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Avid & Google Cloud bring AI to media editing tools

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Avid and Google Cloud have struck a multi-year deal to embed Gemini and Vertex AI into Media Composer and Content Core, speeding archive search and editing.
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Amplitude launches AI assistant for in-product support

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Amplitude adds an AI assistant inside apps to guide users through tasks, cut support tickets and tie help requests to product behaviour.
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CodeRabbit launches Slack agent for engineering teams

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CodeRabbit brings its AI engineering assistant into Slack, aiming to keep planning, coding and deployment decisions in one shared workflow.
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One-third of FIFA World Cup partners lack email protection

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Proofpoint warns that 36% of FIFA World Cup 2026 commercial partners still lack the strongest DMARC settings, leaving fans exposed to spoofed emails.
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Coalition launches standards for greener AI data centres

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Greening AI data centre coalition sets global benchmarks as pressure mounts over power, water and green finance for booming server farms.
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Tata Steel expands Google Cloud AI across global operations

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Tata Steel deploys more than 300 AI agents with Google Cloud to speed up maintenance, customer service and back-office work worldwide.
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SAS & Notilyze aid FairClimateFund carbon tracking

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SAS and Notilyze have helped FairClimateFund replace spreadsheets with a digital platform to track carbon credits and household payments more transparently.
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Manhattan adds AI agents & fulfilment tools for retailers

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Manhattan unveils embedded AI agents and fulfilment simulation tools to help retailers speed service, sharpen checkout and compare order strategies.
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Geotab: Now's the time to get a grip on fuel consumption

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Geotab says fleet operators can cut fuel bills with telematics, driver rewards and data-led coaching as costs keep climbing.
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CrowdStrike expands Google Cloud security & wins award

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CrowdStrike extends real-time cloud detection to regional Google Cloud infrastructure, aiming to meet sovereignty rules and speed breach response.
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VAST Data hits $30bn valuation after $1bn Series F round

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VAST Data's latest funding round highlights booming demand for AI infrastructure, with backers betting on its data platform and global expansion plans.
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Claude Code can leak secrets in public npm packages

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Check Point says Anthropic's Claude Code can quietly stash credentials in .claude/settings.local.json, which may be published in public npm packages.
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Exabeam widens AI agent monitoring for Google tools

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Exabeam extends behaviour analytics to Google-built AI agents and multi-agent workflows, giving security teams deeper visibility into automated activity.
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Check Point teams with Google Cloud on AI agent security

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Check Point and Google Cloud add governance and live monitoring to enterprise AI agents as firms race to secure autonomous workflows.
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Western Digital details sustainability gains amid AI demand

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Western Digital says emissions intensity from customer use of its drives is down 31%, while a rare-earth recovery pilot hit a 90% capture rate.
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Quantium launches Gemini Enterprise practice with Google

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Quantium joins Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise push with a new AI practice aimed at moving enterprise agents from pilots into production.
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Gigamon launches AI tools as observability market grows

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Gigamon rolls out AI traffic intelligence and agentic observability software as IDC sees the network monitoring market reaching USD $4.39 billion by 2029.
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Hitachi Vantara flags AI data centre energy squeeze

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Hitachi Vantara has unveiled sustainability progress as AI-driven data demand pushes energy, cooling and emissions reporting to the fore.
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Exclusive: Google Cloud accelerates shift to agentic data

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Google Cloud is betting on AI agents as the main users of enterprise data, unveiling new tools for context, automation and cross-cloud access.
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LevelBlue warns of GhostOps risk from rogue AI agents

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LevelBlue says unsanctioned AI agents are slipping into enterprise systems, creating a hidden governance and security blind spot for businesses.