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By Emily Newton, Editor-in-Chief of Revolutionized.Although dynamic pricing was expected to transform the retail industry, early electronic shelf labels (ESLs) ended up being a costly burden. Today, a major leap forward in ambient Internet of Things (IoT) retail applications is reshaping the landscape by resolving the financial hurdles of smart pricing and tackling supply chain issues that caught most businesses off guard.The Struggles of Early Smart Shelf SystemsBattery-operated ESLs were meant to streamline operations, but they instead created significant complications. Leading retailers learned this the hard way after rolling them out. Swapping out millions of small batteries turned into a…

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — In 2026, supplier relationships got better for all six big North American car companies, even with tariff issues and the high costs of electric vehicles, says Plante Moran’s yearly Working Relations Index study.The 2026 North American Automotive OEM-Supplier Working Relations Index study showed that all six major manufacturers improved for the first time in the survey’s 26 years. Ford, Toyota, and Stellantis had the biggest improvements. The results show the effect of four main trends. The WRI scores suggest that tariffs and electric vehicle cost recovery changed how suppliers see fair business practices. Since purchasing teams couldn’t…

# Introduction The moment you type ollama run llama3.2 into your terminal and see a 7-billion-parameter model load directly onto your own hardware — no API key needed, no billing page to worry about, no data ever leaving your system — something clicks. It’s not just that the technology is remarkable, though it truly is. It’s that the experience is quick, powerful, and completely under your control. You own every interaction. No one is tracking it. No one is billing you per token. The model doesn’t even know whether you’re connected to the internet. I’ve been integrating local models into…

In brief X-OmniClaw is an open-source Android AI agent developed by Oppo that runs its core logic directly on your device and only connects to the cloud for complex reasoning tasks. The system creates a long-term semantic memory using your photo gallery and past interactions, enabling it to function as a persistent assistant instead of a one-time chatbot. A behavior cloning feature allows users to record a navigation path once so the agent can replay it instantly via Android deeplink, skipping multi-step app navigation in future sessions. Your phone already has a camera, a microphone, and a screen. It can…

Up until this past weekend, a contractor working for the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) kept a public GitHub repository that revealed login details for several highly privileged AWS GovCloud accounts and numerous internal CISA systems. According to security experts, the public archive contained files outlining how CISA builds, tests, and deploys software internally, marking it as one of the most severe government data leaks in recent memory. On May 15, KrebsOnSecurity received information from Guillaume Valadon a researcher at the security firm GitGuardian. Valadon’s company continuously monitors public code repositories on GitHub and similar platforms for exposed secrets,…

A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that most Department of Veterans Affairs employees must have their collective bargaining rights reinstated. On Monday, a three-judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected the VA’s emergency request to pause a preliminary injunction issued by a lower court. This injunction mandated the department to reinstate a union contract for over 300,000 VA employees. In March, a federal judge in Rhode Island issued a preliminary injunction directing the VA to restore its labor agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees’ National VA Council while the case…

Jeffrey Hazelwood/ZDNET; Shutterstock/GoogleFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysAI is helping attackers exploit vulnerabilities faster than ever.Most cloud attacks now target weak third-party software.Businesses need automated, AI-powered defenses to keep up.It remains unclear whether most companies see any real, measurable advantage from adopting artificial intelligence within their operations, and this debate is only expected to intensify going forward.However, one group is clearly reaping enormous productivity gains in the AI era: Cybercriminals are more effective than ever at exploiting weaknesses to strike businesses in the cloud, where they’re most exposed.Also: 5 ways to fortify your network…

Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysMicrosoft has launched its first complete Linux distribution: Azure Linux 4.0Azure Linux has been divided into Azure Container Linux and a new virtual machine edition called Azure Linux.Microsoft is essentially acknowledging that it has become a Linux-driven company.Minneapolis – There I sat at the Open Source Summit North America, listening to Brendan Burns—Kubernetes co-founder and Microsoft’s current Corporate VP of Azure Cloud Native and Management Platform, and Open Source—discuss the shift from open-source to agentic AI. Midway through his talk, he dropped a bombshell: “When…

# SQL + Python Just Isn’t Enough For a long time, the path to landing a data job appeared straightforward: master SQL, learn Python, and you’re in. As mid-sized companies began embracing data-driven decision-making, hiring managers were thrilled to find anyone who could craft a decent GROUP BY and manipulate a pandas DataFrame without causing errors. If you know what PostgreSQL is? Welcome aboard! This approach worked for a while. Until it stopped. If you haven’t caught on yet, the data professional job market has experienced a fundamental transformation. Yes, SQL and Python remain essential; they appear on every job…

Key takeaways:Bitcoin has dropped to around $76,000, a key short-term support level worth monitoring.Several leading altcoins have fallen below their short-term support zones, suggesting bullish momentum has faded.Bitcoin (BTC) faced selling pressure on Monday after US President Donald Trump issued a warning to Iran, stating that “time is running out” and urging swift action. Crypto analyst CryptoRover noted in an X post that a potential US military strike against Iran “poses a serious threat to $BTC.”Institutional investors also appear to be adopting a more cautious stance in the near term. SoSoValue data shows that spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds saw $1…