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Marc Benioff says Salesforce is saving about $100M a year by using AI tools in its customer service operations (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-14/salesforce-says-ai-customer-service-saves…

Salesforce Says AI Customer Service Saves $100 Million Annually
Salesforce Inc. said it’s saving about $100 million a year by using artificial intelligence tools in the software company’s customer service operations.

Ukrainian Security Service foils sabotage plots in Odesa and Lviv, detains eight alleged Russian agents: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/14/ukrainian-security-service-foils-sabotage.html

Park Service orders changes to staff ratings, a move experts call illegal
A top National Park Service official has instructed park superintendents to limit the number of staff who get top marks in performance reviews
-- a move that experts say violates federal code and could make it easier to lay off staff.

Parks leadership generally evaluate individual employees annually on a five-point scale,
with a three rating given to those who are successful in achieving their go…

Park Service orders changes to staff ratings, a move experts call illegal
Lower performance ratings could be used as a factor in layoff decisions and will demoralize staff, advocates say.

Microsoft expands its bug bounty program so that any critical vulnerability, including in third-party code, impacting its online services is eligible for awards (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/11/mi

Microsoft broadens bug bounty scope to include any vulnerability impacting its services - SiliconANGLE
Microsoft broadens bug bounty scope to include any vulnerability impacting its services - SiliconANGLE

“EU Revives Plan for Year-Long Data Retention Across Digital Services, Including Encrypted Apps … Officials insist they do not intend to compromise encryption or read private messages. What they want is the so-called metadata: who contacted whom, from where, at what time, and through which service.” – https://

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Salesforce veröffentlicht KI-Plattform für Unternehmen
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Sources: ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy Armis, which helps businesses secure and manage IoT devices, in a deal that may value Armis at as much as $7B (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-14/servic…

Sources: UK security services including MI5 step up work with the country's largest companies over hacking fears and to improve UK cyber warfare preparedness (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/6e54967b-48ce-4788-99c7-36b5801e7dfe

UK security services step up work with business to fight cyber threats
High-profile hacks raise fears about the potential economic damage caused by disruption to supply chains and services

The US CFTC withdraws its 2020 guidance on the "actual delivery" of a digital asset, aiming to support broader access to regulated crypto markets (Micah Zimmerman/Bitcoin Magazine)
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/cftc-scraps-overly-complex-crypto-rul…

CFTC Cuts ‘Outdated And Overly Complex’ Crypto Guidance
The CFTC is withdrawing outdated crypto delivery guidance, paving the way for updated rules amid expanding oversight.