Alan Card

Alan Card is an IT business consultant and cybersecurity professional with experience spanning enterprise security engineering, IT analysis, compliance, and business systems strategy. He has worked across security operations, firewall management, risk analysis, and automation projects for major retail and technology environments, including roles at JCPenney. With a background in Business Computer Information Systems from University of North Texas and active involvement in ISACA, Alan brings a practical, business-focused perspective to technology, cybersecurity, and digital transformation topics.

OpenAI sets up first overseas applied AI lab in Singapore with $234 million plan

May 20, 2026 by Alan Card

OpenAI is opening its first overseas applied AI lab in Singapore through a $234 million partnership expected to create more than 200 technical roles.

Kiro CLI Gets a Memory Boost With Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

May 19, 2026 by Alan Card

AWS has outlined a way to give Kiro CLI longer conversational memory by pairing it with a custom MCP server and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory, letting the terminal-based assistant retain context across sessions.

Rima AI Says It Can Take Over the Accounting Busywork ERPs Skip

May 19, 2026 by Alan Card

Y Combinator-backed Rima AI has opened public access to an accounting agent that interviews users, learns their edge cases, and builds custom document workflows. The startup says more than 100 accountants are already using it.

XRP Price Risks 50% Drop Despite 9-Day ETF Inflow Streak

May 19, 2026 by Alan Card

Spot XRP ETFs have now posted nine straight days of net inflows, but the token still faces downside risk as traders weigh whether that demand is enough to offset selling pressure.

Databricks shows how it wants fraud detection done in real time with Spark RTM and Lakebase

May 19, 2026 by Alan Card

Databricks has published a new open-source fraud detection accelerator built around Spark Real-Time Mode and Lakebase, designed to score suspicious card transactions in sub-second windows.

Corsairs – Battle of the Caribbean is now available on Steam, GOG, and Epic Games Store

May 18, 2026 by Alan Card

Corsairs – Battle of the Caribbean is now available on PC via Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store, bringing its pirate strategy mix of naval combat, trading, boarding, and multiplayer back to players.

Capital B Expands Bitcoin Reserves With New $15.2 Million Purchase

May 18, 2026 by Alan Card

Capital B added $15.2 million in Bitcoin to its treasury, bringing it to 220 BTC after one of only four corporate Bitcoin investment announcements so far in May.

Woven Data launches contracting and pricing AI assistant for pharma clients

May 18, 2026 by Alan Card

Woven Data has launched a Contracting & Pricing AI Assistant inside its platform for pharmaceutical manufacturers, giving clients new ways to query managed data and run ad hoc analyses.

Nvidia Says AI Turned a 10-Month Chip Design Task Into One Night

May 16, 2026 by Alan Card

Nvidia says it used AI to compress a standard cell library porting job that once took eight people about 10 months into a one-night process on a single GPU.

SAP says new sustainability AI agents will be generally available by end of 2026

May 15, 2026 by Alan Card

SAP said it will make new sustainability AI agents generally available by the end of 2026, with beta users already reporting faster compliance reviews, shorter scenario simulations and fewer errors.