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Discord has upgraded its Family Center, now allowing parents to view teens' weekly purchases—including Discord Shop items and Nitro subscriptions—alongside time spent on voice/video calls and the top five interacted users and servers. The update also introduces guardian‑only controls for direct messaging, content filtering, and data‑privacy settings such as personalized ads. Additionally, when teens report content, they can opt to notify their parents, though the specific content remains undisclosed. The enhancements build on the 2023 Family Center dashboard and align with broader industry moves to tighten teen safety on social platforms.
The post introduces Mermaid, an open‑source text‑based diagramming tool that lets developers, marketers, and sales teams embed live visualizations directly in Markdown, code repositories, and knowledge bases. It highlights how Mermaid’s simple syntax and version‑controlled diagrams streamline workflow documentation—from CI/CD...
The mastermind session gave SaaS CEOs hands‑on advice on structuring marketing and sales teams, improving content creation, and responsibly adopting AI as a productivity tool rather than a customer‑facing solution. Participants were urged to combine internal roles, start with agencies,...
Google examined five recent malware samples—PromptLock, FruitShell, PromptFlux, PromptSteal and QuietVault—created with generative AI and found they were rudimentary, easily detected by static‑signature tools, and missing core capabilities such as persistence, lateral movement and advanced evasion. The samples largely reused...
In this post, Douglas Karr outlines how B2B SEO is shifting in 2025 toward AI‑driven content understanding, deeper search‑intent targeting, and richer media formats such as voice search and video. He stresses that keyword stuffing is obsolete; instead, businesses must...
The post outlines the critical role of unified healthcare data platforms and profiles seven top development firms—Edenlab, Health Catalyst, Innovaccer, CitiusTech, Merative, Datavant, and Sophia Genetics—detailing their specialties from large‑scale cloud architectures to genomics‑focused analytics. It emphasizes how these partners...
Google announced that Gemini’s Deep Research feature can now access users’ Gmail, Drive, and Chat data to augment AI‑generated research reports. The agentic tool first creates a multi‑step research plan, then pulls information from web searches and the selected Workspace...
China is reportedly offering electricity subsidies that could cut data‑center power costs by up to 50% for domestic cloud giants such as Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent, provided they run AI workloads on locally produced chips from Huawei, Cambricon and other...
MIT Sloan School of Management withdrew a working paper that claimed AI was involved in 80.83% of recorded ransomware attacks after leading security researchers denounced the figures as unfounded. Critics, including Kevin Beaumont and Marcus Hutchins, highlighted methodological flaws and...
Developers and AI researchers can now rent Nvidia's flagship RTX 5090 GPU on a pay‑as‑you‑go basis, with the cheapest offering from SaladCloud at $0.25 per hour for a 32 GB instance. Competing marketplaces list similar cards at $0.32‑$0.63 per hour, with daily...
The post explains that an acceptance agreement is a crucial, often‑overlooked contract addendum that defines how technical marketing deliverables are evaluated, approved, and transferred between a client and vendor. It outlines essential components such as IP ownership, deliverable criteria, payment...
Pinterest CEO Bill Ready told investors that open‑source AI models are delivering "tremendous performance" on the company’s visual‑AI use cases at a fraction of the cost of proprietary large‑language models, enabling cheaper personalization, multimodal search, ad targeting and the new...
Tinder is piloting an AI‑driven feature called Chemistry that asks users questions and, with permission, scans their Camera Roll to infer interests and personality, aiming to improve match recommendations. The test is running in New Zealand and Australia and will become...
Google Cloud unveiled a major upgrade to its Vertex AI Agent Builder, adding an observability dashboard, one‑click deployment, and state‑of‑the‑art context‑management layers that let enterprises build agents with as few as 100 lines of code. The update expands language support...
The GrowthRise Mastermind call for B2B marketing leaders covered practical tactics for integrating cold outreach with HubSpot, leveraging AI agents to scale outreach, and improving lead quality from Meta and LinkedIn ads. Key takeaways include storing cold leads as non‑marketing...
Microsoft researchers unveiled an open‑source synthetic environment called the “Magentic Marketplace” to evaluate AI agents in a controlled, multi‑agent setting. In initial trials, 100 customer‑side agents interacted with 300 business‑side agents using leading models such as GPT‑4o, GPT‑5 and Gemini‑2.5‑Flash....
Denmark has scrapped a draft law that would have forced all messaging services in the EU to scan every URL, image and video for child sexual abuse material, replacing it with a compromise that makes CSAM scanning voluntary but leaves...
Google and Yahoo began enforcing bulk‑email rules on Feb. 1 2024, and Microsoft followed in April 2025, targeting senders that dispatch 5,000+ messages per day to their domains. The mandates require full SPF, DKIM and DMARC authentication, a reported spam rate below 0.10 %...
Check Point Research uncovered a series of Microsoft Teams flaws (CVE‑2024‑38197) that let attackers edit previously sent messages without an “Edited” tag, spoof mobile and desktop notifications, and alter displayed names in private chats and call invitations. The vulnerabilities could...
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Atlas, an AI‑powered web browser that embeds a ChatGPT interface in each tab, allowing users to query the current page, automate form‑filling, shop via Instacart, and search their browsing history. The move reflects a broader trend...
Microsoft announced it will extend in‑country data processing for its Copilot AI to 15 additional markets by the end of 2026, adding Canada, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UAE and the US, while Australia, India,...
A critical‑severity flaw (CVE‑2025‑11953) was discovered in the @react-native-community/cli npm package, which powers the Metro development server for React Native apps. The vulnerability enables unauthenticated OS command injection via a POST request, allowing attackers to run arbitrary binaries on Windows,...
The article argues that the biggest AI security risks stem from organizational culture rather than code flaws, as unclear ownership, undocumented updates, and fragmented decision‑making erode resilience. It highlights that existing regulations like the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill...
Google has secured clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice for its $32 billion acquisition of cloud‑security firm Wiz, moving the deal past the antitrust review stage. The purchase, first proposed at $23 billion in 2024 and renegotiated in early 2025, was...
Elon Musk’s xAI mandated that employees submit biometric data—including faces and voices—to train its new "Ani" AI chatbot, an anime‑styled, NSFW companion offered to X’s $30‑a‑month SuperGrok subscribers. Staff assigned as AI tutors were required to sign release forms granting...
Several ChatGPT users have reported that their saved "memories"—personalized data such as allergies or location—have vanished from the Manage Memory panel, with the issue appearing across desktop, mobile, and web apps. The problem has not been acknowledged on OpenAI’s status...
SoftBank and OpenAI have created a 50‑50 joint venture, SB OAI Japan, to localize and sell OpenAI’s enterprise AI tools, branded as “Crystal intelligence,” to Japanese corporations. The venture’s first customer is SoftBank itself, which plans to deploy the solution...
The post discusses shilling attacks on recommender systems, where attackers create fake profiles to manipulate collaborative‑filtering algorithms for promotion or sabotage. It explains various attack types—random, segmented, bandwagon, and average—and shows that user‑user filtering is especially vulnerable, needing only a...
Zuper announced Zuper Glass, the first AI‑powered smart glasses built for skilled‑trade field workers such as roofers, HVAC, electrical and plumbing technicians. The rugged, voice‑activated device integrates with Zuper’s AI operating system and mobile app to capture photos, video, notes...
Google is replacing Assistant with its Gemini generative AI in Google Maps, rolling out new conversational features for navigation, location info, and a Gemini‑infused Lens. Gemini can handle complex queries, provide landmark‑based turn instructions, and integrate traffic alerts and calendar...
At Zeta Global’s annual Zeta Live! event, chief data officer Neej Gore argued that the era of “data‑driven” marketing is becoming obsolete, as advances in AI and predictive analytics shift the focus to “answers‑driven” approaches. He emphasized that contextual intelligence,...
The post traces the transformation of North American digital behavior from 2005 to 2025, showing how near‑universal connectivity, mobile‑first usage, and mature social‑media ecosystems have shifted marketing from optional online touchpoints to foundational strategies. It highlights key trends such as...
Stability AI won most of its UK lawsuit against Getty Images, with the High Court rejecting Getty’s claim of secondary copyright infringement and finding only trademark infringement for watermark use. Getty had dropped its core claim that Stability trained on...
Semrush Enterprise’s November 5 2025 briefing maps marketing maturity across five levels—Siloed, Connected, Integrated, Predictive, and Autonomous—each defined by deeper cross‑pillar integration and automation. The piece illustrates the costs of siloed operations with a Lidl TikTok case, then shows how integrated workflows...
A large‑scale HUMAINE study of over 40,000 anonymized conversations in the US and UK found that health and wellbeing topics dominate AI usage, with nearly half of chats focused on fitness, nutrition, mental health, and medical conditions. Contrary to expectations,...
Sandbar, founded by former Meta interface designers Mina Fahmi and Kirak Hong, is launching Stream, a voice‑controlled smart ring that lets users record notes, interact with an AI chatbot, and manage music via a touch‑pad and built‑in microphones. The ring...
Salesforce data shows 76% of business leaders feel pressure to deliver value with data, yet 84% say their strategies need a complete overhaul to succeed with AI. Poor data quality leads 49% of data leaders to sometimes reach incorrect conclusions,...
Thoughtworks’ 2025 Technology Radar reports a decisive shift from the loosely‑defined "vibe coding" approach to a disciplined practice called "context engineering," where AI coding assistants such as Claude Code and Augment Code are supplied with curated, high‑quality context to improve reliability and...
OpenAI has launched its Sora AI video generation app on Android, expanding from an iOS debut that amassed over a million downloads in five days. The app offers a TikTok‑style feed of AI‑generated clips, a Cameo tool for personal videos,...
In this episode of the AI in Business Podcast, Jim Johnson, President of AnswerRocket, explains how consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms can tackle data complexity and speed up decision‑making using emerging agentic AI. He highlights that AI agents can shorten...
DoubleVerify announced DV AI Verification™, a new suite of products that lets advertisers detect and manage interactions with both declared and undeclared AI agents and steer clear of low‑quality AI‑generated content. The platform already processes roughly 2 billion AI‑related interactions each...
Snowflake announced that its Snowflake Intelligence platform is now generally available to its 12,000‑plus customers, offering an enterprise‑wide AI agent that answers natural‑language queries across structured, unstructured and third‑party data. In the first three months, more than 1,000 customers deployed...
Advertising in Southeast Asia is booming as OTT and CTV adoption rises, with Singapore projected to have 4.5 million OTT users by 2029 and penetration climbing to 72.8%. Viewers increasingly consume ad‑supported content across multiple screens—77% on mobile and 64% on...
In this episode of the AI in Business podcast, Matt Berseth and Russell Dixon of NLP Logix explain how enterprise leaders can successfully adopt AI collaboration tools such as Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT Enterprise. They outline the essential foundations for rollout, how to...
Rimini Street released results of its 2025 Database Strategies and Support Survey of over 200 Oracle Database managers, finding that 63% of Oracle customers consider support costs too high and 87% are dissatisfied with response speed and expertise. As a...
New Xero research shows UK accountancy firms have lifted profits by £338 million and added £10 billion to GDP after adopting AI, with 98% of firms now using the technology. Finance workers spend an average of three hours per day on AI,...
Elastic unveiled Streams, an AI‑driven observability feature that automatically partitions, parses and structures raw log data, surfacing critical errors, anomalies and suggested remediation steps. The tool aims to make logs the primary signal for incident investigations, cutting the manual effort...
The Verge’s 2025 robot‑vacuum roundup identifies the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra as the top‑tier, hands‑free model, boasting 10,000 Pa suction, lidar mapping, AI obstacle detection and a self‑emptying dock at a premium price of $1,799.99. For budget‑conscious shoppers, the Tapo RV30...
Google unveiled Project Suncatcher, a moonshot effort to create space‑based AI data centers by mounting its Tensor Processing Units on solar‑powered satellites. The initiative promises near‑continuous clean energy, with satellite panels projected to be up to eight times more productive...
Amazon has issued a cease‑and‑desist letter to AI search startup Perplexity, demanding that its agentic browsing tool, Comet, stop facilitating purchases on Amazon without clearly identifying itself as a bot. Amazon argues that third‑party agents must disclose their status and...
