How Vanguard Is Preparing for an AI-Powered Future
In this Technovation episode, Vanguard’s CIO Nitin Tandon, personal‑wealth head Joanna Ruttenberg, and chief economist Joe Davis discuss how the firm is embedding AI across its operations to boost agility, personalization, and client outcomes. They trace Vanguard’s multi‑year modernization—moving 90% of legacy systems to the cloud, consolidating data, and shifting to product‑team delivery—to create the infrastructure needed for AI‑driven insights. The guests argue that AI is a general‑purpose technology poised to transform productivity, augment workers, and spawn new financial products, while warning that over‑reliance on automation without augmentation could limit broader economic benefits. Their perspective blends deep industry experience with forward‑looking research on AI’s macroeconomic impact.
AI and the New Value Equation - the Squiggly Line Is the Journey (3/3)
The article challenges traditional linear AI maturity models, proposing a wavy “Hands‑On → Hands‑Ready → Hands‑Off” journey that reflects the iterative reality of deploying autonomous agents. Hands‑On describes human‑led firms using AI tools, while Hands‑Ready captures the turbulent phase of...
The Impact of Polymers on Physicochemical Properties and in Vivo Studies of Nanoparticles: A Review
A recent review in the International Journal of Nanoscience surveys literature from 2020‑2025 on how polymer selection shapes nanoparticle physicochemical traits and in‑vivo performance. It finds that combination‑polymer systems yield smaller, more uniform, stable particles with higher drug loading and...
Kodesage Raises $6.6M for AI-Powered Legacy Software Modernisation
Kodesage, a 2024 startup, raised $6.6 million in a seed round led by VentureFriends to accelerate its AI‑powered platform for legacy software modernization. The on‑premise solution extracts code and documentation from aging stacks such as COBOL, Oracle Forms, PL/SQL, PowerBuilder...
The AI Production Paradox: Why Customer Agents Are Becoming a Brand Risk for Marketers
Sinch’s AI Production Paradox report finds that 62% of enterprises already run customer‑facing AI agents in production, and 74% have rolled back or shut down an agent after launch because of governance failures. The problem is most acute for marketers,...
Connected Conversions: Optimize LinkedIn From Ad to Deal
Most B2B marketers have wired LinkedIn’s Conversions API (CAPI) but treat it as a set‑and‑forget project. In practice, incomplete, delayed, or inconsistent data streams cause LinkedIn’s algorithm to optimize on partial signals, inflating ad spend. The article outlines a three‑pronged...
The Channel Is Heading Straight for an AI Infrastructure Wall
Channel partners have excelled at launching AI pilots, but moving those proofs‑of‑concept into production exposes a severe infrastructure gap. Legacy storage, networking and power constraints cannot sustain the high‑throughput demands of generative AI, and 80% of the problem lies in...
Ransomware and Geopolitical Tensions Drive Cyber Threats Across META in Q1 2026
Cyble’s Q1 2026 META Threat Landscape Report shows ransomware activity surged across the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa, with 116 incidents disclosed. Turkey recorded the highest number of attacks, while construction, government, and financial services were the most targeted sectors....
Genesis AI Launches Simulation Platform to Accelerate Robotics Development
Genesis AI unveiled Genesis World 1.0, a photorealistic robotics simulation platform that compresses development cycles from days to minutes. The system can finish a week‑long hardware evaluation in roughly 30 minutes by leveraging GPU clusters. Genesis reports an 89% correlation between...
Property Sector Plans for Digital ID Collapse over Government Policy Concerns
UK property sector leaders have scrapped the MyIdentity digital identity programme, citing unclear government policy and no clear consumer benefit. The initiative, which aimed to let buyers and sellers verify their identity once and share it across agents, lenders and...
The Future of “AI Citizenship”: Sovereign AI as the New Economic Currency
The article introduces “AI citizenship,” a vision where nations grant digital residency and access to sovereign AI infrastructure as a strategic economic incentive. Governments across the Middle East, Asia and Europe are building national foundation models, sovereign clouds, and compute...
NASA Begins Testing Lunar Wastewater Processing Station
NASA has shipped its Divergent Deployable Wastewater Treatment Facility from Kennedy Space Center to the University of North Dakota for hands‑on testing. Graduate students will connect the mobile plant to the university’s Integrated Lunar/Martian Analog Habitat, simulating off‑world conditions. The...
NAND Chip Revenue in Q1 2026 Was Higher than the Total Revenue for the Entire Year of 2023
The global NAND flash market generated $46 billion in the first quarter of 2026, eclipsing the entire 2023 revenue. AI‑driven data‑center expansion is the primary catalyst, pushing enterprise SSDs to about 40% of total NAND sales and projected to exceed 60%...
GALAX HOF Concept GPU Signals Future RTX 60 Series Ambitions
At Computex 2026 GALAX showcased three Hall of Fame graphics cards, including a concept that hints at its next‑generation enthusiast GPU direction. The prototype discards the iconic illuminated crown, adopts a 3+1 fan cooling system, hides the 12V‑2x6 power connectors,...
Revolutionizing Deep Space Exploration with AI and Machine Learning
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are reshaping deep‑space missions, with the AI‑in‑space market projected to rise from $5.9 billion in 2025 to $7.8 billion in 2026, a 32.3% CAGR. NASA has embedded AI into its Mars rovers—Curiosity and Perseverance—enabling autonomous navigation, target...
The Hidden Bottleneck in LLM Inference and the Impact on MLPerf Benchmarking
Recent LLM inference benchmarks reveal that GPUs excel at the prefill phase but falter when real‑time token generation is required. The generation step is sequential and memory‑bound, causing utilization to collapse as batch sizes shrink for low‑latency serving. Disaggregating workloads—dedicating...
Studio Blo & ALLEN Online Launch AI Aimated Storyverse for Class 10 Learning
Studio Blo and ALLEN Online have launched India’s first AI‑powered animated learning storyverse for Class 10, delivering ten feature‑length films that turn Science and Mathematics topics into cinematic narratives. The initial slate offers more than 600 minutes of premium content on...
MacBook Neo Is Becoming a Hot Commodity
Apple is doubling its 2026 production plan for the entry‑level MacBook Neo, raising projected shipments from 5 million to 10 million units. The Neo launches at $599 in the United States and roughly $800 in India, positioning it as the most affordable premium...
Scottish Tech-Led Blueprint Pioneers Better Social Housing
The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre unveiled the ENVISION blueprint, a £5 million ($6.35 million) initiative to turn Scotland’s rural homes into smart, preventative health assets. By installing a low‑power Home Operating System that monitors air quality, temperature, movement and sleep,...
EXCLUSIVE: Criteo Cuts ChatGPT Ad Minimums, Offers Incentives to Woo Retailer Brands
Criteo has slashed the minimum spend for advertising on ChatGPT from $50,000 to $10,000 and introduced media‑match incentive deals to attract retail brands. The platform now offers a direct product‑feed integration that lets agencies push inventory into OpenAI’s ad‑buying system...
PhysicsWallah Rolls Back Lending Plans, Shifts Student Financing to NBFC Partners
PhysicsWallah has abandoned its plan to lend directly to students through its FinZ Finance subsidiary and will instead route financing through regulated non‑banking financial companies (NBFCs). The move follows criticism of a recent Rs 120 crore (~$14.5 million) investment in FinZ and aims...
GMG Applies for Additional Environmental Approvals to Produce Graphene in the U.S
Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG) has filed an additional EPA application to manufacture graphene products, including coatings, lubricants, and fluids, within the United States. The filing, known as a SNUN, builds on an existing PMN that currently allows GMG to export...
DSIT Heads Search for Cross-Government AI-Enabled Voice Tech
Britain’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has issued a £10.8 million (about $13.8 million) tender to build a cross‑government AI‑enabled voice platform, dubbed Gov Voice. The system will use generative AI to field routine citizen enquiries, aiming to cut wait...
Neurosymbolic AI Will Outperform LLMs, Render Big Bets Premature
Three Predictions: 1. Some form of AI, probably neurosymbolic in nature, will come that is far more economical and data- and energy-efficient than LLMs, and it will make an absolute fortune. 2. LLMs, on the other hand, will never be all...
Can eIDAS Cut Fraud Without Adding Checkout Friction?
Looking forward to moderating 'Digital IDs vs Europe’s Fraud Epidemic – Fix or Friction?' today at #Money2020EU. Can eIDAS reduce fraud without adding checkout friction? Join in the fun at 10.15 at the Orbital Stage. @Money2020 @chyppings #DigitalIdentity #eIDAS #FraudPrevention
AI Infrastructure Company Jentic Wants to Score the APIs AI Agents Will Depend On
Jentic, an AI infrastructure firm based in Dublin, has launched a free API Scoring tool that measures how ready enterprise APIs are for AI agents. First released in December 2025, the tool evaluates APIs across six dimensions—technical correctness, clarity, behavioral...
Tesla Nears 1.5 Million Paid Self‑Driving Users
By the end of the month Tesla will probably have around 1.5 million paid self-driving users
EY: FIVE Questions Every Bank Exec Should Consider when Investing in Tech
EY’s latest report warns that the largest banks spend over $4 billion a year on technology, yet only about 12% fuels true strategic transformation. Most of the budget is consumed by legacy maintenance, regulatory compliance and technical debt, leaving little room...
The Overclocking Headroom in AMD's Radeon 7000-Series GPUs 'Was Certainly Not Accidental... The Core of Radeon Has to Be All...
AMD executive David McAfee explained that the Radeon RX 9070 GRE was deliberately built with extra overclocking headroom, especially when undervolted. The company is moving away from fixed, max‑clock SKUs toward a strategy that gives gamers and enthusiasts more tuning flexibility. McAfee tied this...
New NHS Report Makes the Case for Futureproofing
A new NHS Shared Business Services report argues that the £10bn (~$12.8bn) digital investment will only deliver its promised benefits if the NHS upgrades its operational infrastructure. It outlines seven priorities across finance, payroll, procurement, workforce and data systems, emphasizing...
Boxfish Luna ROV Being Deployed for Live Robotics & Science Expedition in Deepest Great Lakes
Boxfish Robotics will deploy its Luna ROV on June 6, 2026, for a live‑streamed descent to Superior Maximus, the deepest point in Lake Superior at over 400 meters. The cinema‑grade vehicle must endure freshwater pressures more than 40 times surface level,...
Meet Monako Glass: Chinese Startup Brings Claude Code and Codex to Smart Glasses
Chinese startup Monako unveiled the Monako Glass, billed as the world’s first wearable Linux computer in glasses form. Weighing just 48 g, the device runs a custom MonoOS with a 0.5 TOPS NPU, enabling AI coding agents such as Claude Code and...
Vehicle Enquiry Service Added to FixMyStreet
FixMyStreet Pro has added an API link to the DVLA Vehicle Enquiry Service, allowing councils to verify a vehicle’s tax status at the point of report. Residents entering a registration number trigger a real‑time check; if the vehicle is taxed,...
Federation Plus Fine Tuning: The Push for Federated Learning Models Continues
Federated learning is gaining traction in drug discovery as companies collaborate on open‑source foundation models while keeping proprietary data private. Eli Lilly’s TuneLab platform now serves over 75 partners with zero‑cost AI models trained on more than $1 billion of internal data,...
China Unveils National Roadmap to Strengthen AI Metrology Capabilities
China’s State Administration for Market Regulation and the National Development and Reform Commission released a national roadmap to build AI metrology capabilities. The plan outlines six pillars—foundational support, general and core technologies, standards, service industry, and intelligent empowerment—to create a...
AI Boom Creates Connectivity Challenge for Integrators
Altnets’ latest whitepaper warns that the AI boom is turning connectivity into the next bottleneck for system integrators. Rapid AI adoption is driving a six‑fold increase in global datacentre capacity by 2035, pushing demand for dense fibre, backhaul and edge...
Land Registry Backs Trial to Reduce Sales Fall-Throughs
HM Land Registry has green‑lit a 12‑month proof‑of‑concept trial, run by the Residential Logbook Association, to let sellers preview and amend their title information before listing. The digital property logbook will display Land Registry data, enabling homeowners to correct out‑of‑date...
Payments Live Returns to Johannesburg for 2nd Edition
Payments Live, Africa’s premier payments conference, returns to Johannesburg on 26 June 2026 at Investec, Sandton. Organized by Eventhive as part of its Africa Tech Series, the event will host senior executives from banks, fintechs, merchants and regulators to discuss digital payments,...
KIOXIA Shows Off Exceria Pro G2 Gen5 SSD Along with Enterprise Options | Computex 2026 Update
KIOXIA unveiled its Exceria Pro G2 Gen5 SSD at Computex, delivering up to 14.9 GB/s read and 13.7 GB/s write speeds with a 5‑year warranty. A companion Exceria G3, featuring a DRAM‑less NVMe 2.0c controller, offers 10 GB/s read and 9.6 GB/s write. The company also showcased the...
How to Use AI to Grow Your Online Store Sales: 4 Tools
Steve Chou, who runs the 7‑figure ecommerce site BumblebeeLinens.com, leverages AI in four revenue‑focused ways: an AI‑powered on‑site search that eliminated null queries and quadrupled search‑driven sales, AI‑driven cross‑sell recommendations that lifted average order value 22%, AI analysis that surfaces...
Forlinx Launches Rockchip RK3572 System-on-Module (SoM) and Development Board with Linux 6.12 BSP
Forlinx has introduced the FET3572‑C system‑on‑module built around Rockchip’s RK3572 mid‑range HMI SoC, accompanied by the OK3572‑C development board and a Linux 6.12 BSP. The octa‑core Cortex‑A73/A53 processor integrates a 4 TOPS NPU, Mali‑G310V2 GPU and 8 nm process, targeting edge AI for...
Mitsubishi Electric Samples Fifth-Gen SiC-MOSFET for xEVs
Mitsubishi Electric announced it will begin shipping samples of its fifth‑generation silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs in bare‑die form from late June 2026. The new trench‑structured devices deliver about 25 % lower on‑resistance than the previous generation, reducing inverter switching losses and...
N-Able Hires Neil Morarji to Drive APAC Growth
N-able appointed Neil Morarji as regional vice president for Asia Pacific, accelerating its push into high‑growth markets and the managed service provider (MSP) segment. Morarji, who has held senior roles at Pax8, Acronis and other channel firms, will steer go‑to‑market...
Energy Insiders Podcast: Tesla Energy Boss on Energy Abundance, EVs, V2G and Big and Small Batteries
Tesla Energy’s Asia‑Pacific head Josef Tadich told the Energy Insiders podcast that solar will drive an era of energy abundance. He highlighted how Tesla’s battery portfolio—from utility‑scale megawatt‑hour stations to residential Powerwalls—enables that vision. The discussion also covered the rapid EV...
Pakistan Spies on Afghan Finance Ministry With Xeno RAT
A Pakistani state‑linked APT group, identified as SideCopy, has been conducting a sustained espionage campaign against Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance. The operation relies on spear‑phishing emails with malicious LNK files that deliver the open‑source Xeno RAT, which is hosted on...
MSI at Computex 2026: AM5 Gets New Boards, EXPO ULL, and Less Patience for Slow DDR5
At Computex 2026 MSI unveiled a new AM5 motherboard lineup, including the enthusiast‑grade MEG X870E UNIFY‑X MAX, the premium MPG B850 CARBON MAX WIFI, and the compact MAG B850M MORTAR MAX WIFI W. All three boards feature PCIe 5.0, Wi‑Fi 7, 5G...
ETSI Sets Security Requirements for AI Data Centers and Cloud Platforms
ETSI has issued Technical Specification TS 104 033, establishing a comprehensive security framework for AI computing platforms deployed in data‑center and edge environments. The standard delineates requirements across identity management, access control, data protection, integrity, auditing, incident response, and resilience. It also...
My Year with the Robots: How Joanna Stern Let AI Into Her Home, Work – and Heart
Joanna Stern, former Wall Street Journal tech columnist, spent 2025 living with artificial intelligence in every facet of her home and work, from answering texts and cooking meals to driving her car and analyzing mammograms. The year‑long experiment culminated in...
ASUS XG Core: Radeon RX 9060 XT LP Raises Open Questions About AMD’s Mobile RDNA 4 Lineup
At Computex 2026, ASUS unveiled the XG Core external graphics dock, featuring a 16 GB GDDR6 GPU accessed via USB4 Type‑C. The company labels the graphics processor as an AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP Laptop GPU, hinting at a possible first mobile RDNA‑4 variant, though...
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Workato Vs. Boomi: Which iPaaS Is Best for You? [2026]
Workato and Boomi are leading iPaaS providers, but they differ fundamentally in philosophy and architecture. Workato emphasizes AI‑driven, low‑code, cloud‑native automation with modern SaaS connectors, while Boomi focuses on governance, hybrid deployment, and legacy enterprise integrations. Pricing models also diverge:...