Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Plaud launches the $179 Plaud NotePin S AI recorder, similar to the $159 NotePin but with a button, alongside a new desktop app for recording meeting audio  —  Plus a new desktop app, free to Plaud hardware owners, for recording meeting audio. … Plaud has updated its compact NotePin AI recorder.

Ian Hodgson / Financial Times:
US immigration lawyers, talent managers, and creators say influencers and OnlyFans models now dominate O-1B visas, which are reserved for “exceptional” artists  —  Work permits increasingly being awarded on basis of online reach, favouring content creators

Austin Carr / Bloomberg:
How a crew of crypto-focused criminals moved from SIM swap attacks to coordinated, violent home invasions and kidnappings, targeting small-time crypto investors  —  The pecking at the sliding glass door awoke Julia Goodwin shortly before midnight.  She and her husband, Glenn, retirees in their 60s …

Sophie Shulman / CTech:
Sources: Palo Alto Networks is in talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity startup Koi for $400M; Koi has raised $48M to date  —  The deal would extend the cyber giant's reach in enterprise endpoint protection amid AI-driven market shifts.  —  Palo Alto Networks, the cybersecurity giant …

Meir Orbach / CTech:
Sources: Cisco is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity company Axonius for $2B; Axonius has raised ~$700M and was valued at $2.6B during earlier rounds  —  Exclusive: The deal would follow a string of major acquisitions as Cisco strengthens its enterprise security portfolio.