Kate Park / TechCrunch:
Japan, driven by labor shortages, is increasingly adopting robotics and physical AI, with a hybrid model where startups innovate and corporations provide scale  —  Physical AI is emerging as one of the next major industrial battlegrounds, with Japan's push driven more by necessity than anything else.

Following weeks of fans' uproar, Netflix finally shares its plans regarding JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run's release schedule.

In short: Salesforce unveiled more than 30 new AI capabilities for Slackbot on 31 March 2026, the most sweeping overhaul of the platform since its $27.7 billion acquisition in 2021. The update transforms Slackbot from a conversational assistant into an agentic system that can transcribe meetings across any video platform, monitor users’ desktop activity, execute tasks […]

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Kieran Smith / Financial Times:
Sources: Palo Alto Networks, Sophos, and others record an increase in demand for their ransom negotiators, as businesses seek help in talks with cybercriminals  —  With ransomware attacks on the rise, businesses are calling on a new class of security expert to help with high-stakes talks

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