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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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...
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...
UK Fintech Platform Enviromates Connects Projects Brands and Consumers
Thursday, March 26, 2026 by Trey Abbe
UK startup Enviromates launches platform connecting environmental projects, brands and consumers. From its base in London, Enviromates.earth introduces a fintech platform built to make environmental participation easier to start, easier to trust, and easier to repeat. Co founded by 21 year old Mia Roberts together with Simon Roberts, the company is presenting a practica...
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...
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...
Red Hat drives network modernization and AI at global scale
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 by Richard Harris
Red Hat is advancing a practical path for service providers and enterprises to modernize networks and operationalize artificial intelligence at scale. With an open hybrid cloud strategy and a growing ecosystem of partners, Red Hat is helping organizations move from fragmented infrastructure to a common platform that spans core, edge, and enterprise IT. Red Hat news for ...
Cloudbrink expands secure connectivity platform
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Cloudbrink announced expanded security and performance benefits for AI agents and online AI services. The new AI capabilities are available on the same platform as Cloudbrink’s award-winning secure connectivity, allowing companies to secure users, apps, and AI in a more unified way.
According to a McKinsey report, 88 percent of enterprises globally are using AI...
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...
AI productivity rises amid 2026 uncertainty
Thursday, February 19, 2026 by Trey Abbe
AI continues to deliver measurable productivity and performance gains across organizations, but global economic uncertainty and geopolitical risk are reshaping technology investment, hiring, and innovation strategies for 2026, according to the annual Reveal Top Software Development Challenges Survey from Infragistics, released today. The study surveyed 250 senior t...
Litera enhances Kira platform
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Litera introduces enhanced Kira upgrades, driving the next evolution of its AI‑powered contract intelligence solution. As deal activity increases and GenAI adoption accelerates across a growing market of legal tools, Kira helps legal teams analyze contracts at scale with the accuracy, governance, and collaboration required for high-stakes legal work. Trusted by 71%...
Reused bitcoin addresses are quietly increasing quantum risk
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Despite billions spent on blockchain improvements and security measures, crypto criminals still steal billions of dollars from the crypto ecosystem each year, and that didn`t change in 2025. In fact, with over $4 billion in total losses from hacks, fraud, scams, money laundering, and ransomware, 2025 was the worst year for crypto illicit activity ever recorded.
Howev...
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 ...
AI becomes a go-to health resource as hospital access strains
Friday, January 16, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
As OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, allowing users to connect medical records and wellness apps for AI-driven health guidance, a new survey from Drip Hydration confirms Americans are increasingly turning to AI for medical advice. The nationwide survey explores the motivations, demographics, and regional trends behind this growing phenomenon. The data reveals where a...
Sony backs eRedCap as the future of 5G IoT
Friday, January 16, 2026 by Austin Harris
Sony Semiconductor Israel announced its long-term vision for 5G IoT connectivity, positioning eRedCap (enhanced Reduced Capability) as the foundation for the next generation of global, long-life connected Altair devices. As industries accelerate the AI revolution and mobile operators plan the retirement of legacy networks, the transition from 4G to 5G is reshaping what ...
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 ...
Decoupled Observability stacks Free Teams
Tuesday, January 6, 2026 by Austin Harris
In 2026, Eric Tschetter, chief architect at Imply, predicts the end of the all-in-one observability black box. AI is driving massive growth in logs, metrics, and traces, pushing tightly coupled, monolithic observability platforms past their architectural limits. Organizations are hitting a breaking point. They can't scale their current observability stacks without t...
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...
App development in 2026: Vickie Chen of AviaGames weighs in
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 by Vickie Chen
Now more than ever, consumers have demanded tech companies be more involved and transparent in social and philanthropic causes, using their resources to give back to those that need it the most.
App development in 2026
As the CEO of Avia, a leading developer on the forefront of skill - based mobile games, my 2026 prediction is that more app developers and publishe...
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’...
AI Will Reshape Things In 2026
Thursday, December 18, 2025 by Austin Harris
Aniket Shaligram, VP of Technology at Talentica Software, predicts that the coming year will mark a shift from AI as a productivity aid to AI as an active participant in product teams. Organizations will move beyond simple AI assistants toward clearly defined AI “team members” that own specific responsibilities, are measured against outcomes, and collaborate...
National App Day 2025: Industry leaders weigh in on app economy
Friday, December 12, 2025 by Brittany Hainzinger
With National App Day now behind us (December 11th), it’s a timely opportunity to reflect on the role applications continue to play in today’s workplace. Leaders from OutSystems, Xerox, and Appfire share their perspectives on how apps are shaping modern work - and what organizations can expect as app-driven productivity moves into its next chapter.
Nation...
Foundation of AI for the Future
Thursday, December 11, 2025 by Ed Keisling
As AI continues to become more mature and advanced in the way it’s used, organizations are finding their initial generation of pilots weren’t built to last. Models, frameworks and integration standards are changing faster than teams can keep up with, leaving early solutions outdated, unsupported or insecure.
AI plumbing requires evolution
To evolve in ...
Markets rally as Nvidia faces high-stakes earnings test
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 by Brittany Hainzinger
US equity futures are advancing alongside tech shares ahead of Nvidia’s earnings Wednesday, as investors now face a moment that demands sharper attention, warns the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations.
The move higher reflects confidence that Nvidia will once again clear a demanding hurdle.
Consensus points to...
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...
AI market enters a new reality
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 by Brittany Hainzinger
The AI sector is in a volatile stage as investors “abandon the idea that one unified mentality can carry every company involved in advanced computing.”
This is the analysis of Nigel Green, the CEO of deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations, as Nvidia shares fall 3% on reports that Meta will use Google AI...
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...
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