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Guest posts from operators, agencies, and thought leaders across B2B tech.
AWS Adds Oracle to Its Multicloud Interconnect. Azure Is Still Waiting.
AWS opened a preview connecting its network directly to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure this month, extending a private, flat-rate link it built with Google Cloud in April, while Microsoft Azure has yet to join.
Bhavika J
FTC Bars Kochava From Location Data Sales as Martech Hits Peak Product Count
The FTC's Kochava settlement, a flat martech landscape report, and Hightouch's $150 million raise together show where marketing data governance and platform investment are actually heading in May 2026.
Bhavika J
Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday Fixes Critical SharePoint RCE, No Zero-Days
Microsoft's May 2026 security update fixed 120 vulnerabilities, including a critical SharePoint Server flaw and two Word bugs triggered from Outlook's preview pane, without patching a single actively exploited zero-day.
Bhavika J
Subquadratic's $29M SubQ Model Claims 1,000x Efficiency, Researchers Push Back
A Miami startup raised $29 million and shipped an LLM built without standard transformer attention, and the AI research community immediately split over whether its efficiency numbers hold up.
Bhavika J
Akamai's LayerX Deal Ends the Browser Security Line Item
Akamai's $205 million purchase of LayerX is the third platform vendor in four months to fold an independent browser security startup into its existing security suite, and it changes what buyers get to choose separately.
Bhavika J
A Year Into the De Minimis Shutdown, Retail's Supply Chain Still Hasn't Settled
One year after the US closed the de minimis loophole for Chinese imports, Amazon's earnings commentary and the EU's own parallel shutdown show the disruption is still working through the system rather than resolving.
Bhavika J
RFQ Automation in E-Sourcing: What Changes and What Doesn't
A look at how e-sourcing platforms automate the RFQ process, where the time actually gets saved, and what still requires a buyer's judgment.
Bhavika J
Almanac Health Raises $10M Seed for Point-of-Care Clinical AI
Physician-researcher Cyril Zakka's Almanac Health raised a $10 million seed round led by F-Prime to build an EHR-integrated clinical AI platform validated against peer-reviewed evidence at academic medical centers.
Bhavika J
First Contact Resolution Measures Three Different Things Depending on Who Reports It
An explainer on how first contact resolution is measured, why three counting methods produce three different numbers for the same call volume, and what to check before trusting a vendor's FCR claim.
Bhavika J
DOL's H-1B Wage Rule Could Add $14,000 to Sponsorship Costs
A US Department of Labor proposal would raise required wages for H-1B, E-3 and PERM sponsorships by as much as 30 percent, with the public comment period running through May 26, 2026.
Bhavika J
Stablecoin Deal Splits Washington as RBI Moves to Cap India's Wallets
A Senate stablecoin yield compromise draws bank opposition in Washington the same week India's central bank proposes hard caps on prepaid wallets and person-to-person transfers.
Bhavika J
Meta Cuts Attribution Windows as Google's Ad Tech Case and Privacy Laws Collide
A look at four changes landing as 2026 opens: Meta's cut to ad attribution windows, Google's EU ad tech antitrust remedy, continued CDP consolidation, and three new state privacy laws.
Bhavika J