France plans to phase out American video conferencing services such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams within government agencies and replace them with its own proprietary tool, Visio. The goal is to strengthen security and protect confidentiality in public communications by reducing dependence on non-European solutions. Visio has been tested in pilot form since last year

The data center industry is racing toward a power crisis that technology alone will not be able to solve, according to Uptime Institute’s 2026 data center predictions report. “Critical digital infrastructure continues to expand strongly,” said Andy Lawrence, executive director of research at Uptime Institute, in a statement. “At the same time, our research shows uncertainty about how AI will reshape

Microsoft is warning admins of an Office security bypass zero day vulnerability that can be triggered simply by a user opening a document. The flaw is currently being actively exploited. “The vulnerability is serious,” said Johannes Ullrich, dean of research at the SANS Institute. “The root cause is that Microsoft Office still supports the older

The explosive growth of AI infrastructure is creating a mad dash for new data center capacity – and more data center staff – unlike anything seen before. Demand for data center capacity could more than triple by 2030 due to growth in AI and other workloads, according to data from McKinsey. Continue reading on Network World.

The severe weather experienced at present in the US has placed significant strain on the airline industry in the country, with knock-on effects of changes to schedules and routes affecting the rest of the world. It’s at times like this that companies have to respond to queries from customers at a much greater rate than

If database technologies offered performance, flexibility and security, most professionals would be happy to get two of the three, and they might have to expect to accept some compromises, too. Systems optimised for speed demand manual tuning, while flexible platforms can impose costs when early designs become constraints. Security is, sadly, sometimes, a bolt-on, with

Anthropic has been selected to build government AI assistant capabilities to modernise how citizens interact with complex state services. For both public and private sector technology leaders, the integration of LLMs into customer-facing platforms often stalls at the proof-of-concept stage. The UK’s Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT) aims to bypass this common hurdle

According to Databricks, enterprise AI adoption is shifting to agentic systems as organisations embrace intelligent workflows. Generative AI’s first wave promised business transformation but often delivered little more than isolated chatbots and stalled pilot programmes. Technology leaders found themselves managing high expectations with limited operational utility. However, new telemetry from Databricks suggests the market has

At a glance AI-driven medical image report generation can help medical providers become more efficient and productive. Current models are difficult to train because reporting practices vary widely among providers. Universal Report Generation (UniRG) uses reinforcement learning to align model training with real-world radiology practice rather than proxy text-generation objectives. UniRG has achieved state-of-the-art performance across datasets, metrics, diagnostic

CVector, an AI solution provider for energy-intensive industries, has closed an oversubscribed $5 million seed round led by Powerhouse Ventures. The financing included participation from Fusion Fund, Hitachi Ventures, Myriad Venture Partners, and Schematic Ventures. The New York-based startup plans to use the capital to expand its sales and product development teams. The company will