10 best third-party risk management software platforms for 2026 - social media news

10 best third-party risk management software platforms for 2026

06-10-2026 13:05 via thenextweb.com

Most companies hand sensitive data to dozens of outside vendors, from payroll providers to cloud hosts. When one of those vendors gets breached, the company that hired it still answers for the damage. Third party risk management software gives security and compliance teams one place to vet each vendor before signing and keep watch on […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
San Francisco pauses new data centres in the hometown of AI

07-10-2026 20:23 via thenextweb.com

San Francisco’s board of supervisors unanimously passed a 45-day moratorium on new data centres, extendable to 22 months, halting a Bayview expansion and a 49.5 MW Dogpatch project. Europe paused first and for a different reason, the grid, and now finds it cannot build the capacity the Commission wants. San Francisco has paused new data […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Miro CEO says companies must redesign work around AI, not bolt it on

07-10-2026 19:40 via thenextweb.com

Miro co-founder and chief executive Andrey Khusid says adding AI to existing teams and processes will not deliver its full productivity gains. Companies need to redesign how work happens from the ground up, he said. He spoke at Wave by Vento in Turin on Wednesday. “One of the big challenges is how not to put […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
DoorDash’s Tony Xu says AI agents will increase demand for human labour

07-10-2026 19:29 via thenextweb.com

DoorDash co-founder and chief executive Tony Xu says more AI agents will mean more demand for physical delivery networks, and even for human labour. He spoke on Wednesday at Wave by Vento in Turin, in a session titled “Inside the Making of DoorDash”. AI agents have probably already overtaken humans in the number of things […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Advertisement
Microsoft will block two Windows installer formats in Outlook from November

07-10-2026 19:20 via thenextweb.com

Microsoft will add .msix and .msixbundle to Outlook’s blocked attachment list in early November, closing an email route for a packaging format its own threat researchers watched four criminal groups abuse in 2023. Renaming the extension still gets a package through, and the change lands as a default policy edit in every Exchange Online tenant, […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Alibaba’s Joe Tsai says open source is Europe’s only way to AI independence

07-10-2026 19:15 via thenextweb.com

Alibaba co-founder and chairman Joe Tsai says open-source AI is the only way for Europe to become independent in the technology. He spoke to founders and investors on Wednesday at Wave by Vento in Turin, in a session titled “The Other Side of the Story”. “Open source is the opportunity for Europe… That’s the approach […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
The 9 best accounts receivable automation software platforms for 2026

07-10-2026 19:12 via thenextweb.com

How nine AR automation platforms compare on collections automation and cash application, and which one keeps its AI inside auditable controls Allianz Research puts average global DSO at around 59 days, while roughly $10 trillion sits in unpaid invoices globally. Cash that sits in receivables is cash a company can’t deploy, which is why late […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Bending Spoons’ Luca Ferrari says capital is no longer Europe’s big barrier

07-10-2026 18:56 via thenextweb.com

Bending Spoons co-founder and chief executive Luca Ferrari says access to capital is no longer the main obstacle for European founders. Strong companies can now raise at scale in Europe, he said on Wednesday. He was speaking on a panel at Wave by Vento in Turin. “I think if you have a great project and […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Advertisement
Honda will test wireless EV charging on 300 metres of motorway in 2027

07-10-2026 18:34 via thenextweb.com

Honda will test wireless charging built into a 300-metre stretch of Japanese motorway from next year, delivering up to 150 kW to vehicles moving at 120 km/h, aimed first at commercial vehicles. France, Germany and Sweden have been running or planning electric roads since 2022, and the French A10 project already delivers more than 200 […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Paramount closes Warner Bros deal as Skydance and plans a single streamer

07-10-2026 18:33 via thenextweb.com

Paramount has completed its purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery and renamed the combined company Skydance. The company announced the close on Tuesday, and its shares now trade on the New York Stock Exchange as SKYD. Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders received about $31.02 a share in cash. Skydance owns two major film studios, Paramount Pictures and […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
SpaceX petition on launch spectrum meets opposition from aerospace and healthcare

07-10-2026 18:10 via thenextweb.com

SpaceX and the commercial space industry want the FCC to abolish the third-party council that coordinates the radio spectrum used by rocket launches and aircraft flight testing, replacing it with an unspecified system of self-coordination. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, RTX and GE Healthcare have objected, while the European Commission is moving the other way and reserving […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
OpenAI publishes 722 maths papers written by a model it has not released

07-10-2026 18:10 via thenextweb.com

OpenAI has published 722 maths manuscripts from an internal model it has not released. The papers fall into 372 families of results. The company announced the release on Tuesday and put them all in a public GitHub repository. It is the same model behind OpenAI’s Navier-Stokes proof last month. OpenAI gave it about 4,000 problems […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Finland orders Google to stop clearing forest at two data centre sites

07-10-2026 17:57 via thenextweb.com

Finland’s Licensing and Supervision Agency (LVV) has ordered Google’s Finnish subsidiary to stop work at two planned data centre sites, in Muhos and Kajaani. The halt covers work that significantly changes the environment. The agency issued the order on Tuesday. Tuike Finland Oy must stop at once, and by 23 October at the latest. The […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Ring’s first smart lock has a clever answer to the dead battery problem

07-10-2026 17:50 via thenextweb.com

Ring has announced a $249 smart lock with a dial that recharges a dead battery by hand, due in the United States early in 2027. Amazon’s own disclosure says the lock has not been authorised by the Federal Communications Commission and may not be sold until it is, and its remote features run over Amazon […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Apple and LG built a doorbell, lock and thermostat together, Bloomberg says

07-10-2026 17:41 via thenextweb.com

Apple is working with LG Electronics on a video doorbell, a thermostat, a smart deadbolt lock and three security cameras, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The devices will carry the LG brand, not Apple’s. The accessories will work with Apple’s new smart home hub, an upgraded HomePod mini and a new Apple TV box. Apple plans […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Endeavor Catalyst closes $320M fund as Europe becomes its top growth market

07-10-2026 17:28 via thenextweb.com

Endeavor Catalyst has closed its fifth fund at $320M, and Europe is now its fastest-growing market. It made 12 investments through Endeavor’s European offices in the first half of 2026. That compares with 14 in all of 2025 and seven in 2024, the firm said on Wednesday. Investors oversubscribed Fund V, which takes the firm’s […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Nous Research raises $90M to take its Hermes AI agent to businesses

07-10-2026 17:18 via thenextweb.com

Nous Research has raised $90M to build a business version of Hermes, its open-source AI agent. Nvidia, Microsoft’s M12, Samsung, Robot Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator and Menlo Ventures are among the investors, chief executive Dillon Rolnick wrote in a note on the company’s website. The round values Nous at $1.5bn, The Wall Street […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Musk’s Grok Bot will use Anthropic’s Claude, Midjourney and Suno models

07-10-2026 17:06 via thenextweb.com

Elon Musk’s Grok Bot will no longer run only on SpaceX’s own AI models. It will also use models from rivals, including Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney and Suno, Musk said in a post on X on Wednesday. “Going forward, @SpaceX will use the best back end model for any given task, including Claude Opus […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Amazon’s About You page goes viral for what it guesses about shoppers

07-10-2026 16:49 via thenextweb.com

Amazon’s “About You” page has become a social media hit, for the things it says about shoppers. One user on Threads found that Amazon had concluded she “has flat buttocks”, Business Insider reported on Tuesday. Her post set off a wave of others sharing their own profiles. About You lists the details Amazon has drawn […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Google opens SynthID Detector to everyone to check for AI-made media

07-10-2026 16:37 via thenextweb.com

Google has opened its SynthID Detector to everyone. The free website checks whether an image, video or audio file carries Google’s SynthID watermark, a hidden signal its AI tools add to what they create. The tool is available globally in English from Wednesday, Google DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli wrote in a company blog post. It flags […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Biohub, Meta, Google DeepMind and the US pool $1.8bn for AI biology data

07-10-2026 16:28 via thenextweb.com

Biohub, the US Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health are putting $1.8bn into data to train AI models that predict how cells behave. Meta, Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs are joining with $300M between them, Biohub announced on Wednesday. Biohub is the nonprofit research institute backed by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Dutch tax office drops Microsoft 365 cloud for own servers and open source

07-10-2026 16:20 via thenextweb.com

The Dutch tax and customs administration has dropped its move to Microsoft 365 in the cloud. Its office software will instead run on servers it controls, together with European open source tools. State Secretary for Finance Eelco Eerenberg set out the plan in a letter to the Dutch parliament this week. The change covers the […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
CoreWeave plans its first India data centres with 240MW from AdaniConneX

07-10-2026 15:43 via thenextweb.com

CoreWeave will open its first data centres in India, using 240 megawatts of capacity at an AdaniConneX campus in Navi Mumbai. The US AI cloud provider announced the deal on Wednesday. CoreWeave expects the first phase to come online in mid-2028. AdaniConneX is a 50:50 joint venture between Adani Enterprises and data centre operator EdgeConneX. […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Rivercell raises $25M to build an AI model of how cells respond to drugs

07-10-2026 15:37 via thenextweb.com

Paris start-up Rivercell has raised a $25M seed round to build an AI model that predicts how human cells respond to drugs and genetic changes. HV led the round, with HCVC, Alven and Bpifrance Digital Venture taking part, the company said on Wednesday. The money will pay for Rivercell’s data platform, a bigger wet lab […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Google launches Playground to turn prompts into games, with Unity on board

07-10-2026 15:23 via thenextweb.com

Google has launched Playground, an experimental platform that turns text prompts into playable games. It is teaming up with Unity to add more advanced tools, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. Google Playground opens today to users in the US aged 18 and over. People describe a game, test it right away […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Atomic Machines emerges with $250M to build micro-machines from code

07-10-2026 15:15 via thenextweb.com

Atomic Machines has come out of six years in stealth with $250M raised. It says its system builds working micro-machines straight from code. The Bay Area start-up announced the launch on Wednesday. Its first product is a power switch for AI data centres. Founder and chief executive Jeff Holden joined Amazon as its tenth engineer […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Sereact’s robots now sort Zalando returns in Germany and Poland

07-10-2026 15:03 via thenextweb.com

Robots from Stuttgart start-up Sereact are now sorting Zalando’s fashion returns in live operations in Germany and Poland. The two-armed machines work at CEVA Logistics sites in Greven, Germany, and Świebodzin, Poland, the three companies said on Wednesday. It is the first step of a plan to automate returns across Europe. Zalando joined Sereact’s Series […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
EU-funded robot uses magnets to steer graphene implants into the brain

07-10-2026 15:00 via thenextweb.com

A European research group has built a robot that uses magnets to steer ultra-thin graphene electrodes into the brain. Barcelona’s INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, which leads the clinical work, announced the results on Wednesday, at the end of the EU-funded MINIGRAPH project. The project’s first target is Parkinson’s disease. Doctors already treat it with deep brain stimulation, […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Anduril to build $3.7bn Baltimore shipyard for US Navy submarine parts

07-10-2026 14:44 via thenextweb.com

Anduril will invest $3.7bn in a new shipyard near Baltimore to build parts for the US Navy’s Virginia-class submarines, the defence company said on Tuesday. The Navy has also awarded Anduril a contract worth up to $2.9bn, with payments tied to demonstrated production outcomes. Together, that is $6.6bn for the submarine industrial base. President Donald […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more
Microsoft and Nvidia CEOs to launch Surface Laptop Ultra on Wednesday

07-10-2026 14:29 via thenextweb.com

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang will present the Surface Laptop Ultra in San Francisco on Wednesday, the first Surface built around Nvidia’s RTX Spark chip. The laptop is designed to let AI agents run on the device rather than in the cloud, analysts told Reuters. The launch extends a push Microsoft […]
This story continues at The Next Web

Read more

07 Oct 2026

06 Oct 2026 05 Oct 2026 04 Oct 2026 03 Oct 2026 02 Oct 2026