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Sources: Cisco is in talks to acquire Tel Aviv-based Astrix Security, which sells software to monitor and secure AI agents, for between $250M and $350M (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/cisco-talks-buy-ai-security-s…

Cisco in Talks to Buy AI Security Startup Astrix for at Least $250 Million
Cisco Systems is in talks to acquire Astrix Security, a five-year-old Israeli cybersecurity startup that sells software to monitor and secure AI agents, for between $250 million and $350 million, according to people with knowledge of the deal. That would represent at least a 25% premium to the ...

This is a new one. Got a #press release, tried to download the attached #report, and got this message.
"Unsupported #PDF viewer" I assume means every PDF viewer available on

RE: https://journa.host/@theintercept/116376758495884715
The one thing the Democrats and Republicans in Gun-Gun Land can agree on is that they sure do love them a good genocide.

Netanyahu’s ‘contempt for life and international law is intolerable’: Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez.
https://aje.news/jf7llm?update=4475229

Iran war updates: Israel kills 254 in Lebanon after US-Iran agree ceasefire
These were the updates on the US-Israeli war on Iran on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

#GrünerWasserstoff gilt als zentraler #Energieträger der #Energiewende.
Er ermöglicht klimaneutrale Prozesse in

Grüner Wasserstoff: Wie der Energieträger funktioniert
Bis 2045 möchte Deutschland klimaneutral sein. Für die Energiewende ist grüner Wasserstoff zentral, denn er ist CO2-neutral. Warum die Technologie so wichtig ist.

A decent #analysis of the ways in which this #Iran crisis could end. I agree the "Base Case" is where it is likely to end.
No matter how it ends, this #crisis is too high a price for so many only to feed one man's greed ego, and possibly to distract from his misdeeds. 😢😠
https://us.cnn.com/2026/03/10/politics/iran-crisis-three-ways-endgame-mcgurk

Can we clone this guy? "“While I found this protest appalling, I will not waver in my belief that it should be allowed to happen,” Mamdani continued. “Ours is a free society where the right to peaceful protest is sacred. It does not belong only to those we agree with—it belongs to everyone.”"
Mamdani stands by ‘sacred’ First Amendment amid bigotry and violence
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/9/2372396/-Mamdani-stands-by-sacred-First-Amendment-amid-bigotry-and-violence

OpenAI agrees to acquire Promptfoo, which fixes security issues in AI systems being built and is "trusted by 25% of Fortune 500", to fold into OpenAI Frontier (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-promptfoo/

Sydney-based AI data center operator IREN agrees to acquire Mirantis, which offers Kubernetes management and cloud infrastructure software, for $625M in stock (Shane Snider/Data Center Knowledge)
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/infras

IREN Buys Mirantis for $625M to Unlock AI Compute Utilization
The $625 million deal adds Kubernetes and enterprise ops to help turn deployed GPUs into usable, revenue-generating AI infrastructure.

UK data center developer Nscale raised a $2B Series C led by Aker and 8090 Industries at a $14.6B valuation and adds Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg to its board (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03…