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Jordan Blake

Jordan Blake reports on cybersecurity, startups, and the business of technology for Newzlet. Articles under this byline are produced by Newzlet's AI-assisted editorial process and checked against our published editorial standards; see our AI Disclosure for how the newsroom works.

Areas of focus: Cybersecurity, startups & business, crypto & fintech

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Startups & Business

VMware’s Broadcom Exodus Is Reshaping Enterprise Software Deals
VMware’s Broadcom Exodus Is Reshaping Enterprise Software Deals

The Broadcom factor: how an acquisition soured a trusted brand Broadcom completed its $61 billion acquisition of VMware…

May 19, 2026  ·  7 min read

AI & Machine Learning

Musk v. OpenAI dismissed: who controls AI’s future now?
Musk v. OpenAI dismissed: who controls AI’s future now?

The verdict in plain English: what actually happened and why it ended this way On May 18, a…

May 19, 2026  ·  9 min read

AI & Machine Learning

Fast-Food AI Ordering Is Replacing Workers, Not Helping Them
Fast-Food AI Ordering Is Replacing Workers, Not Helping Them

How We Got Here: Fast Food’s AI Ordering Experiment In 2021, McDonald’s deployed AI voice-ordering technology at 10…

May 19, 2026  ·  9 min read

Cybersecurity

ASP.NET Core Flaw Hits Linux and macOS With Privilege Escalation
ASP.NET Core Flaw Hits Linux and macOS With Privilege Escalation

What Actually Happened: The Emergency Patch in Plain English Microsoft did not wait for Patch Tuesday. The company…

May 19, 2026  ·  7 min read

Cybersecurity

Quantum Computing Is Shrinking the Window to Fix Encryption
Quantum Computing Is Shrinking the Window to Fix Encryption

The Flame Warning: What Happens When You Ignore a Known Cryptographic Weakness Around 2010, sophisticated malware called Flame…

May 19, 2026  ·  9 min read

AI & Machine Learning

OpenAI Lawsuit Failed on a Technicality—But Who Governs AI?
OpenAI Lawsuit Failed on a Technicality—But Who Governs AI?

What Actually Happened — And Why the Verdict Is Misleading Nine jurors returned a unanimous verdict against Elon…

May 18, 2026  ·  7 min read

Cybersecurity

Long Beach Port Blocks a Cyberattack Every 3 Seconds
Long Beach Port Blocks a Cyberattack Every 3 Seconds

The Threat Is Not Theoretical — It’s Happening Every Three Seconds At a May 15 media briefing, Port…

May 18, 2026  ·  8 min read

Startups & Business

India Bets on Design Innovation to Close Gap With China
India Bets on Design Innovation to Close Gap With China

The policy shift hiding in plain sight: from ‘made in India’ to ‘designed and scaled in India’ When…

May 18, 2026  ·  7 min read

Cybersecurity

Element-Data Breach Exposes Open Source AI Supply Chain Risk
Element-Data Breach Exposes Open Source AI Supply Chain Risk

What Actually Happened: Beyond the Headlines The attackers never touched element-data’s servers directly. Instead, they exploited a vulnerability…

May 18, 2026  ·  9 min read

Consumer Tech

Nigeria’s Digital Laws Are Still Analogue, Says Senate ICT Chair
Nigeria’s Digital Laws Are Still Analogue, Says Senate ICT Chair

The Core Problem: Laws Built for a Pre-Digital Nigeria Senator Shuaib Afolabi Salisu, who chairs the Senate Committee…

May 18, 2026  ·  9 min read

Consumer Tech

Vermont’s Pay Phone Revival Exposes Rural Mobile Coverage Gaps
Vermont’s Pay Phone Revival Exposes Rural Mobile Coverage Gaps

The Man Behind the Phones: A Side Project With a Real-World Purpose Patrick Schlott spends his days engineering…

May 18, 2026  ·  9 min read

Consumer Tech

Apple’s Native Frameworks Can’t Handle Basic Rich Text
Apple’s Native Frameworks Can’t Handle Basic Rich Text

The reflexive ‘Electron shame’ reaction needs a reality check Ask a developer what they think of Electron, and…

May 18, 2026  ·  8 min read