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    Expedia names its first chief AI, data officer

    Xavier Amatriain, a former Google executive, will don dual hats for the travel company. The move is a nod to data quality's criticality for IT initiatives.

    By Dec. 2, 2025
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    SAP deploys EU AI Cloud in latest push for data sovereignty

    The ERP giant has been working to expand EU-based compute capacity, having pledged more than $20 billion to the effort in September.

    By Dec. 2, 2025
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    IT Upgrades

    CIOs must help their businesses address maintenance needs while keeping an eye on future innovation.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    Congress mulls preempting state-level AI laws — again

    A coalition of state CIOs is asking Congress not to “strip states of their ability to address real AI risks in their communities.”

    By Ryan Kushner • Dec. 2, 2025
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    Australian bank nabs Lloyds data chief to lead AI

    Ranil Boteju will return to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia as its chief AI officer to advance the financial services firm’s strategy.

    By Dec. 1, 2025
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    AWS, Google link up to ease multicloud deployments

    Microsoft Azure will also join the service in 2026. It's the latest hyperscaler move to ease interoperability.

    By Dec. 1, 2025
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    How product fusion teams can help CIOs break bottlenecks

    A product approach puts outcomes at the center, letting stakeholders across IT and security share a common mission.

    By Mike Anderson • Dec. 1, 2025
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    HP plans workforce trim despite rising AI PC demand

    The company unveiled a restructuring plan that includes cutting up to 6,000 jobs by 2028 as it bows to cost pressures and looks to capitalize on AI.

    By Nov. 26, 2025
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    Microsoft tightens cloud login process to prevent common attack

    Hackers have spent decades exploiting a ubiquitous type of vulnerability. Microsoft is trying to change that.

    By Eric Geller • Nov. 26, 2025
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    Fear of AI-driven job displacement nearly doubles in a year: KPMG

    The finding comes as two U.S. senators are pushing legislation that would require some AI-related layoffs to be reported to the Labor Department.

    By Alexei Alexis • Nov. 26, 2025
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    Trump launches Genesis Mission to build AI platform

    The Department of Energy will lead the effort to craft the American Science and Security Platform, which will unite supercomputers, AI and quantum systems.

    By Nov. 25, 2025
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    US workers report a ‘major AI trust gap’ that affects their view of companies

    Half of workers said they prefer humans to review job applications, evaluate work performance and make decisions that affect careers, according to talent insight firm SHL.

    By Carolyn Crist • Nov. 25, 2025
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    Kyndryl adds agentic tools for the mainframe

    Use cases for agentic AI in legacy IT systems are expanding as companies turn to the technology to manage and modernize workloads.

    By Nov. 24, 2025
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    Enterprises split on how AI will affect long-term tech debt

    Most executives believe AI will help cut costs, but they’re also concerned about security flaws and integration complexity, an HFS Research report found.

    By Nov. 24, 2025
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    Wells Fargo taps Saul Van Beurden to scale AI

    The bank also expanded consumer-lending CEO Kleber Santos’ responsibilities to allow Van Beurden to focus on AI transformation.

    By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Nov. 21, 2025
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    Jack in the Box maintains IT spend despite sliding sales

    The fast food chain pushed ahead with tech investments while experiencing its worst sales results in years during consecutive quarters.

    By Nov. 21, 2025
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    Tech job postings are down one-third from pre-pandemic era

    Employers in the tech sector are in a “low-hire, some-fire” mode, Indeed's director of economic research Laura Ullrich said.

    By Nov. 20, 2025
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    Nvidia shows strong AI demand as enterprises grapple with ROI

    The company sustained its streak of record revenue growth in Q3, propelled by massive AI infrastructure investments from hyperscalers and model developers.

    By Nov. 20, 2025
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    Target adds $1B to store, tech investments as it deepens AI usage

    Incoming CEO Michael Fiddelke said part of the company’s turnaround plan centered on technology, including new applications of AI.

    By Dani James • Nov. 20, 2025
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    Intel taps Adobe exec as CIO amid turnaround efforts

    Cynthia Stoddard will lead the company's IT organization, reporting directly to CEO Lip-Bu Tan as the company pursues modernization.

    By Nov. 19, 2025
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    EU plans to pull back on digital regulations

    The new policy package would streamline AI, data and cybersecurity rules for European businesses and defer EU AI Act enforcement by 16 months.

    By Nov. 19, 2025
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    Alphabet, HP, IBM finance execs spotlight cautious AI pilots

    Keeping humans “in the loop” and sanitizing data were among the AI deployment guardrails emphasized by top financial executives at an FEI conference last week.

    By Alexei Alexis • Nov. 19, 2025
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    EU regulators launch trio of cloud market probes

    Microsoft Azure and AWS don’t meet gatekeeper thresholds under the EU’s Digital Markets Act. The European Commission is assessing whether they should still qualify. 

    By Nov. 18, 2025
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    CISO pay is on the rise, even as security budgets tighten

    Companies are boosting benefits to retain their top security executives, a recent report found.

    By Eric Geller • Nov. 18, 2025
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    Levi’s picks Microsoft to deploy ‘super-agent’

    The apparel giant said it will launch a "complex agentic framework" in 2026 that will integrate several sub-agents across IT, HR and operations.

    By Nov. 17, 2025
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    CIOs gain prominence as AI takes root

    Tech chiefs are working more closely with their CEOs as their expertise is increasingly seen as critical to enterprise AI success.

    By Nov. 17, 2025