Tech Week Shanghai founding edition to connect global tech players with China’s data ecosystem · TechNode

Tech Week Shanghai founding edition to connect global tech players with China’s data ecosystem · TechNode

Tech Week Shanghai is set to make its debut in Shanghai on May 6 and 7, bringing together enterprise technology leaders, exhibitors, policymakers and industry practitioners across cloud computing, cybersecurity, data center infrastructure, data governance, data services, artificial intelligence and enterprise digital transformation. At a glance Date: May 6–7, 2026 Venue: Kerry Hotel Shanghai Focus…

Agentic AI Will Transform CX — But Only if Brands Unify Their Data

Agentic AI Will Transform CX — But Only if Brands Unify Their Data

Today’s marketers are integrating generative artificial intelligence solutions across workflows, automating key components of campaign creation and orchestration. And they’re seeing results in record time. However, the next era of AI-enabled marketing strategies will not be centered on automation. Tomorrow’s marketing leaders will be focused on building agentic AI solutions that can handle complex workflows…

Is Google Analytics accurate? Why GA4 data isn’t always reliable (and what marketers should do)

Is Google Analytics accurate? Why GA4 data isn’t always reliable (and what marketers should do)

Is Google Analytics accurate? Why GA4 data isn’t always reliable (and what marketers should do) Here’s a question marketers always ask: Is Google Analytics accurate? Not entirely. The gap between what Google Analytics 4 (GA4) shows you and what’s actually happening on your site is bigger than most marketers expect. GA4 has become one of…

AWS launches Amazon Quick desktop AI assistant that works across your applications, tools, and data

AWS launches Amazon Quick desktop AI assistant that works across your applications, tools, and data

Security-conscious organizations in the financial services sector are adopting Quick, such as New York Life, the largest mutual life insurer in the United States. “Amazon Quick has fundamentally changed how we operate—how we make decisions, execute strategies, and respond to opportunities,” said David C. Gregorat, CTO, Institutional Life, New York Life. “We’re an Institutional Life…

In the face of rampant AI, is ‘data poisoning’ a new form of civil disobedience?

In the face of rampant AI, is ‘data poisoning’ a new form of civil disobedience?

The explosion of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools has provoked both hopes and anxieties about the potential benefits and harms of this technology. In advanced economies, people are almost equally worried and optimistic about it. This is perhaps unsurprising. AI consumes vast amounts of natural resources yet promises to save the planet. It may improve…

How To Protect AI, Data, And Apps In The Cloud (2026)

How To Protect AI, Data, And Apps In The Cloud (2026)

82% of cloud breaches in 2026 come from stolen or failed credentials. That’s according to recent reports from SentinelOne and Fortinet. Meanwhile, AI speeds up attacks, automating exploits and creating deepfakes that hit faster than ever. You deal with prompt injection tricks on AI models, identity sprawl across clouds, and supply chain hacks in multi-cloud…

AI Demand Is Forcing a Rethink of Data Center Power, Cooling

AI Demand Is Forcing a Rethink of Data Center Power, Cooling

Image: Generated via Google’s Nano Banana AI’s infrastructure boom is pushing data centers to their limits, forcing operators to rethink power, cooling, and construction all at once. At this week’s Data Center World (DCW) Conference in Washington, DC, speakers from research firm Omdia, Aligned Data Centers, and Vertiv laid out the various ways in which…

Trust3 AI Announces Native Integration with Google Cloud’s Agentic AI Stack to Deliver Data and AI Governance for Agentic Applications

Trust3 AI Announces Native Integration with Google Cloud’s Agentic AI Stack to Deliver Data and AI Governance for Agentic Applications

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Trust3 AI, the unified data and AI governance platform, today announced a new integration with Google Cloud’s agentic AI stack, including the Agent Development Kit (ADK) and Vertex AI Agent Builder. The combined solution helps enterprises design, deploy, and scale Gemini-powered…

AI-ready data centers are booming in Indonesia but water woes loom · Global Voices

AI-ready data centers are booming in Indonesia but water woes loom · Global Voices

Nongsa Digital Park in Batam, Indonesia. Screenshot from YouTube video of Channel News Asia. Fair use. This post is part of Global Voices’ April 2026 Spotlight series, “Human perspectives on AI.” This series will offer insight into how AI is being used in global majority countries, how its use and implementation are affecting individual communities,…

Brad Jacobs: Integrating generative AI with traditional industries is key, QXO’s acquisition of TopBuild transforms market position, and data centers drive growth opportunities

Brad Jacobs: Integrating generative AI with traditional industries is key, QXO’s acquisition of TopBuild transforms market position, and data centers drive growth opportunities

Key takeaways The integration of traditional industries with generative AI is crucial for future economic growth. QXO’s acquisition of TopBuild positions it as the second largest publicly traded building products distributor in North America. The acquisition strategy has significantly transformed QXO’s position in the building products market. QXO is targeting significant synergies from its acquisitions…