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TNW | Artificial-Intelligence
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Human-governed AI. How Fortis Solutions is building trust in intelligent infrastructure

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (162+ words) Credit: CTO, Jeremy Roach Credit: CIO Tony Gonzalez According to Roach, this alignment becomes particularly meaningful when considering the role of human error in complex systems. Extended work hours, high-pressure scenarios, and large-scale operations may introduce challenges that affect even…...

TNW | Apple
thenextweb. com > news > apple-smart-glasses-four-frame-designs-testing-2027

Apple testing four frame designs for AI smart glasses ahead of 2027 launch

6+ hour, 28+ min ago  (848+ words) In short: Apple is testing at least four frame styles for its upcoming AI-powered smart glasses, according to a Bloomberg report by Mark Gurman published 12 April 2026. The designs include a large rectangular style similar to Wayfarer frames, a slimmer rectangular…...

TNW | Data-Security
thenextweb. com > news > basic-fit-hit-by-hack-affecting-members-across-multiple-countries-including-200000-in-the-netherlands

Basic-Fit hit by hack affecting members across multiple countries, including 200, 000 in the Netherlands

11+ hour, 25+ min ago  (388+ words) The breach exposed names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and bank account details. No passwords or identity documents were accessed. The Dutch Data Protection Authority has been notified. Basic-Fit operates over 1, 300 clubs across seven European countries. Basic-Fit,…...

TNW | Anthropic
thenextweb. com > news > dario-amodei-london-united-kingdom

Anthropic brings Claude into Microsoft Word, and legal contract review leads its use cases

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1111+ words) In short: Anthropic has released a beta add-in that places Claude directly inside Microsoft Word, with every AI-generated edit appearing as a native tracked change and legal contract review listed first among the tool's example applications. The add-in, available to…...

TNW | Data-Security
thenextweb. com > news > data-quality-at-scale

Why data quality matters when working with data at scale

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (874+ words) Data quality has always been an afterthought. Teams spend months instrumenting a feature, building pipelines, and standing up dashboards, and only when a stakeholder flags a suspicious number does anyone ask whether the underlying data is actually correct. By that…...

TNW | Events
thenextweb. com > news > saas-on-the-beach-returns-to-barcelona

Saa S on the Beach returns to Barcelona

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (396+ words) As the tech conference circuit grows more crowded, one Saa S event is making the opposite pitch: fewer people, fewer sales decks, and a lot less noise. Saa S on the Beach, a curated event for Saa S founders, will…...

TNW | Opinion
thenextweb. com > news > ai-intelligence-losing-our-own

AI is making us faster, more productive, and worse at thinking

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1270+ words) AI is everywhere, the pressure to adopt it is relentless, and the evidence that it's making us smarter is getting thinner by the quarter. On New Year's Day 2026, a programmer named Steve Yegge launched an open-source platform called Gas Town....

TNW | Opinion
thenextweb. com > news > ai-healthcare-drug-discovery-chatbots-reality

AI health tech is booming. The cures are not.

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1286+ words) The drug discovery revolution is real but radically overstated, the health chatbots are a documented hazard, and the diseases that matter most remain stubbornly unsolved. At Novartis, sometime in late 2025, a team of researchers working on Huntington's disease used generative…...

Google News
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Google News

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (18+ words) Amazon's AI tool matches shelter dogs and cats with adopters in the Protect Playtime campaign'The Next Web...

TNW | Apps
thenextweb. com > news > gmail-end-to-end-encryption-mobile-enterprise

Gmail's end-to-end encryption comes to mobile, a year after its web launch

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1183+ words) In short: Google has brought end-to-end encryption in Gmail to Android and i OS, closing the mobile gap that remained after the feature launched on the web in April 2025. Enterprise users on Google Workspace Enterprise Plus with the Assured Controls…...