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AI agents are now operating inside production systems, querying Snowflake, updating Salesforce, and executing business logic autonomously. In many enterprises, they authenticate using static API keys or shared credentials rather than distinct identities in the corporate IDP.  Authenticating autonomous systems through shared credentials introduces real governance risk. When an agent executes an action, logs often attribute it to a developer key or service account instead of a clearly defined autonomous actor. Attribution becomes ambiguous. Least privilege weakens. Revocation may require rotating credentials or modifying code rather than disabling a governed identity. In a non-deterministic environment, that delay slows investigation and…

Artificial intelligence has quickly moved from experimental pilot projects to daily operational use across sales, marketing, and finance. Organizations are deploying AI-driven dashboards, predictive forecasting tools, and natural language analytics to accelerate decision-making and reduce manual reporting burdens. Yet as AI adoption scales across departments, a critical challenge is emerging: unreliable outputs caused by inconsistent underlying data. The conversation is beginning to shift from “Which AI tool is the most advanced?” to a more foundational question: “Is our data structured well enough to trust the results?” For business leaders evaluating analytics investments, AI data readiness is rapidly becoming the deciding…

Facial recognition technology (FRT) dates back 60 years. Just over a decade ago, deep-learning methods tipped the technology into more useful—and menacing—territory. Now, retailers, your neighbors, and law enforcement are all storing your face and building up a fragmentary photo album of your life.Yet the story those photos can tell inevitably has errors. FRT makers, like those of any diagnostic technology, must balance two types of errors: false positives and false negatives. There are three possible outcomes.In best-case scenarios—such as comparing someone’s passport photo to a photo taken by a border agent—false-negative rates are around two in 1,000 and false…

LLM Access Without the Hassle DevNet Learning Labs give developers preconfigured, in-browser environments for hands-on learning—no setup, no environment issues. Start a lab, and you’re coding in seconds. Now we’re adding LLM access to that experience. Cisco products are increasingly AI-powered, and learners need to work with LLMs hands-on—not just read about them. But we can’t just hand out API keys. Keys get leaked, shared outside the lab, or blow through budgets. We needed a way to extend that same frictionless experience to AI—give learners real LLM access without the risk. Today, we’re launching managed LLM access for Learning Labs—enabling…

Created with Nano Banana Pro From AI models that can talk, draw, and even control desktops to breaches, exploits, and fresh regulatory pressure, this week made one thing clear: the tech industry’s push toward smarter tools is moving fast, and so are the risks that come with it. As Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, Apple, Amazon, and others race to redefine how AI fits into everyday products and enterprise systems, the headlines also served as a reminder that progress rarely arrives without privacy questions, security consequences, and a little corporate chaos. Top news AI models and tools take center stage Google introduced…

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The YouTube channel Not Just Bikes recently dropped a 48-minute video titled “Every Reason to Hate Cars.” Honestly, the host brings up some valid points. He talks about traffic fatalities, the sheer amount of space parking lots waste, and how even EVs chew through tires and kick up microplastics. There’s really no room to argue on the facts there, even though I’m a “carbrain.” If we lived in a vacuum, I’d probably nod along with some or even all of it. But we live in the real world, where strategy…

Reliable internet access may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about humanitarian responses. But, for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and its partners responding to urgent needs at Musenyi refugee camp, connectivity is a critical enabler of their work. Musenyi is located in Burundi, a small, landlocked country in East Africa. In 2025, thousands of children and families arrived at Musenyi seeking safety and assistance, placing pressure on a site that wasn’t built for that scale. Shelter, food, and medical care were among the most urgent priorities, but none of it could be coordinated…

Gardens, poetry and kinship await you this spring CNETAs a self-defined plant nerd, I read and write about plants whenever I can. I’m embarking (see what I did there?) on a new plant book project and recently picked up three books for “research.” Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer, an Indigenous woman, writer, scientist and naturalist, wowed me with her book Braiding Sweetgrass, so I dove into her previous works, including this one. As luck would have it, it’s also on sale: down to $12 from the usual $19 retail price. I’m also sinking…

Lymph node metastasis (LNM) significantly impacts disease staging, clinical management, and prognostic outcome [1], highlighting the importance of systematic lymph node resection as a standardized surgical procedure for cancer [2]. Moreover, residual tumor tissue and metastatic LNs are the leading causes of cancer relapse and metastasis after surgery[3], [4]. However, postoperative pathology confirms LNM in fewer than 20% of cancer patients, suggesting that nearly 80% undergo unnecessary lymphadenectomy [5]. Furthermore, LNs have been recognized as the key organ in immune response to cancer, particularly in the context of immunotherapy[6], [7], further supporting the potential benefits of non-surgical treatment strategies for…

Findem’s acquisition of Glider AI signals an inevitable shift in talent acquisition from operational efficiency to outcome-driven hiring. Enterprises are moving beyond speed-based metrics and placing greater emphasis on quality, trust and how quickly new hires contribute to business outcomes. Category reimaginators such as Findem and Glider AI coming together should act as a catalyst for this shift.  The deal brings together two complementary layers of the hiring stack. Findem offers talent intelligence, sourcing, and data-driven insights through its Talent Data Cloud, while Glider AI adds skills validation, AI-led interviews, and identity verification. Together, they connect candidate discovery with proof of capability.  This combination addresses a critical gap in recruiting: over-reliance on inferred skills. Most enterprises still depend on proxy signals during early…