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Will 2026 be the year that artificial intelligence takes over?

3D Graphics Concept Big Data Center by Gorodenkoff via Shutterstock Applied Digital (APLD) announced a strategic spinoff that could reshape its position in the booming AI infrastructure market. The data center operator revealed plans to merge its cloud computing division, Applied Digital Cloud, with EKSO Bionics Holdings (EKSO) in a deal that will create a new entity called ChronoScale Corporation, focused exclusively on AI workloads.The transaction structure is unusual but potentially lucrative for Applied Digital shareholders. Once the deal is closed, Applied Digital will retain approximately 97% ownership of the combined company. It will effectively spin out its cloud business…

The past year has seen a shift from traditional RFID to Ambient Internet of Things (IoT), marking a fundamental change in tracking technology. Inventory management has long relied on RFID to monitor the movement of goods. However, it is slowly being replaced by intelligent, self-powered tags that communicate continuously on their own. This changes the way businesses interact with their assets and prepares industries for a more connected future. Limitations of Legacy RFID in a Hyper-Connected World For decades, RFID has allowed companies to digitally identify items and streamline warehouse operations. It replaced clipboards with scanners and gave users better…

Home » HOTEL NEWS » How Smart Hotels Are Harnessing AI to Drive Revenue Growth: Balancing Automation with Expert Strategy for Long-Term Success Published on January 1, 2026 As the new year begins, one of the most prominent questions in the hospitality industry is whether artificial intelligence (AI) is replacing traditional revenue management strategies. The integration of AI into hotel operations has become more prevalent, with AI playing an instrumental role in forecasting, reporting, and pricing systems. These technologies can process vast amounts of data, providing faster insights than ever before, enabling smarter, data-driven decisions. However, industry insights…

This year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted several important patents claiming important innovations in 6G networks, generating reliable map data for autonomous vehicles and pest-resistant genetically modified crops. With a new year just days away, we hope the following list of the top 10 patents of 2025 sparks interest in the state of global innovation as we reach the final stages of the year. #1: U.S. Patent No. 12389294, Framework for a 6G Ubiquitous Access Network In 2024, about five years following the advent of 5G networks, at least 2,549 5G device types across 29 form factors…

Once-in-a-generation founder is retiring from PAN after 20+ years, pioneering the next-generation firewall and revolutionizing the cybersecurity industry Nir Zuk is a hero, someone who young technologists and aspiring entrepreneurs look up to as a role model” — Steve Morgan, founder of Cybersecurity Ventures SAUSALITO, CA, UNITED STATES, December 31, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ — The editors at Cybercrime Magazine named Nir Zuk, founder and Chief Technology Officer and board member at Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) “Cybersecurity Person of the Year” for his outstanding contributions to the industry in 2025. On Aug. 18 of this year, PAN announced that Zuk has…

Recognising human emotion is a complex challenge, yet crucial for creating truly intelligent systems, and researchers are now pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with advanced artificial intelligence. Jing Han from the University of Cambridge, Zhiqiang Gao and Shihao Gao from Hunan University, and their colleagues, present the first large-scale evaluation of how well large multimodal models, those capable of processing text, audio and video, understand emotion in real-world scenarios. This work moves beyond simply identifying a limited set of emotions, instead tackling the more difficult task of recognising a vast and open range of emotional expressions, and establishes essential…

China has built and launched a super-powered artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to tap directly into its national supercomputing network and conduct high-level scientific research on its own.The scheme was launched on December 23, a month after US President Donald Trump unveiled the Genesis Mission – an “AI Manhattan Project” aimed at securing US technological dominance.While the US plan is bound by tight timelines, requiring proof of progress within 270 days, China has already deployed its system at scale, serving more than a thousand potential institutional users nationwide.The new AI agent can take simple natural language commands and then independently…

The healthcare cloud computing market is growing, with DataM Intelligence projecting it will more than triple in value over the next decade.

by Riko Seibo Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 31, 2025 Researchers from Zhengzhou University, the University of Kent, and City University of Hong Kong have developed a framework to evaluate and optimize the spatiotemporal resilience of Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled unmanned system of systems operating in complex missions. The work responds to the growing use of unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned vehicles in hazardous environments where maintaining function under disruption is critical. Conventional resilience assessments tend to track performance over time only, but the team argues that spatial factors, such as how platforms are positioned and how far…