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Entire launches distributed Git network for AI agents
DevOps

Entire launches distributed Git network for AI agents

Developers using AI agents could avoid GitHub rate limits and outages as Entire opens a preview network mirroring repositories across regions.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last week
NVIDIA & Hugging Face add robotics tools to LeRobot
Robotics

NVIDIA & Hugging Face add robotics tools to LeRobot

Developers could cut robot training and data-collection costs as the pair link models, teleoperation and shared workflows in one open-source library.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
Robbyant open-sources robot model for multiple types
Manufacturing

Robbyant open-sources robot model for multiple types

The model could cut retraining costs for factories and warehouses by controlling different robot types with one system, Robbyant said.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Logile & ReThink Productivity partner on retail ops
Software-as-a-Service

Logile & ReThink Productivity partner on retail ops

Retailers could cut lost sales as the tie-up links labour planning with productivity analysis across the UK and EMEA.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
Anthropic makes Claude Sonnet 5 default across plans
Software-as-a-Service

Anthropic makes Claude Sonnet 5 default across plans

The update brings stronger autonomous task handling to Free and Pro users, while Anthropic also tightens cyber safeguards by default.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month
Nasuni wins sixth NorthFace award, tops G2 reports
Software-as-a-Service

Nasuni wins sixth NorthFace award, tops G2 reports

Audited feedback has lifted Nasuni's customer-service standing, with a 98% CSAT score and top G2 placements across 15 categories.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month
Google Cloud touts Lustre cache offload for AI inference
Data centers

Google Cloud touts Lustre cache offload for AI inference

Benchmark tests show Managed Lustre can cut AI inference costs by more than half, easing GPU demand for long-context model serving.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month
AWS launches Express mode for faster CloudFormation
DevOps

AWS launches Express mode for faster CloudFormation

Deployment feedback for developers could arrive up to four times faster, though resources may still be stabilising in the background.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Why internal mobility is APAC'S broken growth engine
Productivity

Why internal mobility is APAC'S broken growth engine

Employees across APJ are missing clear career pathways, fuelling attrition, slower hiring and weaker leadership pipelines as internal mobility stalls.

By Brenton Smith • 5 min read • This month
The workforce cost most APAC organisations are failing to measure
Digital Transformation

The workforce cost most APAC organisations are failing to measure

Preventable attrition, absenteeism and hiring inefficiency are costing APAC firms millions per 1,000 employees, new research shows.

By Brenton Smith • 6 min read • Last month
APAC firms cut severe injuries 74% with integrated risk
Supply Chain

APAC firms cut severe injuries 74% with integrated risk

Layered controls and supply-chain oversight were linked to far fewer serious workplace incidents across APAC, the report found.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Xero adds industry benchmarks for small firms in Analytics
Software-as-a-Service

Xero adds industry benchmarks for small firms in Analytics

Small firms can now gauge whether weak margins, slow payments or rising costs are sector-wide or company-specific using Xero's new peer data tool.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
HPE takes six of top 10 spots in supercomputer ranking
Data Analytics

HPE takes six of top 10 spots in supercomputer ranking

Its systems now account for more than 11.4 exaflops of combined performance, strengthening the vendor's grip on the supercomputing elite.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

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Australia launches gender equity benchmark for tech
Higher education

Australia launches gender equity benchmark for tech

Retention, pay transparency and flexible roles are now the key tests as employers try to keep women in technical jobs and close a widening gap.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month
MANTL tops USD $40 billion in deposits, saves 1M hours
Software-as-a-Service

MANTL tops USD $40 billion in deposits, saves 1M hours

Banks and credit unions are using MANTL to speed up onboarding as deposits grow and branch staff save more than 1 million hours.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • This month
Google Cloud expands Spanner for AI & multi-model data
Hybrid Cloud

Google Cloud expands Spanner for AI & multi-model data

Businesses can now run transactional, graph and vector workloads together as Google broadens Spanner for AI applications across clouds and on-premises.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • This month
Gimlet Labs joins MLCommons to shape agentic inference
Semiconductors

Gimlet Labs joins MLCommons to shape agentic inference

The partnership could shape how buyers compare AI hardware as agentic workloads demand more realistic, vendor-agnostic performance tests.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month