrastructure and custom chips as the foundation of its AI business.
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Jul 30, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Meta reported strong revenue growth of 28% to $60.8 billion, beating analyst expectations. However, free cash flow plummeted 91% to $784 million, driven by a massive $31 billion in capital expenditures for AI infrastructure. Profit fell 14%, and the stock dropped 5% after hours as investors questioned the payoff from the company's AI build-out.
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Jul 30, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Microsoft reported Q4 revenue of $90bn, up 18%, with Azure cloud services growing 43% year-on-year and surpassing $100bn in annual revenue for the first time. The company's heavy AI investments are showing signs of paying off, though capital expenditures doubled to $35.8bn in the quarter. Microsoft's commercial backlog swelled to $678bn, driven by non-OpenAI customers, and Copilot paid seats reached 30 million.
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Jul 30, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Qureight, a Cambridge-based AI imaging startup, has raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Molten Ventures. The company is building a general-purpose 3D chest model that can be adapted to specific diseases in weeks. Its tools are already used by AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb to speed up clinical trial imaging. The funding will help expand its team and develop new disease models.
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Jul 30, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Stack Infrastructure, the data-centre arm of private-credit giant Blue Owl, is seeking a $5.9 billion loan, according to reports. This would rank among the largest single financings in a market now central to the AI build-out. The borrowing spree reflects how quickly demand for AI capacity is outpacing cash on hand, forcing companies to turn to debt markets. With traditional banks cautious, private credit firms like Blue Owl are stepping in to finance tens of billions in hyperscale projects.
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Jul 30, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
G2A.COM has launched Dave, an autonomous AI agent that helps sellers handle customer support spikes. In a 63-day trial, it resolved 14,400 tickets, reduced manual tickets by 30%, and achieved high user satisfaction. The tool is now available globally.
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