From AI Agents to Front Desk: How to Personalize the Guest Experience with Both
The Hotel Moment podcast with Revinate CMO Karen Stephens and Twilio CMO Chris Koehler highlights that the real hurdle to hospitality personalization is data acquisition, not merely data collection. They argue that clean, connected guest profiles are essential for turning raw data into actionable insights across every touchpoint. The discussion also looks ahead to AI agents reshaping travel planning, booking, and on‑property interactions, positioning hotels with unified data as the future leaders in guest loyalty. Revinate’s AI‑powered platform already powers over 950 million Rich Guest Profiles for more than 12,500 hotels.
Never Manually Edit Code When Using AI Agents
One of my most painful realizations using agentic systems is that they treat all work-in-progress as ephemeral. They’ll gladly reset your branch or dev database to “try something”, because they expect to write working code eventually. Never manually add code while...
The Rise of AI Fashion Models
Drapers reports a rapid increase in AI‑generated fashion models, highlighting how brands are swapping digital avatars for human talent. The technology promises faster turnaround, unlimited styling options, and lower production costs. However, the shift raises legal questions around copyright, image...
Partial Approval Backed for Västvind Project
The County Administrative Board has recommended granting a permit for the offshore wind farm Västvind’s portion in Sweden’s Exclusive Economic Zone, citing the need for more electricity in western Sweden. The Land and Environment Court is still reviewing the segment...
The Dead Zone
The post warns that as Agentic AI matures, businesses will face pressure to replace slow, costly human‑driven processes with automated experiences. It labels the gap between full automation and high‑touch service as the "dead zone," where outdated skills and inefficient...
Why Fintechs Are Transitioning From Partners to Principals in Banking
Fintechs are moving from reliance on partner banks to seeking their own banking charters, highlighted by three high‑profile applications in Q1 2026—Affirm, Payoneer and Upstart. Direct supervision by regulators, though demanding, promises operational certainty compared with fragmented licensing. The new charter...
WeRide Launches AV Program in Slovakia
WeRide, the U.S.-based autonomous‑driving firm, announced its fourth European market launch in Slovakia, partnering with the Elevate Slovakia initiative. The program will introduce a suite of vehicles—including robotaxi, robobus, robovan and robosweeper—under the supervision of the Slovak Ministry of Transport....
Retail's Future Is Tied up in Agentic Commerce, Yes? Well, up to a Point, Says BestBuy, Wayfair, and Electrolux with...
A new Logicbroker survey shows 90% of enterprise retailers expect AI agents to influence at least 20% of online orders by 2027, with over a third anticipating agents handling more than half of transactions. Kingfisher is already rolling out Google...
Artemis II Rollout Set, Crew Begins Quarantine
NASA plans to begin the Artemis II rollout at 8 p.m. EDT on March 19, moving the Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B via crawler‑transporter 2. The four‑mile journey may take up to 12 hours, after...
The Directions Group Launches Linara, an Integrated Intelligence Platform Transforming Research Into Always-On Decision Support
The Directions Group unveiled Linara, an AI‑driven intelligence platform that converts static research into continuous, conversational decision support. Its debut feature, Linara Personas, lets teams query proprietary customer personas in real time, enabling scenario testing and instant insight. Built on...
OPINION: Five Forces Reshaping the Checkout in Germany
German retailers are accelerating POS modernization as labour costs rise, regulations tighten, and consumer payment habits shift. Cash still accounts for about 35% of sales, but card usage is projected to climb to 42% within five years, while contactless and...
Shipsy Launches AgentFleet, an AI Workforce for Logistics Operations
Shipsy has unveiled AgentFleet, an AI‑driven workforce that assigns virtual agents to core logistics roles such as customer experience, driver support, finance and dispute resolution. The agents monitor signals, make rule‑based decisions and execute tasks across TMS, ERP and third‑party...
Fake Windsurf IDE Extension Uses Solana Blockchain to Steal Developer Data
Bitdefender uncovered a counterfeit Windsurf IDE extension that pretends to be the legitimate REditorSupport tool for the R language. The malicious plug‑in drops native node files and uses a PowerShell task named UpdateApp to maintain persistence. Uniquely, it communicates via...
Palantir and Moder Partner to Transform Mortgage Industry
Palantir Technologies and Moder announced a strategic partnership to co‑develop an AI‑powered mortgage operations platform, with Freedom Mortgage as the first pilot customer. The solution uses Palantir’s Ontology to translate regulatory guidelines into configurable, testable, auditable rules that integrate with...
Revenue Architecture Advisory
The post warns that product‑market fit alone does not guarantee scalable revenue; fragile go‑to‑market architecture leads to rising CAC, softening win rates, and fragmented messaging. It proposes a revenue‑architecture advisory that diagnoses structural constraints and installs a unified system across...
Why AI Has Not yet Upset India’s IT Industry
India’s IT sector posted a record $315 bn revenue forecast, a 6 percent rise, yet its Nifty IT index fell about 20 percent after a viral blog warned AI coding tools could eliminate jobs. Nasscom highlighted the growth, but investors reacted nervously to...
Master the 10 Essential Clustering Techniques
The 10 types of clustering that all data scientists need to know. Let's dive in:
Caution Creeps In, But Automation Spending Holds Strong
The 2026 Peerless Research Group Industry Outlook shows companies adopting a more cautious stance on capital spending, yet automation investments remain robust. About 24% of respondents are postponing projects and 42% are adopting a wait‑and‑see approach, but interest in autonomous...
AI Monthly: AI’s Green Thumb Raises Bigger Questions for Agriculture
An autonomous AI system cultivated a tomato plant named Sol from seed to fruit, harvesting eight ripe tomatoes in a 100‑day controlled experiment. The project proves AI can manage plant physiology through sensor‑driven adjustments, yet it relied on a perfectly...
UK-First AI Case-Finding Pathway Launched to Improve Early Detection of Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer
A new NHS‑first AI‑enabled case‑finding pathway has launched in North East Essex to detect oesophageal and gastric cancers earlier. The programme, built on the C the Signs platform, analyses routine electronic health records and patient‑reported data to flag high‑risk individuals....
Keeper Security Introduces KeeperDB, Integrating Zero-Trust Database Access Into KeeperPAM
Keeper Security announced KeeperDB, a vault‑embedded, zero‑trust database access layer that will debut at RSA Conference 2026. The solution lets developers, DBAs and security teams launch MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server sessions directly from the Keeper Vault via...
OpenText ALM (AQM) vs Tricentis qTest: Features, Integrations, and Best-Fit Use Cases
OpenText Application Quality Management (AQM) builds on the legacy Mercury Quality Center platform and targets governance‑heavy, regulated environments where end‑to‑end traceability and auditability are mandatory. Tricentis qTest, delivered primarily as a SaaS solution, is engineered for agile and DevOps teams...
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Pushes for New Features After Quick Update Turnaround
Xbox announced a system update that lets Insiders disable Quick Resume and customize the console UI. New CEO Asha Sharma highlighted the rollout as an early win, noting the features were developed in just two weeks. She urged fans to...
Sell a Hack, Then Build the Product
This founder signed 100 paying customers. Her product was a Google Drive folder, Zoom calls, and a Stripe link. Sarah Ahmad 's first startup failed. She built the whole thing. Got into YC. Raised a pre-seed round. But couldn't get...
Optimizing One‑Shot Development with Claude Code Plugins
Anyone have a good grasp on how to use plugins/skills together on Claude Code? For example, superpowers + FE design. I’m trying to find the best workflow for the best one shot development, not worrying about optimizing for time or...
EU Sanctions and CISA Warnings: Iran's Cyber Attacks Are Evolving
Iran’s cyber‑espionage groups are shifting toward modular, file‑less malware and supply‑chain compromises, making detection harder. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued new alerts describing increased targeting of critical infrastructure and cloud services. Meanwhile, the European Union’s recent...
Quintessence Debuts First ‘Living’ Artificial Cell for CGT Bio-Separation
Quintessence Biotech introduced DACS, the first "living" artificial cell designed to streamline bio‑separation in cell and gene therapy (CGT) manufacturing. The lipid‑particle platform mimics cell size, deformability and antigen presentation, enabling a gravity‑based flotation method that replaces magnetic‑bead workflows. DACS...
Not a Robot Judge: What AI Is Really Doing to Civil Justice
The Cambridge Handbook of AI in Civil Dispute Resolution shows that artificial intelligence is already reshaping civil justice, not by replacing judges but by altering how disputes are managed across courts, online platforms, mediation and arbitration. It highlights AI’s potential...
Samsung Launches Galaxy Forever in India: New Ownership Model Brings Smartphones at 50% Upfront Cost
Samsung has launched Galaxy Forever in India, a new ownership programme that lets customers acquire flagship Galaxy S26 Ultra and S26 Plus phones by paying only 50 percent of the price upfront and the rest through twelve interest‑free EMIs. The plan...
Getting a New iPhone Soon? Turn Off This Setting on Your Old Device First
Apple recommends disabling the Find My feature on an iPhone before transferring it to a new owner. Turning off Find My removes the Activation Lock, which otherwise prevents the device from being set up by anyone else. If Stolen Device...
AI Has yet to Hurt SME Jobs Despite Massive Adoption
AI adoption among UK small‑and‑medium enterprises surged to 54% this year, up from 35% a year earlier. Despite the rapid uptake, 95% of AI‑using SMEs report no change in workforce size over the past twelve months. Larger professional‑services firms have...
World Models Are Here—But It’s Still the GPT-2 Phase
In this episode, Jeff Hopp, CTO of Odyssey, explains their frontier world model, Odyssey 2 Pro, which generates continuous, interactive video streams that simulate potential futures from a starting image. He describes how the model is trained on massive public...
Digital Natives Wins KP Snacks Social Media Account
Digital Natives has been awarded the social media account for KP Snacks, a leading UK snack manufacturer. The agency will oversee digital strategy, content creation, and community management for brands such as Tyrrells, KP, and Butterkist. Creativebrief managed the agency...
How AI Agents Will Reshape Digital Workplace IT Operations
AI agents are set to transform digital workplace IT operations by moving beyond rule‑based automation to autonomous decision‑making in complex environments. Gartner predicts that by 2030, nearly one‑third of organizations will achieve autonomous operations for 80% of digital workplace services,...
#204: AI Answers - What Should Stay Human, AI Pricing Vs. Labor Cost, Leapfrogging Digitalisation, Getting Legal On Board &...
In this AI Answers episode, hosts Paul Reitzer and Kathy McPhillips field questions from their Intro to AI class, covering how marketers can transition into AI without coding, the most valuable AI skills for job seekers, and the challenges of...
Companies House Admits Breach, Apologizes, Pledges Stronger Security
Companies House @CompaniesHouse has finally admitted to the "hack" and apoligised, well done them #Data #cyberattack #cybersecurity "An apology -- We recognise that this incident may have caused concern, and we are sorry for that. Companies House takes its responsibility...
Quantum Computing Deep Dive Begins at MPE2026 with QuSecure
Been looking forward to this. Serious session on quantum computing at #MPE2026 kicking off with Rececca Krauthamer from QuSecure https://t.co/JcOtrlMUnE
Tonic.ai Announces General Availability of Tonic Textual for Microsoft Fabric
Tonic.ai announced the general availability of Tonic Textual within Microsoft Fabric, bringing AI‑powered entity detection, redaction, and high‑fidelity synthetic text generation to the platform. The integration lets data teams process contracts, transcripts, clinical notes and other unstructured text directly in...
Shrek Creator Warns AI Will Replace Animators
#WhosNext? Animators? The Guy Behind "Shrek" Says AI Is Going to Wipe Out Human Jobs in Animation. (Futurism) https://t.co/Bi0Nk2kdTz https://t.co/SBauTATrFB
SwissTo12 Scales to Eight HummingSats Annually with ESA Funding
Small-GEO sat builder @Swissto12, now w/ 7 sats in production (2 unnamed), uses @ESA investment to expand production capacity. Goal is 8 HummingSats/year. @SES_Satellites @viasat.https://t.co/9uOrjCLVKk https://t.co/bM1pA0m3hY
LLM Agents Interview Questions #23 - The CoT Self-Verification Trap
The post explains why standard prompting tricks like lowering temperature or adding a fact‑check clause fail when a large language model hallucinates entities in long, list‑based outputs. The root cause is the Autoregressive Hallucination Trap, where token‑level predictions gravitate toward...
Spain's Renewables Shield Power Prices From Gas Shocks
Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to...
Your ChatGPT Preferences Travel with You Everywhere
The “investment” you think you’re protecting in ChatGPT? It’s more portable than you realize. Your preferences, your context, your working style—all of it travels with you. https://t.co/rKlQsE24Iy
SparrowDesk Launches Startup Program with Up to 90% Off on Enterprise Plan
SparrowDesk unveiled a Startup Program that grants early‑stage companies access to its full Enterprise support platform at up to 90% off for the first year. The offering bundles an AI‑driven ticketing system, omnichannel inbox, knowledge base, and automation tools, all...
Five Essential Steps for Infrastructure Projects in 2024
Organizations working on #infrastructure projects will need to take 5 key steps in the year ahead. Learn more on The Peggy Smedley Show now. https://t.co/hs1Xh2tbAk #TPSS #IoT #sustainability #AI #digitaltransformation #PeggySmedley #podcast
Airwallex Invests $1.1B to Expand Across Europe
European fintech News: Airwallex commits $1.1 billion to European expansion, with Spain and Sweden in its sights. The cross-border payments company plans to invest significantly in Europe over the next five years, marking its most substantial push outside the Asia-Pacific...
STAT+: Eli Lilly’s ‘Triple-G’ Drug Leads to Significant Blood Sugar, Weight Reductions in Diabetes Trial
Eli Lilly’s investigational injectable retatrutide achieved a 1.9‑point HbA1c reduction versus 0.8 points for placebo after 40 weeks, while participants on the highest dose shed 15.3% of body weight compared with 2.6% on placebo. The weight loss was still progressing at...
Ant's Profit Drops 91% Amid AI, Healthcare Spending
Ant’s quarterly profit plunged 91% after the Chinese digital payments firm ramped up spending to compete in artificial intelligence and health care, while a decline in the fair value of certain investments weighed on results https://t.co/vLZUkRt8gW
LawNext on Location: Visiting Everlaw’s Headquarters For A Conversation with AJ Shankar, Founder and CEO
LawNext’s on‑Location series concluded with a visit to Everlaw’s Oakland headquarters, where founder and CEO AJ Shankar discussed the company’s evolution, AI strategy, and long‑term product roadmap. Everlaw, founded in 2013, has grown into a cloud‑native e‑discovery platform serving major...
NATO Pledges Swift Space Contracts, Bureaucracy Stalls Progress
.@NATO to commercial space: We're ready to move quickly on multi-orbit, multi-frequency and other fronts with contracts that spend years in our bureaucracy before closing. @NCIAgency @govsatcom @defis_eu.https://t.co/5dHFzsqHN6 https://t.co/9FZlet5yQq