Thursday, November 12, 202617 stories

SoftBank Backs Agile Robots in $500 Million Humanoid Push

Devices · 6 sources

Agile Robots SE raised funds valuing the German robotics maker at $8.5 billion in a round led by SoftBank Group Corp., giving the startup fresh capital to expand production of its artificial intelligence-powered machines.

Exclusive: SE3, a German startup building ‘spatial intelligence’ for military drones, gets $30 million in Series A funding

Devices · 4 sources

Accel led the new venture funding round for the startup that builds AI for individual drones as well as to coordinate swarms of unmanned systems across a battlefield

Drone Startup Uforce Valued at $6 Billion With UK Wealth Fund Backing

Software · 3 sources

The UK National Wealth Fund made its largest defense investment as part of a $700 million financing round for Uforce, a drone startup initially formed in Ukraine.

Hackers plant GSocket on Linux servers for persistent access

Software · 2 sources

Multiple threat actors are abusing GSocket, a legitimate open-source remote access tool, to maintain access to Linux servers even after patching the vulnerabilities exploited to gain initial access.

Chinese AI firms are rushing to lock in overseas Nvidia capacity before possible U.S. crackdown

A House-passed bill would give the Commerce Department authority over cloud access to restricted chips, which Chinese firms rent abroad

Nebuly raises $21M Series A to measure the ROI of enterprise AI

AI · 3 sources

Nebuly, a Turin-based company that helps businesses measure the financial return from their AI agents, has raised $21m in a Series A round led by Planven. Exor Ventures, Tenacity Capital, TGVG Capital and Fastweb+Vodafone also participated, alongside CDP Venture Capital’s AI and Digital Transition funds.

Apache patches critical HTTP/2 flaw in server version 2.4.71

Security · 3 sources

Apache released the fix on November 11th. Wiz estimates that 64% of cloud environments Wiz measures contain affected resources and 51% have publicly exposed instances, without accounting for configuration.

Griffin raises $20M to add cards and stablecoins to its banking platform

Software · 2 sources

Griffin, the UK bank that lets fintechs and platforms embed accounts and payments into their own products, has raised a $20M Series B led by Octagon Partners. The round values the London-based company at over $100M and will fund its expansion into card issuing and stablecoin services.

2026 Golden Joysticks Winners: ‘Resident Evil Requiem’ Takes GOTY

Software · 2 sources

‘Resident Evil Requiem’ won Game of the Year at the 2026 Golden Joysticks, narrowly beating ‘Phantom Blade Zero’ as Capcom took home seven awards on the night.

Elligint Health acquires Israeli startup Laguna in deal estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars

Software · 2 sources

The U.S. healthcare technology company plans to double Laguna's workforce in Israel and make its AI platform a key part of its offering to health insurers, whose care management systems serve more than 13 million policyholders.

Attacker Used 4,837 Hijacked GitHub Accounts to Run a CI Secret Stealer in 1,806+ Repositories

Software · 2 sources

Starting Tuesday, an attacker used stolen credentials for 4,837 GitHub accounts to plant a secret stealer in repositories those accounts could write to, according to Aikido Security, a security software company. The stealer is built to take the secrets and cloud credentials that a repository's CI workflows can reach.

Xbox Free Cloud Gaming Tier Rolls Out With Ads, While Game Pass Subscribers Face New Session Limits

Devices · 2 sources

Microsoft is fundamentally reshaping how players access its streaming ecosystem. After months of rumors and quiet internal testing, the long-awaited Xbox free cloud gaming tier is finally rolling out to most players worldwide.