Cybersecurity firm Armis raises $435 million at a $6.1 billion valuation while boldly rejecting seven acquisition offers including a $5 billion bid from Thoma Bravo, choosing instead to pursue an IPO in late 2026 with $300 million in annual recurring revenue.
Bevel secures $10M Series A funding from General Catalyst as the AI health companion reaches 100,000 daily users with 8x growth, offering $6 monthly software that unifies wearable data across sleep, fitness, and nutrition without requiring proprietary hardware.
NVIDIA invests $1 billion in Nokia to develop AI-powered 6G networks, launching the Aerial RAN Computer Pro platform that enables software-based transitions from 5G to 6G, with T-Mobile set to begin field trials in 2026 targeting a market expected to exceed $200 billion by 2030.
AWS suffers massive outage impacting over 108 services across US-EAST-1 region as DNS failures cascade through DynamoDB, EC2, Lambda, and CloudWatch, with internal network monitoring issues triggering widespread connectivity problems before full restoration at 3:01 PM.
University of Otago researchers achieve world-first breakthrough enabling smartwatches to pinpoint locations within 8 centimeters using new algorithms that combine signals from multiple satellite systems, bringing military-grade GPS precision to everyday consumer devices.
Apple acquires computer vision startup Prompt AI and its 11-person team after the company shuts down its Seemour security camera app, beating out competitors xAI and Neuralink to secure UC Berkeley AI researchers for likely integration into HomeKit smart home technology.
Base Power secures $1 billion Series C funding at $3 billion valuation to expand home battery storage systems nationwide, currently serving 5,000 Texas households while reducing electricity bills by 10-20% monthly and providing backup power during outages amid growing AI infrastructure energy demands.
Qualcomm acquires Arduino's open-source electronics platform while preserving its independence, immediately launching the $44 Uno Q board featuring AI capabilities and Linux compatibility for Arduino's massive 33 million maker community.
Nokia and Bosch develop revolutionary 6G networks that detect objects and people through signal reflections, creating digital twins of entire environments in just 20 milliseconds while researchers simultaneously transform millions of kilometers of existing undersea cables into earthquake sensors.
Amazon unveils four new Echo devices powered by Alexa+ generative AI starting at $99.99, featuring advanced AZ3 chips and enhanced contextual awareness to compete against OpenAI and Google in the escalating AI assistant battle.