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Security teams have long prioritized high-severity vulnerabilities while often postponing fixes for lower-severity issues. That approach may soon become more dangerous Today's vulnerability management practices were built for a pre-AI world. According to TuxCare CEO Igor Seletskiy, AI models are beginning to identify chains involving multiple low- ...

Smart home technology has changed how homeowners monitor security, manage energy use, and automate everyday tasks. Yet one of the most critical safety systems in the home — the smoke alarm — often receives far less attention than cameras, smart locks, or video doorbells Smoke alarms have also evolved well beyond the standalone devices many home...

A call for a standards body to oversee the development of frontier artificial intelligence was voiced Tuesday by the CEO of Google DeepMind, an AI research lab "The Standards Body would be responsible for developing assessment protocols and working with appropriate federal agencies and the US National Labs to conduct testing in areas relevant to na...

Google made one of its biggest moves yet in agentic commerce in May when it introduced Universal Cart, a persistent shopping cart that spans Search, Gemini, YouTube, and Gmail. The deep integration allows shoppers to discover, compare, and buy across merchants through Google’s ecosystem For consumers, the pitch is convenience. For retailers and b...

Polarization is everywhere these days, even in the smartphone market According to Omdia analyst Justy Hong, runaway memory prices are polarizing the global smartphone market, stifling demand for budget smartphones....

As pervasive computing and specialized hardware become commonplace, the intersection of military technology and artificial intelligence has become a critical issue This is no longer science fiction but an engineering reality that threatens to fundamentally alter warfare. Recently, there has been an international push to regulate and prohibit lethal...

Following its rebranding from SugarCRM in early April, SugarAI is continuing its transformation from a traditional CRM vendor to a provider of AI-driven revenue intelligence SugarCRM helped popularize open-source CRM as a flexible alternative to traditional enterprise platforms before eventually discontinuing its open-source community edition. Toda...

The customer data platform (CDP) industry is entering a new phase as standalone CDPs give way to broader enterprise marketing suites New platform enhancements from SAS, an analytics and AI software firm, reflect the growing integration of customer data management with enterprise marketing platforms....

Blanket moratoriums and federal mandates aren't the answer to growing concerns about the impact of data center proliferation on local water supplies, according to a report released Monday by a science and technology policy think tank "Technology exists, and policy instruments are available, to develop a new, state-led model of water governance for ...

Consumers quickly forget advertising, making it harder for brands to win both human attention and AI-powered discovery, according to a report released Monday by Adobe Based on a survey of some 1,000 U.S. consumers, Adobe found that only 17% of the respondents were confident they could recall the names of the last three ads they saw after just 24 ho...

Misconceptions about artificial intelligence (AI) are preventing small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) from realizing AI's full revenue potential. Business owners are rushing to adopt AI, but they are treating it primarily as a time-saving tool AI adoption among SMBs continues to grow. This year, 66% of small businesses experienced revenue incre...

If you judged the AI revolution solely by the stock market, you might conclude that artificial intelligence has already transformed corporate America. A significant portion of this phenomenon can be attributed to financial analysts who prioritize AI infrastructure expansion Nvidia has become one of the world’s most valuable companies. Dell Techno...

Qualcomm recently unveiled its Snapdragon Wear Elite platform, a new processor designed to bring more AI processing directly onto wearable devices Wearables have long been limited by battery life, heat, and processing power. Built on a 3-nanometer process, the new platform is designed to improve efficiency while providing the performance needed to ...

The Linux Foundation (LF) has announced two open-source initiatives designed to strengthen trust in enterprise AI. One extends the Domain Name System (DNS) to provide verified identities for AI agents, while the other provides an open framework for assessing AI systems against emerging global standards The first initiative, Agent Name Service (ANS)...

Across retail, payments, and big tech, AI-enabled checkout, automated product comparison, and autonomous purchasing tools are becoming critical for e-commerce. The industry has moved beyond talking about AI to managing the transition to agentic commerce The audit and assurance, consulting, and tax services firm PwC sees agentic commerce influencing...

Not that critics of data center expansion needed another reason to oppose those facilities in their backyards, but they have one: the memory chip shortage As fabricators reallocate their resources to meet the demands of the AI industry, the big losers will be consumers, as the prices of the gadgets they love soar....

A multinational aerospace, defense, and security technology company has begun marketing an upgrade to its Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) system that records smart device identifiers — like those used by smartphones, earbuds, watches, tire pressure sensors, employee badges and pet microchips The upgrade, called SignalTrace, can be installed...

Online safety is no longer just about avoiding bad links and using strong passwords. As generative artificial intelligence (AI) becomes part of everyday life, people must also learn to recognize persuasive AI-generated content, deepfakes, and other increasingly convincing forms of digital deception Traditional digital safety focused on multi-factor...

Retail marketers are rethinking what constitutes the digital shelf. Rather than beginning on retailer product pages or search results, the customer journey often starts earlier through social media, streaming platforms, digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising, and other discovery channels Elizabeth Brooks, SVP of client experience at Brkthru, said r...

Anyone who follows my work knows I have never been a big fan of Apple. I generally favor open ecosystems, modularity, and raw performance over Apple's closed approach As a regular builder of high-performance desktop computers — typically completing two extensive builds per quarter — I strongly favor the AMD Threadripper and Ryzen AI processor l...