Platform9 announced upgrades to Private Cloud Director with AI hardware support and vJailbreak's in-place VMware migration for faster, low-cost transitions. » @Platform9Sys » Platform9, the enterprise private cloud company, today announced that its newest release of Private Cloud Director adds new AI hardware support and feature integration addressing top IT requirements for modern cloud to edge application management. Platform9 also…

Samsung Electronics partnered with KT Studio Genie to bring Genie TV Originals to Samsung TV Plus, expanding global access to free Korean dramas and films. » @Samsung @KTStudioGenie » Samsung Electronics announced a strategic partnership with KT Studio Genie, a leading content studio in Korea, to bring a curated selection of Genie TV Originals to Samsung TV Plus. The collaboration…

NetApp announced Amazon FSx for ONTAP integration with Amazon EVS, enabling faster and simpler VMware migrations to AWS without re-platforming or refactoring. » @NetApp @awscloud » NetApp, the intelligent data infrastructure company, announced that Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is now a supported external storage option for Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS).  Amazon EVS,…

Palo Alto Networks announced a $25 billion agreement to acquire CyberArk, expanding into identity security and integrating AI-powered privileged access management across its platforms. » @PaloAltoNtwks @CyberArk » Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, and CyberArk, the global leader in Identity Security, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Palo Alto Networks will acquire CyberArk.…

Microsoft and Meta have joined the Global Signal Exchange, enhancing global collaboration to combat online scams, fraud, and abuse through shared threat intelligence. » @Microsoft @Meta @Google » The Global Signal Exchange (GSE), the world’s first global, multistakeholder and cross-sector clearing house for threat signals, today announced that Microsoft and Meta are joining as partners and data providers. Microsoft and…

Norton announced AI-powered deepfake protection in its Norton 360 mobile apps, expanding scam detection beyond AI PCs to mobile users in select countries. » @Norton » Norton, a leader in Cyber Safety and part of Gen, announced AI-powered deepfake protection in the Norton Genie AI Assistant on Norton 360 mobile apps. Currently in early access phase, Norton Deepfake Protection enables…

Microsoft announced GPT-5 integration across Microsoft 365, Copilot, GitHub, and Azure AI Foundry, bringing advanced reasoning and coding capabilities to consumers, enterprises, and developers. » @Microsoft @OpenAI » Microsoft is incorporating GPT-5, OpenAI’s best AI system to date, into a wide variety of its products, to bring new reasoning capabilities and improvements to coding and chat across its platforms. GPT-5,…

Apple and Corning will produce all iPhone and Apple Watch cover glass in Kentucky as part of a $2.5B investment in U.S. manufacturing and innovation. » @Apple @Corning » Apple and Corning announced a major expansion of their long-standing partnership to make precision glass for Apple products. Apple announced a new $2.5 billion commitment to produce all of the cover…

Bitfarms partnered with T5 Data Centers to advance HPC and AI development at its Panther Creek campus in Pennsylvania, focusing on pre-construction planning. » @Bitfarms_io @T5DataCenters » Bitfarms, a global energy and compute infrastructure company, announced its partnership with T5 Data Centers to advance HPC/AI development at its Panther Creek campus in Pennsylvania. T5 Data Centers is an established leader…

Point2 Technology and Foxconn Interconnect Technology announced a partnership to develop terabit-speed interconnect solutions enhancing AI cluster scalability in hyperscale data centers. » @point2tech @FIT_HonHai » Point2 Technology, a leading provider of ultra-low-power, low-latency mixed-signal SoC solutions for multi-terabit interconnect, and Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT), a global leader in precision interconnect solutions, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to…