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Viettel to contribute deep telecom and infrastructure expertise and foster open source collaboration SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced that Viettel has joined CNCF as a Gold Member, reinforcing continued momentum to advance open source cloud native technologies. Viettel, Vietnam’s largest telecommunications and technology group and a leading cloud provider across Southeast Asia, is joining the CNCF community to help shape and support cloud native innovation. Through its investment in CNCF, Viettel is accelerating cloud native transformation for telecom, government, and enterprise environments, with…

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IoT Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the most innovative companies in the global Internet-of-Things (IoT) market, today announced that Flowfinity Inc., a leader in no-code business process management and workflow automation, has been selected as winner of the “Low-Code IoT Platform of the Year” in the 10th annual IoT Breakthrough Awards program. The 2026 IoT Breakthrough Award recognizes the innovation of Flowfinity Streams, a solution that captures and manages high-volume data from IoT sensors and connected equipment. The platform is delivering real benefits by helping streamline data collection for…

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — At CES 2026, which opens on January 6th, 2026, Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics (X-Humanoid) presented its advanced more useful robots, including Embodied Tien Kung 2.0 and Embodied Tien Kung Ultra, reflecting significant progress toward creating robots that are truly capable and skilled at real-world tasks. Through live, fully autonomous demonstrations, X-Humanoid demonstrated the advanced capabilities of China’s applied, industry-focused robotics sector. Founded in November 2023, Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics Co., Ltd. is a technology company specializing in embodied intelligence and humanoid robotics. The company focuses on the research, development, and application…

Gadgets promoting a wide array of health benefits are on display at the annual CES trade show in Las Vegas. Artificial intelligence is the latest trend in health… LAS VEGAS(AP) — Health tech gadgets displayed at the annual CES trade show make a lot of promises. A smart scale promoted a healthier lifestyle by scanning your feet to track your heart health, and an egg-shaped hormone tracker uses AI to help you figure out the best time to conceive. Tech and health experts, however, question the accuracy of products like these and warn of data privacy issues — especially as…

Cybersecurity budgets have undergone multiple cycles of expansion and contraction over the last decade. After slow but steady increases for several years, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a boom in spending as work shifted to cloud-based systems and remote locations, making data and systems more vulnerable to attackers. Then, with inflation, economic uncertainty and a growing focus on artificial intelligence (AI) in the last three years, cybersecurity budgets tightened, leading to less entry-level work for many cyber and tech professionals, while critical positions remained open. Now, new research finds the tide might turn again in 2026, with CISOs and other…

Insider Brief Researchers argue that quantum computing and artificial intelligence are being developed as complementary technologies, not rivals, with hybrid systems emerging in which classical computing remains dominant, AI provides control and learning, and quantum hardware is used selectively as an accelerator. AI already plays a critical role in making quantum computers usable by supporting experiment design, hardware calibration, error mitigation, and system optimization, without which scaling quantum systems would be significantly slower. Quantum computing is being explored to address specific computational bottlenecks inside AI workflows—such as optimization, sampling, and reinforcement learning at scale—rather than to replace neural networks or…

The crypto world is changing fast as we enter 2026. Rules are getting clearer. Big companies are jumping in. And the idea of what counts as an “asset” is shifting big time.Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, sees it all clearly. In a recent talk, he shared his views on Web3’s future. His key message? Businesses must tokenize or die. Why? Tokenization turns real-world value into digital tokens on blockchain. It’s the key to survival in the new economy.Bitcoin as Digital Gold, But Utility Tokens Steal the ShowBitcoin is solid. It’s like digital gold. Yat Siu agrees.…

City officials on Tuesday responded to growing public scrutiny surrounding a large technology facility planned in Brenham, saying the project being built by Viridien is not a public data center, cryptocurrency operation or commercial cloud-storage site.The statement follows a citizen-led online petition opposing the project that has gathered more than 1,000 signatures in recent days and circulated widely on social media, prompting questions about the scale, purpose and potential impacts of the facility.In its release, the city said the project has been under review for more than three years and has moved through the same public approval and economic-development process…

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IoT Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the most innovative companies in the global Internet-of-Things (IoT) market, today announced that Kimberly-Clark Professional’s Onvation with SmartFit™ has been selected as winner of the “IoT Sensor Innovation of the Year” award in the 10th annual IoT Breakthrough Awards program. Onvation is a smart restroom management system enhanced with SmartFit™, a compact, internet-connected sensor that fits seamlessly inside compatible paper towel and bath tissue dispensers. SmartFit™ sensors monitor product levels and restroom traffic in real time, enabling predictive, data-driven maintenance. The solution empowers…

Automation is transforming IT service management (ITSM), moving service desks from reactive, manual workflows toward systems that can intelligently route, prioritize, and resolve issues with minimal human intervention. Recent research from Freshworks found that IT professionals lose nearly seven hours every week—almost a full workday—to fragmented tools and overly complicated work processes. Implementing ITSM automation reduces manual effort, accelerates resolution, improves consistency and accuracy, enables proactive issue prevention, and delivers faster, more reliable service that measurably improves employee and end-user satisfaction. As hybrid infrastructure, distributed teams, and rising service expectations become the norm, automation must embed across real workflows, from…