Thought Leadership
Alias “AlphaRaccoon” on Polymarket
A Google employee has been arrested in New York, accused of leveraging internal search data to generate millions in profits on the prediction market platform Polymarket.
Processing incomplete data sets in AI systems
The new AI model Claude Opus 4.8 reduces false claims and orchestrates complex IT migrations within systems through Dynamic Workflows.
Deal Blocked
The Dutch government has blocked the planned acquisition of cloud service provider Solvinity by U.S. technology company Kyndryl.
EU Cloud and AI Development Act
The European Commission is preparing a new regulatory framework for cloud and AI services that could significantly advance EU cloud sovereignty and reshape how sensitive public-sector data is stored and governed across Europe.
UK Visa application platform
A visa facilitation service handling UK entry applications has exposed sensitive user data, including passports and selfies, on an openly accessible server, according to a report by TechCrunch.
Aaron Levie
Aaron Levie hands his fellow executives an unflattering diagnosis: CEOs systematically overestimate AI because they sit too far from the operational work where it has to deliver. Studies from Berkeley, the NBER and MIT supply matching numbers.
Independence From the US
Fitness trackers, emergency calls, military communications: the European Commission wants to slow down US giants such as Starlink and Amazon with satellite internet made in Europe.
Critical Patch Failure
HP is looking into reports that BIOS updates are crippling expensive business notebooks. The culprit appears to be automatic delivery through Windows Update.
Added to KEV Catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) has added two newly identified vulnerabilities affecting Langflow and Trend Micro Apex One to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. U.S. federal agencies are required to apply patches by June 4, 2026.
AI Stumbles on the Basics
After just nine months, Starbucks is retiring the AI system it had deployed to count stock automatically. Technical failures had become a burden on day to day operations across its coffeehouses.
