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What CIOs are most looking to replace with AI today

Redpoint surveyed 141 CIOs in March 2026 and asked a direct question: in which software categories have you seriously considered replacing your current vendor in the last year?

Lloyds Data security incident impacts 450,000 individuals

A faulty software update led to the exposure of mobile banking users’ transactions to other users of the application.

Slowjamastan: The new ‘nation’ hiding in the US

More than 25,000 self-proclaimed citizens have pledged their allegiance to this faux dictatorship, where Crocs and reply-all emails are forbidden.

Apple Mac Pro is discontinued after two decades

Apple has officially retired the Mac Pro, confirming that the tower will not receive future models. The company has removed the system from its online store, closing the book on a nearly two-decade run of its most iconic workstation and signaling a decisive shift in Apple’s pro desktop strategy.

AR glasses are here, but what about accessibility?

Can multi-sensory experience take it one step further?

Mastercard set to be crypto-fiat ‘network connector’ following acquisition

On the heels of Mastercard’s acquisition of stablecoin startup BVNK, Mizuho analysts say the payments giant could position itself as the “network connector” between fiat and crypto worlds.

Anthropic’s Claude can now control your computer

Anthropic says that Claude will look for the right tools to complete the task at hand via connectors with apps like Google Calendar or Slack. If the tool or connector isn’t available, Claude can manually perform the task by typing or moving the cursor, as if it were using the keyboard and mouse. It can use programs like your web browser, dev tools and open files.

Mark Zuckerberg is building an AI agent to help him be CEO

Meta Platforms chief uses the tool to get information faster as the company seeks to embrace artificial intelligence in all it does.

Quantum pioneers win Turing Award for encryption breakthrough

Current encryption technology relies on complex mathematical combinations, but many scientists believe that the arrival of quantum computers will make this insecure. By contrast, BB84 shows that any attempt to hack or copy their quantum encryption key changes the very behaviour of its elements, making replication impossible.

AI impact on workforce change and the role of HR in financial services

Across banking and insurance, AI is automating routine tasks, augmenting complex work, but the real shift is how human judgement is redeployed to higher-value decisions.

Spotify’s Wear OS overhaul brings cleaner visuals and quicker controls to your wrist

The redesigned app introduces swipe-based navigation, immersive visuals, and quicker access to playback controls.

Revolut gets full license approval from UK

The company has waited more than four years for regulators to grant the license, which allows Revolut a platform for loans, mortgages, credit cards, overdraft protection and savings products.

The debt beneath the dream [SoftBank]

The SoftBank founder and CEO can’t be having a good start to his week. The stock of his flagship, SoftBank, is deflating faster than a balloon stuck in powerlines after a New Year’s party. He has bet big on OpenAI as his all-in wager. Whether he is right or wrong remains to be seen.

How to avoid confidentiality gaps in early-stage startups

Startups often expose sensitive data during pitches and hiring. Learn when to use NDAs and simple workflows to close confidentiality gaps.

Why has Revolut Applied for a US Banking Licence?

The filing is a pivotal step for the London-headquartered fintech, which currently serves 70 million customers across 40 markets.

How does AI understand my visual searches?

Visual search has improved leaps and bounds — look no further than recent updates to Google Search. Here, a Google expert explains this progress and what technique we’ve used to make it happen.

AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted after USA Supreme Court declines to review the rule

The USA’s highest judicial court won’t reconsider a decision that determined AI-created art is ineligible for copyright protection.

Hackers steal medical details of 15 million in France

France’s health ministry said Friday that administrative details and medical notes on more than 15 million people had been hacked.

Stripe is considering acquisition of all or parts of PayPal

Stripe, which is privately held and is among the industry’s most valuable companies, has expressed a preliminary interest in a potential acquisition of PayPal or its assets, a report said.

We thought Gen Z had started going to church in droves. But the truth is more complicated

A new report from the Bible Society called The Quiet Revival started to challenge the idea that Christian faith was waning. Based on an online YouGov survey it commissioned, it suggested the number of Gen Zs attending church in England and Wales had skyrocketed in the past six years, to the surprise and delight of Christian communities.

Microsoft error sees confidential emails exposed to AI tool Copilot

Microsoft said a recent issue caused the AI tool to surface information to some enterprise users from messages stored in their drafts and sent email folders – including those marked as confidential.

Microsoft’s new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass

Microsoft’s Project Silica is a working demonstration of a system that can read and write data into small slabs of glass with a density of over a Gigabit per cubic millimeter.

‘A matter of national survival’: European governments on how they’re accelerating digital sovereignty as geopolitical tensions ramp up

Digital sovereignty is a ‘matter of national survival,’ a European minister has told CNBC, as the continent scrambles to undo the dominance of U.S. digital services in its infrastructure amid geopolitical tensions.

Get a grip: Robotics firms struggle to develop hands

Made with wood, springs and rubber bands, Rich Walker remembers fondly the first robotic hand built by Shadow Robot in the late 1990s.

How to recognize a deepfake: attack of the clones

Learn how to spot deepfakes in photos, videos, voice messages, and video calls in real time.

Amazon to launch a marketplace for publishers to sell content to AI companies

The timing is no coincidence. Over the past year, tensions between publishers and AI companies have escalated. Many AI models have been trained on vast amounts of publicly available web content, often without explicit agreements or compensation. Lawsuits, licensing deals, and public disputes have followed.

Goldman Sachs taps Anthropic’s Claude to automate accounting, compliance roles

The bank has, for the past six months, been working with embedded Anthropic engineers to co-develop autonomous agents in at least two specific areas: accounting for trades and transactions, and client vetting and onboarding.

South Korean crypto firm accidentally pays out $40bn in bitcoin

It had planned to give customers a small cash reward of 2,000 won – $1.37 – but instead gave them 2,000 bitcoins.

The tech firms embracing a 72-hour working week

Their job ads contain a warning: “Please don’t join if you’re not excited about… working ~70 hrs/week in person with some of the most ambitious people in NYC.”

This new social network has one big difference – Moltbook is meant for AI, not humans

Posts on the social network range from the efficient – bots sharing optimisation strategies with each other – to the bizarre, with some agents apparently starting their own religion, external.

He calls me sweetheart and winks at me – but he’s not my boyfriend, he’s AI

One in three UK adults are using artificial intelligence for emotional support or social interaction. Now new research has suggested that most teen AI companion users believe their bots can think or understand.

Musk’s SpaceX applies to launch a million satellites into orbit

The application claims “orbital data centres” are the most cost and energy-efficient way to meet the growing demand for AI computing power.

Amazon could invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI in coming weeks

Amazon is in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI, CNBC confirmed on Thursday, in a significant vote of confidence from the e-commerce giant after it invested in one of the startup’s biggest rivals.

Why January is a terrible time to make big career decisions

Your brain is a potato, your bank account is empty, and Mother Nature is begging you to hibernate. So why don’t we listen?

China’s loneliness app makes waves

Loneliness is a global health epidemic, one that has only grown since Covid, and that is being exacerbated by social media and digital dependency.

ChatGPT Health and what AI can do for a broken system

Would you trust ChatGPT with your health and wellbeing?

Lego Smart Bricks introduce a new way to build – and they don’t require screens

Lego announced its new Smart Play system at CES 2026 on Monday, adding interactive, responsive Legos to the famously analog franchise.

Clicks debuts its own take on the BlackBerry smartphone

Clicks Technology is unveiling its first smartphone: the Communicator, a smartphone with a physical keyboard, designed to be carried as your second device.

OpenAI may buy Pinterest — and it could change how we search, shop and scroll

The world’s most powerful chatbot could soon power your favorite inspiration board

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