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Strategic IT outlook: Tech conferences and events calendar

Tech conferences are a vital way for CIOs and IT leaders to keep abreast of trends and make real-life connections in a fast-changing business climate.

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The 2026 talent reckoning: Beyond degrees and certifications

Skills, not degrees, will define IT hiring in 2026. CIOs are shifting from degree-based hiring to skills-based strategies, using AI and microcredentials to retain top IT talent.

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Building platforms using kro for composition

Recent industry developments, such as Amazon’s announcement of the new EKS capabilities, highlight a trend toward supporting platforms with managed GitOps, cloud resource operators, and composition tooling. In particular, the involvement of Kube Resource Orchestrator (kro)—a...

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UK launches taskforce to 'break down barriers' for women in technology

It comes after the government was urged to help close the UK tech sector's gender gap in order to meet its ambitious AI goals.

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Leapmotor Expects 2025 Profitability, Launching EV with Airline-Like Seats

Leapmotor feels like “the little EV company that could” to me (a reference to The Little Engine That Could for those from a certain time period). The company was formed in late 2015 and launched its first car in June 2019, in the middle of an already quite big and ... [continued]
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A tiny smartphone for a bigger, less distracted life — just $85

Get the NanoPhone Mini 4G Smartphone for just $84.97 and stay connected without being glued to a full-size device.

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[$] Verifier-state pruning in BPF

The BPF verifier works, on a theoretical level, by considering every possible
path that a BPF program could take. As a practical matter, however, it needs to
do that in a reasonable amount of time. At the

2025 Linux Plumbers Conference, Mahé Tardy and Paul Chaignon
gave a detailed explanation
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What are the different types of network cables?

The main types of network cables are coax, fiber optics, and shielded and unshielded twisted pair. As enterprises deploy new technologies, it's critical to select the right cables.

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2025 review: The main themes in the channel

MicroScope looks back over 2025 with a focus on the main topics that affected the world of the channel

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Middle East tech trends 2026: AI, cyber security and sovereign infrastructure take centre stage

As artificial intelligence moves from experimentation to production and cyber threats escalate, the Middle East is entering a decisive phase of digital transformation, says Omdia chief analyst Trevor Clarke

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Digital yuan holdings to earn interest under China's new framework

The new framework due Jan. 1 will let banks pay interest on clients' e-CNY holdings.

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Uniswap's token burn, protocol fee proposal backed overwhelmingly by voters

The proposal, which transforms UNI into a value-accruing asset, received more than 125 million votes in support with just 742 dissenting.

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Ethereum’s ‘Hegota’ upgrade slated for late 2026 as devs accelerate roadmap

Hegota will follow “Glamsterdam,” Ethereum’s next major upgrade, which is currently expected to roll out in the first half of 2026.

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Quantum computers turned out to be more useful than expected in 2025

Rapid advances in the kind of problems that quantum computers can tackle suggest that they are closer than ever to becoming useful tools of scientific discovery

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This new 3D chip could break AI’s biggest bottleneck

Researchers have created a new kind of 3D computer chip that stacks memory and computing elements vertically, dramatically speeding up how data moves inside the chip. Unlike traditional flat designs, this approach avoids the traffic jams that limit today’s AI hardware. The prototype already beats co…

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GSA backs off planned layoffs within its technology team after court order

The Technology Transformation Services has lost 67% of its staff since Jan. 25.

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Kyverno at ContribFest: Community, collaboration, and the power of open source in action

A few weeks ago at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America in Atlanta, the Kyverno community had the opportunity to participate in ContribFest, one of the most energizing and community-driven initiatives in the cloud-native ecosystem. While ContribFest...

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Cilium releases 2025 annual report: A decade of cloud native networking

A decade on from its first commit in 2015, 2025 marks a significant milestone for the Cilium project. The community has published the 2025 Cilium Annual Report: A Decade of Cloud Native Networking, which reflects on...

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How to build a cost-effective observability platform with OpenTelemetry

The challenge Managing millions of concurrent connections during global events like flash sales and online voting requires resilient, scalable observability. At STCLab, we operate platforms including a bot mitigation platform and traffic management platform that support...