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Salesforce launches Agentforce 360 to unite humans & AI agents

Wed, 15th Oct 2025
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Salesforce has launched Agentforce 360, a platform that unites human employees and AI agents to boost workplace productivity and customer service.
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Facebook, WhatsApp & TikTok most invasive, Discord safest

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Research finds Facebook, WhatsApp, and TikTok most privacy-invasive, while Discord tops the list for safeguarding user data and resisting AI training use.
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Cloudflare unveils new tools to help creators control AI use

Thu, 25th Sep 2025
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Cloudflare launches Content Signals Policy, enabling creators to control how AI companies use their online content, enhancing robots.txt capabilities.
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Goodbye SEO, hello GEO: How AI is reshaping brand discovery

Mon, 14th Jul 2025
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As AI-powered language models replace traditional search, brands must master generative engine optimisation to stay visible and competitive in discovery.
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Cloudflare makes AI crawlers opt-in, giving power to creators

Wed, 2nd Jul 2025
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Cloudflare now blocks AI crawlers by default, letting website owners opt-in to share content, aiming to protect creators and create fair AI content use.
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Kip Compton appointed CEO as Fastly reaffirms 2025 guidance

Tue, 17th Jun 2025
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Kip Compton has been named CEO of Fastly, replacing Todd Nightingale, with the company reaffirming its 2025 financial guidance amid the leadership change.
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Series launches with USD $3m to revolutionise networking

Sun, 6th Apr 2025
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Series, a new social platform aimed at Gen Z, has launched with USD $3 million funding, utilising AI to enhance connections among college students.
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Fastly unveils AI Accelerator for Azure AI & ChatGPT

Wed, 18th Dec 2024
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Fastly has launched its AI Accelerator, promising nine times faster response times for AI applications, now supporting Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and OpenAI ChatGPT.
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Cybercriminals exploit ChatGPT for near-perfect phishing emails

Mon, 15th Jul 2024
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ReliaQuest's latest report reveals cybercriminals are exploiting ChatGPT and other AI tools to create near-perfect phishing emails, achieving a 2.8% success rate.
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AI is here to stay - share market fads versus trends

Wed, 17th Apr 2024
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AI investments debate trends versus fads, with its longevity, sustainability and growing legal legitimacy suggesting a solid market trend rather than a fleeting hype.
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Reddit appoints Durgesh Kaushik as VP of International Growth

Tue, 5th Dec 2023
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Durgesh Kaushik takes up a new role as VP of International Growth at Reddit, aiming to increase global user adoption. .
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Reddit Welcomes Fredrick Lee as Chief Information Security Officer

Tue, 1st Aug 2023
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Reddit appoints Frederick Lee as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), reinforcing their commitment to user privacy and cybersecurity.
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APAC & emerging markets get focus with new Reddit hire

Sat, 17th Dec 2022
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Durgesh Kaushik joins Reddit as VP of APAC & Emerging Markets Growth, responsible for growth, user adoption, and international expansion.
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Reddit appoints new VP of Global Mid-Market & SMB Sales

Fri, 2nd Dec 2022
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Reddit hires Stephen Riad as VP of Global Mid-Market and SMB Sales and Roelof van Zwol as VP of Ads Engineering to scale advertising business.
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Reddit bolsters exec team with new VPs

Fri, 2nd Sep 2022
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Reddit announces the appointment of three new VPs to executive leadership, while promoting two existing team members. #leadershipchanges #Reddit.
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User passwords and email addresses compromised in Reddit breach

Thu, 2nd Aug 2018
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Its primary access points for code and infrastructure had required two-factor authentication via SMS, and the main attack intercepted the text.
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Malicious Reddit clone fooling users into giving away logins

Thu, 8th Feb 2018
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A simple typo is taking users to a seemingly secure Reddit clone that is actually stealing their login details - we have commentary from two experts.
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Watch cat videos all day. Earn megabucks & outsource. A cautionary tale to employers?

Tue, 22nd Jan 2013
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A US employee paid a fifth of his salary to have his job 'outsourced' in China whilst he sat in the office watching Cat videos on reddit.
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Cloud outages result in Amazon apology

Tue, 3rd May 2011
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Amazon apologises and explains the large scale outages in its cloud hosting service that disrupted high traffic websites across the net.