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AppViewX expands Quantum Trust Hub for quantum migration
AppViewX has expanded its Quantum Trust Hub and made it available as a standalone product, targeting organisations preparing for post-quantum cryptography migration. The added functions are designed to help security teams discover cryptographic assets, assess exposure to quantum-related weaknesses, prioritise risk and manage remediation through existing workflows.
How to clean black showers without damaging the finish
How to clean black showers is an important consideration for homeowners looking to maintain their bathroom fixtures and keep them looking their best. Black showers are fast becoming a popular choice for homeowners looking to make a bold statement in the bathroom. Available in matte or gloss finishes, they bring a sleek, modern aesthetic that pairs beautifully with lighter and neutral colour schemes.
GSMA re-elects Gopal Vittal as chair, names Vodafone CEO
The GSMA Board has re-elected Gopal Vittal as Chair for the 2027-2028 term and elected Margherita Della Valle as co-Deputy Chair alongside Ralph Mupita. Vittal will serve until the end of 2028, extending a tenure that began in 2025. He has served on the GSMA Board for 10 years and remains in the top role as the mobile industry body focuses on network development, artificial intelligence, digital platforms and security.
DigiCert to secure Australia's connected energy grid
DigiCert has been selected by the National Energy Public Key Infrastructure to provide digital certificate infrastructure for connected energy devices in Australia. The arrangement supports a national framework for secure communication between rooftop solar and battery systems and electricity distribution networks. The deployment is designed to help devices and network operators verify each other's identities and secure the data and emergency control commands exchanged across the grid.
Dayforce launches agentic HCM platform with native AI
Dayforce has launched its Agentic HCM Platform, adding native AI across its human capital management system. The launch marks a broader overhaul of the Dayforce platform, with new tools for recruiting, workforce management, payroll, planning and HR administration, alongside a new set of AI-driven services. At the centre of the platform is what Dayforce describes as a single foundation for identity, permissions, privacy, security, approvals and auditability.
Fortinet launches AI security service for FortiGate
Fortinet has launched the FortiGuard Inline AI Security Service for FortiGate firewalls, extending AI inspection and policy controls across its existing firewall estate. Delivered from the cloud, the service is aimed at customers that want to monitor and control AI use without adding a separate layer of security infrastructure. It gives organisations visibility into AI activity and applies controls to prompts, responses and related traffic.
AWS reveals Prime Day 2026's vast infrastructure load
AWS has disclosed the infrastructure figures behind Amazon Prime Day 2026, illustrating the scale of computing activity handled during the four-day sales event. Among the headline metrics, Amazon ElastiCache peaked at 2.3 quadrillion daily requests. Amazon DynamoDB processed more than 59 trillion requests across the period and reached a peak of 192 million requests per second while maintaining single-digit millisecond response times.
Google expands AI agent kit to five languages
Google has expanded its Agent Development Kit to support Go, TypeScript, Java and Kotlin alongside Python, giving the toolkit native coverage across five programming languages. The product is aimed at software teams building AI agents in different runtime environments, including cloud services, web browsers, JVM-based applications and Android devices. All five versions share a common architecture and work with the same open protocols, according to Google.
Akuity adds fleet management to Kargo Enterprise beta
Akuity has added Fleet Management to Kargo Enterprise in a private beta. The feature is aimed at platform teams managing large numbers of Kubernetes clusters, GPU nodes and edge devices. It lets them push changes across a fleet as a single release, with controls for staged rollouts, health checks and rollback. Kargo Enterprise is the commercial edition of Kargo and runs on the Akuity Platform.
Google launches Looker Data Apps to build secure tools
Google has launched Looker Data Apps in preview, adding an application-building layer to its Looker analytics platform. The offering is designed to let users create interactive web applications inside Looker using natural-language prompts or AI coding tools, while relying on the same semantic models, access controls and row-level security already used across the platform. It is intended to address what Google sees as a gap between dashboard software and custom-built applications.
Nvidia backs open standards for AI factory builds
NVIDIA has contributed Vera Rubin rack and compute tray designs to the Open Compute Project through its MGX architecture, as part of a broader push to establish open standards for AI infrastructure. It also unveiled new open source software for its DSX AI Factory platform and announced separate networking and power infrastructure efforts with partners including Meta, Cisco, Google and Visionbay.
Google revises Site Reliability Engineering book for AI era
Google has released a rewritten second edition of its Site Reliability Engineering book, marking ten years since the first version was published. The revised edition reflects changes in software operations since the original appeared, including the spread of AI, microservices, multi-cloud deployments, serverless computing and platform engineering.
Marketers fear AI visibility is eroding brand quality
Typeface has published research suggesting many marketing leaders believe brands are sacrificing quality and authenticity to improve visibility in AI systems. The survey covered more than 500 marketing leaders in the US and UK. The findings point to growing tension as companies adapt content for AI agents and chatbots that increasingly shape how consumers discover brands.
Villeroy & Boch deploys Talkdesk to streamline service
Villeroy & Boch has deployed Talkdesk across its international operations, bringing its Dining & Lifestyle and Bathroom & Wellness divisions onto a single cloud-based customer service platform. The ceramics manufacturer is using the system to unify customer operations across its global business and handle high volumes of service enquiries with more automation.
Graylog launches AI case system in security platform
Graylog has launched the Verascend Incident System alongside version 7.2 of its security information and event management and log management platform, targeting security teams dealing with rising volumes of cyber alerts. The product introduces a case-based approach to incident triage, instead of requiring analysts to review alerts one by one. It groups related evidence into prioritised cases, with AI agents carrying out an initial review before a human analyst investigates further.
AI shopping assistants triple traffic, hitting retailers
Traffic from personal AI shopping assistants has more than tripled across Forter's network in a month, following the arrival of tools including Muse and Instinct, the commerce platform said. Retailers are now dealing with a sharp rise in transactions initiated by so-called agentic assistants as they approach the holiday shopping period.
Krea launches Krea 3 image editor for commercial teams
Krea has launched Krea 3, an image-editing model that ranks near the top of CPI-Bench, a benchmark for real-world image editing. The release adds a new product to the growing market for AI image tools aimed at commercial design, advertising and online retail. Krea said Krea 3 Ultra scored 4.81 out of 5 on CPI-Bench, placing it behind GPT Image 2.5 and ahead of GPT Image 2, Seedream 5 Pro, Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro.
Suppliers back traceability & origin verification
Oritain has launched a Supplier Intelligence Report examining supplier attitudes to transparency, traceability and origin verification across 10 manufacturing markets. The study surveyed 122 senior decision-makers, mostly at Director level or above, in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Türkiye, Vietnam, Singapore, Bangladesh and Pakistan. According to Oritain, 80% of respondents had more than four years of industry experience.
Europe's venture exits slump as zombie sales surge
More than one in five disclosed European venture capital-backed exits are now being completed at less than 1x revenue, according to analysis by ScaleX Invest. The share of these so-called zombie exits has more than tripled in three years. The research covered about 9,700 disclosed transactions involving more than 8,000 European tech companies through the end of June 2026.
BrowserStack launches load testing with browser traffic
BrowserStack has launched BrowserStack Load Testing, which combines real-browser and API traffic testing in a single test. The tool is designed to show how web applications perform in the browser and at the server level during periods of heavy traffic. It is aimed at teams preparing websites and online services for large spikes in demand, including peak retail periods. Load testing has typically focused on sending large amounts of traffic to servers and measuring response times.
Global cyber attacks jump 48% as phishing rises
Global cyber attacks rose 48% year on year in September, according to Check Point Research. Organisations faced an average of 2,803 attacks a week during the month. That was also 16% higher than in August, signalling heavier pressure on corporate and public sector systems across regions and industries.
React warns AI must not replace management training
React has argued that businesses investing heavily in artificial intelligence must not neglect face-to-face training in management and communication skills. The workplace learning specialist said the spread of AI has made human judgement and empathy more important.
Proofpoint to buy Varonis in USD $6.3 billion deal
Proofpoint has agreed to acquire Varonis for USD $6.3 billion, taking the company private. Under the agreement, Varonis shareholders will receive USD $49.75 a share in cash. The price represents a 52% premium to Varonis' closing share price on the last full trading day before initial market rumours of a sale, and a 17% premium to its closing price before later media reports of a possible transaction.
Arctic Wolf launches AI oversight tools for security teams
Arctic Wolf has launched three security products focused on AI oversight and threat response. The announcements focus on visibility into AI use and earlier intervention in cyber attacks. The company introduced SwarmView, Shadow AI Discovery and Aurora Adaptive Threat Protection as additions to its Aurora platform and security operations offering.
DataMasque joins MAS PathFin.ai for privacy-preserving AI
DataMasque has been listed as a solution provider on the Monetary Authority of Singapore's PathFin.ai programme, placing it in a library of artificial intelligence tools and implementation practices for financial institutions. PathFin.ai is a joint initiative between MAS and the financial industry to support knowledge-sharing on AI use in finance. It brings together AI solutions and implementation examples to help institutions reduce the time needed to assess and adopt new tools.
Hyundai & Kia back VAST Data in strategic investment
Hyundai Motor and Kia have made a strategic investment in VAST Data, extending an existing relationship focused on software and data systems for autonomous driving and robotics. Their autonomous mobility division, 42dot, has already been using VAST's platform in production for advanced driver assistance systems research and autonomous driving workloads.
AI agents drive new cyber risk, Keeper Security warns
Keeper Security executives warn that artificial intelligence is reshaping cyber risk by multiplying digital identities and creating new routes to privileged access. Their comments come as organisations and consumers mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month amid rising concern over AI-driven attacks. Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Darren Guccione said organisations are rapidly deploying AI agents across business environments.
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 with lower costs Original
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5.5, the first release in its new Claude 5.5 family. The San Francisco-based artificial intelligence developer said the model delivers performance similar to Claude Fable 5.1 on most tasks while costing 40% less to run than Opus 5. It is available through Anthropic's platform as well as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.
Airspan acquires Cambium fixed wireless lines & staff
Airspan has acquired several fixed wireless product lines from Cambium Networks, along with more than 135 Cambium employees. The assets include the PMP 450 point-to-multipoint access platform, the PTP 670 unlicensed point-to-point backhaul product, the PTP 700 system for defence applications, the cnWave millimetre wave range and the cnReach narrowband communications line.
Palo Alto launches continuous AI defence for clients
Palo Alto Networks has launched Unit 42 Continuous Frontier AI Defence, an always-on version of its existing Frontier AI Defence offering. The service is aimed at organisations using advanced AI models that want continuous testing of their security exposure rather than periodic reviews. It is designed to find, validate and remediate exposures and attack paths before attackers can exploit them.
Qualcomm launches dual Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips
Qualcomm has launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 mobile platforms, expanding its flagship smartphone processor range. The new processors are aimed at premium Android handsets and will appear in devices from Honor, iQOO, Motorola, OnePlus, Oppo, Redmi, RedMagic, vivo and Xiaomi. The announcement adds a second flagship-tier option to Qualcomm's mobile line-up as chip designers compete to move more artificial intelligence tasks directly onto smartphones.
Bitdefender launches free VPN for AI agents in beta Original
Bitdefender has launched VPN for AI Agents in public beta. The free tool is initially available on macOS. The product gives each AI task a separate temporary internet connection instead of routing traffic through the user's own connection. The connection is discarded when the task ends, with no carry-over between interactions. The launch comes as security groups and researchers examine how autonomous AI tools act online on behalf of users.
VAST launches confidential AI system for sensitive data
VAST Data has launched DataEnclave, a confidential AI system for running AI models on sensitive corporate data. The product is built on NVIDIA confidential computing technology. DataEnclave is designed to let organisations use proprietary and open AI models inside their own data centres or trusted cloud environments without exposing either customer data or model weights to infrastructure operators.
TCL Australia shares three quick tests for TV blooming Original
TCL Australia has outlined three at-home checks consumers can use to see whether their televisions show blooming. The guidance focuses on simple viewing tests that can be done in about two minutes. Blooming, also known as the halo effect, occurs when light from bright parts of a screen spills into darker areas, creating a hazy glow. It can affect perceived contrast and black levels, particularly in scenes with sharp bright elements against dark backgrounds.
Rockwell study flags cybersecurity as industrial growth risk
Rockwell Automation has published a global study on the cybersecurity risks facing industrial organisations. More than one-third of respondents identified cybersecurity risk as a leading external obstacle to growth. The report is based on responses from 1,560 decision-makers in manufacturing and industrial operations across 17 countries.
Adobe launches Premiere mobile app for Android users
Adobe has released its Premiere mobile video editing app for Android. The free app expands Adobe's mobile editing offering beyond iPhone. Premiere mobile is now available on Android devices running Android 13 or later with at least 5GB of RAM. It is designed for Android hardware, including foldable phones, and features an adaptive user interface. Positioned as a simplified version of Adobe's established video editing software, Premiere mobile is aimed at creators producing content on smartphones.
Nutanix buys Ryax to boost hybrid AI workload orchestration
Nutanix has acquired French compute orchestration company Ryax Technologies, bringing Ryax's software into its artificial intelligence product strategy. It plans to integrate Ryax's GPU utilisation and workload scheduling technology into Nutanix Kubernetes Platform and Nutanix Enterprise AI, which are aimed at organisations running applications and AI systems across mixed infrastructure.
Interview: Cloudera says open-ended AI spending is over
Cloudera says large enterprises are becoming more disciplined about artificial intelligence spending, demanding measurable business outcomes, clearer deployment plans and lower infrastructure costs as the company expands its private and sovereign AI strategy. "The experimentation without regard to cost is over because people were surprised. Many companies were surprised by how quickly they could consume compute," said Charles Sansbury, Chief Executive Officer, Cloudera.
Akamai warns of blind spots in workplace agentic AI
Akamai has published research on security risks linked to agentic AI in the workplace, pointing to weak visibility over browser-based AI tools and autonomous software agents. Its latest State of the Internet security report says more than 40% of enterprise users have installed AI-powered browser extensions. It also says 25% of those extensions changed their permissions within 12 months, raising questions for security teams trying to monitor how staff use AI tools.
Honeywell flags OT cybersecurity visibility gap in industry
Honeywell has published its 2026 Operational Technology Cybersecurity Benchmark Report, which highlights a gap between how industrial organisations rate their cyber preparedness and the controls they have in place. The report is based on a survey of more than 600 cybersecurity risk, compliance and operations leaders in energy, utilities, oil and gas, healthcare, maritime and manufacturing across the Americas, EMEA and APAC.
Manhattan launches tiered Editions for growing firms
Manhattan Associates has launched Editions for its Manhattan Active software suite, aimed at businesses at different stages of growth. The new structure applies to ActiveWarehouse, ActiveTransportation, ActiveStore and ActiveOrder, all of which run on ActivePlatform. Customers can choose from three tiers: Essentials, Enterprise and Enterprise Premier.
Google Cloud launches M4N instances for Oracle workloads
Google Cloud has launched the M4N machine series in Google Compute Engine, aimed at high-memory and I/O-intensive workloads. The release adds a second product to Google Cloud's network- and block-storage-optimised virtual machine line, targeting applications such as Oracle databases, SAP HANA, SQL Server clusters, electronic health record systems and real-time analytics platforms.
Nvidia touts AI data centre software to boost output
Nvidia has outlined early deployment results for its DSX software and infrastructure platform for AI data centres, including utility demand-response activity and higher output within fixed power limits. The announcement focuses on two approaches to power management for so-called AI factories: software that shifts computing workloads when the electricity grid is under strain, and software that reallocates power across servers to raise output without increasing a site's total energy budget.
Nvidia backs AI power efficiency push with new deals
Nvidia outlined a series of collaborations and performance results focused on AI infrastructure efficiency, particularly how AI systems use electricity as demand for agentic AI workloads grows. Speaking at the AI Infra Summit in Santa Clara, Ian Buck, Vice President of Hyperscale and High-Performance Computing at Nvidia, said the industry is shifting from peak chip performance to output measured against power consumption.
CMOs & CIOs split over AI decision-making at firms
Acquia has published research showing that Chief Marketing Officers and Chief Information Officers disagree over who leads shared artificial intelligence decisions. The study surveyed 500 senior technology and marketing executives in the United States, the United Kingdom and France. The findings point to a divide between marketing and IT over ownership of core platform decisions tied to content management systems and digital experience platforms.
GSMA warns rising handset costs could widen AI divide
GSMA has warned that rising smartphone component costs are increasing the risk of a global AI divide, while billions of people remain offline despite living within mobile broadband coverage. The warning accompanied publication of its State of Mobile Internet Connectivity report, which found that more than 3.4 billion people do not use mobile internet. More than 90% of them already live in areas covered by mobile broadband networks.
Dayforce named leader in Gartner workforce management
Dayforce has been named a Leader in Gartner's inaugural Magic Quadrant for Workforce Management Technology and was positioned highest for Ability to Execute. The recognition places Dayforce among the vendors assessed in a new market category focused on workforce management software. Employers use workforce management tools to handle scheduling, forecasting, time-related processes, and compliance across large and dispersed employee bases.
Hitachi Vantara gets science-backed net-zero target
Hitachi Vantara has committed to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its global value chain by fiscal year 2040. The Science Based Targets initiative has validated its near-term and long-term emissions targets. The validation confirms that the targets align with climate science and provides external backing for the storage and infrastructure supplier's emissions plans.
Exclusive: ABBYY says AI build costs will drive buying
ABBYY expects enterprises to move back towards commercial artificial intelligence platforms within the next two to three years as the maintenance demands, regulatory constraints and unpredictable costs of internally built tools become harder to manage. Build cycle "This has happened before. It's not the first time that we're going through this cycle. At the start of my career, every organisation was moving from software it had built to a standardised platform.
Google launches open-source Agent Substrate on GKE
Google has made Agent Substrate available on Google Kubernetes Engine, positioning it as an open-source runtime for running large numbers of AI agent sandboxes. The software is aimed at teams moving from local AI agent testing to large-scale deployments involving hundreds of thousands of concurrent agents. Those environments create pressure around isolation, network controls, scheduling, and the cost of idle compute capacity.
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