Tether QVAC SDK Powers AI Across Devices and Platforms
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 by Austin Harris
Tether has launched QVAC SDK, an open source framework that lets developers run AI features directly on device with no cloud, no server dependency, and no data leaving the device. The SDK is built to deliver private, fast, and reliable intelligence in applications where responsiveness and control matter. By bringing AI to the device, QVAC gives teams a way to ship exper...
How AI is causing app litter everywhere
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 by Trey Abbe
I've worked on systems that have been running for years, the kind you don't think about because they just work. No noise, no constant updates, no surprises. They were built carefully, and that care shows over time. You can tell when something was designed with longevity in mind because it doesn't demand your attention. It just does its job.
That's a c...
NIKKE 3.5 anniversary update livestream coming soon
Friday, April 17, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
Level Infinite and Shift Up are preparing to share what is next for Goddess of Victory Nikke as the game approaches another milestone. The team will host a special livestream to outline the full scope of the 3.5 Anniversary update, give players a first look at upcoming content, and recognize the global community that continues to power the game forward. This press relea...
New AI tool targets early dementia detection
Thursday, April 16, 2026 by Trey Abbe
A research team is creating an AI powered digital human to help clinicians catch early signs of dementia sooner and more consistently. The system combines structured screening conversations with analysis of facial expressions and physiologic signals to highlight subtle patterns that busy clinics and traditional questionnaires may miss. By turning a routine intake into a...
AI is becoming more widespread in collaboration tools
Thursday, April 9, 2026 by Richard Harris
Artificial intelligence is moving from pilot projects and isolated features to the connective fabric of enterprise collaboration and communications. Across meetings, chat, calling, contact centers, and the business applications that surround them, AI is becoming a practical tool that links people, workflows, and data. AI reach and influence on collaboration and communic...
Env Zero and CloudQuery Announce Merger
Thursday, March 26, 2026 by Austin Harris
env zero, an Infrastructure as Code management and governance, and CloudQuery, a leading cloud asset management platform, announced the successful close of their merger. The combined company will operate under the env zero brand and focus on unifying asset intelligence with infrastructure automation so enterprise teams can run cloud operations with greater confidence, s...
How Industrial AI Is Transforming Operations in 2026
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 by Richard Harris
A new global study of industrial decision makers shows that artificial intelligence has moved from experimentation to meaningful deployment, bringing clear expectations for business outcomes and a sharper focus on the networks and security foundations that make those outcomes possible. Respondents represent firms with annual revenues over one hundred million dollars, op...
AI generated work from managers is damaging trust among employees
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
Across industries, employees are noticing a shift in how work is created and presented by their managers. Generative AI tools are now part of the managerial toolkit, shaping emails, presentations, performance notes, and strategic updates. While AI can speed up drafting and analysis, a growing number of team members feel unsettled when work that influences careers, pay, ...
What can you build with ChatGPT in 48 hours
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 by Adam Shea
A fundamental shift is underway in how users discover and interact with brands and their digital experiences, driven by advances in AI and conversational interfaces. In October 2025, that shift showed up clearly at OpenAI DevDay with the introduction of the Apps SDK.
Much like the launch of the App Store reshaped mobile computing, ChatGPT apps point to a new pa...
env zero and CloudQuery merge
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 by Richard Harris
env zero and CloudQuery have announced the close of their merger. The combined company will operate under the env zero brand and will deliver a unified cloud intelligence platform that pairs deep asset visibility with automated action. The goal is simple and practical. Give enterprise platform teams a single place to understand what is in the cloud and to bring it to a ...
The Second Product: Scaling means rebuilding what you already shipped
Saturday, March 14, 2026 by Richard Harris
It's a clear night and my telescope is pointed at the stars, but my mind is on software. After 40 years of gazing into the cosmos and just as many spent building software, I've learned that these two pursuits have a surprising amount in common. Both require patience, clear vision, and a willingness to start over when something isn't working. In astronomy, wh...
Avocado Health introduces AI-Powered text coaching for parents
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Avocado Health announced the launch of its 24/7 SMS-based parenting support platform, designed to help parents navigate the everyday questions, worries, and moments of uncertainty that come with raising children. Built to meet families where they already are—on their phones—Avocado Health delivers instant, personalized, evidence-based guidance through simple...
Gaming goes permanent as Pokemon tops global tattoo trends
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Tattoos have long been a way for people to mark the moments, memories, and obsessions that define them. Once associated mainly with rebellion or counterculture, tattoos are now fully mainstream.
Video games, meanwhile, have grown up alongside those same generations. What started as simple arcade entertainment has evolved into a $200-billion global industry, shaping c...
DeFi confidence grows with experience as users look toward 2026
Thursday, February 26, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Sentiment among DeFi users remains positive heading into 2026, with 72% of respondents globally expressing optimism about the sector’s future. U.S. users reported one of the highest confidence levels at 83%, while sentiment across Asian markets was comparatively more muted, with respondents in Singapore (64%), Taiwan (63%) and in Hong Kong (56%), according to a su...
The risks of iPad childhood
Monday, January 26, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
A typical 8-year-old in the UK now spends almost three hours a day online, and by age two, around 4 in 10 children already have their own tablet. At the same time, children’s enjoyment of reading is at a record low in UK surveys. The issue has gained new urgency after Australia announced a world-first ban on social media for under-16s, according to BBC.
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What's in Store for Open Source in 2026
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 by Mike Milinkovich
As 2025 draws to a close, many of us find ourselves reflecting on a year of remarkable change and looking ahead to what lies beyond the horizon. The end of the year often brings a mix of reflection and anticipation, a time when the open source ecosystem pauses to take stock and to imagine what the next chapter might bring.
In that spirit, I'd like to share a few ...
OpenManus launches Atoms
Tuesday, January 13, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
The VC-backed AI coding startup OpenManus is launching Atoms, a next-gen business team - that they say is a new product representing a milestone towards building the AI economy, as the brand-new narrative revolutionises how AI works for entrepreneurs.
Atoms is the first AI team that autonomously builds, launches, and grows real businesses, not just repos, withou...
Litera sets new standard for legal AI adoption
Saturday, January 10, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Litera announced a record-breaking year for AI adoption among law firms and corporate legal customers worldwide. Litera One, the AI drafting portfolio native to Microsoft 365, its newer agentic assistant Lito, and AI workflow platform Kira saw monthly active users surge tenfold since spring 2025 and thousands of new agentic skills completed, validating the company&...
HPU takes first place in 2025 International Collegiate Programming Con
Friday, January 9, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Hawai‘i Pacific University has again demonstrated a quiet consistency that rarely draws attention to itself until the results are tallied. At the 2025 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), Pacific Northwest Region, HPU secured first place in Hawai‘i in Division I, the contest’s most advanced tier. It is a familiar outcome, but not a rout...
Ambition launches new app to empower frontline revenue managers
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Ambition has expanded its platform with the release of a new mobile app, extending familiar performance intelligence tools into a format designed for managers who spend much of their time away from a desk. At first glance, the app looks intentionally restrained, mirroring the structure and logic users already know. That appears to be the point. Most frontline revenue ma...
What Is Shaping AdTech in 2026
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 by Charles Manning
In 2026, AI Orchestration will happen on the desktop - not in the cloud - and it will be "Integrative" in nature.
I am convinced that agentic orchestration (the kind that actually helps individuals and teams be more productive) will happen at scale on the desktop and not in the cloud (look no further than StationOne as a reference example). This prediction ...
QAD ignites a new era of operational AI in manufacturing
Tuesday, January 6, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
QAD has reached a moment that feels less like a product release and more like a change in posture. The company’s latest announcements point away from manufacturing systems that primarily document what has already happened and toward platforms designed to participate in what comes next. At first glance, the updates fit naturally into QAD’s long-standing focus...
How AI will reshape games, talent, and growth in 2026
Tuesday, January 6, 2026 by Austin Harris
How AI will reshape games, talent, and growth in 2026
Looking ahead to 2026, the future of games will be shaped by a fundamental shift in how companies operate: how they scale creativity, empower talent, and engage players in real-time. AI is no longer a point solution, but the connective layer redefining marketing, organizational design, and player experience. Toget...
2026 Predictions from Shmuel Ben Meleh
Monday, January 5, 2026 by Austin Harris
AI continues to dominate every conversation, riding wave after wave of excitement. It feels like only yesterday that “machine learning” was the phrase everyone repeated, and in a blink it was replaced by the all-encompassing “AI.” After several years of rapid breakthroughs that expanded what's possible across products, content creation, and a...
AI generated scams and phishing in 2026
Monday, January 5, 2026 by Austin Harris
David Stonehill, CTO, NetLib Security offers his insight into what 2026 will hold for us in the way of AI scams.
By 2026, AI-generated scams and phishing will be virtually indistinguishable from legitimate apps, storefronts, and communications making detection alone unreliable. App developers will need to design for breach resilience using MFA, passkeys, AI-driven se...
2026 redesigned: What is next for developers
Monday, December 22, 2025 by Austin Harris
Matt Tubergen, EVP of Global Strategy & Partnerships at Digital Turbine, shares (below) his 2026 outlook for software, and the technology industry at large.
What I'm seeing today is a reorganization of the mobile economy driven by changes in consumer spending and global market dynamics, as well as the overwhelming integration of Artificial Intelligence into, ...
Tiny Technology RTE Trends Reveal New Priorities in the Industry
Thursday, December 18, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
Tiny Technologies announced the release of its annual industry trends report. The 2025 State of Rich Text Editors report highlights key trends to help technologists make informed decisions for their applications.
Three key themes stood out in this year's report:
AI takes the lead: RTEs must include AI as an active collaborator.
Security first: It’...
Agentic AI disruption of the dev workflow
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 by Richard Harris
As a lifelong programmer, I find myself living in two worlds at once: one where AI has become an essential co-pilot in my daily work, and another where its limitations still remind me who’s actually steering the ship. Every day I see firsthand how machine learning models and coding assistants can accelerate development, generate insights, and even spark creativity...
DoubleVerify detects hidden iOS ad fraud
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 by Trey Abbe
DoubleVerify’s Fraud Lab has discovered a new fraud scheme lurking on customers’ mobile devices. It uses innocent-seeming iOS gaming apps to charge advertisers for phony ad impressions.
Operated by independent cybercriminals using a shared framework called UniSkyWalking, the scheme, which our Fraud Lab has dubbed SkyWalk, is sophisticated, coordinated and...
Safe c plus plus proposal abandoned after community pushback
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, a significant effort to overhaul the C++ programming language for enhanced safety has come to an abrupt halt. The Safe C++ proposal, which sought to introduce a memory-safe subset of the language inspired by the guarantees found in newer languages like Rust, has been abandoned by its lead author. This development o...
It's time for more Siri openness in the Apple ecosystem
Monday, November 17, 2025 by Vira Tkachenko
Siri’s long-awaited personalized upgrade won’t arrive until 2026, putting Apple even further behind in the industry AI race and frustrating users. While many think Big Tech giants OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft will continue to be leaders for years to come, Apple has an opportunity to join the ranks.
Unlike its competitors, Apple’s unique vision for ...
DevOps migration index find big bang platform migrations drain budgets
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 by Richard Harris
CloudBees has released its first DevOps Migration Index, offering an in-depth examination of how large enterprises are managing modernization initiatives across their software delivery ecosystems. Based on a survey of more than 300 enterprise IT and technology leaders, the report reveals a consistent pattern of cost overruns, project fatigue, and diminished returns on l...
Key iOS app development trends for developers in 2025 and beyond
Thursday, November 6, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
The pace of change within Apple's ecosystem is accelerating, demanding constant adaptation from developers who build for its platforms. For iOS app developers, keeping up with emerging development trends is not merely about adopting the latest technology; it is a matter of commercial survival. As Apple continues to release new versions of iOS, the distinction betwee...
Legacy code unlocked by corestory ai platform
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 by Richard Harris
Enterprises across various industries are contending with a significant and growing challenge: aging legacy codebases that are critical to their operations but hinder future innovation. These systems, often written in languages like COBOL, C, and Java, can be brittle, poorly documented, and a major roadblock to modernization efforts. Organizations looking to digitally t...
Veo 3 vertical video 50 percent price cut surprises developers
Monday, November 3, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
Google Advances AI Video with Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast, Offering Enhanced Quality, New Formats, and Significant Price Reductions
Google has announced substantial advancements to its generative video offerings, Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast, marking a pivotal moment for developers seeking to integrate high-quality AI-driven video into their applications. These flagship models ar...
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