'Toy Story 5' sets franchise record with $160M debut

"Toy Story 5" topped $160 million stateside in its opening weekend, the biggest domestic debut in the beloved 31-year-old franchise's history and the second-highest opening weekend for an animated feature ever. The Disney-Pixar sequel, which cost $250 million to produce, is estimated to collect a global weekend haul of $312 million, surpassing box office predictions and Universal’s “Super Mario Galaxy Movie” launch. It is the latest explosive opening for an animated feature, with family groups driving roughly 70% of ticket sales.

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'Toy Story 5' sets franchise record with $160M debut

“Toy Story 5” topped $160 million domestically in its opening weekend — the biggest domestic debut in the beloved 31-year-old franchise’s history and the second-highest opening weekend ever for an animated feature. The Disney-Pixar sequel, which cost $250 million to produce, is estimated to collect a global...

SpaceX to acquire the AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion

SpaceX announced it will acquire the AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in an all stock transaction. The Cursor deal could bolster SpaceX efforts to compete with rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI, which offer popular coding tools. SpaceX expects the merger to close during the third quarter of this year, according to a filing

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SpaceX to acquire the AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion

SpaceX has announced its plan to acquire the AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in an all-stock transaction. The deal is expected to strengthen SpaceX’s capabilities in the AI space and help it better compete with rivals such as Anthropic and OpenAI, both of which offer popular AI-powered coding tools...

ShinyHunters’ PeopleSoft Campaign Shows Why Enterprise Software Is the New Breach Front Door

ShinyHunters is accused of exploiting an Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day to target more than 100 organizations, with higher education making up a large share of victims. The campaign shows why enterprise platforms that manage HR, payroll, finance, and student administration have become high-value targets for extortion groups.

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ShinyHunters’ latest campaign against Oracle PeopleSoft is not just another software vulnerability story. It is a reminder that the most valuable attack surface inside many organizations is not the public website, the email inbox, or the employee laptop. It is the enterprise software that quietly runs the business...

Vibe-coding phenomenon lifts AI startup Supabase to $10.5 billion valuation

Database startup Supabase announced a $500 million funding round that values the company at $10.5 billion, including the fresh capital.

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Vibe-coding phenomenon lifts AI startup Supabase to $10.5 billion valuation

Vibe coding needs infrastructure. Supabase is trying to provide it. The startup, which makes back-end tools for building artificial intelligence apps, said on Thursday that it raised $500 million at a valuation of $10.5 billion, the latest sign that venture investors are seeking to pour money into all corners of the...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the legal field

Law firms are hiring talent from the tech industry as they integrate AI and even develop bespoke tools for clients. They're adapting their pricing models, in some cases offering a choice between services provided by AI and full-fledged legal advice from human lawyers. Firms are also contemplating how to restructure as they turn over routine tasks to AI and need fewer junior associates.

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the legal field

Artificial intelligence is compelling major law firms to fundamentally rethink and transform their longstanding business models and traditional ways of operating. In 2021, Volkswagen AG approached the prominent international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer with a complex regulatory challenge. The German...

Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access

Instagram has resolved a security issue that allowed several users’ accounts to get hacked. The attack appeared to rely on tricking Meta’s own AI-powered support chatbot into granting access to a victim’s account.

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Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access

Security researcher Jane Wong revealed that her Instagram account was compromised. “The password got changed without my knowledge and I was getting different password reset attempts throughout yesterday,” Wong said. “Quite concerning.” A video circulating on X demonstrates the step-by-step process used by the...