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Protegrity launches AI Team Edition for secure inferencing

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Protegrity rolls out AI Team Edition to shield business knowledge during inferencing, using semantic preserving encryption and policy automation.
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Dropbox launches three apps inside ChatGPT for work

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Dropbox brings file access, workplace search and scheduling into ChatGPT with new apps for customers, including Dash and Reclaim AI.
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11:11 Systems named Cohesity's MSP Strategic Partner

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11:11 Systems wins Cohesity FY2025 MSP Strategic Partner of the Year award as joint cyber recovery services gain traction.
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Rubrik survey warns of AI agents outpacing security

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Survey finds AI agents are spreading faster than security teams can track them, with most firms lacking visibility, rollback controls and identity governance.
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Gr4vy launches toolkit for ChatGPT agentic payments

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Gr4vy unveils Agentic Development Kit to help merchants sell inside ChatGPT and other AI platforms without overhauling their payment systems.
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6G in Canada: Terahertz research drives early work

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Canada's 6G research pushes terahertz signals and room-temperature detectors as Ericsson backs a measured 'fast follower' rollout.
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Ecommpay report says eCommerce fraud needs overhaul

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Ecommpay urges eCommerce overhaul as fraud report says current controls miss social engineering, distort competition and leave merchants exposed.
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Emergent launches Wingman autonomous AI agent for work

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Emergent's Wingman puts autonomous AI agents to work across email, calendars and chats, with human approval for higher-risk actions.
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AI coding boom deepens cognitive debt, says Thoughtworks

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Thoughtworks warns AI-assisted coding is swelling software complexity, as developers lean on older controls to curb security and oversight risks.
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Cloudflare, Wiz link AI security tools for unified view

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Cloudflare and Wiz team up to map shadow AI risks across cloud estates and protect sensitive data as firms race to secure chatbot deployments.
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Konverge embeds AI in custom software to streamline work

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Konverge bolts AI into bespoke enterprise software to cut duplication and speed up decisions across operations, finance and supply chains.
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Backbase, Ninth Wave unlock ERP banking connections

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Backbase and Ninth Wave have teamed up to let banks plug corporate clients' ERP and accounting systems straight into account data and payments.
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Tax Systems launches AI Assistant for cross-border tax

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Tax Systems rolls out AI assistant blending company data and IBFD research to speed cross-border tax analysis for multinational in-house teams.
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ACTO launches role-based AI SuperAgents for Life Sciences

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ACTO rolls out role-based AI SuperAgents for life sciences field teams, aiming to speed compliant access to approved content across sales and medical work.
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Q4 buys Virtua Research to add analyst consensus data

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Q4 acquires Virtua Research to bring analyst consensus data and AI-powered earnings workflows into its investor relations platform.
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CIOs rank AI as a growing cyber risk, survey finds

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Logicalis survey finds 77% of firms hit by cyber incidents as CIOs warn AI is adding fresh risk, with weak governance and skills shortages deepening exposure.
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Executives warn of rising quantum data security risks

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Gigamon and Thales caution that attackers are stockpiling encrypted data now, warning quantum advances could expose it years later.
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Commvault launches AI tools to secure enterprise data

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Commvault unveils AI tools to help enterprises govern agents, prepare approved datasets and recover full-stack systems after automated changes.
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Anthropic launches Claude for Word with tracked edits

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Anthropic brings Claude into Microsoft Word as a beta add-in, letting users edit tracked changes, check documents and draft in templates.
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Booking.com warns some customers of possible data exposure

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Booking.com tells some customers to watch for phishing after suspicious activity exposed reservation details, contact data and messages linked to bookings.