According to a Gartner forecast, worldwide IT spending will total $6.31 trillion in 2026, a 13.5% increase from 2025. Sectors experiencing the largest growth include data center systems, software, and IT services.
Cybersecurity ranks as the No. 1 priority for education technology leaders in the United States, according to the latest State of Ed Tech report from CoSN, yet insufficient cybersecurity staffing and the lack of a dedicated budget are key barriers.
In a recent survey by PreK-12 marketplace TPT, 80% of educators reported using generative AI tools in their classrooms. The majority (58%) said they use AI regularly or occasionally, while 22% have tried it once or twice.
Richer countries face greater exposure to AI-driven changes than developing countries, which are less exposed to AI but risk being left behind, according to a joint report from the International Labour Organization and World Bank.
AI adoption is forcing enterprises to trade security for speed — and identity controls are the first casualty, according to a new report from Delinea, a provider of identity security solutions for both human and AI agent identities.
Hackers are shifting their focus from "breaking in" to "logging in," according to Cloudflare's 2026 Threat Report.
The Burning Glass Institute and the AI Education Project (aiEDU) have released a new analysis of how generative AI is transforming the skills students need to succeed in the workforce and beyond.
A new research report from Microsoft has found that no single technology can reliably distinguish AI-generated content from authentic media, and that deepening reliance on any one method risks misleading the public.
Cloud-based education software provider PowerSchool recently released its 2026 K-12 EdTech Pulse report, a national survey of more than 1,300 educators and administrators conducted in collaboration with Project Tomorrow.
Artificial intelligence may be spreading faster than previous waves of consumer tech, but a recent report from Microsoft's AI Economy Institute suggests its benefits are concentrating in a relatively small set of countries, with infrastructure and language emerging as major dividing lines.