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Richey May announced today that Richey May Cyber has officially evolved into RM Cyber, unveiling a refreshed brand identity and new website designed to reflect the practice’s specialized cybersecurity expertise and expanding presence across the industries it serves. A Strategic Shift That Reflects t...

As global banking collides with AI at scale, Citi is quietly rebuilding its core from Austin. What’s emerging is a blueprint for how the next generation of finance gets engineered. Ready to join the future of global banking?

The hard truth about AI scaling is that for most organizations, it isn’t happening. Despite billions in investment, a 2025 report from the MIT NANDA initiative reveals that 95% of enterprise generative AI pilots fail to deliver measurable business impact. This isn’t a technology problem; it’s an org...

Operational threat intelligence depends on AI Agents to reduce noise, accelerate response, and enable real-time, coordinated defense. Cybersecurity is at a tipping point. Attackers are leveraging AI to scale reconnaissance and increase the sophistication of attacks at speeds that far outpace human a...

Cambridge, UK, Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Darktrace, a global leader in AI for cybersecurity, today announced the launch of Darktrace / SECURE AI™, a new behavioral AI security product designed to help enterprises deploy and scale artificial intelligence by understanding how AI systems behave,...

Founding CMO of Palo Alto Networks Joins to Reinforce Lumai’s Leadership Position for Next-Generation AI Compute Lumai, an AI acceleration startup using optics to address global computational challenges, today announced that René Bonvanie has joined the company to serve as Chair of its Board of Dire...

Tim Mackie appointed to lead worldwide channels and alliances, and Marc Inderhees named a 2026 CRN® Channel Chief Horizon3.ai, the leading provider of offensive security solutions, today announced an expansion of its global partner leadership team to support accelerating MSP- and partner-led growth....

First-of-its-kind AI Model is trained on over 20,000 real-world incidents CYGNVS today announced the availability of the CYGNVS AI model for cyber readiness and incident response, a breakthrough in purpose-built AI trained on tens of thousands of real-world incidents and outages that delivers custom...

Recognition spotlights Duman’s leadership in scaling Skyhawk’s channel-first strategy and accelerating partner momentum globally Skyhawk Security, the leader in AI-based purple team-powered cloud security, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Channel Director Jennifer...

Operations and transformation leader will speed up Zendesk’s shift to becoming an AI-first company and improve teamwork across departments to better serve customers Zendesk recently announced the appointment of Craig Flower as Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Flower is responsible for strength...

Effectiveness of Yubico’s technology: $5.3 million Net Present Value and $7.3 million in total benefits over three years, driven by 80% faster authentication and reduced help desk burden Yubico (NASDAQ STOCKHOLM: YUBICO), a modern cybersecurity company and creator of the most secure passkeys, today ...

The MIT senior will pursue a master’s degree at Cambridge University in the U.K. this fall.

Architecture students bring new forms of human-machine interaction into the kitchen.

Canada’s privacy watchdog warns that the country’s AI strategy must prioritize trust, transparency, and stronger privacy protections. Public skepticism, bias concerns, and gaps in enforcement highlight the need for responsible AI governance as Canada expands its national AI agenda.

Intel has been bulking up a team to focus on this effort and will develop its GPU strategy around customer needs.

In this tutorial, we present an advanced, hands-on tutorial that demonstrates how we use Qrisp to build and execute non-trivial quantum algorithms. We walk through core Qrisp abstractions for quantum data, construct entangled states, and then progressively implement Grover’s search with automatic un...

Quantum

Generative AI

Generative AI

Algorithms & Theory

We establish a positive association between hard-braking events (HBEs) collected via Android Auto and actual road segment crash rates. We confirm that roads with a higher rate of HBEs have a significantly higher crash risk and suggest that such events could be used as leading measures for road safet...

In 2026, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) continues to transform business processes. Choosing the best RPA tools for intelligent automation is crucial for organizations aiming to reduce manual effort, improve efficiency, and scale operations. This guide reviews the top automation tools, including Au...

Why AI systems hallucinate, what causes these failures in practice, and how teams can reduce the risk in production.

This AI doctor is licensed in all 50 states, the startup says. The deal was led by CRV and Kleiner Perkins.