U.S. convenience stores, grocery stores and bottle shops are entering 2026 with a surprisingly durable outlook—but increasingly see technology and artificial intelligence as tools for controlling costs rather than chasing transformation. A new Toast survey of 340 retail operators found that 90% are experimenting with AI, while 75% plan to increase technology spending over the…
Coursera is previewing an AI-native enterprise learning platform designed to shift corporate training from course completion toward measurable workforce skills. Code-named Project Helix, the platform combines adaptive learning, skills intelligence, AI guidance and capability verification, as Coursera and Udemy build a unified product strategy following their May 2026 combination. Corporate learning platforms have traditionally measured…
Fortanix has been recognized as a Sample Vendor in five 2026 Gartner Hype Cycle reports, highlighting confidential computing and Key Management as a Service (KMaaS) as enterprises rethink security for AI infrastructure. The recognition spans data security, digital sovereignty, privacy, compute and telco cloud services, underscoring a broader shift toward protecting sensitive data and AI…
Candidly is expanding its Candidly Intelligence Center with a new AI capability designed to analyze and optimize consumers’ debt across mortgages, credit cards, auto loans and student loans. The addition extends the company’s financial guidance platform beyond individual products toward a whole-balance-sheet model, allowing partners to weigh debt repayment alongside saving, investing, retirement and employee…
Concentric AI has appointed Gary Olson as Chief Revenue Officer and Will Saso as Vice President of Sales, Americas, as the company scales its go-to-market operation around AI and data security governance. Olson will oversee the global revenue strategy, while Saso will lead sales across the U.S., Canada and Latin America. The appointments come as…
Sonatus and Hagiwara Electronics are expanding a collaboration to bring cloud-to-edge AI and vehicle data technologies to automakers across Japan, North America, Europe, India and China. The partnership combines Sonatus’ Fastlane Vehicle Platform with Hagiwara’s system-integration and distribution capabilities, including a pre-integrated deployment of Sonatus Fastlane Collector on Hagiwara’s Hiyoko development board powered by Renesas’…
Keysight Technologies is bringing an end-to-end testing strategy for next-generation AI data centers to ECOC 2026, as optical networks move toward 1.6T and eventually 3.2T links. At the September 21–23 event in Málaga, Spain, Keysight will demonstrate tools spanning photonic design, 220 GHz characterization, AI infrastructure validation, optical-link research and automated 1.6T production testing. The…
Adobe is turning Acrobat into a broader AI-powered document productivity platform, adding interactive reports, audio summaries, presentation generation, enterprise knowledge search and structured data extraction. The new capabilities, powered by the Adobe Productivity Agent, are designed to help users move from simply reading PDFs to extracting evidence, understanding large document collections and turning that information…
SolarEdge and Infineon are extending their partnership to develop solid-state circuit breakers for 800 VDC power distribution in AI and hyperscale data centers. The technology is aimed at one of the less visible challenges of high-density AI infrastructure: isolating electrical faults quickly enough to protect expensive compute hardware without undermining the efficiency gains of higher-voltage…
