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A brief summary of what happened at KubeCon Europe 2025 held in London in April 2025.

Flaws in Volkswagen’s connected car app exposed user data and service history.

Microsoft Build 2025 announces new AI tools, models, and open standards, a future where AI agents drive innovation and simplify development.

MANTRA launches $108M fund to accelerate blockchain projects, focusing on real-world asset tokenization and DeFi. Global investors on board.

Deep Cogito releases Cogito 1, a family of hybrid AI models that combine reasoning and non-reasoning capabilities and outperform leading open models.

Discover how OpenText’s Titanium X transforms DevOps with AI-powered automation, seamless integrations, and enhanced security for faster, smarter software delivery.

OpenAI invests in Adaptive Security, its first cybersecurity investment. $43M to combat AI-powered threats with new defence strategies.

Explore how AI tools are revolutionizing network management with automation, optimization, and predictive insights

OpenAna launches Ana, an autonomous AI/ML engineer that designs, deploys, and evolves machine learning systems with minimal human input.

Dive into Grafana Labs' third annual Observability Survey for 2025! Uncover how observability practices are maturing, why traces are gaining traction, the enduring power of open source, the emerging role of AI, and how cost continues to drive tool selection across organizations of all sizes.

Discover how Spacelift enhances infrastructure orchestration by streamlining complex workflows, improving governance, and increasing developer velocity. This guide covers Spacelift’s key features—from automated IaC workflows and policy-based access control to drift detection, resource visualization, and self-service infrastructure. Learn how Spacelift helps platform and DevOps teams manage Terraform, Pulumi, Kubernetes, and more with robust security, flexibility, and scalability.

A recent investigation reveals Claude AI was misused to manage over 100 fake personas in a covert political influence operation spanning multiple countries and platforms.