Top manufacturing trends for 2026
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 by Trey Abbe
Manufacturers have spent years trying to make warehouses of data behave like a single source of truth. They wrote custom connectors, maintained brittle API chains, and paid the tax every time a schema shifted or a vendor upgraded. Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is the first credible exit ramp from that grind. Rather than forcing every system to integrate with every oth...
API scoring tool shows if your API is ready for AI
Monday, June 22, 2026 by Richard Harris
Jentic Launches new tool that scores APIs for AI readiness. The company is focused on connecting AI agents to the everyday reality of enterprise APIs. The new API Scoring tool comes as a free command line utility and a browser based interface. Both examine your APIs across six dimensions of readiness and produce a score that an engineering team can understand and improv...
Agentic AI Reality Check: The Million-Dollar Mistake Hiding Inside ERP
Friday, June 19, 2026 by Avinash Tiwari
There's a contradiction playing out in the world of enterprise software.
On one hand, Gartner predicts that over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by 2027. On the other, nearly 90% of business leaders say AI is essential to staying competitive. And that disconnect shows up in day-to-day development work.
Teams are being asked ...
Influencer Debate AI Anthropic IPO Reveals Industry Concerns
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 by Trey Abbe
Anthropic's move toward the public markets is not just another AI headline. For app developers, SaaS teams, and software companies building with AI, it is a sign that the industry is entering a more serious phase.
Anthropic, the company behind Claude, has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fo...
Subscription apps are losing users faster than ever
Tuesday, June 16, 2026 by Richard Harris
More than a third of all annual app subscription cancellations happen within the first month. That first stretch holds the single greatest concentration of annual churn, and once someone steps out, the door usually stays shut. Annual reactivation sits at about 5 percent overall, and it hardly moves by region or price tier. Monthly subscribers return at about four times ...
DomainTools announces real time threat feeds
Monday, June 15, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Real time is a phrase that gets tossed around until it means very little. In astrophotography, real time lives in the interval between when a satellite intrudes on your exposure and when you decide to toss the frame. A feed is only as useful as the speed and relevance of what it delivers. Here, the feeds do not simply ping you with trivia. The automatic infrastructure m...
Nvidia valuation fears grow
Friday, June 12, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
Nvidia earnings are expected to be strong again, but investors are increasingly questioning whether the chip giant can justify a towering valuation amid pressure from bond markets and elevated yields, says Nigel Green, chief executive of global financial advisory deVere Group. He notes that the company continues to deliver industry defining performance, yet the market b...
Anthropic launches Claude Design
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Anthropic launched Claude Design, a new AI native visual design tool powered by its flagship model, Claude Opus 4.7. The tool turns plain text prompts into polished websites, landing pages, pitch decks, product mockups, and marketing collateral. Within hours of the launch, Figma shares dropped around seven per cent, and Adobe slid on the news, with Wall Street reading i...
Spotlite Expands Into AI Era With New IP Protection Tool
Wednesday, June 3, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Spotlite, the leading platform in Asia that brought transparency to how models get booked and paid, is now taking on the next version of the same problem. The company announced the closed beta of IP Protection, a product that lets creators find where their face appears online and act against unauthorized use. That feels like a simple statement until you try to do it wit...
Spotify and UMG strike landmark AI music licensing deal
Thursday, May 28, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
For years, fan made covers and remixes have lived in a legal gray zone. Creators moved fast. Rights lagged. Platforms patched around the edges. This deal recognizes the obvious and does something useful about it. Spotify will offer a generative AI powered creation tool as a paid add on for Premium users. It is not a free for all. It is a licensed lane where artists and ...
AI layoffS: What is really behind it all
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 by Ben Conway
Companies are invoking artificial intelligence to explain job cuts, strategy pivots, and cost actions, but the evidence points to a broader operational reset. Productivity language is surging while measurable AI adoption and output gains remain scattered. That gap is creating confusion for workers, investors, and leaders who need a clear view of what is driving risk and...
The identity system is failing under AI
Monday, May 25, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
The global cybersecurity crisis has entered a new and far more dangerous phase. Artificial intelligence has handed attackers the tools to automate credential theft at unprecedented speed, and the identity systems billions of people rely on every day including passwords, biometrics, and passkeys are failing one by one. Netlok, LLC, a California based cybersecurity innova...
The Real World Launches Expert-Verified AI Certification Framework
Friday, May 22, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
The Real World has announced the formal rollout of its Campus Graduation Certificate framework. The framework sets a practical standard for AI readiness by requiring members to prove their capability through real work that delivers measurable outcomes. Each certificate is approved by an industry expert and functions as a portable, verifiable credential that graduates ca...
Multiple language options when developing apps with Evoke
Thursday, May 21, 2026 by Austin Harris
BlueFinity announces the release of its multiple language version of Evoke which now provides for end users of apps built using Evoke to be able to see the user interface in their preferred language, as well as adopt the cultural context of multiple countries. By providing localized content in a users native language it improves their experience, builds trust, and can c...
When Social Listening Becomes Social Surveillance
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 by Sameer Ahmed Khan
I want to tell you about two tools that do the exact same thing.
The first tool scans Facebook, X, and YouTube. It reads public posts. It analyzes them for sentiment, emotional tone, and trending patterns. It tells you what people feel, what they care about, and what they are saying about you.
Marketers call this social listening. It is how brands understand their...
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...
Experts warn ai-generated health content risks misinterpretation without human oversight
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
As AI generated personas and automated video hosts enter health communications, experts caution that scaling content without human interpretation can raise the odds that people misunderstand what they read or watch. Digital platforms have become a primary source for health information, with more than half of adults turning to social feeds for guidance and many consultin...
Stop Using Business Jargon: 5 Ways Buzzwords Damage Job Performance
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
A growing body of evidence shows that fluent jargon and big talk are not signs of sharper business judgment. The pattern that emerges is straightforward. People who are most impressed by glossy corporate speak tend to struggle when tasks demand clear reasoning, sound choices, and follow through. For organizations that want more signal and less noise, the implications ar...
IT spending rises as banks balance legacy and innovation
Monday, April 13, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
Financial institutions face rising IT budgets as they balance innovation, legacy and regulation, says Celent, a GlobalData company. Firms across banking, insurance, and capital markets are preparing for a year of measured technology investment, where the need to modernize core platforms meets the urgency to scale artificial intelligence and reinforce data governance. Wi...
Tech hiring slumps as Software Developer job postings fall
Monday, April 13, 2026 by Richard Harris
A noticeable downshift is emerging in the technology labor market as software developer job postings cool from prior highs. Employers are recalibrating hiring plans, focusing their open roles on business critical initiatives and slowing requisitions tied to speculative growth. While demand for skilled engineers remains significant in absolute terms, the pace of new post...
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...
FCC prohibits new foreign router models citing critical infrastructure risks
Thursday, April 9, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
The Federal Communications Commission has updated its Covered List to include all consumer grade routers produced in foreign countries. This action restricts approval of new device models that could enter the United States market without sufficient safeguards. The step reflects a coordinated national security determination by Executive Branch experts that certain router...
Lens Launches MCP Server to Connect AI Coding Assistants with Kubernetes
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 by Ben Conway
Lens by Mirantis announces a built in Model Context Protocol server in Lens Desktop, expanding how teams connect AI coding assistants to Kubernetes in a secure and straightforward way. The addition makes Lens a practical bridge between popular AI tools and real infrastructure, so software delivery and operations tasks can be handled within existing workflows rather than...
Accelerating corporate ai investment returns
Monday, March 30, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
AI investments across industries struggle to pay off. Record spending on artificial intelligence has yet to translate into record earnings impact. Global enterprise budgets for AI are surging past three hundred billion dollars, generative models command attention, and board agendas are crowded with AI priorities. Yet many leadership teams still wrestle with a basic ques...
Private Repository Secures the AI-driven Development Boom
Friday, March 27, 2026 by Austin Harris
ActiveState has launched ActiveState Curated Catalog. This new offering provides organizations with a private, secure repository of open source components from the ActiveState Library, giving developers and AI code generators access to vetted packages from a trusted internal source instead of pulling them directly from the open internet.
Directly pulling open source ...
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...
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, ...
Foresight Secures $25M to Bridge Infrastructure Execution Gap
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 by Richard Harris
Foresight, the AI powered project delivery platform for large scale infrastructure, announced a Series A financing of 25 million United States dollars led by Macquarie Capital Venture Capital, with participation from seed investor Creandum, ISAI Build from the Bouygues group managed by ISAI, i2bf Global Ventures, and Somersault Ventures. The company will use the capital...
UNESCO AI initiatives driving sustainable development in Africa
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 by Trey Abbe
Artificial intelligence in Africa is often framed through big promises and global headlines, but the most important work is happening at a much more practical level. Across the continent, developers, educators, and institutions are focusing on what actually makes systems useful: reliable data, resilient infrastructure, and tools that fit local constraints. This is not a...
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 ...
China is accelerating the next phase of AI
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 by Richard Harris
China is quietly reshaping the artificial intelligence race, and markets are starting to price a second centre of gravity for innovation and returns. According to deVere Group analysis, a multipolar AI world is taking shape, and that broadens the opportunity set for global investors. Chinas OpenClaw drives new ChatGPT wave for investors: deVere.
China is accelerating...
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...
