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The U.S. Treasury announced it was imposing sanctions against a Russian broker of zero-day exploits, its founder and two affiliates, citing a threat to U.S. national security. Another affiliated zero-day broker in the United Arab Emirates was also sanctioned. Source

By bringing Reels to TV, Instagram is looking to better compete with YouTube, which largely dominates the TV space. Source

AI has brought the startup world the rise of companies that instantly hit multimillion-dollar ARR. Stripe revealed some data that shows how common this has become. Source

An email chain with Instagram head Adam Mosseri indicated the company was aware of teen safety issues in DMs in 2018, but didn't launch its unwanted-nudity filter until 2024. Source

The company added that 90% of users won’t need to verify their age and will be able to keep using Discord as usual. Source

The Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday to loosen AI guardrails or face potential penalties, escalating a high-stakes dispute that raises questions about government leverage, vendor dependence, and investor confidence in defense tech. Source

Automotive marketplace CarGurus was the target of a data breach in which the names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers were stolen. Source

Form Energy's iron-air batteries will store wind and solar power to keep the data center running 24/7. Source

Peter Williams, the former head of U.S. hacking tools maker L3Harris Trenchant, was sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing and selling his former company’s hacking and surveillance tools to a Russian firm. Source

Stripe might be looking to buy PayPal, or parts of it, per early reports. Source