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Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter in Tennessee has agreed to settle class action litigation over a major data breach in April 2023 that Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter in Tennessee has agreed to settle a consolidated class action lawsuit over an April 2023 data breach that affected 559,000 individuals.

Google is no longer just a search engine. Marie Haynes, one of the most respected voices in search engine optimization, explained in a December 2025 interview how the company is fundamentally transforming into an AI agent that makes decisions on behalf of users rather than simply presenting ranked links.Haynes has spent more than 16 years studying Google’s algorithms. She began as a veterinarian before pivoting to SEO consulting following the Penguin algorithm update on April 24, 2012. Her career trajectory changed dramatically when Danny Sullivan, then Google’s Public Search Liaison, reached out to her and a small group of experts…

As federal agencies look to implement agentic artificial intelligence to speed up workflows in 2026, AI infrastructure providers say data organization is a critical first step to making agentic solutions effective. Public sector leads at AWS, Oracle and Cisco said clients want to pivot away from chatbot capabilities to focus on more actionable investments in AI systems, including domain-specific models that can handle specific tasks, according to a Nextgov/FCW report. To get there, however, data must be structured to be made actionable. “Agentic AI is where the industry is headed, is where our customers are headed. It’s where they’re demanding outcomes,”…

Baidu BIDU and Alibaba BABA are among China’s most established technology conglomerates, operating within the domestic tech sector. AI and cloud computing have become central areas of competition. Large Chinese technology platforms are investing heavily in AI models, cloud infrastructure and enterprise-facing software as businesses increasingly adopt data-intensive and automated solutions. Within this environment, both Baidu and Alibaba are competing across overlapping segments of AI infrastructure, foundation models and cloud-based enterprise services.While Alibaba expanded from its e-commerce base into cloud computing, Baidu leveraged its search platform to build an AI-centric ecosystem spanning models, infrastructure and applications. This convergence has intensified…

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has introduced the RA6W1 dual-band Wi-Fi 6 wireless microcontroller (MCU), along with the RA6W2 MCU that integrates both Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) technologies. These connectivity devices address the growing demand for always-connected, ultra-low-power IoT devices across smart home, industrial, medical, and consumer applications. Renesas also launched fully integrated modules that accelerate development with built-in antennas, wireless protocol stacks, and pre-validated RF connectivity. Ultra Low Power Operation for Always-Connected IoT Today’s IoT devices must always stay connected to improve application usability and response time, while maintaining the lowest…

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This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Alphabet (GOOGL, Financials) spin off SandboxAQ has landed a major government contract in Bahrain to strengthen the country’s digital defenses against future cyber threats. The deal will roll out SandboxAQ’s AQtive Guard platform to secure sensitive data across more than 60 government ministries. Bahraini officials said the initiative targets long-term risks posed by quantum computing, which could one day render current encryption systems obsolete. The project reflects growing global concern over harvest now, decrypt later attacks, in which hackers store encrypted data for future exploitation once quantum capabilities mature. The deployment of SandboxAQ’s AI…

These days, large language models can handle increasingly complex tasks, writing complex code and engaging in sophisticated reasoning. But when it comes to four-digit multiplication, a task taught in …

Key PointsAI data centers are consuming more increasingly-expensive electricity than the industry anticipated.Keeping data centers cool enough to remain operational has also surfaced as a challenge.Most investors have yet to realize Vertiv’s book of future business continues to outgrow revenue.To date, Nvidia has been the centerpiece stock of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. And rightfully so. The world’s been waiting on computer processors powerful enough to turn lofty AI ambitions into reality. Nvidia delivered, with its silicon now serving as the heart and soul of most artificial intelligence platforms.As the AI movement evolves though, unexpected challenges are coming to light.…

Volcano Engine, the cloud computing unit of Chinese tech giant ByteDance, said on Monday it has secured an “exclusive AI cloud partnership” with the Spring Festival Gala – a marquee slot that underlines the company’s ambition to turn its artificial intelligence cloud business into a national-scale platform.Volcano Engine said the deal – built on “cutting-edge multimodal large models and cloud computing technologies” – would see it “play a pivotal role in broadcasting, online interactions and live video streaming” of the events, one of the country’s most-watched television broadcasts.The partnership also highlights how China’s tech groups and an expanding field of…