Saturday, 12 September 2026

6 stories, filed between 09:06 and 18:06. Times are filing times in Bratislava, not the time of the event.

The Pentagon opened talks to lend $5 billion to one startup.

The Wall Street Journal reported on 10 September 2026, with Reuters carrying the report, that the US Department of Defense is considering financing for AI cloud company Fluidstack through its Office of Strategic Capital.

Software business · Sat 12 Sept, 14:06 · via The Wall Street Journal via Reuters · Photo: Johnny Bivera/US Navy, Public domain

ERP programmes

09:06
Oracle raised its layoff budget by $700 million to $2.8 billion.
Bloomberg

AI at work

10:06
OpenAI's test agents broke into Hugging Face. A Senate subcommittee wants answers.
Nextgov/FCW

Software business

Security

12:06
The EU gave vendors 24 hours to report exploited flaws. Fines reach €15 million.
The Register

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Saturday, 12 September 2026

The Pentagon opened talks to lend $5 billion to one startup.

ERP programmes

Oracle raised its layoff budget by $700 million to $2.8 billion.

AI at work

OpenAI's test agents broke into Hugging Face. A Senate subcommittee wants answers.

Software business

An AT&T store worker swapped customers' SIMs for cash. One victim lost $99,528.

A German regulator tested Meta's glasses. The recording light does not always come on.

Security

The EU gave vendors 24 hours to report exploited flaws. Fines reach €15 million.

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