Autonomous offensive security company XBOW on Wednesday announced raising $120 million in a Series C funding round to scale its AI-powered platform that autonomously discovers and validates software vulnerabilities. The round, which values the company at over $1 billion, was led by DFJ Growth and Northzone. The investment also included participation from Sofina, Alkeon Capital, Altimeter, NFDG Ventures, and Sequoia Capital. This latest funding, which brings the total raised by the Seattle-based company to $237 million, will be used to accelerate expansion, fuel product innovation, and support international growth. XBOW uses AI reasoning and adversarial workflows to continuously test applications…
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AI Overviews cut the click-through rate on Germany’s top organic position by 59%, according to a SISTRIX analysis of more than 100 million keywords. The data, published by founder Johannes Beus, puts numbers on a pattern that multiple studies have now documented across different markets. The dataset stands out for its size and for offering category-level detail in Germany. What The Data Shows SISTRIX found that AI Overviews appear on roughly 20% of all keywords in German search results. That’s close to SE Ranking’s finding of about 21% in the US market from November, though the datasets cover different markets…
In a post on its community blog today, Meta announced the timeline for the shutdown of Horizon Worlds for VR users. The Horizon Worlds app and related Events will disappear from Quest headsets by March 31, and VR users will no longer be able to use the social hub at all after June 15, 2026. Horizon Worlds will continue, Meta says, but only for mobile users. “We are separating the two platforms so each can grow with greater focus, and the Horizon Worlds platform will become a mobile-only experience,” the company explained in the post. “This separation will extend across…
The power problem, Microsoft argues, starts with the cables themselves. How MOSAIC works Copper interconnects top out at roughly two meters at high data rates, limiting them to within a single rack. Laser-based fiber optic cables go further but consume more power and are sensitive to temperature and dust, Microsoft said in the post. MOSAIC reaches up to 50 meters while drawing less power than either, the company added. “Imaging fiber looks like a standard fiber, but inside it has thousands of cores,” Paolo Costa, a Microsoft partner research manager and the project’s lead researcher, wrote in the post. “That…
With desktop 3D printers becoming so common, what used to be a really specialized manufacturing tech is now available for everyone. However, don’t think this easy access means that modern 3D printing is just a simple, plug-and-play device. Getting reliable, high-quality results isn’t about how much your printer costs; it’s more about what you put into it. You can make cheap 3D prints, but don’t assume that means you can cut corners on materials, because that’s the worst way to get the most out of your machine. 3D printing is worth the time it takes to learn There is a…
Ravie LakshmananMar 18, 2026Network Security / Ransomware Amazon Threat Intelligence is warning of an active Interlock ransomware campaign that’s exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-20131 (CVSS score: 10.0), a case of insecure deserialization of user-supplied Java byte stream, which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary Java code as root on an affected device. According to data gleaned from the tech giant’s MadPot global sensor network, the security flaw is said to have been exploited as a zero-day since January…
Google is cleaning up outdated requirements in Google Ads, reflecting how legacy ad formats have evolved into newer, more automated products. What’s happening. As of March 17th, Google discontinued multiple ad format policies, including those related to form ads, image quality, responsive ads, and text ads. What changed. These requirements are being removed because the original formats have transitioned into newer campaign types and ad experiences, making the old policy frameworks no longer relevant. Why we care. This update simplifies the policy landscape in Google Ads, reducing confusion around outdated requirements tied to legacy formats. What advertisers should do. Advertisers…
There’s no shortage of fantastic sci-fi TV series out there, but not all of them are easily accessible. The Expanse is one of the best space epics ever made, but it’s cordoned off behind the Prime Video paywall. Andor is the boldest thing to come out of the Star Wars universe in decades, but you need a Disney+ subscription to see it. And then there’s Apple TV+, an underrated streaming service which specializes in great sci-fi shows. Basically, if you want to get people’s attention, it helps to be on a broadly popular platform like Netflix. Back in September of…
Dropzone AI has released the AI Threat Hunter, its newest AI agent that enables security teams to proactively search for threats across their environments around the clock. The AI Threat Hunter is the next agent joining the Dropzone’s Agentic SOC team, expanding what AI agents can do across the full spectrum of detection and response. This new capability is designed to work seamlessly alongside SOC analysts, both human and autonomous, expanding security analytical capacity across the SOC, and will be generally available in Summer 2026. Security teams have long recognized the importance of proactive threat hunting; however, thorough hunting requires…
Google Messages is the official Google app for messaging. Google Messages is revolutionizing how a billion users connect and is powered by Rich Communication Services (RCS), the industry standard for texting that replaces SMS and MMS. With RCS, you can share high resolution photos and videos, enjoy dynamic group chats, and seamlessly connect with other RCS users including your iPhone friends. • Rich Communication: Share high-quality photos and videos, see when friends are typing, and enjoy dynamic group chats that now seamlessly include your iPhone friends.• Personal Touch: Make conversations uniquely yours with features like custom chat bubble colors or…