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Tech leaders must understand the critical skill sets required for agile software development to ensure their organizations remain at the forefront of innovation and maintain competitive advantage in the software-driven economy. RT @antgrasso #agile #software

Quantum computing is moving from research labs into strategic roadmaps, with direct implications for current cryptographic schemes. As RSA and ECC face decryption risks, organizations must act to protect long-term trust and compliance. Microblog @antgrasso

Global leader in drive systems, SEW USOCOME, enhances factory automation with Cisco's unified Wi-Fi and Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul solution, ensuring uninterrupted operations. 🏭🌟 Read the full story: cs.co/6013B85G51 #IndustrialIoT #SmartFactory

40 organisations are telling the ILO to take their groundbreaking opportunity next week to protect workers rights by adopting the new convention on decent work in the platform economy and ensuring that the text provides robust protections. pvcy.org/ILCletter

In Toguz-Bulak village, students are now learning programming and coding languages—skills once largely confined only to urban schools in the Kyrgyz Republic. See the impact a @WBG_IDA-backed project is having by improving access to broadband: wrld.bg/pRTB50Z57UR

Every time you use ChatGPT, your conversations could end up shaping responses to complete strangers and giving OpenAI a window into your entire digital life. Here are 6 settings worth changing now to protect your data.

Self-supervised learning reduces annotation costs by generating labels from raw data, limiting manual effort. As models scale across business units, pretraining on unlabeled datasets shortens fine-tuning cycles and frees skilled teams for higher-value work. Microblog @antgrasso

Responsible AI usage depends on concrete choices governments make such as oversight, data, infrastructure, skills, investment discipline, policy, and engaging citizens. This paper shows how those choices are turning AI principles into practice. wrld.bg/ETBO50Z580N

Is AI the new oil? Now is the moment to ask hard questions before governments are locked in 💬 pvcy.org/PJtBty

AI-driven headcount cuts rarely deliver as expected, and reducing too fast can expose capability gaps. Real value tends to come from reallocating talent or even adding roles where new needs emerge. Source @Gartner_inc Link gtnr.it/3No2nhW via @antgrasso

OPC survey shows that many businesses that collect personal information are aware of their privacy obligations and taking steps to improve practices: priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/ne…

Tools for convenience can easily serve surveillance, repression or warfare One company involved in that is BAE - the UK’s largest arms company. Read our report with @CorpWatchUK privacyinternational.org/report/5766/du…

Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne appeared today before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs to discuss the #privacy implications of Bill #C25, the Strong and Free Elections Act. priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/ne… #LCJC #cdnpoli

"Everything is connected. All the computers have internet access." Adilet Myrzabekov now teaches Python, CSS, and HTML to his students in Toguz-Bulak village. See how a @WBG_IDA-backed project is connecting rural communities to broadband—changing lives: wrld.bg/VWK850Z57RA

NEW: The Connecticut Data Privacy Act has been amended for the third time in three years. A new blog post from FPF Senior Policy Counsel Jordan Francis details the new requirements. fpf.org/blog/third-tim…

Cisco Industrial IoT is proud to sponsor the 2026 Smart Industry Awards 🏅 What does a successful OT journey look like? For, the NorthWestern Energy team, team effort was required to reach their goals. Watch the full interview: cs.co/6011B8ZRft

Huawei’s Tau Scaling is interesting because it moves the semiconductor conversation from size alone to time, data movement, and system coordination. For AI, this matters because future performance will depend on how efficiently chips, memory, software, and energy work together.

Connecticut’s new AI bill, SB 5, was signed into law this week, setting new requirements across several fast-moving areas of AI policy. Read the new FPF blog to learn the five major aspects of it. fpf.org/blog/sb-5-in-f…

Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne will appear before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs at 10:30 ET tomorrow to discuss Bill C-25, the Strong and Free Elections Act. priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/ne… #C25

Will AI lead to fewer or more jobs? What's the danger of AI that mimics human intelligence? And can AI create opportunities for students and workers? On @nxthompson's "Most Interesting Thing in AI," @erikbryn challenges both AI optimists and pessimists. youtube.com/watch?v=HpgjB4…

CEO transitions break when roles and governance stay blurred. Discipline across candidates, teams and process turns succession into execution rather than negotiation. Source @McKinsey Link mck.co/4lI74Qj via @atgrasso