XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation
The round is being raised just months after the robot data startup exited from stealth.
Month: September 2026
SpacetimeDB Tutorial: Multiplayer Backend in 13 Steps [2026]
Every multiplayer game backend used to mean the same miserable stack: a game server written in one language, a Postgres database for persistence, a Redis layer bolted on for real-time state, and a pile of custom WebSocket code to keep clients in sync. SpacetimeDB throws that stack out. It merges the database and the server…
Pterodactyl Multi-Game Cloud Server: 13 Steps, $96/Mo [2026]
Running a Valheim server for six friends and a Palworld server for a Discord community used to mean two separate boxes, two separate billing cycles, and two separate headaches every time someone forgot to update the mod list. In 2026, that math no longer makes sense. A single modestly-sized cloud VPS running Pterodactyl Panel can…
OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them
OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should control the scope of their own safety reviews.
European parliament members call for slowdown of Serbia’s EU entry over spyware use
The letter follows revelations about Serbian student activists being infected with Pegasus and NoviSpy, and coincides with other pressures on Belgrade. The post European parliament members call for slowdown of Serbia’s EU entry over spyware use appeared first on CyberScoop.
Insurers Search for Answers to Rein in Rogue AI
As incidents of unintended harm caused by rogue AI agents mount, CISOs and insurance firms are figuring out how to handle the fallout.
CISA KEV Patch Workflow: 12 Steps, 24-Hr Deadline [2026]
A vulnerability scanner can hand you ten thousand findings before lunch. Almost none of them matter this week. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog exists to cut that noise down to the handful of bugs attackers are actually using right now, and as of early September 2026 it is doing that job for a…
Nvidia’s $12.9 Billion Hugging Face Acquisition Looks Expensive. It May Actually Be Cheap
Yesterday, chip giant Nvidia confirmed it has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, making it the company’s second-largest acquisition after its $20 billion purchase of chipmaker Groq’s assets. Nearly $13 billion is a staggering price for an AI […] The post Nvidia’s $12.9 Billion Hugging Face Acquisition Looks Expensive. It May Actually Be…
Audacity 4 is a complete revamp of the ‘world’s most popular’ audio editor
Audacity 4 has been in the works for some time, and had its own mini controversy last year when an unfortunate redesigned logo started making the rounds. The final version of the new icon isn’t nearly as bad as the early rendition that was circulating last October. But more importantly, all the promised improvements to…
AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing
Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.