The German Federal Cabinet has approved a draft legislation to implement the EU’s AI Act, designating the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) as the country’s central AI supervisory authority. Under the draft AI Market Surveillance and Innovation Promotion Act (KI-MIG), Germany will establish its national framework for regulating AI system development and deployment. The draft law

Last-minute problems might have cropped up that will require Apple to slow the rollout of its Google Gemini-boosted Siri; though the improved smart assistant will still ship this year, it might not arrive as expected this spring. These claims come from the eerily accurate fingers of Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, and mean Apple will have to continue to do

A blind spot in Microsoft’s app and add-in marketplace security allowed an eagle-eyed hacker to hijack an abandoned Outlook add-in to carry out phishing attacks that compromised 4,000 users, researchers have discovered. The app in question, AgreeTo, is, or was, a meeting scheduling tool that first appeared in 2022 but was abandoned at some point

A threat actor is abusing an employee monitoring application and a remote monitoring and management platform in an attempt to deploy ransomware and steal cryptocurrency. According to researchers at Huntress, the unknown threat actor is leveraging NetworkLookout’s Net Monitor for Employees Professional – which, despite its name, includes remote access tools – and SimpleHelp, a

Dramatic phrases like ‘Saas is dead,’ ‘SaaSpocalypse,’ and others have dominated recent discussions in the IT world. However, that narrative is premature, according to Deloitte. Yes, in 2026, established SaaS vendors will face competition from AI-native ones, the firm forecasts, but the real story is that traditional enterprise software continues to grow as it becomes

Apparently, Silicon Valley has declared a “war on screens,” according to a Jan. 1 headline. The article highlighted OpenAI’s hardware project, which is expected to be a screenless device crafted by former Apple designer Jony Ive. OpenAI acquired Ive’s company, io, last May for $6.5 billion and Foxconn has reportedly been hired to make as many as

State-sponsored hackers are exploiting highly-advanced tooling to accelerate their particular flavours of cyberattacks, with threat actors from Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia using models like Google’s Gemini to further their campaigns. They are able to craft sophisticated phishing campaigns and develop malware, according to a new report from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). The

ManageMy has raised $45 million, including $20 million from a Series B round, as it looks to expand its AI-powered insurance orchestration platform. The Series B was co-led by Ventura Capital and OCVC, with additional backing from BNF and a consortium of strategic leaders from both traditional insurance and InsurTech. The new funding builds on

OPAQUE, known for verifiable, cryptographic AI runtime data protection, has secured $24 million in Series B funding, pushing its post money valuation to approximately $300 million. The round was led by Walden Catalyst, with participation from returning investors Intel Capital, Race Capital, Storm Ventures, and Thomvest. The Advanced Technology Research Council joined as both a

Aperture Data Studio, running on Snowflake, will help customers build a trusted data foundation where their data lives Global data and technology company Experian today announces the launch of its Aperture Data Studio integration with Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company. The integration enables organisations to leverage Aperture Data Studio’s powerful data quality capabilities to profile,