United States (US) Stories - Page 4

Global Stories

United States (US) stories

Big brands spend less sales revenue on advertising

That points to a shift in how much large groups reinvest in promotion, with the 25 US-listed advertisers studied seeing their ad-to-sales ratio fall from 6.1% to 5.5%.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Fintech

Noah wins EU licences for stablecoin & fiat payments

The approvals let businesses move stablecoins and euros across all 27 EU states without juggling separate local licences or banking set-ups.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last week

Artificial Intelligence

Datadog launches Scout 1.0 for production issue checks

Lower inference costs could let engineers run automated incident checks more often, as Datadog tests Scout 1.0 on real production alerts.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Proofpoint to buy Varonis in USD $6.3 billion deal

Varonis shareholders will receive USD $49.75 a share in cash, valuing the data security group at a 52% premium and taking it private.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

DataCentre infrastructure

Mitsubishi Heavy & Ingeteam team up on US data centres

Rising AI electricity demand is pushing US data centre operators to seek more reliable power systems as the firms plan broader integration work.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Last week

Malware

Australia targeted in massive phishing network takedown

Financial, healthcare and public-sector organisations face less immediate pressure after a disruption effort hit a phishing network sending more than 1 billion malicious messages.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Artificial Intelligence

Google Cloud & Temporal launch serverless workers

Developers can now run Temporal workers on Cloud Run, with queues scaling capacity automatically and costs falling when work dries up.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Manufacturing

Aeris adds SGP.32 support to IoT eSIM Orchestrator

The update lets enterprises switch IoT eSIM profiles across borders more easily, as Aeris says its platform now manages 110 million devices.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

AI boosts capacity, but firms lag on work redesign

The gap between AI adoption and work redesign is widening, with only 15% of large firms ready to turn automation into sustained gains.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Malware

Identity-led intrusions drive cyber extortion tactics

Attackers are exploiting trusted identities and collaboration tools to steal data and extort victims, leaving defenders with only brief windows to react.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Generative AI

NEC C&C Prize honours clock pioneer & AI researchers

Each winning group will receive JPY ¥10 million for work that could sharpen timekeeping and strengthen AI decision-making across industry.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Last week

AI Agents

pubX raises USD $5m, acquires media quality firm Compliant

The acquisition will fold Compliant's media quality signals into pubX's automated ad-buying tools as it expands in the United States.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Stories from Other Regions

United States (US) stories

Generative AI

AI search transactions soar 553% as revenue jumps 312%

Transactions from AI search visitors rose 553% over 13 months, with revenue up 312% as the channel outpaced organic and paid search.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

Generative AI

AI gap widens between bosses & workers, Vertage finds

The survey found many firms have not yet redesigned jobs and delivery models, leaving AI gains unmeasured and workers unconvinced.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Storage

DigitalOcean launches Agent Droplets for AI agents

Customers can now start building AI agents from USD $50 a month, as DigitalOcean bundles runtime, tools and storage into fixed plans.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Fintech

City First Bank picks MANTL to speed digital account opening

Customers will be able to open accounts in minutes as the Washington-based lender expands beyond branches while keeping its community banking model intact.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last week