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The streamers are fighting over Halloween At the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2026, four major streaming platforms—Peacock, Netflix, Amazon, and AMC—unveiled early looks at upcoming horror series, igniting a fierce battle for Halloween streaming dominance.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 has announced a pivotal session titled 'Hiring When AI Is a Co-Founder,' bringing together leaders from Gusto, Insight Partners, and Leland to explore how AI agents are reshaping early-stage startup teams.

Bain Capital Ventures announced it has raised $1.6 billion for its 11th fund, exceeding its target, to back early-stage companies across AI infrastructure, applications, physical AI, security, science, and services.

Planted, a California-based solar construction robotics company, has raised $31.8 million to expand its autonomous robot fleet and launch Sage, a next-generation system for building solar projects.

Active Exploitation Attempts Target WSO2 API Manager JWT Bypass With Forged Admin Tokens Active exploitation attempts are now targeting a critical authentication bypass in WSO2 API Manager, a widely deployed enterprise API management platform.