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Amsterdam-based FinTech start-up MarvelX has raised $6m in seed funding to launch its AI-powered platform targeting the insurance industry.The round was led by EQT Ventures, with participation from high-profile angels including Jobi George, Keith Grose, Yana Abramova, Humphrey Valenbreder, Mehdi Ghissassi, and Plug and Play.MarvelX, founded by former bunq head of data and AI Ali el Hassouni, is developing a vertical AI agent platform designed to automate up to 90% of operational workflows. Its first product, ClaimOS MaX, is focused on insurance claims processing, fraud detection and customer communication.The platform connects seamlessly with insurers’ existing systems to centralise data and…

CANNES, France (AP) — A day after it was revealed the Cannes Film Festival was banning nudity and “voluminous outfits” from its red carpets and beyond, long trains and massive dresses still captivated attention.Heidi Klum, who in previous years brought sheer looks to Cannes, flouted the large dress ban with a pink-and-white gown with a massive train. Bella Hadid, whose daring looks had become a staple of the Cannes carpet, opted for a relatively demure black dress (and blonder hair), on the other hand. Heidi Klum (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP) Heidi Klum (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)Read More Wan…

I read a recent Google Intelligence Report which highlighted a case uncovered last year involving a single North Korean worker deploying at least 12 personae across Europe and the US. The IT worker was seeking jobs within the defense industry and government sectors.  Using this new tactic, bogus IT professionals have been threatening to release sensitive company data that they have exfiltrated before being fired. According to the report, North Korea has now turned to Europe, and the UK, after it became more difficult to implement its fake worker ploy in the US. As a result, companies are being urged…

On Monday, 59 white South Africans arrived in the United States as part of a refugee programme set up by President Donald Trump to offer sanctuary from what Washington has described as racial discrimination against Afrikaners. Earlier this year, the Trump administration offered to resettle Afrikaners, descendants of European colonial settlers in South Africa, stating that they face harassment and violence in their country. At the same time, he froze aid to the African nation. As the group arrived at Dulles International Airport near Washington, DC, US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau told them: “I want you all to…

In a bid to make its AI DJ feel more interactive, Spotify is updating the feature to allow users to request music or change the mood of a playlist using voice commands. The company is rolling out this feature, initially only supported in English, in over 60 markets for its Premium subscribers. Previously, users could only listen to the AI DJ play songs with added commentary in between certain tracks. Now, the feature is becoming interactive. Users can tell the AI DJ to change the mood or genre, or have it play tracks from specific artists. Image Credits:Spotify To use…

In a bid to make its AI DJ feel more interactive, Spotify is updating the feature to allow users to request music or change the mood of a playlist using voice commands. The company is rolling out this feature, initially only supported in English, in over 60 markets for its Premium subscribers. Previously, users could only listen to the AI DJ play songs with added commentary in between certain tracks. Now, the feature is becoming interactive. Users can tell the AI DJ to change the mood or genre, or have it play tracks from specific artists. Image Credits:Spotify To use…

Enterprise software maker SAP on Tuesday released 16 new and two updated security notes as part of its May 2025 Security Patch Day. Two of the notes address critical vulnerabilities in NetWeaver. The most severe is an update to a note released on April 24 to address CVE-2025-31324 (CVSS score of 10/10), a critical-severity bug in NetWeaver’s Visual Composer development server component that has been exploited in the wild since January, for remote code execution (RCE). Hundreds of NetWeaver servers have been compromised through CVE-2025-31324’s exploitation, and application security firm Onapsis warns that opportunistic attackers are looking to leverage webshells…

Cybersecurity and application delivery solutions provider Radware has clarified that the vulnerabilities disclosed last week were addressed back in 2023.  An advisory published on May 7 by the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) at Carnegie Mellon University revealed that the Radware Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) was vulnerable to a couple of filter bypass methods that could allow threat actors to conduct attacks without being blocked by the firewall. The advisory describes CVE-2024-56523 and CVE-2024-56524, which could have been exploited to bypass the Radware Cloud WAF using specially crafted HTTP requests. One method involved adding random data in the request body…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ordered the Florida State University student accused of killing two people and wounding six others in a mass shooting on campus last month to remain jailed without bond.During 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner’s first court appearance since the April 17 attack, Leon County Judge Monique Richardson ordered Ikner to have no contact with the victims and their families and approved the appointment of two public defenders for him, Megan Long and Randall Harper. The attorneys did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Ikner, who was shot and wounded by officers, ending the attack,…

KatRisk, a leading provider of catastrophic risk modelling software for the insurance and financial services industries, has acquired Gamma in a move to expand its risk analytics capabilities and strengthen its global presence.The acquisition will see Gamma’s geospatial and property-level visualisation capabilities integrated into KatRisk’s advanced catastrophe modelling tools.While the value of the deal has not been disclosed, it is positioned as a strategic move to expand KatRisk’s product suite and strengthen its global footprint.Gamma’s Perilfinder™ platform, developed with leading global insurers, will enhance KatRisk’s offerings by enabling insurers to visualise risks—such as flood, wind, and wildfire—at the property level.…