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It was Amie Wei’s first hackathon, and she thought her idea to build a “cart to kitchen” AI shopping assistant would at least help her decide what to make for her parents when they came to visit, regardless of whether she won …
Google GKE’s 10-year milestone highlights strength of the cloud-native community and Kubernetes’ influence
The launch of Google Kubernetes Engine or GKE 10 years ago played a major role in defining how enterprises think about cloud reliability and scale. It also was a key milestone in uniting other major cloud providers around a common abstraction, according …
Reshaping the stack: Inside the open-source forces driving AI’s next chapter
AI and Kubernetes are coming together to reshape the entire stack. What will this mean for the future roles of cloud-native and open-source? This is the central question that will be on the minds of key leaders from the open-source community when …
How Celonis helps CIE turn ERP complexity into operational clarity
For CIE Automotive SA, supplying automotive components and assemblies from its global network of manufacturing plants required a complex set of enterprise resource planning, or ERP systems. As the company grew, it needed to integrate and manage its core business processes to …
Rise of the ‘answer engine’: AI’s impact triggers fresh questions for internet ad models, power usage and data sharing
A lengthy stack of issues and macro trends is shaping the technology industry today, and high on the list is the prospect that the internet engine powering an estimated $16 trillion to $21 trillion global digital economy is about to undergo an …
Closing the AI readiness gap: Ataccama’s agentic approach to data trust
There is a widening readiness gap when it comes to enterprise adoption of AI for critical systems and data quality. This was one of the findings contained in the just-released “2025 Data Trust Report: Financial Services Edition,” issued by the data governance …
Inside the Town of Vail’s AI-powered smart city journey
Cities and towns around the world collect vast amounts of information to provide essential public services, so it’s only natural to explore how AI can break down silos and bring actionable insights to improve the lives of residents. This is the scenario …
Inside the cloud-native AI revolution: Red Hat, Google and the next wave of Kubernetes innovation
A case could easily be made that Kubernetes, the open-source container orchestration tool first introduced by Google LLC in 2014, was made for artificial intelligence. Support for large, complex environments? Check. Scalability? Kubernetes can automatically scale. Portability? The open-source tool can run in …
The space industry takes off: With lower launch costs and new tech, entrepreneurs envision a starship future
From the 17th to the 19th century, tall ships dominated the seas, fostering global trade and exploration. Some corporate leaders today believe that a similar era is underway, only this time the tall ships have been replaced by rocket ships. Expansion of …
Super assistant or apex predator? AI brings renewed scrutiny on jobs, data centers and future research
The opening of the TED AI conference in San Francisco this week featured a video composed by a single actor, wearing different costumes and adopting varying points of view about AI. Depending on the persona adopted by the actor, AI was either …