Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Bluesky says a sophisticated DDoS attack is to blame for continued app outages but it has not seen any evidence of unauthorized access to private data  —  Bluesky's website and app are still struggling on Friday after experiencing service interruptions that chief operating officer Rose Wang attributed to an ongoing cyberattack.

Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch:
Loop, which uses AI to predict supply chain disruptions, raised a $95M Series C co-led by Valor Equity Partners and the Valor Atreides AI Fund  —  Supply chains are messy.  San Francisco-based startup Loop isn't content helping companies merely clean up their supply chains.

John Thornhill / Financial Times:
An interview with Dario Amodei, who says the negative narrative around AI is dominant because the industry hasn't yet fully delivered the benefits it promises  —  The tech entrepreneur on Claude Mythos, repercussions from the Pentagon dispute — and his message for the super-rich

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