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  1. CIO

    Where AI agents are showing real IT savings

    Many IT leaders still struggle to find ROI when deploying AI agents at scale, but a few IT sweet spots are emerging as use cases that can provide CIOs tangible cost relief. Rhonda Baldwin, CIO at LaunchDarkly, says coding agents and service desk agents are helping the SaaS provider cut IT costs...

  2. Wired

    Apple Mac Studio (M5 Ultra) Review: Unlimited Power

    The Mac Studio can run frontier-level AI language models locally. It’s only a preview of what’s to come.

  3. CIO

    AI won’t replace CIOs. It will expose the ones who can’t lead people

    In one stretch last year, several executives at the same level in one organization each told me, separately, that the hardest part of their job was talking candidly to each other. Each had spent 15 to 25 years in technology, and none of them was struggling with the technology. I’ve coached more...

  4. The Next Web

    PLD Space and CNES to study a second launch pad in French Guiana

    Today, the company announced that PLD Space had entered into an agreement with CNES, the French space agency, and that both parties were considering building a second launch pad for PLD’s rockets at the spaceport in French Guiana. They will examine whether the new pad can be accommodated at the...

  5. Help Net Security

    Some car apps are slipping owners’ data to big tech companies

    The app that comes with your car may be sharing what it knows about you with some of the biggest tech companies. Northeastern University researchers tested 21 vehicles and 30 carmaker apps and found some sending vehicle identification numbers (VINs), email addresses, phone numbers or location data...

  6. Security Week

    500,000 Active Credentials Left Exposed on GitHub

    Roughly 200,000 of the credentials were exposed after GitHub enabled push protections by default. The post 500,000 Active Credentials Left Exposed on GitHub appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  7. IT Pro

    Ping Identity launches trio of agents on Google Marketplace

    The agents are designed to enable identity administration capabilities directly within Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise

  8. IT Pro Cloud

    Ping Identity launches trio of agents on Google Marketplace

    The agents are designed to enable identity administration capabilities directly within Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise

  9. Wired

    The Secrets of the US Spyware King

    In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Paragon Solutions CEO Andrew Boyd reveals the limits of the company’s promise to keep bad actors from abusing its powerful espionage tool.

  10. Infosecurity Magazine

    AI Threats Top Cybersecurity Preparedness Gap, PwC Finds

    PwC finds global security leaders are most concerned about attacks on AI systems

  11. CIO

    What separates true enterprise leaders from strong tech execs

    New technology executives often discover the skills that made them successful early in their careers can be the very things that limit their success as a CIO, particularly as the scope, complexity, and expectations of the role expand. Few leaders understand that evolution better than AlTi Global...

  12. NY Times

    When Data Centers Cluster Together, How Dirty Are They? One County Wants Answers.

    An unusual study aims to estimate the pollution and health costs from a cluster of proposed data centers, instead of considering each one separately.

  13. CSO Online

    Why AI agents are like the dog that pushed kids into the Seine

    There is an interesting story about a French dog on the banks of the Seine river that helps us understand misbehaving AI agents. The dog is trained to save children from drowning. He succeeds and is rewarded, becoming an overnight sensation. He saves another child a week later. Not long after...

  14. Wired

    Casio’s Crystal G-Shock Is the Most Expensive Ever Made

    Meet the full-blue sapphire MRG-D5000, a crazy G-Shock that costs more than a Patek Philippe or Porsche Macan.

  15. CIO

    Building an enterprise AI benchmark changed how I evaluate AI

    I spent the early part of my career building database systems, managing Oracle’s storage engine group and later helping build Aster Data. That work taught me to watch the gap between benchmark results and production behavior. When the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) was formed in...

  16. The Next Web

    Osavul raises €8.5M Series A to expand hybrid threat intelligence

    Osavul, an AI startup that spots state-backed attacks before they happen, has raised €8.5M in a Series A round. 33N Ventures, a European cybersecurity fund, led the round, and it brings the total Osavul has raised to about €12m. Balnord, G+D Ventures and earlier backer 42CAP also put in money...

  17. IT Pro

    WatchGuard hires Allison Clarke to lead partner programs and GTM activity

    The experienced channel leader will work to ensure partner voices are reflected in the vendor's channel-first strategy

  18. The Next Web

    Pentagon creates Autonomous Warfare Command to scale drones and AI

    The US military is establishing a new command to develop and field drones, robots, and other autonomous systems across all its branches. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Autonomous Warfare Command, or AutoWarCom, on Wednesday. Hegseth made the announcement in his annual State of the...

  19. Security Week

    Cisco Patches Exploited Catalyst SD-WAN Zero-Day Vulnerability

    The flaw could allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to access vulnerable appliances with administrative privileges. The post Cisco Patches Exploited Catalyst SD-WAN Zero-Day Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  20. The Next Web

    MuleSoft founder’s DIG Ventures closes $120M fund for AI infrastructure

    DIG Ventures, the London-based firm led by MuleSoft founder Ross Mason, has closed its third fund at $120M. Fund III will back around 30 European pre-seed and seed-stage startups that build software infrastructure for AI. Its institutional backers include Horsley Bridge, Sofina, Granite and an...