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Productivity Tech

Enterprises are Wasting Millions on Underutilized Tech

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“Invest in full visibility into what applications employees are actually using.”

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Big Tech

Google Patent Highlights Ambitions For AI-Powered Robotics

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Safety risks remain an issue in robot-human collaboration.

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Semiconductors

Meta’s In-House Chips May Conserve Power and Cash

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The move could usher in a challenge to the “brute force, high-energy use approach” of GPUs.

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Energy

IBM, Microsoft Patents Target Sustainable Computing Amid AI Energy Crisis

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With AI demand driving up energy demand, will sustainability efforts be enough?

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Enterprise AI

The Risky Business of Deploying AI Agents

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The frenzied speed at which enterprises are adopting the tech amplifies the hazards.

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Economics

How Tariffs Could Hurt Your IT Budget

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With less spending power on the horizon, it’s time to get your IT priorities straight.

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Enterprise AI

Generative AI Consulting Roles Are On the Rise. Here’s Why.

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Many enterprises are in a “phase of investigation” with AI deployment.

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Cloud Computing

IBM Patent Highlights Need for Data Center Upkeep

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Data center demand has taken center stage amid the AI boom.

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Energy

Nuclear, Microgrids Could Ease the AI Power Drain

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Microgrids could offer a stopgap solution until small modular reactors are ready for the market.

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Enterprise AI

Does Your Business Need a Reasoning Model?

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For some tasks, less power might be good enough, an expert said.

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Cloud Computing

Cloud Providers, Enterprises Struggle to Keep Up with AI Costs

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Developing tech prompts businesses to reconsider the cloud’s cost-benefit ratio.

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Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Seeks Patent to Limit Hallucinations in AI

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Along with mitigating hallucinations, this tech creates an audit trail for more transparency between the model and its users.

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Enterprise AI

Oracle Seeks Patent to Clean Up After Code Generators

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Oracle’s tech aims to weed out and fix vulnerable bits of code in software.

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Semiconductors

What Will it Take to Shake Nvidia’s Dominance?

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Even after shaky moments like the advent of DeepSeek, Nvidia “just recoups that value within a couple of weeks.”

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Data

Data Exfiltration Attacks Are On the Rise. Here’s How to Protect Your Business

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Ransomware with stolen data gives attackers multiple opportunities to blackmail enterprises, one expert said.

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Data

What Enterprises Actually Need to Know About Quantum

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“There are still going to be things that classical computers are better at.”

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Cybersecurity

Where is Your Business Most Vulnerable?

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“There is no 100% security because software is fundamentally flawed.”

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Enterprise AI

Salesforce Works to Keep AI Agents In Line

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A recent patent is just one representation of its massive push toward agentic AI.

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Enterprise AI

Don’t Wait Until Your Enterprise is “Perfect” To Start Adopting AI

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You may get left behind if you delay adoption of AI until its problems are solved, said ServiceNow’s Paul Smith.

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Productivity Tech

Why Tech Roles Adopt AI Faster Than Others

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“It’s not OK to leave any part of your business behind.”

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