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Hulu Brings ‘Handsome’ Podcast, ‘That Was Us’ and More to Platform

Hulu Brings ‘Handsome’ Podcast, ‘That Was Us’ and More to Platform

Published by Daniella Wilson

Hulu is bringing four more podcasts to the platform, as the streamer leans more into the growing medium.  The newly licensed titles include the comedy podcast Handsome, hosted by Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, and Mae Martin, as well as three podcasts based around television shows: The New Girl Rewatch podcast The Mess Around, hosted by Hannah Simone and Lamorne Morris, Prison Breaking, based on the TV show Prison Break, and That Was Us, hosted by This Is Us stars Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown and Chris Sullivan.  The shows will join the platform starting April 19, with new episodes appearing on Hulu exclusively before going wide, alongside library content.  The additions of Handsome, The Mess Around, and That Was Us come as part of Hulu’s licensing deal with podcast network Headgum. The first podcast as part of that deal, We’re Here to Help, an advice podcast hosted by New Girls’ Jake Johnson and Gareth Reynolds, launched on Hulu in February. In making this move, Hulu joins Netflix in testing out podcasts as another entertainment option for …

Salesforce launches Headless 360 to turn its entire platform into infrastructure for AI agents

Salesforce launches Headless 360 to turn its entire platform into infrastructure for AI agents

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Salesforce on Wednesday unveiled the most ambitious architectural transformation in its 27-year history, introducing “Headless 360” — a sweeping initiative that exposes every capability in its platform as an API, MCP tool, or CLI command so AI agents can operate the entire system without ever opening a browser. The announcement, made at the company’s annual TDX developer conference in San Francisco, ships more than 100 new tools and skills immediately available to developers. It marks a decisive response to the existential question hanging over enterprise software: In a world where AI agents can reason, plan, and execute, does a company still need a CRM with a graphical interface? Salesforce’s answer: No — and that’s exactly the point. “We made a decision two and a half years ago: Rebuild Salesforce for agents,” the company said in its announcement. “Instead of burying capabilities behind a UI, expose them so the entire platform will be programmable and accessible from anywhere.” The timing is anything but coincidental. Salesforce finds itself navigating one of the most turbulent periods in enterprise …

Foundation NFT Platform Shuts Down After Failed Blackdove Sale (

Foundation NFT Platform Shuts Down After Failed Blackdove Sale (

Published by Jenni Sidey

Add one more casualty of the collapsed NFT market to the list: Foundation, a curated Ethereum-based marketplace that rose to prominence during the 2021 digital art boom. On Wednesday, cofounder and CEO Kayvon Tehranian announced in an open letter on X that the platform’s sale to digital art company Blackdove collapsed, leaving no viable way to keep operating. “Our goal in pursuing a sale was always to see Foundation live on—to find someone who would keep the platform running and serve this community going forward,” Tehranian wrote. “That’s no longer possible.” Related Articles Foundation has now started a “wind-down process,” which will see the infrastructure underpinning the NFTs and digital assets backed by the platform kept active for a “one-year window.” Tehranian urged users to start the process of migrating off the platform. “I acknowledge this is a disappointing outcome, but I continue to believe this community is resilient and better days are ahead,” he said, acknowledging that the “current state of the market” meant that there are no other viable buyers “worth pursuing.” Founded …

EuroHPC Federation Platform launched to simplify European supercomputing access

EuroHPC Federation Platform launched to simplify European supercomputing access

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Designed as a unified gateway, the platform changes how researchers, businesses, and public sector organisations interact with EuroHPC systems, removing long-standing barriers to entry and collaboration. At its core, the EuroHPC Federation Platform introduces a single access point for multiple operational EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) systems. Users can now log in through a harmonised authentication and authorisation infrastructure, replacing the need to navigate separate credentials and processes across different supercomputing centres. Anders Jensen, Executive Director of the EuroHPC JU, commented: “The first release of the platform marks the beginning of the journey toward a more connected and integrated European supercomputing ecosystem, empowering Europe’s scientific, industrial, and academic communities and strengthening Europe’s capacity for innovation.” Tackling fragmentation across Europe’s HPC landscape Europe’s supercomputing infrastructure is made up of world-class systems distributed across various centres, each with its own tools and procedures. These differences extend to critical functions such as authentication, resource allocation, job scheduling, and software provisioning. While this diversity reflects regional expertise, it has historically complicated access and limited seamless collaboration across borders. The EuroHPC …

Roblox Gaming Platform Reaches Million Settlement With Nevada Enhancing Youth Protections

Roblox Gaming Platform Reaches $12 Million Settlement With Nevada Enhancing Youth Protections

Published by Sam Flores

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Roblox, a gaming platform popular with kids, will implement increased protections for young users and pay more than $12 million to the state of Nevada in what state Attorney General Aaron Ford on Wednesday called a first-of-its-kind agreement. “This settlement will create a safer environment for our children online, and I hope that it will serve as a bellwether for how online interactive platforms allow our state’s youth to use their products,” the Democratic attorney general said Wednesday. Roblox, which is used by nearly half U.S. children under 16, will give $10 million over three years to support programs like the Boys & Girls Club and other nondigital activities, Ford said. It will also fund a law enforcement liaison position to respond to safety concerns about the platform and fund an online safety awareness campaign, Ford said. The settlement, which was agreed upon in lieu of litigation, includes enhanced protections for minors who use the app, such as requiring age verification for all users and restricting nighttime notifications for minors. The …

Apple Launches New All-in-One Apple Business Platform for Device Management, Email, and Customer Engagement

Apple Launches New All-in-One Apple Business Platform for Device Management, Email, and Customer Engagement

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Apple today launched its new all-in-one Apple Business platform, debuting the refreshed Apple Business web portal and accompanying app. Apple Business aggregates several of Apple’s prior business-focused products, like Apple Business Essentials, Apple Business Manager, and Apple Business Connect. The service offers organizations a unified platform for managing devices, employees, communications, and customer engagement across the Apple ecosystem. Companies can take advantage of built-in mobile device management tools (MDM) for configuring device settings, security policies, available apps, and user groups from one location. With a simplified “Blueprints” option, employers can preconfigure devices purchased from Apple or authorized retailers with settings and apps for zero-touch deployment. Employees can use Apple Business to install work-related apps, request support from employers, and contact colleagues through a company directory. Managed Apple Accounts provide “cryptographic separation” between personal and work data, so employees don’t need to deal with multiple devices. Provisioning can be automated with providers like Google Workspace and Microsoft Entra ID. Apple Business includes integrated email, calendar, and directory services linked to custom domains, plus customer engagement tools. …

Financial risk management platform Pillar raises M seed in round led by a16z

Financial risk management platform Pillar raises $20M seed in round led by a16z

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Pillar, a platform that helps commodity-driven businesses (like those in metals, food, and airline companies) manage financial risk, announced Tuesday a $20 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz.  Others in the seed round include Crucible Capital, Gallery Ventures, and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. The company has raised $23 million to date. Pillar, founded in 2023, automates hedging processes for such businesses. Hedging is when a company places a trade that can offset or cancel out losses from other priced trades. Geopolitics has not been kind to the commodities market, which has seen much volatility in the past year.  Harsha Ramesh, the company’s co-founder and CEO (founded alongside Chinmay Deshpande, the company’s CTO), said the company uses AI to ingest and parse data from client contracts, cash flows, inventories, ERP software, spreadsheets, and even WhatsApp messages to “continuously analyze exposure across commodities, FX, and freight.” It can then build and manage a hedge portfolio for its clients, and adjust positions automatically based on “market conditions, volatility, and the client’s risk tolerance,” Ramesh continued. The platform …

Democrats raised 0 million in Q1 from main fundraising platform

Democrats raised $500 million in Q1 from main fundraising platform

Published by Sam Flores

Douglas Rissing | Istock | Getty Images ActBlue, a donation website helping Democratic candidates raise small-dollar donations raised $568 million in the first quarter of the year, according to the organization. That’s a 50% increase over what was raised in the same quarter during the last midterms in 2022. The total included $391 million to federal candidates and $119 million for state and local candidates, the group said. In addition to federal, state and local candidates, ActBlue is also used by other Democratic groups. About $58 million was raised for charities and civic organizations, according to the group. ActBlue said it received 15 million total contributions, including 686,000 new donors, according to the group. The average donation through the platform was $38. ActBlue’s announcement comes ahead of its official filing of their March fundraising details. Politicians often tout small-dollar donors as evidence of grassroots support while also raising money from congressional leadership and corporate political action committees that take in larger donations. The totals come as ActBlue is under investigation by congressional Republicans and the …

The Feds Took Down a ‘Full-Service Cybercrime Platform’ Behind M in Phishing

The Feds Took Down a ‘Full-Service Cybercrime Platform’ Behind $20M in Phishing

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Cybercrime is a big business, driving nearly $21 billion in fraud and theft in 2026 alone. The FBI and the Indonesian National Police took a chunk out of that late last week when the pair took down infrastructure vital to the W3LL phishing kit, a piece of software that could steal someone’s account credentials and data to bypass multi-factor authentication.  The W3LL phishing kit was best known for targeting Microsoft 365 accounts, but a crook could purchase it for $500 online and target any number of services. They could then deploy a website that captures a user’s login information and session data, giving the criminal access to the account without going through multi-factor authentication.  Read more: Best Password Manager in 2025 The cybersecurity firm Group-IB, which first documented the W3LL phishing kit in 2023, described it as an all-in-one phishing tool capable of making custom phishing tools, providing email lists, and granting access to compromised servers. Its developer also made a couple of bulk email spam tools called PunnySender and W3LL Sender before the W3LL phishing …

Better Than Pinterest? Why This UK Platform Is My New Secret Weapon For Home Decor

Better Than Pinterest? Why This UK Platform Is My New Secret Weapon For Home Decor

Published by Sam Flores

We hope you love the products we recommend! All of them were independently selected by our editors. Just so you know, HuffPost UK may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page if you decide to shop from them. Oh, and FYI — prices are accurate and items in stock as of time of publication. You know what it’s like when you’re shopping for furniture. You think you’ve found the best option out there, only to click onto another page and find five more contenders.  Then you click on to Instagram or Pinterest, and lo and behold: another thirty ads showing you another iteration of what you’ve been looking for. Thanks, cookies! If you’re anything like me, plagued by decision paralysis, it takes months of open tabs, waiting for sales, and constant side-by-side comparison to actually make a purchase.  That’s speaking as someone who does a lot of shopping (it’s kinda in the job description) and even then, if I can do anything to make the process of furniture shopping …