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Island's $400 Million Series F at $6.4 Billion Bets the Browser Can Govern AI Agents
Startups

Island's $400 Million Series F at $6.4 Billion Bets the Browser Can Govern AI Agents

The enterprise browser pioneer is recasting itself as an 'agentic control plane' β€” and investors from Sequoia to Evolution Equity Partners just priced that thesis at $6.4 billion.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20268 min read
The First Worm Delivered Through an AI Coding Assistant: Inside Mandiant's Shai-Hulud Case
Software

The First Worm Delivered Through an AI Coding Assistant: Inside Mandiant's Shai-Hulud Case

Mandiant's September 2026 report documents an attacker hijacking a developer's live AI coding-assistant session, steering them to a poisoned package, and spreading the Shai-Hulud worm across 100 internal repositories.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20268 min read
Apple Patches a CoreGraphics Zero-Day Used in 'Extremely Sophisticated' Attacks
Software

Apple Patches a CoreGraphics Zero-Day Used in 'Extremely Sophisticated' Attacks

Apple fixed CVE-2026-86950, a CoreGraphics flaw exploited against targeted individuals, across Tahoe, Sequoia, and iOS 26 β€” while macOS 27 'Golden Gate' got its first maintenance update as the Apple-silicon-only era begins.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20268 min read
Pentagon Confirms Nine-Month Breach Exposed Records of Three Million Military Personnel
Cybersecurity

Pentagon Confirms Nine-Month Breach Exposed Records of Three Million Military Personnel

Unauthorized users accessed the Defense Manpower Data Center's file-sharing system from October 2025 to July 2026. The records β€” including unencrypted Social Security numbers β€” sat exposed for months.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20267 min read
Technology

What Is the Cloud, Really? A Plain-English Explainer

Everyone uses the cloud and almost no one can explain it. Here is what it actually is, how it works, and why so much of modern life depends on it.

James Carter24 Sept 20265 min read