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What better way to unwind from a two-hour-long keynote presentation than to pour over the weirdest and wildest details, from a Gmail bot you can converse with to DeepMind’s leader saying the singularity is near. The Vergecast went live right after the show, with Senior AI Reporter Hayden Field joining me to discuss the highlights.First up, we talk about the buzzword of the show: agents, which seem to be Google’s new answer to making AI useful. Google has a new service called Spark that sounds a lot like a Gemini-flavored OpenClaw, upgrades to its Antigravity platform, and a bunch of…
ISELIN, N.J., May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 1Kosmos, a leader in unifying identity proofing and passwordless authentication, today announced it has received Epic Toolbox designation for the Identity Verification for MyChart category. The 1Kosmos platform is now available for Epic MyChart, the secure online patient portal for health systems using Epic’s EHR software, through Toolbox on Epic Showroom. The integration enables healthcare organizations to securely verify patient identities during MyChart access and enrollment, and protect sensitive health information when users access their medical records, schedule appointments, and communicate with care teams. As healthcare organizations expand digital engagement, patient portals…
NEW YORK, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Intezer, the AI SOC platform for enterprise powered by ForensicAITM, today announced the launch of the Intezer Amplify Partner Program, its global channel program, giving partners a new way to help customers move beyond the limits of traditional MDR while building profitable, long-term security practices. The program formalizes Intezer’s investment in the channel at a time when demand for AI-driven security operations is accelerating across the enterprise. Security teams are under pressure from rising alert volumes and a persistent talent gap. While AI is accelerating triage and investigation, most organizations still lack…
Georgina, ON, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Milwaukee Tool today celebrated the official ribbon-cutting ceremony of its first-ever Service Hub in Canada, located at 1 Logistics Ct. in Georgina’s Keswick Business Park. The milestone event was attended by Milwaukee Tool leadership, Town of Georgina officials and local community stakeholders, marking a significant step in Milwaukee Tool’s continued investment in its Canadian operational infrastructure. “Today’s ribbon-cutting is another exciting announcement for Georgina as we continue to attract leading global companies that recognize the value of investing in our community,” said Mayor Margaret Quirk, Town of Georgina. “Milwaukee Tool’s new Service…
Herndon, Virginia, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Serco, a provider of professional, technology, engineering, and management solutions, has been awarded a five-year contract by the U.S. Army to support the Army Planning Programming Budgeting Business Operating System (PPB BOS). Serco will continue to provide comprehensive IT and mission support solutions for the development and submission of the Army’s Program Objective Memorandums (POM). The scope of work includes software development, systems engineering, and cloud infrastructure support. Serco will maintain the Army Resources Cloud (ARC) platform while leveraging artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to improve decision support outcomes. The Army PPB…
NEW YORK, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lightpath, a 100% fiber infrastructure company operating 12,100 route miles of AI-grade networks across 11 U.S. metro markets, today announced a major network expansion supporting deployments for leading national wireless service providers. The project spans more than 2,400 macro cell tower locations across CT, MA, NY, NJ. The comprehensive tower backhaul and aggregation solution includes 265 route miles of new fiber construction further densifying Lightpath’s expansive reach in the market leveraging its existing high-capacity core backbone infrastructure to deliver 100 Gbps and 400 Gbps aggregation links to multiple customer end points. The…
MONTREAL, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Flare, the leader in Threat Exposure Management, today released a new report, The State of Healthcare Credential Exposure in 2026. The report found and analyzed more than 154,000 stealer logs containing medical, healthcare and/or hospital services access and found that nearly 74% of infected devices contained credentials for electronic health record (EHR) and electronic medical records (EMR) systems, exposing highly sensitive data, such as social security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and insurance information. Healthcare organizations are facing a surge of credential-driven attacks, where a single compromised device can open the door to…
LITTLETON, Colo., May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Active Oversight, a quality management software platform incubated and proven within Vertex Innovations, today launched to the public market. The platform is designed to help organizations eliminate rework, enforce inspection standards, and establish defensible, audit-ready proof of work across mission-critical operations. Unlike quality systems retrofitted from document-control tools or project-management suites, Active Oversight was purpose-built as a quality management platform from firsthand operational experience. Vertex Innovations has used the platform internally for more than a decade across over 10,000 projects spanning telecommunications, data centers, mission-critical infrastructure, on-site construction and manufacturing, modular and…
NAV Canada says it’s taking several steps to increase the amount of available staff this summer to meet peak demand periods, including during events like the FIFA World Cup, in moves air industry experts say are akin to “scraping the barrel” in a sector facing staffing challenges. This comes less than two months after the not-for-profit corporation, which owns and operates Canada’s civic air navigation system, acknowledged it was short about 200 staff, including air traffic controllers (ATC).The shortage of ATC and other staff last summer led to delays and service disruptions at some of Canada’s busiest airports and are…
Santa Clara, CA and Kyoto, Japan, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ROHM Semiconductor today announced it has developed a configurable power supply solution that combines the PMIC BD968xx‑C Series with the DrMOS BD96340MFF‑C, targeting automotive SoCs used in applications such as ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems), DMS (Driver Monitoring Systems), and sensing cameras. In recent years, the evolution of ADAS, enhanced in-vehicle camera functionality, and ECU integration have increased performance demands for automotive SoCs, accelerating the shift toward domain architectures centered around domain controllers. As a result, power supply designs now require the ability to support low-voltage, high-current operation,…