Estuary launches with $93 million Series A for kidney gene therapies
Estuary Biotherapeutics launched Friday with a $93 million Series A led by RA Capital Management to develop gene therapies for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, BioPharma Dive reported. Investors included Alphabet's GV...
RapidCanvas raises $29 million to expand enterprise AI delivery
RapidCanvas announced a $29 million Series B funding round led by Vertex Ventures SEA & India on Friday, bringing its total funding to $52.5 million. Hitachi Ventures joined as an investor, alongside existing backers Accel, Peak X...
Calif details OpenBSD exploit that bypassed kernel protections to gain root
Calif published an OpenBSD exploit that it says gained local root access with three kernel protections enabled, without an information disclosure vulnerability. The attack combined an overflow in a shared memory counter inherited ...
SoftBank considers Allied Universal acquisition as Son explores AI robots
SoftBank Group is considering buying Allied Universal, the largest security services company in the US, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The consideration comes as founder Masayoshi Son explores deploying...
AI-assisted firearm prototype fires in demonstration after initial misfire
A firearm that Defense Distributed says was designed through dialogue with its GatGPT model fired twice after an initial misfire during a demonstration witnessed by The Verge. Cody Wilson described the WASP as a proof of concept f...
NIST researchers demonstrate chip frequency comb without bulky support equipment
NIST and collaborating researchers demonstrated a microchip frequency comb that makes high-quality optical measurements without being tethered to bulky laboratory equipment. Frequency combs generate evenly spaced colors of light t...
