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Slang AI, which develops voice-based software for the hospitality industry that answers inbound calls, manages reservations, and more, raised a $36M Series B (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/all-deals/2026/02/24/slang-ai-hospitality-voic…

Exclusive: Slang AI lands $36M for hospitality voice tech
The NYC-based hospitality platform helps restaurants manage calls and bookings.

Meta vor Gericht: Führungskräfte warnten vor Risiken der Verschlüsselung
Meta nahm in Kauf, dass die Verschlüsselung der eigenen Plattformen die Aufdeckung von Kindesmissbrauch und anderer Straftaten erschweren könnte.

Snow, Silence, and the Difficult Question of How We Die
A winter storm slowed the world to an eerie quiet, blurring time and routine. In that silence, my thoughts drifted from snow and preparation to harder questions about death, dignity, and whether we should have more control over how life ends.
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Snow, Silence, and the Difficult Question of How We Die – Bob Mueller
A winter storm brings silence and reflection, leading to difficult but necessary thoughts on death, dignity, and medical aid in dying.

Ex-L3Harris executive sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker
https://cyberscoop.com/l3harris-executive-peter-williams-sentenced-zero-day-exploits-russia/

Ex-L3Harris executive sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker
Peter Williams was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for selling restricted zero-day exploits to a Russian broker. Prosecutors say the $35M trade secret theft involved the specialized Trenchant unit.

Minnesota sues feds for evidence in Pretti, Good slayings | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/minnesota-sues-feds-for-evidence-in-pretti-good-slayings/

A US judge sentences ex-L3Harris exec Peter Williams to over 7 years in prison, after he pleaded guilty in 2025 to theft of trade secrets and selling exploits (Greg Otto/CyberScoop)
https://cyberscoop.com/l3harris-executive-peter-williams-sentence…

Ex-L3Harris executive sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker
Peter Williams was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for selling restricted zero-day exploits to a Russian broker. Prosecutors say the $35M trade secret theft involved the specialized Trenchant unit.

We're at the week's half-way mark and the infosec news machine is operating on overdrive.
Don't miss today's Metacurity for the most crucial developments you should know, including
--Ex-Trenchant exec gets 7 years for selling hacking tools to Russian zero-day broker,
--Rubio orders diplomats to fight against data sovereignty,
--UNC2814 breached 53 organizations,
--Anthropic PBC’s chatbot carried out attacks against Mexican government,
--DHS…

Ex-Trenchant exec gets 7+ years for selling hacking tools to Russian zero-day broker
Rubio orders diplomats to fight against data sovereignty, UNC2814 breached 53 organizations, Anthropic PBC’s chatbot attacked the Mexican government, DHS sued for scanning protestors' faces, Wynn Resorts almost certainly paid ransom, Discord postpones age verification policy, much more

A winter storm slowed everything down—quiet house, lost sense of time, strange stillness. That silence turned into a reflection on death, dignity, and medical aid in dying. New post is up. ❄️🕯️
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/snow-silence-and-the-diff…

Snow, Silence, and the Difficult Question of How We Die – Bob Mueller
A winter storm brings silence and reflection, leading to difficult but necessary thoughts on death, dignity, and medical aid in dying.

Missing Link: Vor 50 Jahren startete die Concorde in den Liniendienst
Das schlanke Überschallflugzeug Concorde galt als „Königin der Lüfte“. Vor 50 Jahren eröffneten Air France und British Airways gleichzeitig den Liniendienst.

Microsoft gibt BitLocker-Schlüssel an Strafverfolgungsbehörden
Microsoft hinterlegt den Schlüssel der Festplattenverschlüsselung standardmäßig im Online-Account von Kunden. Dort ist er mit richterlichem Beschluss abrufbar.