Lenovo taps $2bn convertible market to refinance and buy back stock
Lenovo taps $2bn convertible market to refinance and buy back stock

Lenovo has raised $2bn through seven-year convertible bonds, and the most notable thing about the debt is that it pays nothing. The Beijing-based maker of computers and AI servers sold zero-coupon notes due in 2033, priced at a conversion premium of 47…

What to know about budgeting for pentesting: tools vs services
What to know about budgeting for pentesting: tools vs services

Budgeting for pentesting is no longer a simple choice between buying a tool or hiring an outside firm once a year. Pentesting, or searching for vulnerabilities in one’s cybersecurity defenses by launching a mock cyberattack against it, has become a fun…

Dream raises $260m at $3bn, tripling its value in 16 months
Dream raises $260m at $3bn, tripling its value in 16 months

Sixteen months ago, Dream was a billion-dollar company. This week it is worth three. The Israeli AI and cybersecurity firm has raised $260m in a round that valued it at $3bn, nearly tripling the $1.1bn it commanded in February 2025, a pace of revaluati…

Fintech’s Most Important Product Layer Is The One Customers Never See

The customer-facing layer still matters. You can’t win without it. But on its own, it isn’t enough of a moat anymore.

A harmless-looking ChatGPT prompt opened the door to gruesome AI images

Researchers say ChatGPT generated violent and sexualized images after a harmless-looking prompt was altered, raising new questions about OpenAI’s safeguards and how quickly AI image tools can be pushed around filters.

China’s 618 festival is all-in on AI. Its shoppers are not.
China’s 618 festival is all-in on AI. Its shoppers are not.

China’s ‘618’ shopping festival, the mid-year sales event named for 18 June and now stretched across several weeks, has become two things at once this year: a showcase for how thoroughly AI has been threaded through online retail, and a reminder of how…

How to turn your old Android phone into a streaming stick for free – in 6 easy steps

Don’t have a Roku or Fire TV? Here’s how I turned my spare Pixel phone into one and streamed movies on the big screen.

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Chile turned to China for an undersea cable. The U.S. said no

A proposed undersea cable from Chile to Hong Kong promised to connect South America directly to Asia. Instead, it became a test of how far the U.S. will go to curb Chinese telecom ambitions.

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Locked Out of the World Cup: A Year Marked by Barriers, Borders, and Broken Access

The 2026 World Cup promises a global celebration. Many Arab fans may find themselves locked out.