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KuCoin unveils AI Skills Hub to power smarter crypto
Data Protection

KuCoin unveils AI Skills Hub to power smarter crypto

KuCoin launches AI Skills Hub, an open marketplace of modular tools letting agents tap exchange data and automate crypto workflows.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Mar 2026
Google Maps adds AI chat & 3D immersive navigation
Smart Cities

Google Maps adds AI chat & 3D immersive navigation

Google Maps taps Gemini AI for chat-style place searches and 3D Immersive Navigation, promising smarter planning and more lifelike drives.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Mar 2026
Hands-on review: Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra refined flagship
Gaming

Hands-on review: Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra refined flagship

Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra is a subtly slimmer, smarter workhorse, adding privacy display tech and camera tweaks to a refined flagship formula.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Mon, 16th Mar 2026
UiPath & Deloitte launch agentic ERP for AI-first ops
Digital Transformation

UiPath & Deloitte launch agentic ERP for AI-first ops

UiPath and Deloitte unveil Agentic ERP to orchestrate AI agents, bots and people across fragmented finance and supply chain workflows.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Sat, 14th Mar 2026
PixVerse hits unicorn status with record AI video round
Digital Transformation

PixVerse hits unicorn status with record AI video round

AI video platform PixVerse becomes a unicorn after a record Asia Series C funding round valuing the company at over USD $1 billion.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2026
Valkey's lean memory tactics amid global DRAM crunch
Supply Chain

Valkey's lean memory tactics amid global DRAM crunch

With DRAM in short supply, Percona urges developers to cut RAM use and fine‑tune Valkey to keep apps fast on tighter hardware budgets.

By Percona • 7 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2026
Gamma urges diagnosis-led rethink of customer experience
EduTech

Gamma urges diagnosis-led rethink of customer experience

Gamma is urging organisations to treat missed calls and long queues as symptoms of deeper CX flaws in systems, processes and culture.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Conquer the KYB challenge: How smarter data quality fuels fintech integrators
Fintech

Conquer the KYB challenge: How smarter data quality fuels fintech integrators

Fintech integrators turn to Melissa's real-time, trusted data layer to sharpen KYB checks, slash onboarding friction and cut synthetic fraud.

By Bud Walker • 5 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Josef unveils AI engine to kill legal intake forms
Digital Transformation

Josef unveils AI engine to kill legal intake forms

Josef launches an AI Rapid Ingestion Engine to turn messy business inputs into structured legal data, promising to kill the traditional intake form.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Blue Yonder rolls out agentic AI across supply chains
Unified Communications

Blue Yonder rolls out agentic AI across supply chains

Blue Yonder expands agentic AI and mobile apps across supply chains, embedding role-based agents from planning to customer service.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Bitwarden adds one-click logins for non-SSO web apps
Data Protection

Bitwarden adds one-click logins for non-SSO web apps

Bitwarden adds a one-click login policy that extends SSO-style access to unmanaged web apps, automating vault-based sign-ins via IdP dashboards.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
1Kosmos tops KuppingerCole 2026 passwordless ranking
Data Protection

1Kosmos tops KuppingerCole 2026 passwordless ranking

1Kosmos named overall, product and innovation leader in KuppingerCole's 2026 passwordless authentication ranking after review of 26 vendors.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Google expands Gemini in Chrome with new languages
Robotic Process Automation

Google expands Gemini in Chrome with new languages

Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome to India, New Zealand and Canada, adding over 50 languages and deeper links to Gmail, Maps and YouTube.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

User experience (UX) stories

Empower FCU taps MANTL to speed omnichannel onboarding
Digital Transformation

Empower FCU taps MANTL to speed omnichannel onboarding

Empower FCU picks MANTL to streamline omnichannel account opening, targeting sub-10-minute sign-ups across digital and branch channels.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Sat, 14th Mar 2026
Experian launches postcode credit score app in ChatGPT
Data Protection

Experian launches postcode credit score app in ChatGPT

Experian launches a postcode-based credit score comparison app inside ChatGPT, aiming to boost transparency and engagement among UK users.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Sat, 14th Mar 2026
Exclusive: Viafoura's Mark Zohar on the future of media engagement
Data Analytics

Exclusive: Viafoura's Mark Zohar on the future of media engagement

Viafoura's Mark Zohar says AI and data will power loyal, paying news communities as publishers abandon dependence on big platforms.

By Jake MacAndrew • 4 min read • Sat, 14th Mar 2026
Why 'good enough' voice tools quietly cost businesses
Customer Relationship Management

Why 'good enough' voice tools quietly cost businesses

'Good enough' voice tools quietly drain time, frustrate staff and erode service, as hidden frictions multiply across calls, teams and offices.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 7 min read • Sat, 14th Mar 2026
Indosat creators set 11-hour Eid TikTok livestream record
Unified Communications

Indosat creators set 11-hour Eid TikTok livestream record

Two creators set an 11-hour Eid TikTok livestream record on a Jakarta-Yogyakarta journey, stress-testing Indosat's mobile network in real time.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026