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Constructor tops three Gartner search & discovery use cases
Customer Experience

Constructor tops three Gartner search & discovery use cases

Retailers may get more personalised search tools after Constructor was ranked first in three Gartner use cases, ahead of Google and others.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Today
CIQ expands Ascender Pro with automated remediation tools
DevOps

CIQ expands Ascender Pro with automated remediation tools

Automation teams can now fix routine server faults without manual intervention as CIQ adds detection and remediation to Ascender Pro.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Today
Keeper Security hits USD $225 million ARR on AI identity
Software-as-a-Service

Keeper Security hits USD $225 million ARR on AI identity

Growing demand for unified controls over human and machine credentials has lifted the cyber security group past USD $225 million in annual recurring revenue.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Today
'Human-in-the-Loop' is the industry's most comfortable lie
Enterprise Resource Planning

'Human-in-the-Loop' is the industry's most comfortable lie

Enterprise buyers risk signing off on AI systems that only claim human oversight, while real-time intervention and auditability are often absent.

By Anurag Gurtu • 3 min read • Today
Agentic AI traffic surges as bots dominate the web
Data Protection

Agentic AI traffic surges as bots dominate the web

Businesses may need to rethink bot blocks, as Decodo says automated systems now make up 57.4% of web requests and shape product discovery.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday
Meltwater expands AI assistant actions in platform
Software-as-a-Service

Meltwater expands AI assistant actions in platform

Teams can now build reports and monitor alerts from ChatGPT or Claude, as the update widens access to trusted data inside Meltwater.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday
Umbraco launches Automate with AI workflow controls
Software-as-a-Service

Umbraco launches Automate with AI workflow controls

Marketing teams can now automate customer journeys and routine site tasks without sending data to a separate platform, easing GDPR concerns.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Yesterday
Citrix adds MCP Gateway to NetScaler for AI traffic
Data Protection

Citrix adds MCP Gateway to NetScaler for AI traffic

Enterprises can now control both chatbot and agent traffic through one gateway as Citrix expands NetScaler for regulated AI deployments.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday
Education Perfect launches Well-MeasurED on AI in schools
Education Perfect

Education Perfect launches Well-MeasurED on AI in schools

Schools are under growing pressure to prove which AI tools improve learning as Education Perfect opens a new evidence-focused debate.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Today
Entire launches distributed Git network for AI agents
DevOps

Entire launches distributed Git network for AI agents

Developers using AI agents could avoid GitHub rate limits and outages as Entire opens a preview network mirroring repositories across regions.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Yesterday
Google Cloud puts Cloud Run sandboxes into preview
Virtualisation

Google Cloud puts Cloud Run sandboxes into preview

Developers can now isolate AI-generated code and user scripts inside Cloud Run, reducing the risk of exposing credentials or host data.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Yesterday
Tanium named leader in IDC digital employee experience
Software-as-a-Service

Tanium named leader in IDC digital employee experience

Downtime from slow devices and failed apps is prompting larger firms to unify endpoint, security and experience tools, IDC says.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday
Buying more tools won't scale your security ambitions, operational maturity will
DevOps

Buying more tools won't scale your security ambitions, operational maturity will

Without stronger operational foundations, Asia Pacific firms risk turning new security tools into costly bottlenecks instead of productivity gains.

By Craig Nielsen • 5 min read • Yesterday
Robbyant open-sources LingBot-World 2.0 for live video
Robotics

Robbyant open-sources LingBot-World 2.0 for live video

The model can run for up to an hour at 720p and 60 frames per second, with real-time controls and multi-user interaction.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Yesterday
OpenAI launches GPT-Live for ChatGPT Voice globally
AI Ethics & Governance

OpenAI launches GPT-Live for ChatGPT Voice globally

ChatGPT users worldwide will get more natural spoken exchanges, as the new full-duplex system listens and talks at the same time.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday
OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 models with new coding push
Large Language Models

OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 models with new coding push

Businesses could see faster, cheaper AI coding and office workflows as OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 with stronger safeguards.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Yesterday
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work for workplace automation
Customer Relationship Management

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work for workplace automation

More than 5 million Codex users could now hand hours-long office tasks to a new agent that drafts documents, spreadsheets and slide decks.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Yesterday
Google Cloud makes AlphaEvolve generally available
Semiconductors

Google Cloud makes AlphaEvolve generally available

Access to Google Cloud's code-optimisation agent now expands after early tests showed gains in forecasting, routing, chip design and research.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Yesterday
Google Cloud launches C4N virtual machines for heavy I/O
Data Analytics

Google Cloud launches C4N virtual machines for heavy I/O

Customers running databases and analytics can now tap higher network and storage throughput, as Google Cloud makes its C4N machines generally available.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Today