Topic: data control
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Android backup data now counts toward Google storage - impact is minimal
Starting July 7, Google will count SMS messages, call history, and device settings toward the 15 GB Google Account storage limit, adding roughly 40 MB per user on average. New on/off controls for SMS & MMS messages, Call history, and Device settings are rolling out, giving users more choice over ...
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Omada Identity Sovereign meets Europe's digital sovereignty push
Omada launched Omada Identity Sovereign, a fully containerized solution allowing organizations to deploy identity governance on any infrastructure, including their own datacenters, to meet digital sovereignty requirements. The solution addresses compliance needs driven by European regulations lik...
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France Shifts to Linux to Cut US Tech Dependence
The French government is migrating its official systems from Microsoft Windows to the open-source Linux operating system to regain control over its data and reduce strategic dependence on foreign, particularly U.S., technology corporations. This move is part of a broader European push for digital...
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Server-Side Tagging: When It Benefits Your Brand
Server-side tagging is a solution that moves tracking processes from a user's browser to a controlled server, addressing challenges like privacy regulations, ad blockers, and the need for cleaner, more reliable data. This approach offers key benefits including enhanced privacy compliance, improve...
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AI Model Customization: A New Architectural Imperative
The strategic approach to AI is shifting from isolated, fragile pilots to treating model customization as core, production-ready infrastructure, requiring reproducible and version-controlled workflows. To maintain strategic control and reduce dependency, enterprises must prioritize owning their t...
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SOUS secures €4M to fund culinary startups
SOUS, an Amsterdam startup, has raised €4 million to develop an AI platform that helps small, independent restaurants compete with large chains by automating key business functions like marketing and customer management. The platform uses AI agents to handle customer discovery, order conversion, ...
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Mistral's 'Build-Your-Own AI' Strategy Challenges OpenAI and Anthropic
Many corporate AI projects fail because models trained on generic internet data lack the specific context of a company's proprietary knowledge and internal processes. Mistral's new platform, Mistral Forge, enables enterprises to build custom AI models from scratch using their own data, aiming to ...
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Bumble's AI Bee Learns Your Relationship Goals
Bumble is launching an AI assistant named "Bee" as part of a major overhaul called "Bumble 2.0", aiming to replace swiping with a single, highly curated match based on learned user preferences. The company is restructuring due to financial pressure, including declining revenue and users, and ...
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Lemrock Secures €6M to Power AI Agents for Commerce
Paris-based startup Lemrock has secured €6 million in funding to build infrastructure that enables brands to sell directly within AI platforms like ChatGPT, addressing the shift from traditional search to conversational commerce. Lemrock acts as a critical middleware layer, connecting retailer pr...
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Red Hat's Tool Measures Your Digital Sovereignty in Minutes
Digital sovereignty is a growing global priority, leading Red Hat to release an open-source, self-assessment toolkit that helps organizations evaluate their readiness across seven key domains. The tool is a transparent, vendor-neutral standard released under an open-source license; it operates wi...
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Is G2's Market Dominance a Threat to Software Competition?
G2's acquisition of Capterra, Software Advice, and GetApp consolidates major software discovery platforms, raising concerns about market competition and how businesses select software. The combined entity will control over half of global software-review visibility, wielding significant influence ...
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Google Warns Forced Ad Syndication Risks System Security
Google is seeking to delay court-ordered antitrust remedies, arguing that forced licensing of its search and advertising technology would expose proprietary systems, compromise security, and cause immediate, irreversible harm to the digital ad market. The company warns that mandated syndication w...
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Rubrik Launches Security Cloud Sovereign for Data Compliance
Rubrik has launched a new solution, Security Cloud Sovereign, to help global organizations meet strict data compliance and security challenges, particularly around data residency and access control. The platform gives customers definitive control over where their data is stored and who can access...
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Intel Spinout Articul8 Secures Over $35M in $70M Funding Round
Articul8, an AI firm spun out from Intel, has raised over $35 million in a Series B round, achieving a $500 million pre-money valuation as demand grows for specialized, secure AI solutions in regulated industries. The company, which is already revenue-positive, has secured $90 million in total co...
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Amazon Builds On-Premises Nvidia AI Factories to Rival Competitors
Amazon has launched "AI Factories," a service allowing corporations and governments to run advanced AI systems in their own secure data centers, addressing demands for data sovereignty and control by keeping sensitive information on-premises. The service is a collaboration with Nvidia, offering c...
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US Tech Giant Launches 'Sovereign Support' for Europe
Europe's push for digital sovereignty is accelerating, with organizations seeking to reduce reliance on non-EU technology providers, prompting Red Hat to launch the first dedicated US-based program, Red Hat Confirmed Sovereign Support (RHCSS), to address this demand. RHCSS offers localized suppor...
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Unlock Sovereign AI with Cloudian's NVIDIA-Powered Platform
Organizations can deploy sovereign AI infrastructure within national borders using Cloudian's integrated platforms, combining S3-compatible storage with NVIDIA's technology to maintain data control and comply with regulations. Cloudian offers two key platforms: HyperStore for on-premises AI data ...
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Secure Your Hybrid Cloud Data with Fortra DSPM
Fortra has launched a new Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) solution to help organizations discover, classify, and protect sensitive data in hybrid cloud environments, enhancing visibility and control over data assets. The DSPM platform automates data discovery and classification, continuou...
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Server-Side Tracking's Privacy-First Comeback
Marketers are increasingly adopting server-side tracking to improve data accuracy, ensure privacy compliance, and enhance website performance by processing data through their own servers before sending it to analytics platforms. Server-side tracking addresses limitations of traditional browser-ba...
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New Social Media Apps Combat Doomscrolling
Users are shifting from algorithm-driven social media to interest-first communities that prioritize meaningful participation over passive scrolling. New platforms like Lore, Spill, and Blacksky cater to specific passions and marginalized groups, focusing on depth and authentic connection rather t...
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