Linux at 35: A playbook for leaders on licensing, tooling, governance and scale
‘Just a hobby, won’t be big’: a 35-year look at how Linux grew up (and why leaders should care) On Aug. 25, 1991 a Finnish graduate student posted to comp.os.minix about “a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.” That modest Usenet note, part curiosity […]
Google AI Overviews: Metrics, experiments and plays for publishers and business leaders
Has AI made Google Search better, or worse, for publishers and businesses? Look at the top of a Google results page lately and the familiar list of links is often not the first thing you see. Instead you may get an “AI Overview”: a short, generative answer, sometimes with cited links, sitting above the classic […]
Datacentre boom in Scotland hits political pushback, reshaping AI infrastructure planning
Never seen this level of objection: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom A proposed hyperscale datacentre in Auchtertool, Fife, described in planning drawings as a 35-metre-high facility with a capacity of 600MW and an area the documents characterise as larger than 100 football pitches, has turned a routine planning application into a national political issue. […]
Copilot’s AI‑Generated XRP $4–$7 Forecast: A C‑Suite Checklist to Verify Claims and Act
An AI‑generated XRP number landed on C‑suite desks. Now what? CryptoNews reports that Microsoft Copilot, according to the article, generated an XRP price scenario of $4, $7 by the end of 2026, with a base case near $5. That’s a striking figure compared with XRP trading around $1.50 at the time of the report. Treat […]
AI Assistants with Inbox Access: What Executives Must Demand on Privacy, Security and Transactions
When an AI assistant can read your inbox, book a table, and sign on your behalf, who holds the keys? Instinct is a high-capability personal AI assistant in private testing that connects to email, messaging apps, calendars and device inputs and performs tasks via text or WhatsApp. Testers on X called it “like magic” and […]
Telephony‑First Voice Ordering: Build an AI Restaurant Host with Amazon Connect, Bedrock and AgentCore
Pick up the phone, and leave with a finished order Dial a restaurant, hear a natural voice confirm your location, say what you want, and hang up with the order placed. No app, no login, no IVR tree. Amazon’s sample shows how to build that telephony‑first experience by combining Amazon Connect (telephony and Agentic Voice), […]
Googlebook, Magic Pointer, and Gemini: What CIOs Should Ask Before Buying AI-Powered Laptops
Google’s leaked “Magic Pointer” promises OS-level help, but CIOs need answers on productivity, privacy, and manageability before they buy in. Wiggle your cursor and a contextual assistant appears. That demo-sizzle line, the “Magic Pointer” that allegedly activates when you wiggle the pointer and offers Gemini-powered suggestions, captures the idea: put Gemini, Google’s generative AI, at […]
Open-weight AI models on laptops: a business guide to local testing, costs and governance
Powerful open models on laptops: what business leaders need to know Five years ago, “powerful AI” usually meant a cloud API, a token bill and a demo that could choke on latency. That is changing. Alibaba’s Qwen release and Google’s Gemma distribution show open-weight models are maturing. Community quantization and inference toolchains now let teams […]
Artmarket stake increase by Ehrmann family backs Artprice’s vertical AI transformation
On Aug. 24, 2026 Thierry Ehrmann and related parties said they will increase their equity stake in Artmarket.com to back Artprice’s “AI‑First” transformation Artmarket.com says founder and CEO Thierry Ehrmann, his family, and majority shareholder Groupe Serveur plan to buy additional Artmarket.com shares to support Artprice’s shift toward proprietary vertical AI products, Intuitive Art Market […]
XRP at $100: Three AI Models Find It Mathematically Possible but Market‑Cap Makes It Implausible
Three AI Models, One Question: Could XRP Ever Hit $100? Short answer from three different large language models: mathematically possible, practically implausible under current conditions. We asked ChatGPT, Claude and Google Gemini whether XRP could trade at $100. Their reasoning diverged on scenarios and optimism, but all converged on the same constraint: market‑cap arithmetic. How […]