Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends For 2025
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Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends For 2025

Technology tamfitronics Trends for 2025gettyGartner Inc. announced its top 10 strategic technology trends for 2025 at its IT Symposium/Xpo in Orlando this week.“This year’s top strategic technology trends span AI imperatives and risks, new frontiers of computing and human-machine synergy,” said Gene Alvarez, Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner. These trends can also help technology leaders ensure innovation is both responsible and ethical, he added.The 10 trends Gartner believes will drive disruption and opportunity for IT leaders next year are: Agentic AI AI governance platforms Disinformation security Post-quantum cryptography Ambient invisible intelligence Energy-efficient computing Hybrid computing Spatial computing Polyfunctional robots Neurological enhancementAgentic AI Agentic AI refers to software programs, also known as agents, that can make decisions and take actions independently to achieve specific goals defined by a human. These systems combine AI capabilities with memory,...
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‘Why would they stay?’ Women leaving tech to avoid harassment
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‘Why would they stay?’ Women leaving tech to avoid harassment

Technology tamfitronics Sexual harassment and discrimination remain rife in Australia’s technology start-ups and women are leaving as a result, according to a new report that paints a bleak picture of the financial and human toll on some of the nation’s fastest-growing businesses.Grapevine is a women-led collective that began in 2023 in a bid to expose and address inequality in Australia’s technology sector, and one year on the group says little has improved.Paloma Newton (left) and Misha Garg from Grapevine, an initiative to stamp our harassment in the tech sector.Credit: Steven SiewertAmid a mounting number of allegations of inappropriate behaviour at software firm WiseTech Global and coding program Grok Academy, Grapevine has released a new report into the financial impact of toxic workplace behaviours, drawing on stories from hundreds of employees across the sector.It found...
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Space Development Agency selects 19 companies for low-Earth orbit demonstration program
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Space Development Agency selects 19 companies for low-Earth orbit demonstration program

Top Stories Tamfitronics The Space Development Agency is deploying a mesh network of smallsatellites in a proliferated constellation. Credit: Northrop GrummanWASHINGTON The Space Development Agency selected 19 companies from the space industry to participate in its Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (HALO) program, an effort to accelerate the development of satellite technologies.Under the program, the selected vendors will compete for contracts to carry out experimental space missions, providing the agency a testing ground for advanced technologies that may later be integrated into future satellite networks.The goal is to test and refine technologies before integrating them into the SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) a large satellite network designed to enhance military communications and missile tracking capabilities.“Through HALO, we now have an even faster and more flexible contracting mechanism in place,” said...
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