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Photo by Annie Spratt on UnsplashAs we head into the new year, I want to share an article by Andy Warfield called “A little bit uncomfortable”.Andy writes about something we don’t talk about enough–vulnerability and the relationship between fear and growth. His reflection on years of anxiety about public speaking gets at something bigger. The idea that discomfort isn’t something to avoid but a signal worth paying attention to. The bigger the fear, the stronger the signal that it actually matters. As you think about what’s ahead, ask yourself what makes you uncomfortable right now. That might be exactly where…

The world of technology is constantly evolving, and with it, the landscape for our valued partners. At Cisco, we understand that change raises both questions and concerns, especially when it comes to fundamental program shifts like the Cisco 360 Partner Program. For our key small and mid-sized partners, including integrators, MSPs, and value-added resellers who cater to the SMB market, we know there’s been significant interest, and perhaps even some understandable apprehension, about how this new framework will impact your businesses.  The short answer to the title question—is the Cisco 360 Partner Program going to be good for small and…

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Waymo has updated its “Waymo Safety Impact” webpage. The page starts with this line: “The trust and safety of the communities where we operate is paramount to us. That’s why we’re voluntarily sharing our safety data.” The latest update to the page brings us up through September 2025. It covers data from 127 million miles of fully autonomous driving. “The data to date indicates the Waymo Driver is already making roads safer in the places where we currently operate. Specifically, the data below demonstrates that the Waymo Driver is better…

With the release of iOS 18, Apple has unveiled a suite of exciting features under the Apple Intelligence umbrella, and one standout is the ImagePlayground framework. This powerful API empowers developers to generate images from text descriptions using AI, opening up a world of creative possibilities for iOS apps. Whether you’re building a design tool, a storytelling app, or just want to add some flair to your UI, ImagePlayground makes it seamless to integrate AI-driven image generation.In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through building a simple app using SwiftUI and the ImagePlayground framework. Our app will let users type a…

AWS is pleased to introduce an update to the AWS Well-Architected Framework: IoT Lens. The IoT Lens provides simple and detailed guidance to build IoT workloads on AWS. This updated version aims to address questions around complexity, security, performance, cost, and technical risk. Introduction Designing Internet of Things (IoT) workloads can be challenging as sensors, devices, software applications, agents, and cloud services must be designed to optimize how they work together. It’s also important to balance the trade-offs to support your solution’s business context. Questions you might consider: How does will it work in practice? Which guiding principles should I…

MoEngage, a customer engagement platform used by consumer brands across 75 countries, has announced a $180 million Series F follow-on transaction just over a month after securing $100 million, with a majority of the latest funding providing liquidity to investors and employees through secondary transactions. In the latest raise, about $123 million was secondary, including a $15 million employee tender that provided liquidity to 259 current and former employees, while the remaining $57 million was raised as primary capital and went into the business. The round was led by ChrysCapital and Dragon Funds, with participation from Schroders Capital and existing…

Atomic-scale strain created during growth turns out to be the hidden lever controlling excitons in WS2 layered on graphene. Study: Excitons in Epitaxially Grown WS2 on Graphene: A Nanometer-Resolved Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Study. Image Credit: BCKGRDS/Shutterstock.com Researchers have shown that lattice distortions created during epitaxial growth, rather than dielectric screening alone, can directly reshape exciton energies in WS2 layered on graphene, revealing a new level of structural control over 2D optoelectronic materials. Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), particularly tungsten disulfide (WS2), are central to emerging optoelectronic and valleytronic technologies. When thinned to a single layer,…

I have been blogging here for the last 20 years. Every Tuesday and Thursday, quite consistently, for two decades. But last year, without planning it, I got tired and stopped. Not sure why. It didn’t correspond with any life events. Nothing interesting or notable happened. I just stopped. I did find joy on TikTok and amassed a small group of like-minded followers there. I enjoy my YouTube as well, and my weekly podcast is going strong with nearly 900 (!) episodes of interviews with cool people. I’ve also recently started posting on Mastodon (a fediverse (federated universe)) Twitter…

Google is expanding its push into consumer finance in India with the launch of a UPI-linked credit card, betting on a country of more than 1.4 billion people where fewer than 50 million currently hold a credit card. On Wednesday, Google entered India’s growing co-branded credit card market with the launch of Flex by Google Pay, partnering with private lender Axis Bank to expand access to credit in the country’s UPI-driven payments ecosystem. India’s rapid adoption of digital payments through the government-backed Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has transformed how consumers pay but has not translated into broad access to credit.…

TCS’ acquisition of Coastal Cloud comes in response to mounting pressures reshaping the Salesforce services market. As Salesforce expands further into Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled capabilities such as Agentforce and Data Cloud, the talent  and solutioning requirements have outpaced what traditional providers can typically build organically.   The recent platform advancements are aimed at automating parts of the value chain, potentially reducing the volume of traditional work available to Global System Integrators (GSIs) and intensifying the pressure to acquire specific capabilities. A few specialist Salesforce service providers have been quicker to build these new-age skills through more agile, hands-on delivery models.  For a provider such as TCS that has historically anchored in large-scale implementations and has gone down an organic route, the competitive gap risk has become more visible as the…