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Big Tech

Anthropic bets $11.6 billion on Akamai for AI cloud capacity

Anthropic is putting $11.6 billion into Akamai cloud services over the next seven years, a figure well over six times the size of the $1.8 billion deal the two companies signed in May. Akamai revealed the agreement...

Sep 26, 2026TechCrunch
Crypto

Bitget confirms $351.6 million breach and pauses withdrawals

Crypto exchange Bitget says $351.6 million was exposed in a breach of its systems on Thursday, a theft that could rank as the year's biggest exchange hack. Chief executive Gracy Chen put the number out in a post on...

Sep 26, 2026CoinDesk
AI

Insurers say AI added $942 million to healthcare spending

America's health insurers say artificial intelligence is already making healthcare more expensive. A new analysis from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association concludes that hospitals using AI to prepare insurance...

Sep 26, 2026TechCrunch
Emerging Tech

Pentagon seeks $30 million for AI lie detector program

The Pentagon is asking for $30.3 million over five years to build a better lie detector. The program, called Polygraph+ or Polygraph Next, would pair machine scored analysis with remote sensors that read a subject's...

Sep 26, 2026MIT Technology Review