Everpure builds trusted data foundations for enterprise AI with unified, resilient systems
Omar Akar, Area Vice President at Everpure, explains why unified data, resilient infrastructure and strong governance will determine whether organisations…
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Telecom & 5G
All stories →How Telcos Can Monetize AI Using Three Strategic Advantages No Other Provider Has
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Alex Brittkin, CEO of NFWare, examines ways in which telcos are uniquely positioned to exploit the AI boom.
SoftBank teams up with five Japanese firms to build quantum-based platform
SoftBank and its partners will build a materials development platform powered by quantum computing and AI technologies, with the aim of helping Japan keep its industrial edge in the global market.
Former T-Mobile US CEO to depart board
Mike Sievert cut his last ties with T-Mobile US, resigning from the board and stepping down as vice chair a little over a year after he gave up the CEO job.
Verizon targets 10–15 million additional premises with 1 Gbps FWA
Speaking during Verizon’s third-quarter earnings call, the telco’s chief executive officer Daniel Schulman said the company had developed an FWA solution using its millimeter-wave spectrum that will enable it to…
FCC sets vote to clamp down on contraband cellphones
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said the FCC will vote next month on final rules to allow prisons to jam contraband cellphones that inmates are using for illicit means. #pressrelease
AT&T's IoT eSIM put to use for remote patient monitoring
Connected healthcare specialist Smart Meter has tapped up AT&T for its global IoT eSIM solution.
Cloud & Data Centers
All stories →Gigawatt-scale data center and energy project proposed outside Adelaide, Australia
Project to feature on-site natural gas and adjacent BESS
DCD Studio: The physical constraints of AI scaling with Sean James, Nvidia
Kat Sullivan speaks with Sean James of Nvidia about the company’s data center energy strategy, exploring efficiency, integrated systems, cooling innovations, water usage, and the challenges of increasing power density
Readiness checklist & project plan workbook
For enterprise, colocation, hybrid, and multi-site environments
Where Solid-State Micro-Cooling Fits in Data Centers
Solid-state micro-cooling could help data centers reduce hotspots in SSDs and other subsystems that liquid cooling and system fans don't fully reach.
Nvidia Vera Rubin and Vera CPUs now generally available on Oracle
And other AI hardware deployments soon to arrive
Analog Superposition Increases Effective PCM Storage Density (IBM Research Europe)
Researchers at IBM Research Europe published “Superposed analog memory for vector storage in neural networks.” Summary: Researchers demonstrated an analog phase-change memory architecture that stores multiple AI vectors in superposition…
Artificial Intelligence
All stories →Spanish bank drafts DT for some agentic AI
T-Systems, the digital services unit of Deutsche Telekom, will build out the technological and governance foundations for agentic AI systems at Banco Sabadell, Spain’s fourth-largest banking group.
Electrons, Electricians & Inference: What It Takes to Scale AI with Chris Sharp of Digital Realty
In this episode, Chris Sharp, Chief Technology Officer of Digital Realty, shares his perspective on what it really takes to scale AI infrastructure beyond the hype. Drawing on more than…
Telcos want more than efficiency from agentic AI
Orange, Telenor and Vodafone explored how they plan to turn agentic AI into measurable operational and customer outcomes during a recent webinar.
DCD Studio: Hiring in the age of AI with Taylor Stockton, US Department of Labor
Zachary Skidmore speaks with Taylor Stockton of the US Department of Labor about preparing American workers for the AI age through AI literacy, skills development, registered apprenticeships, and on-the-job learning
Singtel sees premium-service opportunity in sovereign AI
Singtel considers sovereign AI an opportunity to move up the value chain with differentiated services.
Cisco’s partner shift: What customers should expect from their Cisco partner in the AI era
Most of the coverage from Cisco Partner Summit will understandably focus on what Cisco is doing for its more than half a million partners. There were new incentives, a revamped deal registration program, and plenty of talk about margins.
Cybersecurity
All stories →Trusty to lead deployment of US Cyber Trust Mark Program
FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty will lead the rollout and implementation of the Cyber Trust Mark Program, used to identify connected products that meet the program's security requirements. #pressrelease
Hackers now scanning systems for recently-patched Oracle flaw
Attackers have begun probing the Internet for systems unpatched against a recently disclosed critical Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) vulnerability.
China-Linked Hackers Exploit PHP2Shell to Root Firewalls
The attackers chained PHP2Shell and Fragnesia exploits and hacked two servers of a US government-affiliated organization.
Cisco open sources tool for detecting AI agents on hacking sprees
Project Quarry aims to provide a 'shared language' for evaluating agent behavior
123 Reg discloses 'AI cyberattack' on customer data, suspects China nexus
Company chiefs believe the attackers could be the same as those who used ARTEX to breach South Korea’s financial giants
Adobe Fixes 8 Critical Campaign Classic Flaws Allowing Code Execution and Security Bypass
Adobe has released patches to address multiple critical security flaws in Campaign Classic that, if successfully exploited, could result in arbitrary code execution, security feature bypass, and privilege escalation.
Semiconductors
All stories →IBM connects quantum chips with ‘quantum channels’ at 99% accuracy
IBM has reached a critical milestone for scaling quantum computers, the company announced.
Apple takes powerful M6 chip to the MacBook Pro, iMac
6th-gen M-series silicon promises more cores, faster memory, a fatter NPU, and better connectivity, now in more form factors
Pt-W Alloy Shows Potential For Thinner High-NA EUV Mask Absorbers (Chinese Academy of Sciences et al.)
Researchers at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin University, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing for Optical Systems, and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences published a technical paper titled “Evaluating an alternative…
Dry-Deposited Resist Shows Different Tone Behavior Under EUV And E-Beam Exposure (KU Leuven, Kunsan, VUB, Imec)
Researchers at KU Leuven, Kunsan National University, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, imec, et al.
Silicon Photonic Modulator Reaches 200 Gb/s PAM4 With Reduced DSP (Science Tokyo, Yokohama, AIST, PETRA)
Researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo, Yokohama National University, AIST, and Photonics Electronics Technology Research Association (PETRA) published a technical paper titled “Reduced-DSP 200G/λ Low-Voltage Slow-Light Silicon…
Commonwealth Fusion Systems gets $85M to build better fusion-ready semiconductors
Top-funded fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems received an $85 million award from the federal government to advance conductors for fusion power plants.
Enterprise IT
All stories →Securonix appoints Essam Ahmed as Senior Sales Director for the Middle East and Africa
In this role, Ahmed will lead regional sales strategy, partner development and customer growth.
IBM aims to bring AI agent sprawl under enterprise control
IBM is pulling together a package of tools to help enterprises discover, identify, manage, and control the growing number of AI agents in use.
AI 'hacker' finds 4 severe bugs in popular industrial control software in under 4 hours
One critical, three high-severity EPICS bugs could disrupt research experiments
HPE extends AI-driven networking to SD-WAN and SASE
HPE continues to integrate its networking products with its AI-driven Mist platform and Marvis AI engine, this week bringing the HPE Networking EdgeConnect suite—which combines its SD-WAN and SSE products in a unified SASE offering—into…
FluidCloud replaces VDDK with its own disk copy engine for VMware exits
For organizations looking to migrate from VMware, the VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) library is a critical component.
ZacOS 9 and Mavernix: Two classic Apple desktops find their Wayland to Linux
Classic Platinum or lickable Mavericks-era Aqua – it's your choice
IoT & Smart Cities
All stories →IoT Global Awards 2026 winners announced
Recognising innovation in iSIM, industrial AI and fleet technology, the winners of the IoT Global Awards for 2026 have been selected. Following a rigorous evaluation by an independent judging panel … Continued
Omdia lifts lid on edge IoT deployments
A majority of businesses are prioritising edge computing in IoT deployments, with the approach now at a tipping point in terms of delivering tangible benefits, research by Omdia showed.
SEALSQ’s sister company WISeSat.Space completes business combination with Columbus Acquisition Corporation
WISeSat.Space ordinary shares have begun trading on Nasdaq under the ticker SAIQ, establishing a separately listed company focused on post-quantum-secure satellite IoT connectivity.
Telna opens Brazilian IoT door to Aeris
Physical AI and IoT connectivity platform provider Aeris chose Brazil as the beachhead for a core network tie-up with global mobile infrastructure player Telna intended to create a repeatable deployment scenario in a nation where permanent…
Aeris extends IoT eSIM orchestration for the Physical AI era
New SGP.32 orchestration, Single SKU eSIM and eIMaaS bring speed, simplicity and scale to global IoT deployments on the Aeris IoT Accelerator platform.