Information & Communication Technology (ICT)

Chicago – September 13, 2026 -- A new leadership framework aimed at C-suite executives argues that workforce judgment, not additional software, is the strongest defense against AI-generated fraud, including cloned voices and deepfake video. The book, "H.I.V.E. Human Intelligence for Vigilant Enterprise: A Leadership Framework for Cyber Readiness in the Age of AI-Enabled Deception" (ISBN: 979-8234193643), by technology executive Rockwell L. Scott, will be released worldwide on October 1, 2026, in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook formats through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other major retailers.

Provo, Utah – September 13, 2026 -- Qualtrics has introduced its XM Data & AI Platform, a system designed to close what the company calls the "Experience Gap" -- a divide between customer expectations and delivery that it estimates puts close to $3 trillion in sales at risk globally.

Qualtrics builds new platform on data from 18,000 organizations and 41,000 healthcare facilities

The platform consolidates more than two decades of Qualtrics experience data across 18,000 organizations with four decades of healthcare experience data from Press Ganey, spanning over 41,000 facilities. Qualtrics acquired Press Ganey Forsta in May 2026 for $6.75 billion, a deal the company says added regulatory-grade governance and anonymized health data to its experience dataset.

Reston, Va. – September 12, 2026 -- Silent Push has launched version 6.1 of its preemptive cyber defense platform, introducing a fully automated Brand and Infrastructure Impersonation engine that continuously hunts look-alike domains before they are weaponized in phishing campaigns.

Rebuilt engine scores and clusters look-alike domains for automated takedown

The new engine scores look-alike domains by risk, enriches them with registrar and hosting context, clusters them by threat actor, and exports the results as takedown evidence. Once configured, the system runs on an ongoing basis, reporting newly discovered impersonation infrastructure to security teams without manual re-scanning.

Berlin – September 12, 2026 -- Nearly 77 percent of businesses ranking in Google's top 10 results are completely invisible when customers query AI assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity, according to a new report from German directory operator Gelbe Seiten.

AI assistants cite fewer than five businesses per query, sidelining most Google top performers

The Gelbe Seiten AI Visibility Report 2026, based on 10,000 searches across 10 industries, found that AI assistants recommend an average of just 4.8 businesses per search -- a fraction of the traditional search results list. As a result, 76.9 percent of companies that rank in Google's top 10 are omitted entirely from AI-generated answers, breaking the long-standing link between search engine ranking and customer discovery.

Düsseldorf – September 12, 2026 -- More than half of German industrial companies have assigned internal teams to prepare their connected products for the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), while over 60 percent are also turning to external specialists, according to the new "IoT & OT Cybersecurity Report 2026" from Düsseldorf-based cybersecurity firm ONEKEY. The findings are based on a survey of 200 German industrial companies regarding CRA readiness.

One-fifth of firms have launched full internal CRA teams

Twenty percent of surveyed companies have set up a dedicated internal team to adapt their product range to CRA requirements, while another third have partially assigned staff to the task. Team size varies sharply: 28 percent have assembled groups of up to ten people, and 22 percent have staffed even larger teams. Sixteen percent manage with three or fewer specialists, and 19 percent have assigned no one at all to the issue.

Menlo Park, Calif. – – September 12, 2026 -- A new report from the Ethical AI Governance Group (EAIGG) and Draup argues that national AI advantage depends on strategic interdependence rather than complete technological self-sufficiency, challenging a core assumption driving global AI policy.

Report introduces scorecard ranking five national AI ecosystems

The AI Sovereignty Paradox: Why AI Advantage Depends on Interdependence unveils the Global AI Adoption Scorecard, a framework assessing national AI readiness across talent, infrastructure, data ecosystems, innovation, capital formation, and policy. The inaugural study benchmarks five ecosystems—the United States, Israel, France, India, and Japan—to determine how AI capability converts into economic and strategic advantage.

Tel Aviv – September 12, 2026 -- Qedma Quantum Computing and Denmark's HQC2 consortium have achieved a 30 to 50-fold improvement in quantum chemistry accuracy on a live quantum processor, using error mitigation software to tackle one of the field's most persistent barriers to commercial adoption.

Researchers modeled a water molecule's potential energy surface on IBM's Aachen quantum processor

The study applied an orbital-optimized variational ansatz combined with Qedma's QESEM error reduction software, running on IBM's Aachen quantum processor. The work was led by Prof. Stephan P. A. Sauer and postdoctoral researcher Renato Olarte Hernandez at the University of Copenhagen, alongside Prof. Sonia Coriani and postdoctoral researcher Emanuele Rossi at the Technical University of Denmark. The project falls under Q-CHEMION, part of the Eureka open call for applied quantum technologies.

Stuttgart – September 12, 2026 -- DYMATRIX, a German provider of data-driven customer experience platforms, has named FELD M - The Data Collective as its newest solution partner, adding roughly 60 consultants across five European offices to its network.

DYMATRIX Expands Partner Ecosystem to Tackle Complex Data Architectures

The alliance combines DYMATRIX's Customer Experience Platform, which activates customer data in real time and orchestrates personalized omnichannel campaigns, with FELD M's two decades of consulting and implementation experience in data, analytics and AI. FELD M, headquartered in Munich since 2002, operates additional offices in Berlin, Hamburg, Warsaw and Basel.

London – September 12, 2026 -- Clinch, the agentic operating system for omnichannel advertising, has appointed Colin Cherry as Vice President of Growth for EMEA and opened a new London office in Soho, as the company reports a 57% increase in full-time headcount across EMEA and APAC.

Clinch adds Fortune 500 clients as EMEA demand accelerates

The London expansion follows the recent onboarding of several Fortune 500 global advertisers, according to the company. Clinch positions the new office as its base for continued growth across the UK and continental Europe, supporting an expanding roster of brands, agencies and technology partners.

Frankfurt – September 12, 2026 -- Hertha BSC has completed the migration of its Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central system from an on-premise setup to the cloud, marking the first concrete step in a broader digital transformation partnership with management and technology consultancy BearingPoint.

BearingPoint becomes official Innovation Partner of the 130-year-old Berlin club

The Berlin football institution, founded in 1892 and counting more than 60,000 members, named BearingPoint its official Innovation Partner to drive enterprise IT modernization. The consultancy managed the full transformation cycle, including analysis, migration planning, testing, go-live support and post-launch system stabilization.