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Here’s one career emerging from the AI shift: ‘forward-deployed engineers’

You might not have heard the term yet, but if you’re rolling out AI projects, you likely will soon.

15 May 20264 mins

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Microsoft business software faces UK antitrust probe over bundling, AI lock-in

15 May 20265 mins

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The trouble with emotion-reading AI

15 May 20268 mins

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Apple’s App Store model for AI

14 May 20264 mins

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How Southwest Airlines is putting endpoint operations on autopilot

By Matthew Finnegan

14 May 20267 mins

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Nearly every enterprise is investing in AI, but only 5% say their data is ready

13 May 20265 mins

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Jobs lost to AI could reappear elsewhere — and solidify AI-focused roles

13 May 20264 mins

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Who’s the winner in the new Microsoft-OpenAI deal?

By Preston Gralla

13 May 20265 mins

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AI is ready to take over Python programming, but not much else

13 May 202613 mins

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WWDC: From NeXTStep for Apple to Apple’s next step for AI

Nearly 30 years ago, NeXT gave Apple modern foundations and developer momentum; now, the company needs a compelling AI story for developers to keep its ecosystem growing.

12 May 2026 4 mins

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OpenAI introduces Daybreak cyber platform, takes on Anthropic Mythos

OpenAI’s new cybersecurity platform aims to automate vulnerability detection, patch validation, and secure software development for enterprises and governments.

By Nidhi Singal

12 May 2026 5 mins

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Arm’s software chief sees human language as the new way to program

Alex Spinelli, senior vice president for AI and developer platforms at Arm, envisions a tech landscape filled with “fast software, similar to fast fashion” and soon after that, what he called “disposable software.”

12 May 2026 8 mins

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IMF warns of the potential for AI attacks on global financial systems

The International Monetary Fund points to Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview as an example of how quickly technology is advancing.

By Viktor Eriksson

11 May 2026 2 mins

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Can everyday IT decisions turn sustainability from intent into impact?

Why IT cannot deliver sustainable workplaces alone, and what real progress looks like in practice.

By Yannic Laleeuwe, Marketing Director, Workplace Collaboration, Barco ClickShare

28 Apr 2026 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence

AI clones: the good, the bad, and the ugly

It’s not that difficult nowadays to create an AI chatbot that can talk and respond like a real, actual person. But if the person being ‘cloned’ doesn’t consent, is it wrong?

8 May 2026 7 mins

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EU lawmakers strike provisional deal to soften AI Act

If the European Parliament and Council formally adopt the deal before Aug. 2, the introduction of new rules on high-risk AI systems will be pushed to 2027.

7 May 2026 4 mins

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WWDC 2026: How Apple can take a great leap in AI

Let users pick the model, keep the experience and the data on Apple’s terms — and take advantage of the hardware.

7 May 2026 6 mins

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US government agency to safety test frontier AI models before release

CAISI’s agreements with Google, Microsoft, and xAI preceded a report that the White House may be planning to create its own AI vetting system.

7 May 2026 5 mins

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Chrome's AI features can take up to 4GB of space on your computer

But users can disable the feature and reclaim the storage space.

By Viktor Eriksson

6 May 2026 1 min

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ServiceNow continues its AI transformation with an integrated experience

At its Knowledge conference, the company unveiled the Otto AI assistant, more agentic specialists, and autonomy everywhere.

By Lynn Greiner

6 May 2026 5 mins

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Apple Intelligence hype cost the company $250M

Apple's problems rolling out Apple Intelligence and a smarter Siri did more than undermine the company's reputation – they also cost real money.

6 May 2026 5 mins

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The classic search engine Ask Jeeves has been shut down

The classic search engine, known in recent years as Ask.com, apparently couldn't keep up with the competition from new AI tools.

By Mikael Markander

5 May 2026 1 min

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Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates: Keeping up with the latest fixes

By Dan Muse and Ken Mingis

15 May 20266 mins

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For May, Patch Tuesday means 139 updates — but no zero-days

By Greg Lambert

15 May 202617 mins

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Why Apple needs Intel — and America needs them both

15 May 20265 mins

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AI Funding, NetSuite SuiteCloud, Microsoft OpenAI Deal Shifts | Ep. 81

By Arnold Davick

8 May 20262 mins

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OpenAI Phones, SAS Governance, Kinder Chatbots Lose Accuracy | Ep. 80

By Arnold Davick

8 May 20262 mins

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Agentic AI Boom, Bank Cyber Risks, Cloudflare Agents | Ep. 79

By Arnold Davick

5 May 20262 mins

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AI agents take off, but data problems remain unresolved

5 May 202631 mins

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Global IT Spending, Anthropic Compute, Google Security Agents | Ep. 78

By Arnold Davick

30 Apr 20262 mins

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RAM Shortage, Teams Impersonation, LinkedIn Crosscheck AI Testing | Ep. 77

By Arnold Davick

29 Apr 20262 mins

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