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$110B mega-deals collide with agentic AI security upheaval (and an Anthropic ban), as North Korea hardens on the South amid crime, courts, and UK rents crossing £1,000
Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery announce $110 billion deal
Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed they agreed to a $110 billion deal, per a joint news release, because apparently the only thing more unstoppable than streaming losses is executive confidence.
Kim Jong Un says North Korea will stop treating South Korea as “fellow countrymen”
Kim Jong Un said North Korea will permanently stop viewing South Korea as “fellow countrymen” and claimed there is “nothing to discuss,” further undercutting Seoul’s outreach efforts. Diplomacy, now with extra doors slammed for emphasis.
Menlo Security’s new CEO bets on browser-based defenses for agentic AI
Menlo Security’s new CEO, former Mandiant executive Bill Robbins, says the company will focus on securing agentic AI runtimes through the browser, using web-session visibility to help prevent prompt injection, malware, and data loss, while still chasing 40%+ growth and nudging the business toward profitability. Ambitious, which in tech is a synonym for “hold my burn rate.”
Trump administration orders agencies to stop using Anthropic tech amid Pentagon dispute
The Trump administration ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s technology as the Pentagon escalates a dispute over Anthropic refusing to relax safety safeguards on Claude. The standoff could disrupt planned classified AI deployments and create months-long capability gaps across defense and contractor networks, because nothing says “national readiness” like a procurement tantrum.
RSAC 2026 highlights agentic AI, incident response, and expanded community programming
RSAC Conference 2026 marks its 35th anniversary next month with new community spaces, expanded AI programming, and a global keynote lineup. The agenda includes agentic AI, incident response, international speakers, and hands-on labs, which is a nice way of saying everyone is still trying to patch reality in real time.
Gambit Security raises $61 million for enterprise resilience platform
Gambit Security raised $61 million from Spark Capital, Kleiner Perkins, and Cyberstarts to launch a resilience platform aimed at giving CISOs real-time visibility into resilience risks, continuous monitoring, automated remediation, and hybrid infrastructure management amid AI-enabled cyberattacks. Translation, more dashboards, more automation, and one more vendor promising to make chaos “manageable.”
OpenAI raises $110 billion in new funding round
OpenAI reportedly raised $110 billion in its third funding round, including a combined $100 billion from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, about double what it raised in 2025. At this point “funding round” is less finance and more weather event.
Three wanted after Wendy’s drive-thru incident in Ewing Township
Police say three people are wanted after an incident at a Wendy’s drive-thru in Ewing Township, where they allegedly damaged property inside the restaurant and tried to assault employees using various items. Employees deserve hazard pay for surviving both the lunch rush and whatever this was.
Luigi Mangione will not face death penalty in federal case tied to UnitedHealthcare executive killing
Luigi Mangione, 27, accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson in Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024, will not face the death penalty in the federal case. Prosecutors said they will not challenge a ruling that the charges, as filed, do not qualify for capital punishment because the underlying offense is stalking, not a qualifying “crime of violence.” Mangione pleaded not guilty, faces a possible life sentence, has a federal trial set for September, and a separate state murder trial scheduled for June.
UK private rents top £1,000 in more areas, but price growth may be slowing
Private renting has become significantly more expensive over the past five years, with monthly costs now topping £1,000 in a growing number of areas. Tenants may be starting to see the pace of increases slow, which is the housing market’s version of saying, “We are only sprinting, not accelerating into a wall.”
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