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MacRumors ·
Ethan Mollick’s new book, Co-Existence, is now available as of this month. His recent Substack post, titled "30 Months on the Exponential, in Charts," details changes since his previous book came out 30 months ago. The post discusses multi-agent AI, where a single orchestrator agent calls other agents for sub-tasks. Mollick notes that his AI instance corrected his timeline mistake when naming the post. The blog inclu
Forbes ·
In light of Meta's new terms that will allow it to scrape users' data for AI, people in the EU and UK have the option to "object" to certain uses of their information, for now.
404 Media ·
Virgin Galactic plans to launch Apeiron in mid-2027, over two years after its last commercial spaceflight.
The Verge ·
DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- According to MarketsandMarkets™, the global manufacturing execution systems market is projected to grow from USD 17.28 billion in 2026 to USD 32.83 billion by 2032, registering a CAGR of 11.3%.
PR Newswire Business Technology ·
I recently spoke with the CIO of a large global enterprise whose data science teams had built more than 200 AI models, yet fewer than 10 were in production.
Forbes ·
Greenhouse gas output has risen dramatically since the company promised to become carbon-negative by 2030
The Register ·
Travel AI specialist expands beyond corporate travel, bringing agentic AI and booking optimisation technology to leisure agencies and OTAs to cut costs, boost margins and streamline operations
PR Newswire Business Technology ·
Elon Musk has pledged to give one SpaceX share to every child in America, totaling roughly 73 million children ages 17 and younger. Based on a share price of roughly $147, the donation could total $10.7 billion. To get a tax deduction, Musk must route the donations through a 501(c)(3) charitable organization or government entity. That makes the whopping set of gifts just like others given to charity, and that means t
Forbes ·
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A-Comm Technologies, Inc. today announced the formation of the A-Comm Evidence Protocol Consortium , an independent, neutral governance body established to steward the long-term evolution of the A-Comm Evidence Protocol (AEP) . AEP establishes an adjudication-ready, cryptographically verifiable evidence standard for agentic commerce by capturing the full transaction lifecy
PR Newswire Business Technology ·
Dropbox is cutting jobs globally in a move it says will align its workforce with investments and its top product and growth priorities
The Wall Street Journal ·
Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 are here, and later this year they’ll get even more powerful with two new features.
9to5Mac ·
Note: These changes may or may not be available when this ships to the public. Based on unofficial 3rd-party SI analysis of prerelease builds.
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Shares of drone makers and suppliers, once the hottest names in the US stock market, are poised to fall further as investors worry a blue wave in the US midterm elections could squeeze funding for the industry.
Bloomberg ·
cybersecurity data reveals that artificial intelligence is transforming cyberattacks by increasing their speed, scale, and sophistication.
Forbes ·
Apple has raised the MacBook Neo's starting price from $599 to $649 on its online education store in the U.S., meaning it now offers college students and other eligible groups only a $50 discount on the laptop, down from $100. The change was made within the past week, with equivalent increases in local currencies in other countries.
MacRumors ·
71% of financial institutions are converging detection technology, yet 86% report missed links between fraud and money laundering, finds global survey by Datos Insights and SAS
PR Newswire Business Technology ·
DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- According to MarketsandMarkets™, the Risk Analytics Market is projected to grow from USD 35.68 billion in 2026 to USD 54.69 billion by 2031, at a CAGR of 8.9% during the forecast period.
PR Newswire Business Technology ·
DALLAS and PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- NexBank, the banking subsidiary of NexBank Capital, Inc. and the largest privately held bank based in Texas, today announced its partnership with MaxMyInterest (Max), an intelligent cash management service for individual investors and financial advisors.
PR Newswire Business Technology ·
No one yet knows how many times the giant rocket will need to refill its tanks in space for a moon mission.
Bloomberg ·
Billed as the first end-to-end AI-created series on a major streaming service, this Turkish show looks like the result of the prompt ‘make it cinematic’
The Guardian ·
The Wall Street Journal ·
Partnership with Seneca brings a strike team of five autonomous suppression aircraft and a towable Mobile Air Operations Base to the County in 2026, pushing initial attack capability and advancing the department's vision for stopping fires at 10 square feet
PR Newswire Business Technology ·
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Evoke Security, the security platform for the agentic workforce, today introduced the industry's first assessment to identify agent misuse and rogue agents across major AI platforms and coding harnesses. Named the Rogue Agent Assessment, it helps organizations understand how employees use agents, when agents are misused, and when agents disobey explicit instructions.
PR Newswire Business Technology ·
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PR Newswire Business Technology ·
Successful pipelines can create a governance failure when a definition changes without downstream users knowing about it.
Forbes ·
NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The USTA and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a five-year renewal of their longstanding and trailblazing partnership that will see IBM serve as the Official AI and Cloud Partner of the US Open through 2031. The renewal comes following the 2026 US Open which saw record engagement for its IBM-powered digital platforms, reaching more than 270 million total engagements across USOpen
PR Newswire Business Technology ·
Formation Bio Drug Development Accelerator Fund pairs dedicated capital with the company's AI-native development platform to scale its portfolio of clinical-stage medicines
PR Newswire Business Technology ·
FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- FaceFirst alerts your team when an enrolled known offender walks in, now with faster performance, a streamlined interface, and more features to empower your team.
PR Newswire Business Technology ·
The consulting partner relationship will help EdTech companies, publishers, and higher educational institutions connect fragmented data and build governed foundations for analytics and AI.
PR Newswire Business Technology ·