Arcade.dev — creator of the only production-grade MCP runtime — today introduced URL Elicitation, a major advancement for Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) and one that finally solves its most limiting gap: secure user authorization. For the first time, MCP servers can interact directly with any web-based service, enabling secure authentication with enterprise SaaS tools,... Read More

Smart chessboards have grown up—again. Chessnut, one of the fastest-rising names in connected chess hardware, has officially launched its flagship Chessnut Evo in Europe. And unlike many “smart” boards that feel like gadgets first and tools second, the Evo is designed to look at home in an actual living room while packing enough compute power... Read More

The 2025 London Design Awards just handed 8×8 a Gold win for 8×8 Engage, the company’s mobile-first, AI-powered workspace for customer-facing teams. For a competition that prizes clean, intuitive, and user-first digital product design, Engage’s victory is a signal that CX software is finally catching up to how modern teams actually operate—fast, cross-functional, and anywhere... Read More

Europe’s push for sovereign artificial intelligence just got a major boost. Dassault Systèmes and Mistral AI—two of France’s most visible tech powerhouses—have expanded their partnership to deliver integrated, fully sovereign GenAI services across heavily regulated verticals and the public sector. At the center of the announcement: Mistral AI’s Le Chat Enterprise assistant and its AI... Read More

Korea just landed a heavyweight partnership in the global AI infrastructure race. DigitalBridge, the US-based digital-infrastructure investor managing a hefty $108 billion worldwide, has signed an MOU with telecom giant KT to explore building next-generation, AI-powered data centers across the country. It’s the firm’s first major collaboration with a Korean telco—and it comes at a... Read More