FTC AI accuracy policy puts chatbot trust under review
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 by Trey Abbe
The Federal Trade Commission is putting a sharper focus on how artificial intelligence systems are presented to consumers, how accurate those systems are expected to be, and whether companies are giving users a fair understanding of what they are actually getting.
On July 1, the FTC said it is seeking public comment on a proposed policy statement addressing AI accura...
Human-Made Video Ads Outperform AI-Generated Creativity
Monday, July 20, 2026 by Trey Abbe
AI can now make video ads that look polished, credible, and close enough to human-made work that many people cannot easily tell the difference.
That does not mean those ads move people the same way.
New research from Ipsos and Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications found that human-made video ads still outperform AI-generated creat...
NearLens: Smart Glasses Privacy Taken Seriously
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 by Richard Harris
NearLens is a practical response to a growing gap in how smart glasses affect everyday privacy. Most debates focus on the person wearing the glasses. People ask whether the footage is encrypted, how it is reviewed, and what happens in the cloud. Those questions matter. They also miss the bystander who appears in the frame, never opted in, never read a policy, and often ...
Agentic Commerce Grows Cequence Unveils AI-Era Bot Defense
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 by Ben Conway
Cequence Security has announced Intent Graph and Biometric Check, two new capabilities designed to help enterprises protect applications as AI agents, bots, APIs, and agent-driven commerce create a more complicated traffic landscape.
The timing matters.
Enterprise traffic is no longer limited to people clicking through websites or mobile apps. Customers, bots, scr...
Nearly all developers use AI but few secure the code it generates
Monday, July 13, 2026 by Trey Abbe
Nearly all developers write code with AI, but fewer than one in five secure it as they go, citing limited use of AppSec tooling inside Integrated Developer Environments and difficulty integrating security into existing CI and CD pipelines. That gap is not a small nuisance. It is a structural flaw. If the code accelerates while the guardrails stand still, risk compounds ...
Enviromates new browser launches
Monday, July 6, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Enviromates announced the release of Enviromates Browser, a new browser designed to give people a cleaner, more user controlled way to search the web, access AI only when they need it, and help generate income to support environmental projects. The idea is straightforward. Keep traditional search intact when you want to explore primary sources, and give people a simple ...
AI Executive Order aims to balance security and innovation
Monday, June 29, 2026 by Richard Harris
One of the biggest concerns people had when talk started about regulating AI was whether the government was going to require developers to get permission before releasing new models. This executive order takes a different approach. Instead of creating another layer of bureaucracy, it establishes a voluntary review process for the handful of AI models that are considered...
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...
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 ...
Anthropic investigation opened after Mythos accessed by Discord group
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 by Richard Harris
Anthropic has opened an internal investigation following reports that a Discord community gained unauthorized access to its Mythos cybersecurity model shortly after the system was introduced. The incident is a wake up call for an industry that has grown used to predictable timelines for vulnerability discovery, patching, and coordinated disclosure. As AI driven analysis...
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 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...
Medical debt relief custom-built platform moopFi launches
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 by Ben Conway
The platform integrates custom features to help patients reduce consolidate and manage medical bills through one secure dashboard and one flexible monthly payment plan
moopFi, a healthcare focused financial technology company, has introduced a custom web based platform that aims to make medical bill management simpler and more predictable for households. The service ...
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...
APAC 5G expansion to fuel 347B mobile market by 2030
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 by Trey Abbe
The Asia Pacific mobile communications market is on track to exceed 347.3 billion US dollars in annual revenue by 2030, rising from an estimated 310.6 billion US dollars in 2025. This equates to a compound annual growth rate of about 2.3 percent, supported by steady subscriber additions and the accelerating shift to fifth generation networks. As operators extend coverag...
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...
The App Economy Is Thriving
Monday, April 20, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
The app economy keeps accelerating, generating jobs, revenues, and new services for consumers and businesses. Drawing on market data and a national survey of 1,250 U.S. app based business leaders, this press release outlines why the ecosystem is strong, what risks could slow it down, and how balanced policy can protect consumers while preserving innovation and growth.
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Jentic launch gives AI agents api access
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 by Ben Conway
Jentic is introducing Jentic Mini, a free, open source, self hosted offering for developers building with OpenClaw. The goal is straightforward. Make it safer and simpler to let capable agents interact with real systems. Jentic Mini provides a lightweight deployment that runs in a developer controlled environment and adds a safety and control layer around what agents ca...
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...
AccuWeather Launches ChatGPT Integration for Live Weather Updates
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 by Austin Harris
AccuWeather has introduced a weather experience within ChatGPT, expanding how users can access forecasts and weather-related insights directly inside a conversational interface. The integration is designed to allow users to ask natural language questions and receive localized weather information without needing to switch between apps or services.
The feature enables ...
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...
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...
ChatGPT Carbon Footprint Matches 1.3 Million Cars Report Finds
Monday, April 6, 2026 by Ben Conway
A new independent analysis takes a closer look at the electricity use and environmental impact tied to one of the most widely used conversational AI tools. The findings suggest that serving today’s massive volume of daily prompts now requires energy on the scale of a small nation, with emissions comparable to a large fleet of vehicles.
The report breaks down ho...
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...
Enviromates tech startup launches global participation platform
Friday, March 27, 2026 by Richard Harris
London, UK. Enviromates.earth, a UK fintech startup co founded by 21 year old Mia Roberts, announces the UK launch of a platform built to connect environmental projects, brands and consumers inside one ecosystem. Expansion beyond the UK is planned to coincide with Earth Day on 22 April 2026. The company presents the service as infrastructure for environmental participat...
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 ...
