AI & Future Tech


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    Shake Shack’s tech chief forges a practical AI strategy

    CITO Justin Mennen is prioritizing efficiency with a mix of enterprise-built and custom AI products.

    By May 4, 2026
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    US and allies urge ‘careful adoption’ of AI agents

    New guidance from a coalition of Western governments underscores the difficult-to-predict risks of still-evolving agentic tools.

    By Eric Geller • May 1, 2026
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    Agentic AI

    CIOs face an enormous challenge: Fielding a technology that could forever change how enterprise work gets done.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    Citi launches Arc to scale AI agents across the business

    The financial services firm is looking to the technology to automate manual tasks such as research and data analysis.

    By May 1, 2026
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    Buoyed by OpenAI deal, AWS prepares for agentic future

    The tech giant will continue to “lay out cash” for compute infrastructure, including land, buildings and chips, CEO Andy Jassy said.

    By April 30, 2026
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    Google Cloud tops $20B on AI boom

    The company’s cloud revenue was up 63% as the provider spent $35.7 billion in capital expenditures to reap AI opportunities.

    By April 30, 2026
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    PwC partners with Google Cloud to take on the managed security market

    The professional services firm is stepping up its managed security ambitions with a Google Cloud-powered service that leans on agentic AI. 

    By Nidhi Sharma • April 30, 2026
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    Hilton bets big on AI with vendor partnerships, guest planning tool

    The hotelier is linking up with Google, OpenAI and Anthropic to expand its use of AI, CEO Chris Nassetta said Tuesday.

    By April 29, 2026
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    AWS launches Amazon Quick desktop app to fuel enterprise agents

    Amazon Quick furthers the tech giant’s AI capabilities through partnerships that integrate third-party products.

    By April 29, 2026
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    AI agents are forcing enterprises to overhaul their operations

    Leaders must reevaluate profit models and human capital needs as automation expands, said Jennifer Carter, senior principal analyst at Gartner.

    By April 29, 2026
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    Citi taps former Google exec as CIO

    Brian Saluzzo began his tenure with Citi in March, joining as the bank rolls out AI and nears completion of a business transformation initiative.

    By April 28, 2026
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    Bed Bath & Beyond CEO: AI will lead to ‘significant reduction in headcount’

    The warning came as the retailer announced the appointment of Kyla Robinson as its chief technology officer.

    By Caroline Jansen • April 28, 2026
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    Retail and banking lead the way in AI investment

    Spending priorities are changing as companies look to AI, cybersecurity — and the services needed to support both.

    By Scarlett Evans • April 28, 2026
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    Microsoft, OpenAI rework partnership as cloud flexibility grows

    The deal will ease OpenAI’s ability to work with other cloud providers, but it doesn’t spell less dependency for enterprises, said Gartner VP Analyst Alastair Woolcock.

    By April 27, 2026
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    H&M Group names chief information officer

    Diego Teijeiro Ruiz brings almost two decades of retail tech experience from Inditex.

    By Dani James • April 27, 2026
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    Microsoft prepares partners to push AI, agentic 365 bundles

    The software giant made partner program tweaks as it readies Microsoft 365 E7 and Microsoft Agent 365 for launch.

    By Matt Ashare • April 27, 2026
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    AI PCs, endpoint security and the end of time-based refresh cycles

    Leaders aren’t just weighing features and limitations anymore — they’re also trying to figure out who should get upgraded first and what signals should trigger replacement.

    April 27, 2026
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    Nike cuts 1,400 roles as it reshapes technology team

    The athletic apparel brand’s layoffs follow a pattern of tech job losses in 2026, as companies assess talent needs amid AI deployment strategies.

    By April 24, 2026
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    McDonald’s US CIO to depart, successor named

    Mustafa Husain, former VP of restaurant technology engineering, will replace Valerie Ashbaugh starting May 1.

    By April 24, 2026
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    AI-written software creates hassles for wary security teams

    Security personnel want audit trails and access limitations before they integrate AI into their processes, a report from ProjectDiscovery found.

    By Eric Geller • April 24, 2026
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    ServiceNow bets on security, agentic AI to sustain revenue growth

    "There has never been a tailwind for ServiceNow like AI," CEO Bill McDermott said Wednesday during the company's Q1 2026 earnings call.

    By April 23, 2026
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    Global IT spend to reach $6.31 trillion in 2026 amid data center rush

    A rise in hyperscaler cloud demand will boost data center investments by more than half this year, according to Gartner projections published Wednesday.

    By April 23, 2026
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    Why Walmart is rolling out AI to 2M employees

    The retailer plans to train all employees on agentic AI tools in pursuit of customer experience improvements, Chief People Officer Donna Morris said.

    By Updated April 24, 2026
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    How Tim Cook set up Apple’s enterprise play

    The CEO behind Apple's storied trillion-dollar run bet big on business customers. The key to maintaining that foothold is AI.

    By April 22, 2026
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    Google launches Agentic Data Cloud to support enterprise AI agents

    As the tech giant expands its AI toolkit, it’s also working to address interoperability gaps hindering the technology’s functionality.

    By April 22, 2026
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    CoreWeave, Google Cloud link up for AI training, inference

    The AI cloud provider is among a growing list of vendors attempting to make it easier for clouds to work together.

    By April 22, 2026