Top Stories
AI & Machine Learning
- An ex-Google engineer has been convicted in the U.S. for stealing over 2,000 confidential AI trade secrets to benefit a startup in China. The Hacker News
- Researchers have discovered 175,000 publicly accessible Ollama AI servers across 130 countries, revealing a widespread and unmanaged layer of AI compute infrastructure with potential security implications. The Hacker News
Big Tech & Digital Industry
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI are reportedly in discussions for a potential merger ahead of a planned IPO, which could significantly impact their strategies in space technology and artificial intelligence. Fast Company
Cybersecurity & Cyberwar
- Two critical zero-day RCE vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) are being actively exploited, prompting the U.S. CISA to add one flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The Hacker News
- Over 3.2 million Fortinet devices are at risk due to an actively exploited critical authentication-bypass flaw (CVE-2026-24858), leaving numerous web properties exposed to potential compromise. Cyber Security News
- Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups are deploying sophisticated malware to target various organizations across Asia, indicating ongoing state-sponsored cyber espionage campaigns. Dark Reading
- The FBI has successfully seized the RAMP cybercrime forum, dealing a significant blow to ransomware gangs and other illicit activities that relied on its infrastructure. TechRadar
Regulation & Digital Policy
- The Trump Administration has rescinded Biden-era guidance that mandated federal agencies solicit Software Bills of Material (SBOMs) and NIST SSDF attestations from tech vendors, altering federal cybersecurity policy. Dark Reading
- The French government plans to replace Microsoft Teams and Zoom with a domestic technology solution, Visio, citing national security and digital sovereignty concerns. TechRadar
Infrastructure, Cloud & Chips
- Nvidia is deepening its partnership with CoreWeave through capital investment and early access to its Vera Rubin chips, aiming to accelerate the construction of large-scale AI factories. TechRadar
- Saudi Arabia’s ambitious ‘The Line’ megacity project may be significantly downscaled and repurposed into an AI-focused data center hub, driven by cost, climate, and fiscal pressures. TechRadar
Tech briefing automatically generated on 30 January 2026.