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SaaS Pricing in 2026: 6 Changes That Will Hit Your Next Renewal

SaaS pricing has been stable for fifteen years. You paid per user per month, you counted your users, and your budget was predictable. That model is coming apart, and the…

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AI Agent Cyberattacks: 2 Documented Cases That Ended the Theory Stage

AI agent cyberattacks have been predicted for roughly three years. Security vendors have sold products against them, researchers have benchmarked models on capture-the-flag exercises, and sceptics have reasonably pointed out…

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Mechanical Turk shutdown leaves crowdwork desks empty as Amazon closes the platform

Mechanical Turk Shutdown: 5 Things Amazon’s Exit Reveals About AI Work

The Mechanical Turk shutdown closes one of the internet’s strangest and longest-running experiments. Amazon confirmed on 25 August 2026 that the platform will permanently close on 30 September 2026, after…

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Patch Management in 2026: 6 Changes Every IT Team Needs to Make

Patch management used to have a comfortable rhythm. Vendors disclosed vulnerabilities, security teams assessed them over a week or two, changes went through a maintenance window, and the risk window…

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EU AI Act Transparency Rules: 4 Obligations That Started in August 2026

The EU AI Act transparency rules began to apply on 2 August 2026, and a great deal of the coverage explaining them is wrong. Some articles tell readers that the…

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Build vs Buy Software in 2026: 7 Hard Questions Before You Replace SaaS

Build vs buy software: 35% of teams replaced a SaaS tool with a custom build. Here's what the data actually shows — and when building is genuinely the right call.

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Stablecoin Infrastructure in 2026: 5 Shifts That Redefined Digital Payments

Stablecoin infrastructure stopped being a crypto story in 2026 and became a banking one. In the space of eight months, the world’s second-largest card network bought a stablecoin payments company…

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Google Home Speaker: What $99 Buys, and What It Doesn’t

Google went nearly six years without releasing a new smart speaker. The Nest Audio arrived in October 2020 at $99. The Google Home Speaker went on sale on 25 June…

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