Ronnie Sheth, CEO, SENEN Group: Why now is the time for enterprise AI to ‘get practical’
Before you set sail on your AI journey, always check the state of your data – because if there is one thing likely to sink your ship, it is data quality. Gartner estimates that poor data quality costs organisations an average of $12.9 million each year in wasted resources and lost opportunities. That’s the bad…
China’s Salt Typhoon hackers broke into Norwegian companies
The Norwegian government has accused the Chinese-backed hacking group known as Salt Typhoon of breaking into several organizations in the country. In a report published on Friday, the Norwegian Police Security Service said the hacking group, believed to be working for the Chinese government, targeted vulnerable network devices to conduct espionage. Norway is the latest…
Hideo Kojima Mysteriously Pulls Out Of His Big GDC 2026 Speech
Why is Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima pulling out of his big speech at GDC? What are the automatons planning for Super Earth? And will Ubisoft ever figure out how to make Assassin’s Creed into a live service? It’s another edition of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku‘s daily roundup of gaming news, rumors, and culture. Square Enix is…
SolarWinds Fixes Four Critical Web Help Desk Flaws With Unauthenticated RCE and Auth Bypass
Ravie LakshmananJan 29, 2026Vulnerability / Software Security SolarWinds has released security updates to address multiple security vulnerabilities impacting SolarWinds Web Help Desk, including four critical vulnerabilities that could result in authentication bypass and remote code execution (RCE). The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2025-40536 (CVSS score: 8.1) – A security control bypass vulnerability…
Why scaling intelligent automation requires financial rigour
Greg Holmes, Field CTO for EMEA at Apptio, an IBM company, argues that successfully scaling intelligent automation requires financial rigour. The “build it and they will come” model of technology adoption often leaves a hole in the budget when applied to automation. Executives frequently find that successful pilot programmes do not translate into sustainable enterprise-wide…
Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools
People without coding backgrounds are discovering that they can build their own custom apps using vibe coding — solutions like Lovable that turn plain-language descriptions into working code. While these prompt-to-code tools can help create nice prototypes, launching them into full-scale production (as this reporter recently discovered) can be tricky without figuring out how to…
JBL Flip 7 Quietly Crashes to Its Lowest Price as Amazon Pushes Portable Bluetooth Speaker Deals
The JBL Flip 7 Portable Bluetooth Speaker is a reliable, convenient, and travel-friendly option. The cylindrical speaker is both water-resistant (IP68) and dust-resistant, and is durable enough to withstand drops, rain, and other elements. Its small size allows it to fit easily into bags and even cup holders. The speaker also includes an AI Sound…
Google Disrupts IPIDEA — One of the World’s Largest Residential Proxy Networks
Google on Wednesday announced that it worked together with other partners to disrupt IPIDEA, which it described as one of the largest residential proxy networks in the world. To that end, the company said it took legal action to take down dozens of domains used to control devices and proxy traffic through them. As of…
ThoughtSpot: On the new fleet of agents delivering modern analytics
If you are a data and analytics leader, then you know agentic AI is fuelling unprecedented speed of change right now. Knowing you need to do something and knowing what to do, however, are two different things. The good news is providers like ThoughtSpot are able to assist, with the company in its own words…
ElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI
ElevenLabs co-founder and CEO Mati Staniszewski says voice is becoming the next major interface for AI – the way people will increasingly interact with machines as models move beyond text and screens. Speaking at Web Summit in Doha, Staniszewski told TechCrunch voice models like those developed by ElevenLabs have recently moved beyond simply mimicking human…
