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Supplier Impersonation Fraud is Now an Operational Risk for Industrial Manufacturers

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Industrial manufacturing environments are becoming increasingly digitised, with robotics, automation systems, and connected supply chains driving efficiency across production and logistics.

However, this growing digital interdependence has also introduced new cybersecurity risks that extend beyond traditional IT boundaries.

One of the most overlooked threats is supplier impersonation fraud, where attackers exploit trusted vendor relationships to manipulate procurement workflows, redirect payments, or inject fraudulent invoices into automated systems. [Read more…] about Supplier Impersonation Fraud is Now an Operational Risk for Industrial Manufacturers

Interview with Olo Robotics COO Eleanor Tang-Smith: Making robot programming accessible to everyone

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Robotics hardware has advanced rapidly in recent years. Autonomous mobile robots, quadrupeds, robotic arms, and even humanoid robots are becoming increasingly capable and commercially available. Yet for many organizations, one of the biggest barriers to adoption remains software.

Building robotic applications typically requires specialist expertise in platforms such as ROS 2 (Robot Operating System 2), the open-source framework that has become the de facto standard for modern robotics development.

While ROS 2 has helped accelerate robotics innovation across industries, it is still widely regarded as complex and difficult for newcomers to master. [Read more…] about Interview with Olo Robotics COO Eleanor Tang-Smith: Making robot programming accessible to everyone

SAFe Has Won Enterprise Agile – What That Means for Your Career

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The competition among enterprise agile frameworks that dominated practitioner conversations for much of the last decade has largely resolved.

SAFe – the Scaled Agile Framework – has emerged as the dominant approach for large enterprises navigating agile at scale, and its adoption at the organizations with the largest hiring volumes has created a specific and concentrated credential demand with documented salary premiums.  [Read more…] about SAFe Has Won Enterprise Agile – What That Means for Your Career

What Operational Security Means Beyond Access Controls – Insights by Reindore Limited

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Access controls tend to get a disproportionate amount of attention in conversations about platform security, and that is understandable on some level.

However, Reindore Limited points out that focusing too heavily on who can log in and what they are able to access ends up creating a blind spot around everything else that contributes to how secure a platform actually is.

Operational security, as the Reindore team defines it, covers the full set of practices that keep a system safe, stable, and recoverable. Access control is one piece of that picture, and treating it as though it is the whole picture is something that tends to lead to gaps. [Read more…] about What Operational Security Means Beyond Access Controls – Insights by Reindore Limited

How Kodiak uses AI and probabilistic risk assessment to measure autonomous trucking safety

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Rapid AI advances now enable engineers to develop autonomous driving technology faster than ever, but the true frontier of autonomous driving is the ability to couple those advances with demonstrable and rigorous safety.

Increasingly, depth and rigor is achieved not through the biggest budgets nor the largest fleets, but by distilling the most precise insights from real-world testing and simulation that assure autonomous systems can handle rare and unusual scenarios, the kind that may only occur once in a lifetime of driving.

Autonomous truck maker Kodiak has met this challenge by adopting two tools, including one we created with the help of AI, that accelerate the pace, depth and precision of our safety engineering. They go beyond traditional approaches and deliver clear, compelling evidence of the Kodiak Driver’s safety. [Read more…] about How Kodiak uses AI and probabilistic risk assessment to measure autonomous trucking safety

From backflips to folding laundry: How X Square Robot is building the missing ‘brain’ for embodied AI

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While robotics companies around the world continue to showcase humanoids performing backflips, running obstacle courses, and dancing on stage, one Chinese firm is pursuing a more difficult – and arguably more consequential – goal: teaching robots to operate in the messy, unpredictable environments where people actually live and work.

According to X Square Robot founder and CEO Wang Qian, the industry’s hardware foundations are largely in place. Humanoid locomotion, dexterous hands, and force-control systems have all advanced rapidly. The remaining challenge is intelligence.

“The hardware is largely there,” Wang said. “The real bottleneck is the brain.” [Read more…] about From backflips to folding laundry: How X Square Robot is building the missing ‘brain’ for embodied AI

Top Computer Vision Development Company Options for 2026

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The right computer vision development company is the one that fits the environment where your model will run. These could be a camera SoC, a cloud SaaS product, a medical device, or a live video system.

SQUAD is a strong choice for edge hardware and smart camera products. Intellias and Softeq are good options for embedded AI in automotive and IoT. N-iX and DataArt fit enterprise SaaS and data-heavy systems.

InData Labs is a good match for healthcare, retail, and research-heavy work. Andersen Inc. and Sigma Software are solid choices for enterprise delivery and automotive-focused projects. [Read more…] about Top Computer Vision Development Company Options for 2026

How Sony AI’s table tennis robot is advancing physical AI

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Although Omron and Kuka have demonstrated similar systems before, a table tennis-playing robot may still sound like a novelty to some. After all, industrial robots already assemble cars, sort parcels and weld metal with remarkable precision.

But for researchers working at the intersection of robotics and artificial intelligence, table tennis represents one of the most demanding real-world tests imaginable.

A successful table tennis player must perceive a fast-moving object, predict its trajectory, decide on a response, position themselves correctly and execute a precise movement – all within fractions of a second. The challenge combines vision, motion planning, control, prediction and decision-making in a constantly changing environment. [Read more…] about How Sony AI’s table tennis robot is advancing physical AI

What is a US Residential Proxy and Why Businesses Need One in 2026

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The internet in 2026 is not a level playing field. Depending on where your IP address is located, you might see an entirely different version of a website than someone sitting in New York or Chicago.

Prices change. Search results shift. Certain content doesn’t load at all. And if you’re running automated research or data collection, there’s a good chance you’ve already run into CAPTCHAs, rate limits, or outright IP bans.

For businesses trying to operate in or research the US market from abroad, or even domestically at scale, this creates a real problem. The solution that more and more companies are turning to is residential proxies. But before diving into the why, it’s worth answering the obvious question: what is a residential proxy, exactly? [Read more…] about What is a US Residential Proxy and Why Businesses Need One in 2026

QCraft demonstrates urban NOA on Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon Ride chip, targets 2026 global mass production

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QCraft has demonstrated its urban Navigate-on-Autopilot (NOA) system running on Qualcomm’s SA8650P Snapdragon Ride platform in production vehicles, putting the autonomous driving company on track for global mass production this year.

The demonstration took place on June 5 at Qualcomm’s Automotive Technology and Cooperation Summit in Wuxi, China, where attendees took live test rides in SA8650P-equipped production cars navigating real urban traffic.

According to QCraft, the vehicles handled unprotected left turns, mixed pedestrian and vehicle traffic, tunnels, transitions between main roads and side streets, and congested maneuvering with smooth, human-like control. [Read more…] about QCraft demonstrates urban NOA on Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon Ride chip, targets 2026 global mass production