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Endpoint Security , Internet of Things Security , Standards, Regulations & Compliance How to Truly Secure Internet of Things Devices? ETSI’s Alex Leadbeater Weighs In Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • December 31, 2025     Alex Leadbeater, chair, TC Cyber, ETSI Building a secure Internet of Things continues to face hurdles, despite solutions being well-known and achievable.See Also: Enterprise Browser Transforms App Delivery and Compliance So said Alex Leadbeater, chair of European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s Technical Committee Cyber. ETSI maintains European Standard 303 645, a global standard published in 2020 that establishes a cybersecurity baseline for consumer IoT devices. Among…

In recent years, the utilization of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms in healthcare has surged, marking a transformative shift in how patient data is interpreted. A fascinating study, “When Algorithms Infer Gender: Revisiting Computational Phenotyping with Electronic Health Records Data,” conducted by Gronsbell, Thurston, Dong, and their colleagues, sheds light on the implications of algorithms that infer gender identity from electronic health records (EHR). This groundbreaking research delves into the intersection of technology, gender, and healthcare, raising critical questions about the accuracy and ethical dimensions of algorithmic gender inference. As healthcare providers increasingly rely on EHRs to guide clinical…

Matthews International ( ($MATW) ) has provided an update. On December 31, 2025, Matthews International Corporation completed the divestiture of its Warehouse Autom…

A conversation with Sandra Lemańska, Category Management Specialist at Lorenz, about how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing category management in the FMCG industry ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE, POLAND / ACCESS Newswire / December 31, 2025 / IntroductionIn the rapidly changing world of FMCG, where “shelf space is not made of rubber,” Category Managers face increasingly complex challenges. How do you cope with growing amounts of data, time pressure, and the need to make quick decisions? The answer may lie in the intelligent use of artificial intelligence. Sandra Lemańska from Lorenz, a company known for brands such as Crunchips, Wiejskie Ziemniaczki, and Monster Munch, shares…

Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) is expanding into cloud computing, with plans to launch a cloud business that would lease AI chips inside data centers directly to developers, a model it says can lower the cost of building and running AI systems.

What happens to the Internet of Things when the cloud goes down? Disruptions to sleep, school, and smart homes, just to name a few issues.

The SHURUI SP single-port endsocopic surgical system has CE approval. Source Surgerii Robotics Surgerii Robotics Co. this month closed $100 million in Series D financing. The Beijing-based company said it will use the funding to market its SHURUI single-port surgical robot both domestically and internationally, as well as to accelerate the production of its next-generation products. Single-port surgery is a minimally invasive approach involving endoscope and surgical instruments through a single incision. Surgerii said its SHURUI robot uses snake-like instruments and teleoperation technology to assists clinicians in achieving precise operations. Surgerii develops, produces, and commercializes laparoscopic surgical robotic systems and…

Blockchain technology is poised to move from the margins of financial markets into their core operating infrastructure in 2026, as stablecoins, tokenized assets, artificial intelligence and regulators converge on shared, programmable rails, according to a year-end outlook published by Digital Bytes. In a note outlining predictions for the year ahead, Jonny Fry, Founder and Author at Digital Bytes argued that the next phase of crypto adoption will be defined less by speculation and more by operational necessity, with blockchain increasingly used to automate payments, custody, compliance and capital allocation across both public and private markets. Stablecoins Emerge As Financial Plumbing,…

Training & Security Leadership Systems Thinking, Not Tools, Increasingly Separates Senior Talent From Peers Brandy Harris • December 31, 2025     Kevin Bacon in New York City on July 27, 2022. (Image: Lev Radin/Shutterstock) Most people remember the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game. You start with any actor and, within a few moves, you can usually connect them to Kevin Bacon through shared films. The game is about pop culture trivia but the lesson was never really about movies. It was about networks, proximity and how quickly distance collapses once you trace relationships instead of assuming separation. That…

By Khari Johnson, CalMatters A new California law requires tech companies to disclose how they manage catastrophic risks from artificial intelligence systems. The Dreamforce conference hosted by Salesforce in San Francisco on Sept. 18, 2024. Photo by Florence Middleton for CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Tech companies that create large, advanced artificial intelligence models will soon have to share more information about how the models can impact society and give their employees ways to warn the rest of us if things go wrong. Starting January 1, a law signed by Gov. Gavin…