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Google Sets Early August Date for Latest Hardware Showcase: What to Expect
With Google setting its Made By Google showcase for August 12, the focus shifts to how Pixel 11 will push the boundaries of AI consumer hardware.
Microsoft Links Upcoming Patch Tuesday Surge to AI-Powered Discovery
As Microsoft adopts AI-based vulnerability scanning tools like MDASH, the company warns that customers should prepare for more frequent and voluminous security update releases.
The CTR Illusion: Why Benchmarks Lie About Ad Performance
Move beyond top-level click-through rate (CTR) benchmarks and embrace a performance strategy rooted in business context, custom audience targeting, and continuous optimization.
While Other Humanoid Startups Chase Sky-High Valuations, Agility Robotics Is Betting Its Future on Execution—And a SPAC
Agility Robotics is going public via a $2.5B SPAC merger, bringing its Digit humanoid robots from warehouse trials to mainstream industrial adoption—while competitors chase sky-high valuations.
AI Cybersecurity Threats: CISA Warns of Actively Exploited SharePoint Flaws Enabling RCE and Persistence
CISA has issued an urgent alert: attackers are weaponizing three SharePoint Server vulnerabilities to bypass authentication, execute remote code, and steal IIS machine keys for persistent access. Federal agencies have just days to patch.
Artificial Intelligence AI Cybersecurity: How Ransomware Groups Are Weaponizing Healthcare Hubs
A deep dive into the 35% surge in cyberattacks on healthcare service providers, analyzing real-world disruptions from Mississippi to Germany—and how AI-native security models can shut down supply chain ransomware loops.
Oak Steps Out of Stealth to Fix the Identity Mess AI Agents Are Making Worse
Co-founded by serial entrepreneur Shai Morag, Oak emerges with $60M to deliver an AI-native unified control plane that replaces legacy IAM tools with real-time access mapping and revocation—ending the era of periodic reviews in a world where AI agents operate at scale. Learn about how AI governance and identity security intersect for autonomous systems.
How Robinhood Cut Security Access Delays by 20% for Developers and Incident Responders
Robinhood's new SERA platform uses passkey-based access approvals to eliminate VPN and managed-laptop friction, cutting approval time by 20% for both engineering teams and incident responders.
Why the Security & Compliance Analyst Must Question OpenClaw's 'Switzerland of AI' Foundation
OpenClaw has transitioned into a nonprofit foundation to act as the 'Switzerland of AI,' but security & compliance analysts warn of major IAM, supply chain, and incident response risks.
Windows 10’s Last Stand: The 570-Flaw Patch That Bought Us Until 2027
Microsoft's final extended security update for Windows 10 patches 300+ vulnerabilities, enforces TDI transport registration, and quietly shifts Secure Boot certificate deployment — a last gasp before the OS exits stage left.
Microsoft’s Inside Game: Selling Proprietary AI as the Safer, Smarter Choice
Microsoft is training enterprise sales teams to pitch its in-house AI models as more efficient, secure, and integrated than third-party alternatives like OpenAI and Anthropic—highlighting a shift from component-based AI to full-stack enterprise systems. This push follows the April 2026 partnership amendment, which removed exclusivity clauses and enabled Microsoft to scale its proprietary MAI models. Internal briefings emphasize cost savings, native security integrations with 365, Defender, and Purview, and an open platform where enterprises retain control of their IP. The $2.5B Microsoft Frontier Company deployment further underscores this strategy, embedding 6,000 engineers to help customers build sovereign AI systems while maintaining governance and compliance.
Oracle's 40% Slide, BIS AI Bubble Warnings, and The Kettle on the Risk of a Tech Meltdown
Oracle shares drop over 40% in July 2026 as the Bank for International Settlements warns that an AI bubble could take down the broader economy; The Register’s Kettle podcast examines whether hyperscalers and banks are finally sounding the alarm on overinvestment.