
State of the CIO, 2025: CIOs set the AI agenda
CIOs continue their business leader trajectory as they play a multi-faceted role in AI transformation — one that requires strategic vision, a collaborative mindset, and change agent skills.

No more window switching: Mastercard’s Agent Pay transforms how enterprises use AI search
One criticism of computer use platforms and other search agents is that you cannot complete any transactions within the same window if you use them to find a product or a hotel. Mastercard aims to change that by integrating AI companies and platforms into its payments network, enabling users and enterprises to transact seamlessly within their respective ecosystems. Today the company announced Agent Pay, a new payments program that brings the Mastercard payments system to AI chat platforms.

Apple Will Fully Encrypt RCS Messages Between Androids and iPhones
Texting a Green Bubble will feel as native as engaging another iPhone user on iMessage.

IBM thinks that over a billion new applications will be built with gen AI : Here’s how they’re going to help that happen with agentic AI
Enterprise AI in 2025 is moving from experimentation to implementation and deployments are evolving from AI assistants to AI agents.

How an 'internet of agents' could help AIs connect and work together
AI agents are everywhere, but they don't talk to each other. AGNTCY, an open-source collective, is trying to change that.

Writer releases Palmyra X5, delivers near GPT-4 performance at 75% lower cost
Writer, the enterprise generative AI company valued at $1.9 billion, today released Palmyra X5, a new large language model (LLM) featuring an expansive 1-million-token context window that promises to accelerate the adoption of autonomous AI agents in corporate environments.

6 hidden Android features every user should know - and how they make life easier
Not all Android phone owners will use these lesser-known options every day. However, when you need them, you'll be glad to have them at your fingertips.

9 essential tips for building a website that drives conversions
Your website can do more than inform — it can convert. These tips will turn your site into your hardest-working salesperson.

60% of AI agents work in IT departments - here's what they do every day
Everyone wants an AI agent - but for what? Here's how they're being used today.

Nvidia launches NeMo software tools to help enterprises build custom AI agents
The agentic AI software is meant to complement human work to improve productivity, the company says.

Meet LLMs.txt, a proposed standard for AI website content crawling
Find out what llms.txt is, how it works, how to think about it, whether LLMs and brands are buying in, and why you should pay attention.

AI PCs encouraging businesses to upgrade faster, targeting personalized employee experiences
In 2025, AI is starting to feel like a buzzword to the general public — but for a business, it’s a day-to-day reality and the path toward accelerated growth. According to an IDC white paper that was sponsored by AMD, AI PCs are driving a major PC upgrade cycle. They’re pushing businesses toward switching to PCs that integrate neural processing units (NPUs) to run AI tasks locally.

6 hidden but handy Android features that make my life easier - and how
These lesser-known Android features may have slipped under your radar - but you'll be glad to have them at your fingertips when you need them.

Google launches first-party data setup, iOS app conversion tracking tools
Google's new tools strengthen first-party data, improve iOS app measurement, and future-proof campaign performance.

How IT leaders use agentic AI for business workflows
Tech-forward execs share how they tap agentic AI to automate tedious tasks and supercharge business-critical activities.

Batch data processing is too slow for real-time AI: How open-source Apache Airflow 3.0 solves the challenge with event-driven data orchestration
Today, the Apache Airflow community is out with its biggest update in years, with the debut of the 3.0 release. The new release marks the first major version update in four years. Airflow has been active, though, steadily incrementing on the 2.x series, including the 2.9 and 2.10 updates in 2024, which both had a heavy focus on AI.