Salesforce shares surged 22.6% on Thursday, delivering the company’s second-best trading day on record and helping ignite a broader rally across software stocks as investors reassessed fears that artificial intelligence could undermine the traditional software industry. Editorial credit: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock The enterprise software giant closed at $252.05 after its shares jumped following a stronger-than-expected fiscal second-quarter earnings report, an upgraded

Healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson Corporation has confirmed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to third-party applications and data exfiltration. The disclosure follows claims by the criminal extortion syndicate ShinyHunters that it compromised internal systems and extracted 284 million data records containing sensitive patient and medical information. Editorial credit: FotoField / Shutterstock In a Form 8-K filing submitted to the

Security researchers have uncovered three backdoor-like surveillance implants embedded in the firmware of routers manufactured by Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics, better known as ZBT, raising fresh concerns about the security of networking equipment sold around the world. The findings, published by cybersecurity firm VulnCheck, reveal that several ZBT routers contain software capable of giving remote operators powerful control over affected devices. Because ZBT manufactures ha

Nvidia has reportedly agreed to acquire artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, in what would rank among the chipmaker’s largest acquisitions and significantly expand its influence across the open-source AI ecosystem. Editorial credit: sdx15 / Shutterstock The deal was first reported by The Information, which cited a person familiar with the matter. Reuters also reported the agreement, noting that neither Nvidia nor Hugging Face immediately responded

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that the Pentagon acted unlawfully when it designated artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a “supply-chain risk,” handing the Claude maker a major legal victory in its escalating dispute with the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin ruled Thursday that the government’s decision violated Anthropic’s constitutional rights and was not supported by a legitimate national security justification. The 59-page ruling found that the