The initial phase targets what the regulation classifies as "unacceptable risk" AI systems - including social scoring, real-time biometric surveillance in public spaces, and manipulative AI designed to exploit vulnerabilities. Penalties for violations can reach €35 million or 7% of global annual turnover, whichever is higher. For a seed-stage startup, that's not a fine. That's an extinction event.
waste stream works differently: used cooking oil. Restaurants, hotels, and food manufacturers produce oil that can be collected through structured channels and handled responsibly, yet many businesses still follow traditional disposal methods. Over the past decade, demand for biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has increased as renewable energy targets have tightened. Used vegetable oil has become an established feedstock. Some businesses are still operating under older assumptions, not fully aware that professional collection provides an efficient and compliant solution for this type of waste.
Most businesses, which includes modern ones, invest heavily in technology, but they rarely plan for its eventual and inevitable exit strategy. Generally speaking, companies spend millions on the latest hardware while overlooking the critical phase when those assets reach their end. This lack of planning creates a massive gap in the operational lifecycle of many otherwise successful global organizations. Decisions made at the end of a device's life carry real business risks that can impact the bottom line financially and environmentally speaking.
In London's iGaming sector, sportsbook platform features are usually discussed in practical terms rather than marketing ones. Operators dealing with UK-facing customers tend to frame software decisions around licensing, reporting and internal control, because regulatory constraints shape what is realistically possible day to day. A sportsbook, at this level, is less a product and more an operating business that happens to take bets.
It's not exactly a secret that many advertisers are using generative AI in their marketing, from producing copy to editing images. What isn't always as obvious is exactly when those tools are being used, and when advertisers ought to make AI usage clear to their audiences. Last month, the IAB launched a new framework to standardize when AI in ads should be disclosed.
Modern gaming platforms no longer win purely on content libraries, bonuses, or marketing spend. Competitive advantage is increasingly determined by the quality of the underlying technology stack, particularly payment infrastructure. This article examines how payment systems have evolved into a decisive moat for gaming operators, driven by massive investment, API-led architecture, advanced security engineering, cloud scalability, and the measurable financial cost of legacy platforms. Each section below explores a distinct technical pillar shaping competitive outcomes across the modern gaming ecosystem.
A glossy brochure is still one of the fastest ways to put your brand story in a buyer's hands. Trade-show attendees tuck it into a tote, hotel guests leaf through it while waiting for a meeting, and new distributors scan it to see if you're worth a call. When the same piece must work in Madrid, São Paulo, and Seoul, every headline, caption, and micro-copy line has to ring true in the reader's own language.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has suspended the Safe Food for Canadians licence of Goodfood a Montreal-based meal kit and grocery delivery service. There is no recall associated with this suspension, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said in a news release published on Wednesday. Under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, food businesses that manufacture, process, preserve, or package food to be sent across provincial or territorial borders are required to hold a licence.
With the prolonged downturn in the market, a lot of our focus, whether that's internally for our own operations or for title agents across the country, has been, How do we create leverage, whether that's broad AI tools, support and title production, and so on?' he said. Obviously, a prolonged downturn has everybody taking a look at their businesses and how do you not overstaff when the recovery comes? It always comes at some point.
The financial industry operates on a foundation of trust. Clients entrust financial institutions with their most sensitive data, from personal identification to investment portfolios. In an era where digital threats are constantly evolving, maintaining that trust is more challenging than ever. This makes robust security not just an operational need but a core business requirement. Implementing specialized IT solutions for financial experts is essential for protecting sensitive information, ensuring regulatory compliance, and preserving the integrity that underpins the entire sector.
Integrated social features allow users to share their achievements interact with other players and participate in community challenges thus creating an enriching social dimension and fostering long-term engagement on the platform. Interface design automatically adapts to various screen sizes and device orientations delivering optimal visual experience across desktop tablet and mobile devices through native apps or web browsers. Technical infrastructure is built on distributed server networks ensuring fast loading times smooth navigation and responsive performance even during high-traffic periods maintaining consistent user experience quality.
Instead, they are methodically rebuilding core financial plumbing, including payments, deposits, custody and fund administration, so these services can operate on distributed ledgers. The work is incremental, technical and often invisible to retail customers, but it is already reshaping how large institutions think about money movement and settlement. Rather than embracing unregulated crypto assets, banks are focusing on tokenization, the process of representing traditional financial claims, such as deposits or fund shares, as digital tokens recorded on a ledger.
Think about how you currently handle waste. Are your team members spending valuable work hours making multiple trips to the local dump? Are they bagging up endless amounts of waste, or worse, dealing with overflowing bins? Every minute they spend on these tasks is a minute they aren't spending on revenue-generating activities, serving customers, or doing the specialised work you hired them for.
As the calendar turns the final pages on 2025, the information technology sector stands at a critical juncture regarding its environmental commitments. This year was not marked by technological breakthroughs solving decarbonisation, but by the decisive maturation of sustainability from a strategic differentiator into an operational and regulatory imperative. This transition involved a painful reckoning with data complexity, supply chain reality, and the sheer energy appetite of modern computing, driven primarily by the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI).
Enterprises can move from small pilots to full deployments without violating their jurisdiction's rules on where data should live. The reality is that, earlier, most security and compliance teams weren't rejecting GenAI because of model design; they were rejecting it because storing data in the US or EU pushed them into conflict with GDPR, India's incoming DPDPA norms, UAE's federal rules, or sector-specific mandates like PCI-DSS,
AI-enabled supply chain attacks are exploding in scale and sophistication - Malicious package uploads to open-source repositories jumped 156% in the past year. AI-generated malware has game-changing characteristics - It's polymorphic by default, context-aware, semantically camouflaged, and temporally evasive. Real attacks are already happening - From the 3CX breach affecting 600,000 companies to NullBulge attacks weaponizing Hugging Face and GitHub repositories.
Twenty-six million dollars. That's how much investing platform Robinhood paid out earlier this year after it was found to have breached a range of financial regulations. Amongst them? Failure to properly manage the social media influencers promoting their products. With these so-called "finfluencers" becoming an ubiquitous part of fintech marketing strategies, this eye-watering penalty should serve as a cautionary tale to brands putting content and reach above compliance and risk.
Financial institutions are facing a new reality: cyber-resilience has passed from being a best practice, to an operational necessity, to a prescriptive regulatory requirement. Crisis management or Tabletop exercises, for a long time relatively rare in the context of cybersecurity, have become required as a series of regulations has introduced this requirement to FSI organizations in several regions, including DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) in the EU; CPS230 / CORIE (Cyber Operational Resilience Intelligence-led Exercises) in Australia;
Tesla Cybertruck deliveries started in the United States and Canada back in late 2023. However, the company has been looking to expand the all-electric pickup to new markets, including the Middle East, for which it opened up orders for earlier this year. Initially, Tesla planned to launch deliveries late this year, but there has been a slight adjustment to the timeline, and the company now anticipates the pickup to make its way to the first adopters in the United Arab Emirates in Q1 2026.
Modernization isn't about replacing professionals, it's about enabling them to deliver more value, said Chris Knight, CEO at Opteon. By bringing EVP into the Opteon family, we further accelerate our strategy of combining the best people with the best technology to deliver faster cycle times, higher quality, and a better experience for lenders, appraisers, and consumers. Equity Valuation Partners provides residential and commercial appraisal services across the country.
As UAD 3.6 reshapes the field, appraisers deserve technology that supports their judgment while improving speed and accuracy. We're proud to have the backing of DGB, whose belief in human-centered innovation mirrors our mission to ensure AI advances not replaces human expertise. Early testing indicates appraisers can save more than three hours per report and reduce revisions by nearly 30%, all while maintaining oversight necessary to ensure valuations remain accurate and defensible, company leaders said.
Today, the role of chief information security officer (CISO) role has transcended traditional boundaries, moving beyond managing firewalls and compliance checklists. The current landscape, marked by an upsurge in regulatory scrutiny and lawsuits against individual CISOs, demands a new approach. To navigate this challenging environment, the CISO must become a legal sentinel, meticulously documenting decisions and establishing a verifiable defence of "due care" to protect both the enterprise and themselves from legal repercussions.
ESU only provides security patches. It is a paid service that extends "critical" and "important" security updates for Windows 10 for a maximum of three years, but does not include technical support, non-security fixes or new features. Additionally, customers experiencing technical issues with Windows 10 that are unrelated to the ESU updates will be advised to upgrade to Windows 11. ESU does not provide complete patching, as vulnerabilities rated as "moderate" or "low" will not be addressed.
The FDNY abruptly changed its policy to allow businesses wishing to install e-bike battery charging cabinets to use a not-yet-federally approved testing standard after Streetsblog revealed that companies were unable to comply with the department's new regulations, putting construction at a stand still amidst a battery fire crisis. Since February, the FDNY required the companies to meet a new standard - UL 1487 - before installing the charging cabinets on streets and sidewalks.
The advanced and highly interconnected world, businesses are under increasing scrutiny. Customers, investors, and stakeholders are no longer satisfied with just the products or services a company provides where they are paying attention to how companies conduct themselves. Transparency in business ethics is no longer a luxury; it has become a necessity. From trust-building to regulatory compliance, transparency helps businesses navigate the modern landscape, fostering long-term success and sustainability.
Discipline over flash: Trained for toughly two decades under now-JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, Scharf learned to make hard calls with steadiness, not showmanship. That discipline has driven cost cuts, a flatter structure, and operational fixes that pared headcount by nearly a quarter and reduced Wells Fargo's vast real estate footprint. Calm over charisma: Scharf leads quietly but firmly, those who know him say, lowering the temperature in tense moments while remaining uncompromising on performance.
The cloud has become the backbone of modern business, enabling rapid scalability, advanced analytics, and collaboration across global teams. In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), the cloud's role is even more critical, both serving as the storage and processing hub for vast quantities of data that feed machine learning models, power real-time analytics, and drive business innovation. With this innovation comes a high-risk balancing act.
"Firstly, accounting is governed by rules, the focus is compliance, the focus is ensuring things are done right [and] that's a big part of the role of finance," said Sankar. "I want to make sure that I sign on the dotted line saying these numbers are accurate that I'm complying with rules and regulations. "That will never change but if you look at how it is performed today it's a very labour intensive process so we believe there's a lot of opportunity for automation."
