Toxic colleagues succeed at work due to their social skills, disguising their low honesty and modesty, according to a University of Bonn study. This "toxic career model" benefits from focusing on themselves and deceiving others. The study recommends managers focus on team performance and separate good impressions from job performance to mitigate toxic career climbs.

Psychologists have finally figured out why your toxic colleagues climb to the top at work Fast Company

ICBC's US unit hit by a cyberattack, causing disruption in US Treasury trades. Trades routed manually via USB stick. Suspected attack by Russia-linked Lockbit gang, forcing rerouting of transactions. Incident underscores cyberattack risks for financial system. Bank's defenses to be strengthened. Ransomware attacks expected to hit record levels this year, prompting further vigilance.

World’s Biggest Bank Forced to Trade via USB Stick After Hack Time

NVIDIA introduces AI foundry service on Microsoft Azure, accelerates custom generative AI applications development for enterprises and startups. The service uses NVIDIA AI Foundation Models, NVIDIA NeMo framework, and NVIDIA DGX Cloud supercomputing services. It enables deployment of customized models using NVIDIA AI Enterprise software. SAP, Amdocs, Getty Images are early adopters. The service optimizes generative AI model technologies, LLM training expertise, and scales AI factory. It also assists with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to link models with enterprise data.

NVIDIA Introduces Generative AI Foundry Service on Microsoft Azure for Enterprises and Startups Worldwide NVIDIA News

Health tech startup Forward plans to deploy 25 automated primary care kiosks, dubbed "CarePods", across US malls. Backed by a fresh $100 million funding, the AI-powered CarePods let patients conduct body scans or blood tests independently, with results inspected remotely by medical professionals. Access to CarePods costs $99 monthly. Forward, which also operates 17 clinics in nine states and Washington, D.C., does not accept insurance. The startup's ultimate mission is to provide free healthcare to one billion people.

An AI Doctor In A Box Coming To A Mall Near You Forbes