Cisco said that one of its representatives fell victim to a voice phishing attack that allowed threat actors to download profile information belonging to users of a third-party customer relationship management system. “Our investigation has determined that the exported data primarily consisted of basic account profile information of individuals who registered for a user account...
BPRW Salutes Neil Foote of Foote Communications in Honor of Black Business Month
(Black PR Wire) Miami, FL – This media mogul has an exceptional and highly successful track record, and continues to do good in the neighborhoods all over the nation. He’s Neil Foote, CEO of Foote Communications, LLC. Located in Dallas, Texas,…
(BPRW) Teacher Quality and Retention Program celebrates 16 years of transforming classrooms and building educational leaders
(Black PR Wire) Hundreds of educators who have been shaped by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund‘s (TMCF) Teacher Quality and Retention Program (TQRP), now entering its 16th year as one of TMCF’s signature programs. Since its la…
A.I. Has Ushered in Silicon Valley’s ‘Hard Tech’ Era
Goodbye to the age of consumer websites and mobile apps. Artificial intelligence has ushered in an era of what insiders in the nation’s innovation capital call “hard tech.”
How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military
In a major shift, Google, OpenAI, Meta and venture capitalists — many of whom had once forsworn involvement in war — have embraced the military industrial complex.
The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion
The Rationalists, a community focused on the risks of artificial intelligence, regularly gather with tech figures and other like-minded people in a complex that covers much of a city block.
Swarming to San Francisco’s A.I. Boom: a New Crop of 20-Something CEOs
Some dropped out of M.I.T., Georgetown and Stanford. Others decided not to go to college. They all say they could not afford to wait to build their own artificial intelligence start-ups.
Joby Will Buy Blade’s Helicopter Taxi Business for $125 Million
Joby Aviation, which is developing electric aircraft, will acquire the passenger business of Blade, a New York helicopter operator, for $125 million.
AI site Perplexity uses “stealth tactics” to flout no-crawl edicts, Cloudflare says
AI search engine Perplexity is using stealth bots and other tactics to evade websites’ no-crawl directives, an allegation that if true violates Internet norms that have been in place for more than three decades, network security and optimization service Cloudflare said Monday. In a blog post, Cloudflare researchers said the company received complaints from customers...
(BPRW) Thurgood Marshall College Fund Hamptons event raises $125,000
(Black PR Wire) The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) hosted an exclusive brunch in the Hamptons. Approximately $125,000 was raised and more than 100 people were in attendance. Charles Merinoff, a member of the TMCF Board of Directors&n…