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CrowdStrike buys identity management startup SGNL, in a deal valued at nearly $740M, to bolster identity security defenses on its flagship Falcon platform (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/08/crowdstrike-ai-cybersecurity-sgnl-acquisition.ht…

CrowdStrike buys identity security startup SGNL for $740 million in latest deal push
Last year's big cybersecurity deals include Google's $32 billion Wiz acquisition and Palo Alto Networks' $25 billion CyberArk takeover.

dutch_criticism: Dutch literacy criticism (1976)
A network of criticisms among Dutch literary authors in 1976. The directed edge (i,j) denotes that an author i passed judgment on author j's work in an interview or review.
This network has 35 nodes and 81 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
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Source: OpenAI privately complained to NBC News that the author of a story about OpenAI pressuring nonprofits was backed by a nonprofit involved in the story (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/07/2025/ai-critics-funded-ai-coverage-…

Exclusive: AI critics funded AI coverage at top newsrooms
A behind-the-scenes media war over coverage of AI reflects a deep split inside the tech community.

Witkoff reveals cards: defense mechanisms & economic deal for Ukraine at final stage: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/07/witkoff-reveals-cards-defense-mechanisms.html

Check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--77,000-plus IP addresses are vulnerable to maximum severity React2Shell flaw,
--NCSC warns prompt injection threats might be forever,
--Apple and Google issue new spyware warnings,
--Apache Tika critical flaw allows XXE injection attacks,
--Japanese high school student accused of using ChatGPT to attack internet cafe chain,
--US is…

77,000-plus IP addresses are vulnerable to maximum severity React2Shell flaw
NCSC warns prompt injection threats might be forever, Apple and Google issue new spyware warnings, Apache Tika critical flaw allows XXE injection attacks, Japanese high school student accused of using ChatGPT to attack internet cafe chain, US issues $10m reward for Iranian hackers, much more

"Damning EU report lays bare bloc’s ‘dangerous dependence’ on critical mineral imports"
#EU #EuropeanUnion

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Curtis Harding:
🎵 Face Your Fear
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https://open.spotify.com/track/1wK02f0hF4SzTSkVW9fHXo

Are sports cards in another 'junk wax era'? What the numbers tell us https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7028558/2026/02/07/sports-cards-junk-wax/

Rivian spins off Mind Robotics as a new stand-alone industrial AI and robotics company; Mind Robotics raised a $115M seed led by Eclipse (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/04/rivian-creates-another-spinoff-company-called…

Rivian creates another spinoff company called Mind Robotics | TechCrunch
It's the second time this year Rivian has spun out a new company, after it created micromobility startup Also in March.

Ukraine braces for 'critical damage' after Russian strike on Kharkiv Oblast dam threatens water supply: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/07/ukraine-braces-for-critical-damage.html