U.S. sanctions Iran's largest crypto exchange over IRGC links
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned Iran’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Nobitex, accusing it of enabling the Iranian government and IRGC to bypass sanctions by processing hundreds of millions in transact…
Announcing Microsoft Web IQ
Microsoft introduced Web IQ, a suite of AI-native grounding APIs designed to connect AI systems to fresh, high-quality web data including pages, news, images, and videos. The launch targets improving …

Google I/O 2026 Signals Agentic AI Shift To Defend Search Dominance
Google unveiled a strategic shift to agentic AI at I/O 2026, upgrading its Gemini platform to handle multimodal inputs and integrate deeply with Workspace and browser ecosystems. The move aims to tran…
Syncron and TrueContext Help Manufacturers Turn Field Execution into Better Warranty Decisions
Syncron and TrueContext announced a partnership to integrate TrueContext’s mobile field workflows with Syncron’s Warranty solution, enabling manufacturers to capture high-integrity field data for bett…
One by one, U.S. civil rights agency dismantles tools to fight discrimination
The EEOC, led by Trump appointee Andrea Lucas, is proposing to end its annual EEO-1 data collection of employee demographics and rescind a 1979 regulation allowing race/gender-conscious affirmative ac…









