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Ask a college freshman what stresses them out most, and the answer probably isn’t organic chemistry. It’s not knowing which office to call about financial aid, which app has their class schedule, or who to talk to at 11 p.m. when the anxiety kicks in. Unifyed, an AI-powered student information system used by more than 150 colleges and universities, is betting that fixing those logistical gaps matters as much as anything happening in the classroom. None of this is happening in a vacuum.

Toronto-based Provision has launched Scope Agent, an AI system that reads construction drawings and specifications and extracts a complete, traceable scope of work automatically, marking a new push to solve one of preconstruction’s most persistent and expensive problems. The tool addresses what’s known in the industry as a “scope gap,” the missed or ambiguous items in a bid package that later surface as change orders and blown budgets.

Most school district IT departments are small; some are one or two people. And yet, they’re responsible for protecting thousands of student and staff accounts against threats that have grown considerably more sophisticated in recent years. ManagedMethods, a Boulder, Colorado cybersecurity company that focuses exclusively on K-12 schools, is releasing a new product meant to address that imbalance: Email Threat Intelligence, an expansion of its existing Advanced Phishing offering.

In the midst of a defining shift in the e-commerce industry, where paid customer acquisition is becoming increasingly expensive, brands are aggressively redirecting their budgets toward retention strategies and owned channels. To spearhead this transition, StarApps, one of the most widely used app developers on Shopify, announced the acquisition of the enterprise mobile app platform AppMaker in an all-cash deal.

In the high-stakes world of life sciences, effectively communicating scientific breakthroughs is just as critical as the discoveries themselves. However, the stringent need for accuracy and academic rigor has traditionally made medical communications (MedComms) a slow and costly process, often requiring the intervention of specialized agencies. Now, a newly reimagined AI-native platform, Prezent Vivo 1.0, is stepping in to solve this industry-wide bottleneck.

Phoenix-based Kryterion, a global test development and delivery company, has been selected by the American Registry of Magnetic Resonance Image Technologists (ARMRIT) to modernize how MRI professionals get certified. The partnership, announced July 7, kicks off this month with a hybrid testing model that gives ARMRIT candidates the choice between in-person test centers and online proctored exams – a shift from the registry’s more traditional delivery methods.

By Pablo Miller, co-founder and CEO of Remoti Technical expertise has been the key currency of a global career for many years. Companies have been hiring people based on what you could build, code, and analyze. Now, with AI, all this is changing not by rendering technical skills irrelevant, but by increasing the bar for every other one.

Agentic AI is no longer what’s next; it’s what’s happening now, and the technology is quickly becoming the competitive advantage separating advertising brands and media companies from the rest of the market. In 2026, Agentic AI can offer intelligent recommendations, execute multi-step workflows and coordinate complex tasks with minimal human intervention. However, the potential of the AI assistants to solve real problems for media companies does face a major hurdle: trust.

The Asian tech ecosystem is gearing up for one of its most important gatherings of the year. From July 8 to 10, 2026, more than 200 business leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors from around the world will meet in Hengqin and Macau, China, for the Horasis Asia Meeting 2026. This high-level event will focus on accelerating innovation and exploring Asia’s role as a catalyst for global technological leadership.

Microsoft’s annual MCAPS Start for Partners has become one of the most important events for organizations building solutions across the Microsoft ecosystem. The virtual event sets the tone for Microsoft’s new fiscal year, giving partners early visibility into go-to-market priorities, AI investments, cloud strategy and the programs that will shape customer engagements over the coming months.