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From Clipboard to Cloud: Why manual temperature checks are a food safety gap of the past
Digital Transformation

From Clipboard to Cloud: Why manual temperature checks are a food safety gap of the past

Food retailers face avoidable spoilage, illness risk and regulatory exposure as most still rely on manual checks that miss cold-chain failures.

By Johan Joubert • 5 min read • Last week
OneKloudX promotes Sandy Kistas to services director
Software-as-a-Service

OneKloudX promotes Sandy Kistas to services director

The appointment aims to tighten project delivery and margins as the ERP consultancy expands its Australia and New Zealand practice.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week
UiPath named Gartner IDP leader for second year running
Document Management

UiPath named Gartner IDP leader for second year running

The recognition underscores how document processing now sits at the centre of enterprise AI, as firms seek reliable data to automate workflows.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Databricks adds adaptive retrieval model for AI agents
Data Analytics

Databricks adds adaptive retrieval model for AI agents

Databricks has introduced an AI retrieval model that adjusts search depth to query complexity, aiming to reduce latency on simpler requests.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • This month
Nvidia & Microsoft push local AI agents on Windows
Hybrid Cloud

Nvidia & Microsoft push local AI agents on Windows

Windows users with RTX GPUs can now run more AI agents locally, cutting setup friction and keeping sensitive work off the cloud.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • This month
AI is creating a semiconductor boom. But who will keep it running?
Robotics

AI is creating a semiconductor boom. But who will keep it running?

Rising AI chip demand is putting pressure on fabs to keep costly equipment productive, making refurbishment and repairs increasingly vital.

By Kenneth Lee Wee Ching • 5 min read • Last month
Grafana Labs tops 10,000 customers as AI demand rises
Software-as-a-Service

Grafana Labs tops 10,000 customers as AI demand rises

Rising AI deployments are helping drive broader platform use, with most customers now buying several Grafana products and costs falling.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last month
Google Cloud & Box add Gemini to multimodal search
Software-as-a-Service

Google Cloud & Box add Gemini to multimodal search

Businesses will be able to search charts, tables and images in Box content using Gemini Multimodal Embeddings 2, reducing missed context in files.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
NVIDIA expands open world models for physical AI development
Robotics

NVIDIA expands open world models for physical AI development

Open models matter because robots and vehicles need task-specific tuning, and Nvidia is betting on Cosmos 3 to fill that data gap.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Cotiss pivots to commercial intelligence for finance leaders
Software-as-a-Service

Cotiss pivots to commercial intelligence for finance leaders

Finance leaders at large enterprises could miss price rises and leaked savings as Cotiss shifts from procurement software to inbox-driven intelligence.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
GitHub puts stacked pull requests into public preview
DevOps

GitHub puts stacked pull requests into public preview

Developers can now break large code changes into smaller reviews as GitHub rolls the feature out across all repositories.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 31st Jul 2026
Website outages recover in two minutes through summer
DevOps

Website outages recover in two minutes through summer

Businesses saw no summer slowdown in website fixes, with half of outages still cleared in under two minutes despite holiday absences.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 24th Jul 2026

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Austroads revises batter slope guidance for road design
Risk & Compliance

Austroads revises batter slope guidance for road design

Drivers may face safer roadside recovery and easier upkeep, as revised advice broadens batter slope decisions beyond geotechnical stability.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Australian Gen Z feel less connected using AI tools
Personalisation

Australian Gen Z feel less connected using AI tools

In Australia, more than a quarter of Gen Z say AI tools make them feel less connected, the highest share in a three-country study.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
McGill finds e-buses need 30% more energy in Canadian winters
Smart Cities

McGill finds e-buses need 30% more energy in Canadian winters

Winter conditions could force transit agencies to size battery-electric bus fleets and chargers far beyond summer needs, McGill found.

By Jake MacAndrew • 4 min read • Last month
Maximor expands autonomous finance platform after growth
Software-as-a-Service

Maximor expands autonomous finance platform after growth

Finance teams are gaining a system that handles workflows end to end, as Maximor says its platform now covers 98% of transactions autonomously.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Backbase banking AI beats GPT-4.1 in live deployment
Fintech

Backbase banking AI beats GPT-4.1 in live deployment

In a seven-month test, the specialist model answered more banking queries than GPT-4.1 while refusing uncertain prompts less often than expected.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 30th Jul 2026