Pickle Robot, a warehouse automation company, has appointed Jeff Evanson as its first CFO. Evanson was Tesla’s VP of investor relations from 2011 to 2017. The move comes as the startup reportedly lands a massive deal with shipping giant UPS.
A new Sophos report reveals a complex ransomware landscape for manufacturers. While defenses are improving and encryption rates are falling, attackers are pivoting to data theft and extortion, and 51% of affected organizations still end up paying.
Aura Clean Energy is teaming up with Volvo Penta for its large-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). The focus is on transportable, grid-scale units for defense and emergency power. This partnership aims to tackle the growing BESS market in Oceania.
Sony and Tencent have reached a confidential settlement over the game Light of Motiram, which Sony called a “slavish clone” of Horizon. The game has now been removed from major PC storefronts, ending a legal battle that began in July.
Microsoft’s cross-platform program had a huge month. The November 2025 additions mean you can buy these games once and play on both Xbox and PC with shared progress.
The team behind Hitman is tackling James Bond with 007 First Light, an origin story starring a young, reckless Bond. It promises open-ended social stealth, but can it live up to the hype?
Texas has filed lawsuits against Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense, and TCL, accusing them of using technology to secretly record what consumers watch. The state alleges the TVs took screenshots twice per second and sent the data to servers in Asia. This represents a major escalation in the fight over smar
AirTrunk is expanding its Japanese footprint with a second hyperscale data center in Osaka. The new OSK2 campus will add up to 100MW of capacity, significantly larger than its first Osaka site. This move is part of the company’s major push into the APAC region to support cloud and AI growth.
Volkswagen’s ambitious battery division, PowerCo, is hitting a major financial snag. After parent company VW slashed its five-year spending plan, the unit is now actively seeking external financing to stay on track.
Eric Wengrowski spent nearly a decade on a steganography PhD at Rutgers. Now, that tech is the core of Steg.AI, a startup thrust into the spotlight to combat AI image fraud. It’s a classic story of obscure research meeting a moment of crisis.
