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Microsoft has walked back what many in the security community saw as an alarming posture — the company now says it will not pursue legal action against researchers who disclose zero-day vulnerabilities. The reversal follows significant backlash, and it's a meaningful signal that the relationship between big tech and independent security researchers still has some leverage on both sides.
Shifting to the markets, Morningstar is raising a skeptical flag on the anticipated SpaceX IPO, arguing the company is overvalued at its current implied price. With fifteen comments already on Hacker News and forty-three points, this one is generating real discussion — and it fits a broader pattern of analysts questioning whether the rocket era's darling has priced in too much optimism too soon.
And speaking of valuations under scrutiny, one Hacker News user is asking whether AI company valuations could collapse as soon as next year. The argument is straightforward: subscription costs have risen ten to fifty times in under a year, corporate spending is climbing fast, and the fear-of-missing-out cycle that's been propping up trillion-dollar figures may have a shorter runway than investors are betting on.
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