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Salesforce, the world’s #1 AI CRM, has unveiled its 2025 Cyber Week results (November 25–December 1), analysing shopping data from over 1.5 billion shoppers. This was another record-breaking shopping week, with overall industry global sales increasing 7% year over year (YOY) to €286billion, with Black Friday sales in Ireland increasing 19%. These results signal a strong consumer appetite for buying this holiday season despite increasing global prices, and they demonstrate AI and agents as fundamental accelerators for purchase and productivity in commerce. AI and agents deliver outsized impact on Cyber Week sales and service AI and agents were pivotal elements…

The companies have developed an automated software testing platform that will allow the carrier to swiftly test and deploy software releases and services to its pan-European voice core infrastructures In sum — what to know: An integrated test solution: Vodafone has tapped Spirent to jointly develop a test automation platform for testing and validating all software, features releases, and updates to its voice core infrastructure A fully automated pipeline: Running on top of an infrastructure spanning 160 nodes, the solution is fully automated and will throughout Vodafone’s lab-to-live lifecycle process. Early tests show promise: According to Vodafone, early implementations show…

Training Diffusion Models with Reinforcement Learning We deployed 100 reinforcement learning (RL)-controlled cars into rush-hour highway traffic to smooth congestion and reduce fuel consumption for everyone. Our goal is to tackle “stop-and-go” waves, those frustrating slowdowns and speedups that usually have no clear cause but lead to congestion and significant energy waste. To train efficient flow-smoothing controllers, we built fast, data-driven simulations that RL agents interact with, learning to maximize energy efficiency while maintaining throughput and operating safely around human drivers. Overall, a small proportion of well-controlled autonomous vehicles (AVs) is enough to significantly improve traffic flow and fuel efficiency…

Curating a Comprehensive View of Customer Data in AtlanThe Active Metadata Pioneers series features Atlan customers who have completed a thorough evaluation of the Active Metadata Management market. Paying forward what you’ve learned to the next data leader is the true spirit of the Atlan community! So they’re here to share their hard-earned perspective on an evolving market, what makes up their modern data stack, innovative use cases for metadata, and more.In this installment of the series, we meet Nevenka Perisic, Data Architect at Optimizely, a global leader in digital experience that helps more than 10,000 businesses improve customer lifetime…

At Cisco, we believe in the power of collaboration and neutral governance to drive innovation. That’s why we’re proud to join the newly-formed Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) under the Linux Foundation as a launch Gold member, supporting its mission to advance open standards like the Model Context Protocol (MCP). MCP, originally created and open-sourced by Anthropic in late 2024, has already gained significant traction as a standard for AI interoperability with software that consumers use, or are part of the toughest enterprise environments.  With its transition to the LF under AAIF, we are excited that MCP will now be governed…

Interpreting the vast cybersecurity vendor landscape through the lens of industry analysts and testing authorities can immensely enhance your cyber-resilience. 10 Dec 2025  •  , 7 min. read Skip to the next paragraph if your eyes glaze over at the long, long titles of industry reports: the AV-Comparatives Endpoint Prevention and Response Comparative Report 2025, MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations Enterprise 2025, or the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms. Despite their wordy nomenclature, every report mentioned above has a beneficial role in canvassing the colorful endpoint security landscape. Learned professionals capture its essence, so that security operators can work…

Employee development is the cornerstone of organizational success, and modern tools like employee training software and learning management systems (LMS) are indispensable for achieving this goal. However, as organizations grow and diversify, the challenge of managing and accessing vast repositories of knowledge becomes more pronounced. Enter enterprise search — a game-changing technology that significantly enhances the effectiveness and efficiency of these systems. The Need for Seamless Knowledge Access in Training Systems Employee training platforms are designed to provide structured learning paths, while LMSs enable organizations to deliver, manage, and track training programs. However, these systems often face challenges, such as:…

The clipped() modifier in SwiftUI clips a view to its bounds, hiding any out-of-bounds content. But note that clipping doesn’t affect hit testing; the clipped view can still receive taps/clicks outside the visible area. I tested this on iOS 16.1 and macOS 13.0. Example Here’s a 300×300 square, which we then constrain to a 100×100 frame. I also added a border around the outer frame to visualize the views: Rectangle() .fill(.orange.gradient) .frame(width: 300, height: 300) // Set view to 100×100 → renders out of bounds .frame(width: 100, height: 100) .border(.blue) SwiftUI views don’t clip their content by default, hence the…

The Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) runs a free program that allows creators to certify that their hardware complies with the community definition of open source hardware. Whenever you see the certification logo, you know that the certified hardware meets this standard.Currently the Certification database lists over 3,189 individual certifications! In November we added 15 new certifications, from robots to lights and everything in between. We were happy to have new and recurring names show up!OS Spectral Measurement IUD CO00001(📷: Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano)Developed for reflectance analysis in plant and materials the Open Source Spectral Measurement Platform is coming from a…

The Realme 16 Pro series is “coming soon,” and the brand has already revealed a few features of the lineup, which includes the Master design. Today, Realme announced the global debut of its self-developed LumaColor IMAGE for the Realme 16 Pro series. LumaColor IMAGE is developed in collaboration with TUV Rheinland and “highlights Realme’s ambition in portrait imaging and reflects the brand’s ongoing commitment to making advanced mobile imaging accessible to young users worldwide.” With LumaColor IMAGE, Realme says the Realme 16 Pro series will deliver a “best-in-segment portrait experience” and capture “more authentic and emotionally impactful portraits with natural…