Welcome to ZDNET's Innovation Index, which identifies the most innovative developments in tech from the past week and ranks the top four, based on votes from our panel of editors and experts. Our mission is to help you identify the trends that will have the biggest impact on the future.

AI hype, in dollars and sense

With the continued adoption of cloud-native technologies, there is an apparent need for organizations to shift DevSecOps approaches, according to a new report from Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). ESG's report, which was sponsored by ArmorCode, reveals a paradigm shift in application security posture management (ASPM) for cloud-native environments. The comprehensive...

DevSecOps Needs Are Shifting in the Cloud-Native Era

References to generative AI are popping up in more corporate financial statements, but not necessarily with a positive sense of intelligence and transformation. Among companies discussing the implications of generative AI, seven in ten cite its potential risks to competitive position and security, and the spread of misinformation. That's the...

1 in 5 top companies mention generative AI in their financial reports, but not in a good way

Colorado State

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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What makes today’s date special for your zodiac sign? Today, all zodiac signs are set to experience extraordinary cosmic shifts that would likely affect certain areas of their lives. For some signs, today’s cosmic boost will positively affect their finances. The planets have aligned to bring luck and good fortune their way. Hence, some individuals will feel a special wave of optimism and passion to lay a good foundation for financial abundance.

3 Lucky Zodiac Signs With Financial Abundance | August 22, 2024

The chief executive officer of British smartphone startup Nothing is ending the company’s hybrid work arrangement — and he’s encouraging employees that aren’t happy with the decision to find a new job. Suggested Reading. Carl Pei, who founded the London-based consumer electronics firm in October 2020,...

A tech startup is ending hybrid work — and the CEO says employees who don't like it should leave

Vera Lau, 27, has worked at three different companies in as many years. She is part of a generation that appears to be challenging the ideas of corporate loyalty. "I don't think loyalty pays off ... It's all very transactional. You're only valuable for as long as they see you as valuable," Lau told CNBC Make It. "If you don't learn and you don't earn, it's time to go."

Corporate loyalty does not pay off, HR expert says, as job hopping gains currency among young people

TechRadar

In what seems to be a year of endless cybersecurity incidents making headlines, AT&T Wireless is one of the latest organizations to confirm it has been impacted by a substantial data breach. The company admitted in July that the call and text logs of 109 million of its wireless customers were illicitly obtained from the cloud of a third-party provider, Snowflake. The stolen records encompass all numbers that AT&T Wireless customers interacted with through calls or texts, along with the locations of cell sites. AT&T revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that an internal probe...

AT&T wireless’ data breach: A wake-up call for strengthening cloud security and trust

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

Entrepreneur

Most business leaders plan to use AI agents to automate tasks within the next few years.

'Human-Capable' AI Agents Will Change the Workforce Within 3 Years, According to a CEO Currently Creating the 'Perfect' AI Employee

CISOs are breathing easier after the July dismissal of a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit against SolarWinds. Shane Snider, reporting in InformationWeek, notes that the SEC SolarWinds charges included alleged misstatements by Chief Information Security Officer Timothy Brown. In a release accompanying the complaint, the SEC claimed that the company and Brown ignored repeated red flags.

CISOs Relieved By Dismissal of SEC SolarWinds Charges

Axios

Corporate executives and boards are ramping up communication efforts to prepare for attacks from activists linking business performance to DEI policies. Why it matters: For some public companies, it is not a matter of if these politically motivated attacks will come, but when. Catch up quick: Harley-Davidson and John Deere...

Corporate boards brace for DEI backlash

California State

California is on the verge of passing a bill that would enforce sweeping regulations in the AI industry, after it was approved in the state's Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday. The bill, SB 1047, proposes a number of safety requirements for AI developers to prevent "severe harm," and includes provisions...

Tech Companies Furious at New Law That Would Hold Them Accountable When Their AI Does Bad Stuff

Denver, CO

Migrants enrolled in the Denver Asylum Seekers Program won’t get cash benefits after all. The council amended a contract with Haven for Hope during the Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee meeting Wednesday. Instead of Haven of Hope providing migrants with cash assistance on debit cards, it will instead provide “culturally appropriate” food, if the change is approved by the full council.

Denver may revoke cash assistance for migrants

North Carolina State

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the MSP and MSSP spaces has been relatively consistent over the years, with companies buying up one another to gain strategic advantages. This continued consolidation has led to the emergence of platform companies - MSPs and MSSPs that acquire smaller companies and roll them under the same umbrella.

“Nobody Does What We Do”: Thrive’s Growth as a Next-Gen Platform MSP

The Current GA

Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force .

Expert: Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – picture is unsettling

Georgia State

Daily Coffee Press

The chances for the tropical wave in the Atlantic developing have now risen to 80% over the next seven days. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has advised that this disturbance could become the next tropical storm or hurricane within the coming days, potentially targeting the U.S. East Coast.

Tropical Wave That Could Impact Georgia Now Has 80% Chance of Development

Countries implementing digital identity with the help of the right platform can realize significant real-world benefits without building their own system from scratch, evangelists told attendees of an online event this week. A webinar organized by the open source initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Centre for...

MOSIP explores impact of digital identity on economy, financial inclusion

Saint Johns County, FL

Jacksonville Today

FCC Environmental Services started work as St. Johns County’s new trash hauler Aug. 1, but after three weeks on the job and thousands of complaints from residents, the county is leaving the company out on the curb.

St. Johns County tosses new trash company

Cypress, TX

Sparta Township, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEW JERSEY - Diana Valteri, 42, and Edmond Haxhillari, 43, who have residences in both Sparta, New Jersey, and Cypress, Texas, pleaded guilty on August 20, 2024, to charges of wire fraud and money laundering in a federal court in Trenton. U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch presided over the case.

NJ Couple Guilty in $790k COVID Loan Fraud

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How CIOs can respond to generative AI’s ‘moment of reckoning’

Nearly two years since ChatGPT sparked a global generative AI fever, CIOs have turned talk into action, shifting priorities, setting up experiments and mitigating roadblocks along...

How CIOs can respond to generative AI’s ‘moment of reckoning’

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