TechnologyAdvice, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
Best AI Workflow Automation Tools for 2026
A 2026 buyer's guide ranking the top AI workflow automation tools, led by Zapier. more →
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Volume 339, Issue 4 · 2026-06-22 – 2026-06-28
Friday’s Briefing · June 26
CIO, Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Why Your Cloud Strategy Is Already Out of Date
Cloud replatforming ignores AI-driven vulnerability discovery overwhelming open-source patching capacity. more →
The New Stack, Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Cloud Costs: When To Consider Private Cloud Repatriation
Enterprises weigh moving workloads off public cloud to private or on-prem infrastructure to control rising costs. more →
Cyber Defense Magazine, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
Cloud Managed Services for Modern Cybersecurity to Secure Cloud
Cyber Defense Magazine examines how cloud managed services strengthen modern cybersecurity and secure the cloud. more →
CSO Online, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
Change Your Cyber Risk Strategy To Meet AI Threats, Five Eyes Countries Warn CISOs
Five Eyes agencies urge CSOs to overhaul cyber risk strategies as AI-enabled threats will materialize in months. more →
CIO Influence, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
The Rise of the Sustainable CIO in High-Compute AI Economies
CIOs must balance AI-driven growth with sustainability as high-compute AI workloads strain data centers and energy. more →
Architecture & Governance Magazine, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
What Corporate Leaders Misunderstand About Cybersecurity Frameworks
Cybersecurity frameworks deliver value only when operationalized through testing and ownership, not used as checklists. more →
Computerworld, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
The Trillion-Dollar AI Hallucination
AI infrastructure spending is fueling memory shortages and consumer price hikes amid unsustainable economics. more →
CIO, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
Confident AI Begins With Confident Data
Successful AI in IT operations requires a trusted, unified data foundation before deploying automation. more →
TechTarget, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
A CISO's Guide to Infostealers: Prevention and Detection
CISOs can counter rising infostealer malware through stronger incident response and layered prevention controls. more →
DevOps.com, Friday, June 26th, 2026
The Bottleneck Isn't Coding Anymore. It's Verification
With AI making code generation nearly free, verification is now the real engineering bottleneck. more →
DevOps.com, Friday, June 26th, 2026
These Are 10 CI/CD Pipeline Mistakes That Slow Down Engineering Teams
Ten common CI/CD pipeline mistakes that drag down engineering team speed and reliability. more →
DevOps.com, Friday, June 26th, 2026
Modernization Is Not Migration
Migration moves workloads, but real modernization rebuilds how they are released, observed, and recovered. more →
DevOps.com, Friday, June 26th, 2026
How AI Is Transforming DevOps and Cloud Engineering
AI and ML are reshaping DevOps into AIOps that predicts failures and automates operations at scale. more →
DevOps.com, Friday, June 26th, 2026
AI Is Accelerating How Fast We Build the Wrong Thing
AI boosts development velocity but without clear outcomes it just builds the wrong things faster. more →
DevOps.com, Friday, June 26th, 2026
AI Coding Agents Are Pulling CI Feedback Into the Inner Loop
AI coding agents shift CI checks into the developer inner loop to close the speed gap with governance. more →
Help Net Security, Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Most Teams Will Ship AI-Written Infrastructure Code With Little Review
A Spacelift survey finds most teams deploy AI-generated infrastructure code with minimal review. more →
AttackIQ, Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Threat Debt: The Unit of Measure Adversaries Already Use Against You
AttackIQ proposes threat debt as a contextual metric measuring real, exploitable organizational risk. more →
Constella Intelligence, Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Session Cookie Monitoring: Detect Stolen Sessions Before Attackers Use Them
Attackers increasingly steal session cookies to bypass MFA, making cookie monitoring essential. more →
MojoAuth, Friday, June 26th, 2026
Why Passwordless Authentication Alone Isn't Enough: Securing Authentication Flows Through Code Reviews
Passwordless methods reduce risk but still require rigorous code reviews and secure implementation to avoid flaws. more →
Cyber Defense Magazine, Sunday, June 21st, 2026
The Shadow AI Paradox: Governing Innovation At Machine Speed
Examines how enterprises can govern fast-spreading unsanctioned shadow AI without stifling innovation. more →
How-To Geek, Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026
Recordable CDs Were Supposed to Preserve Our Data Forever, but They're a Ticking Time Bomb
CD-Rs promised permanent storage but degrade and hold little data, making them poor long-term archives. more →
How-To Geek, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
I Stopped Manually Switching Wi-Fi Bands After Enabling This One Router Setting
Band steering automatically routes devices to the best Wi-Fi frequency band, removing the need to switch manually. more →
Dell'Oro Group, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
HPE Discover vs. Cisco Live: What the Leading Vendors Are Saying About Campus Networking
Cisco and HPE laid out competing campus networking strategies for the AI era at their June 2026 conferences. more →
InformationWeek, Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026
AI Disaster Recovery Planning Is Years Behind AI Adoption
Enterprises' disaster recovery plans lag years behind their AI deployments, leaving models and agents exposed. more →
Analytics Insight, Sunday, June 21st, 2026
Best Udemy Courses for LLMs in 2026: Learn AI and Generative Models From Scratch
A review of top Udemy courses for learning LLMs and generative AI, emphasizing practical skills over theory. more →
CIO Dive, Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026
Demand for AI-Ready Coders Skyrockets in 5 Years
Software developer jobs requiring AI skills surged nearly 600% since 2021, far outpacing traditional roles. more →
TechTarget, Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Tech Talent Trends 2026: AI Elevates Human Skills
Organizations must prioritize human skills alongside AI, build hybrid teams, and embed continuous learning. more →
CIO Dive, Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Flatter Orgs, AI Squeeze Out Junior Staffers
Big tech cut hiring of workers with under a year of experience by 65% since 2019 amid AI and flatter orgs. more →
Databricks, Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
Databricks Positioned Highest in Execution and Furthest in Vision for the Second Consecutive Year in Gartner Magic Quadrant
Databricks named a Leader in Gartner's 2026 Magic Quadrant for AI Platforms, ranking highest in execution and furthest in vision. more →
Databricks, Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026
Genesis Workbench: A Blueprint for Industry AI in Life Sciences, Powered by Databricks and NVIDIA
Databricks and NVIDIA released Genesis Workbench, an open-source blueprint unifying GPU-accelerated drug discovery tools in a governed platform. more →
Memeburn, Sunday, June 21st, 2026
Databricks Launches Genie One, an AI Coworker for Business Teams
Databricks unveils Genie One, an agentic AI coworker that automates work across any business data. more →
Glean, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
Why We Think Glean's Market Shapers Placement Matters for the Future of No-Code Agents
Glean was named a Market Shaper in Gartner's 2026 Emerging Market Quadrant for no-code agent builders. more →
Google, Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
Introducing Computer Use in Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google adds computer use as a built-in tool in Gemini 3.5 Flash for browser, mobile, and desktop agents. more →
Google, Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
Thinking to Recall: How Reasoning Unlocks Parametric Knowledge in LLMs
Google Research shows reasoning traces help LLMs recall facts via latent computation and answer priming. more →
Google, Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Optimizing Cloud Economics With Linear Elastic Caching
Google Research's linear elastic caching cuts cloud costs by sizing caches dynamically to real-time workloads. more →
Google, Friday, June 26th, 2026
Accelerating Gemini Nano Models on Pixel With Frozen Multi-Token Prediction
Google Research retrofits Multi-Token Prediction onto frozen Gemini Nano for ~50% faster on-device generation. more →
KnowBe4, Friday, June 26th, 2026
FTC Report: Americans Lost $3.5 Billion to Imposter Scams Last Year
An FTC report finds Americans lost a record $3.5 billion to imposter scams last year, KnowBe4 reports. more →
KnowBe4, Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Report: Device Code Phishing Is Surging
KnowBe4 reports a sharp rise in device code phishing attacks abusing OAuth device authorization flows. more →
KnowBe4, Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Report: Online Shoppers Increasingly Ignore Scam Warning Signs
Research finds online shoppers increasingly ignore scam warning signs amid economic pressure and AI-driven fraud. more →
KnowBe4, Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Security Training Needs Google Maps, Not Christopher Columbus
KnowBe4 argues security training should be dynamic and guided like Google Maps rather than aimless exploration. more →
KnowBe4, Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
Turn Account Takeover Into Real-Time Security Coaching
KnowBe4 describes turning account takeover events into real-time security coaching moments for users. more →
KnowBe4, Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
Extortion Gang Sends In-Person Attackers to Exfiltrate Data
KnowBe4 reports an extortion gang dispatching in-person operatives to physically infiltrate organizations and steal data. more →
Mistral AI, Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026
Introducing Mistral OCR 4
Mistral releases OCR 4, a self-hostable document intelligence model with structured extraction across 170 languages. more →
Mistral AI, Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
Bringing More Control Over Your Connectors
Mistral adds richer admin controls, scoped API keys, and a debugger to its enterprise connectors. more →
Proofpoint, Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
StealC You Later: Proofpoint and IBM X-Force Support Operation Endgame Disruptions
Proofpoint and IBM X-Force aided Operation Endgame's takedown of the StealC information-stealer malware service. more →
SuperMicro, Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026
Supermicro Broadens AI at the Edge Solutions Portfolio With Intel-Powered Platforms Optimized for Low-Latency Inference and Industrial Deployments
Supermicro expands its edge AI lineup with compact Intel-powered systems for low-latency inference in industrial settings. more →
HPCwire, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
Supermicro Delivers NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL4 End-to-End DCBBS Blueprint With Native FP64 Performance for Converged HPC and AI Infrastructure
Supermicro launched an end-to-end DCBBS blueprint for NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL4, targeting converged FP64 HPC and AI. more →
IoT News, Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
Supermicro Expands Edge AI Systems for Industrial IoT Workloads
Supermicro launched Intel-powered edge AI systems for low-latency industrial inference across multiple sectors. more →
StorageReview, Saturday, June 27th, 2026
Supermicro's New Intel Edge AI Systems: Core Ultra Series 3, Arc Pro B-Series, Up to 367 TOPS
Supermicro launches Intel-based edge AI systems delivering up to 367 TOPS for inference at the edge. more →
TierPoint, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
Cloud Compliance: Challenges, Regulations, & Best Practices
A guide to keeping cloud environments aligned with regulatory and industry compliance standards. more →
Ubuntu, Friday, June 26th, 2026
Challenges Designers Face in Open Source (And How to Fix Them)
Canonical surveys why designers rarely contribute to open source and how projects can welcome them. more →
Ubuntu, Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
Anbox Cloud on C4A Metal: Android, at Scale, Without Friction
Anbox Cloud now runs on Google Cloud C4A bare-metal instances for native-Arm Android at scale. more →
Ubuntu, Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026
Canonical Announces Live Kernel Patching for Arm64
Canonical Livepatch now supports Arm64, delivering critical kernel security fixes without reboots. more →
Ubuntu, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
How to Use RISC-V Custom Instructions With Ubuntu
How developers can build and run non-standard RISC-V custom instructions on Ubuntu. more →
Ubuntu, Monday, June 22nd, 2026
Ubuntu Summit 26.04: Connected by Open Source
A recap of Ubuntu Summit 26.04, its talks, and plans for the next summit. more →
Veeam, Friday, June 26th, 2026
9 Best Practices for Secure, Reliable Azure Backup and Recovery
Veeam outlines nine practices for protecting Azure backups against ransomware, tampering, and operational failures. more →
Zscaler, Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026
Payouts King Ransomware Initial Access Broker Deploys New Edgecution Malware
ThreatLabz uncovers Edgecution, a malicious Edge extension tied to Payouts King ransomware that escapes the browser sandbox. more →
Zscaler, Thursday, June 25th, 2026
The Salesforce-Klue Incident: How Zscaler Protects SaaS Data
Zscaler examines the Salesforce-Klue OAuth incident and how its SaaS security controls mitigate third-party integration risk. more →
Zscaler, Thursday, June 25th, 2026
The AI Paradox: To Earn Enough Trust to Move Fast, You Have to Trust Nothing
Zscaler argues enterprises must adopt zero-trust to deploy AI rapidly without exposing themselves to new security risks. more →