Encryptionless Extortion on the Rise as Ransomware Groups Shift Tactics Ransomware attacks continued to climb in 2025 as attackers increasingly timed operations around year-end staffing gaps and shifted away from traditional file encryption, according to new research from NordStellar. The …

Georgetown Partners with Cisco on Large WiFi 7 Rollout Georgetown University is working with Cisco on a multi-year network revamp that will implement WiFi 7 across the institution’s classrooms, dorms, stadiums, and beyond — making it one of the largest …

Apple and Google Strike AI Deal to Bring Gemini Models to Siri By John K. Waters 01/16/26 Apple and Google announced they have embarked on a multiyear partnership that will put Google’s Gemini models …

CrowdStrike to Acquire Identity Security Firm SGNL By John K. Waters 01/14/26 Key Takeaways CrowdStrike has announced the acquisition of identity security firm SGNL for $740 million to enhance its capabilities in continuous, real-time access control for both …

Purdue-Google Partnership to Advance AI-Enabled Education and Research In a move aimed at empowering the Purdue community to integrate AI across multiple facets of the institution, Purdue University has announced a strategic partnership with Google Public Sector. The multi-year collaboration, …

WWT, NVIDIA Introduce Framework for Secure, Scalable, Responsible AI Adoption Technology services provider World Wide Technology and NVIDIA have jointly developed an AI security framework dubbed AI Readiness Model for Operational Resilience (ARMOR), designed to help organizations accelerate AI adoption …

Ellucian Officially Acquires Anthology’s SIS and ERP Business The strategic restructuring announced by Anthology in October is playing out as planned, with Ellucian completing its acquisition of Anthology‘s Student Information Systems and Enterprise Resource Planning business on Dec. 31. …

Oregon Tech Partners with Google Public Sector to Advance Student and Faculty Research Oregon Institute of Technology recently announced it is collaborating with Google Public Sector to implement Google Cloud’s AI and high-performance computing across the institution. The partnership aims …

ASU Teams Up with Grammarly to Deploy Agentic AI Assistant Arizona State University recently partnered with Grammarly to integrate agentic AI into teaching and learning, becoming the first university to deploy Grammarly’s Superhuman Go AI platform. Superhuman Go is an …

Teams Gains 3D Meeting Capability as Microsoft Retires Mesh Platform Microsoft has moved its Mesh 3D meeting capabilities into Teams through a new immersive events feature, now generally available. The company retired its standalone Mesh platform as of Dec. 1. …