OpenAI has released a native Apple Messages plugin for its ChatGPT desktop application on macOS, allowing the AI assistant to read, search, and send iMessage, SMS, and RCS texts directly from a user's Mac. The integration, available across all ChatGPT subscription tiers for Apple silicon Macs, operates within the platform's ChatGPT Work and Codex workspace environments. The release enables the AI assistant to synthesize message histories, draft context-aware responses, check

Oracle and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed an expanded, long-term strategic collaboration agreement, bringing Oracle AI Database@AWS to 22 global AWS regions across the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The geographic rollout, doubling down on their initial partnership launch, is paired with the general availability of new serverless and usage-based database capabilities designed to accelerate enterprise AI adoption and cloud migrations. Editorial credit: Tigarto / Sh

Enterprise cloud software provider Nutanix has released an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP), enabling AI agents and developer environments to execute infrastructure management tasks using plain-language instructions. Editorial credit: Claudio Borquez Arias / Shutterstock The release bridges large language models (LLMs) and coding environments, including Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and VS Code, directly with Nutanix’

Cloud communications provider RingCentral is facing heightened scrutiny after the extortion group ShinyHunters published a massive dataset containing personal information belonging to approximately 1.6 million user accounts. The leak follows a July security incident that RingCentral attributed to a "sophisticated social engineering campaign". In a security notice published on its site, the provider stated that it took immediate action to halt unauthorized access and engaged a

Data and artificial intelligence software powerhouse Databricks has officially closed a massive $5 billion strategic funding round, raising its valuation to $190 billion. The deal, coming just six months after the company was valued at $134 billion in early 2026, underscores surging investor appetite for cloud infrastructure platforms powering enterprise AI agents. Editorial credit: Robert Way / Shutterstock The mega-round exceeded initial target disclosures of $188 billion d