OpenAI has officially confirmed the acquisition of Hiro Finance, an AI-powered personal finance startup founded by serial entrepreneur Ethan Bloch. The deal, which follows Hiro’s recent launch of a specialized financial modeling tool, marks a strategic move by OpenAI to deepen its expertise in high-stakes mathematical accuracy and consumer fintech. Backed by heavyweights like Ribbit Capital and General Catalyst, Hiro
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OpenAI Revokes macOS App Certificate After Axios Supply-Chain Compromise
OpenAI has publicly disclosed a supply‑chain incident that affected the signing workflow for its macOS applications and, out of caution, is revoking and rotating the certificate used to notarize those apps. The company’s investigation found that a GitHub Actions workflow used in the macOS signing process pulled a compromised release of the widely used npm library Axios (version 1.14.1). Although
Microsoft removes Support and Recovery Assistant from Windows — what it means
Microsoft has removed the Support and Recovery Assistant (SaRA) from Windows, according to recent reports. Once a handy troubleshooting companion for Office and other Microsoft products, SaRA helped users diagnose and fix a variety of common issues. Its absence changes the options available to end users and IT teams when problems arise, but there are practical alternatives and steps you
Price Elasticity: The One Data Point That Could Clarify AI’s Impact on Jobs
Silicon Valley’s conversations about AI often sound like inevitabilities: sweeping automation, mass displacement, and workplaces remade by powerful models. Those scenarios have driven anxiety among workers and intense debate among researchers. But one practical problem underlies much of the confusion: we lack the right economic data to predict how AI-driven productivity gains will actually affect employment. Without that missing piece,
Anthropic opens Microsoft 365 connectors to all Claude plans — what it means for users
Anthropic has quietly broadened access to one of Claude’s most practical integrations: the Microsoft 365 connector. Once reserved for Team and Enterprise subscribers, the connector is now available across every Claude plan — including the free tier — enabling Claude to read and search content stored in Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams and Calendar for users tied to an organization’s Microsoft
Microsoft Forces Upgrades on Unmanaged Windows 11 24H2 PCs Amid Rapid Emergency Fixes
Microsoft has begun rolling out forced upgrades for unmanaged Windows 11 devices running the 24H2 build, a move aimed at keeping consumer and unmanaged enterprise machines on supported and secure versions of the OS. The company is giving users a short grace period to pause the automatic update, but administrators and everyday users should be prepared to install the latest