A Microsoft 365 phishing operation targeting hundreds of organizations captured thousands of passwords and session cookies, including hundreds of authenticated sessions that could be hijacked to bypass MFA, according to researchers who accessed the crooks' own admin...

Cloud data management and data security company Rubrik Inc. today announced Rubrik Apache Iceberg Protection, a backup and recovery capability for Apache Iceberg tables on Amazon Web Services Inc. The target is a gap Rubrik argues native tooling leaves open. Iceberg...

The startup is trying to rethink the economics of cargo aircraft by removing pilots from the equation entirely.

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This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) alerted consumers to a food recall involving more than 1,500 pounds of pork product distributed to eight states. The recall is being initiated due to fears that the pork may be...

Paris-based AI darling Mistral has raised €3 billion in Series D funding, giving it a post-money valuation of more than €21 billion. That makes it a minnow compared with OpenAI, but Mistral says it is the largest equity fundraising round ever completed by a European...

Returning to Paris for the 10th anniversary of VivaTech felt like looking through a time capsule of innovation. Perfect Corp. has participated in VivaTech throughout its history. During that time, I watched the event grow alongside many of the technologies presented...

Threat actors used a multi-agent artificial intelligence framework to compromise thousands of credentials in under six hours, Google LLC’s Google Threat Intelligence Group said in a report released today. Mandiant investigators traced the campaign to a suspected...

Data theft and extortion crews are stealing companies’ proprietary AI data and threatening to leak it if the victim organizations don’t pay a ransom, according to Google’s threat hunters. In one case that Google’s Mandiant incident response team investigated, the...

These eight companies stood out to Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026 judges for enabling employees to innovate with new technologies and effective processes. The integrated PR and marketing agency Autumn Communications, for example, offers employees...

From global giants (Google, Lenovo) to household names (Match Group, Williams-Sonoma) to cheekily named upstarts (Kiss My Apps), these 20 companies impressed Fast Company judges with their efforts to empower employees through innovative uses of new technologies, and...

From tiny Not Impossible Labs to the iconic toy maker Radio Flyer, a whopping 22 companies impressed Fast Company judges to take top honors in the robust North America category of Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026. Alex Lee, Hickory, NC Bose, Framingham, MA Chili...

Nine companies outside of North America most impressed Fast Company judges for their investment in human capital and internal innovation infrastructure, and seven of them also landed on the list of top 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026.  Daiichi Sankyo, Tokyo...

Of the 10 companies earning top honors from Fast Company judges in the biotech, healthcare, and life sciences fields category of Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026, half are in the Boston area. Alloy Therapeutics, Waltham, MA Athenahealth, Boston Clinibase,...

When it comes to fostering cultures of innovation, these 13 companies outpaced other enterprises with 201 to 999 employees to earn Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026 recognition. Caylent, Irvine, CA Craftsmen Industries, St. Charles, MO iFit, Logan, UT Integris,...

Eight companies earned recognition from Fast Company judges in the Cybersecurity and Enterprise Software category of Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026. Bestow, Dallas Doppel, Covina, CA Iru, Coral Gables, FL NEP Services, Long Beach, CA NiCE, Hoboken, NJ Optro, El...

Fast Company judges deemed these six companies winners in the fintech and financial services category of Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026. Comply, Arlington, VA Flex, Miami Highnote, San Francisco Itaú Unibanco, São Paulo Happen Bank (formerly LendingClub), San...

In keeping with a tradition among leaders at X, the Moonshot Factory, Ivo Stivoric has a quirky title: Lt. Trouble + Maker. Since joining more than a dozen years ago, Stivoric has led a host of diverse projects, from industrial robots to ocean health initiatives. His...

Six companies stood out to Fast Company judges in the industrial and manufacturing category of Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026.  Fictiv, Oakland, CA Marvin, Warroad, MN Planet Labs, San Francisco Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati Squint, San Francisco Tractian,...

Six large companies (more than 1,000 employees) earned Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026 category winner status from Fast Company judges.  Adobe, San Jose Birdeye, Palo Alto EPAM Systems, Newtown, PA InterSystems, Boston The RealReal, San Francisco Scopely, Culver...

DoorDash’s cute delivery robot Dot launched in the fall of 2025 and has gotten all the attention, but Dot’s success, of course, was the result of a massive amount of back-end work. The company’s labs team developed an autonomous delivery platform that integrates...

These six midsize companies (between 51 and 200 employees) earned Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026 category winner status. BIOptimizers, Reno, NV David&Goliath, El Segundo, CA Gamefam, Los Angeles Go Lime, North York, Ontario Roto, Dublin, OH Valence, New...

These nine small companies (50 employees or fewer) impressed Fast Company judges for their efforts to foster cultures of innovation, earning Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026 recognition. Excetera, New York Fundamentalco, New York INK Communications, Austin...