The Daily Upside

4 days ago | thedailyupside.com | Ray Fernández

Practically every enterprise worker is using all kinds of unsanctioned apps, AI programs, and browser extensions. A recent report from LayerX Security found that 99% of enterprise employees have at least one browser extension installed on their workstations, which can pose significant security and privacy risks. More than half of these extensions have access to highly critical resources, such as company passwords, sensitive files, browser data, and more.

5 days ago | thedailyupside.com | Jennifer Ablan

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 indexes get major play in the press, but it is the US bond market that has turned into the most intriguing part of the financial markets since the inception of President Trump’s tariff war. US government bonds, also known as Treasurys, are supposed to be the safest, most liquid securities next to money-market funds and high-yield savings accounts. It’s safer than, say, putting money under your mattress.

1 week ago | thedailyupside.com | Crystal Kim

De Beers, caught between a rock and a hard market, is dropping its lab-grown jewelry brand. The world’s largest diamond producer on Thursday said it plans to shutter LightBox and is in discussions with potential buyers to sell off assets, including inventory. The decision aligns with its majority owner, UK-listed Anglo American, restructuring its business from a diversified model to a more focused one. Anglo American plans to spin off or sell De Beers, though timing remains unclear.

1 week ago | thedailyupside.com | Nat Rubio-Licht

Your employees talk to each other every day. According to ServiceNow, your AI should too. As AI agents dominate the enterprise conversation, companies are still struggling to achieve real value with them. That lack of return and impact may be the result of silos that are “strangling” enterprises, Bill McDermott, CEO of ServiceNow, said in the company’s Knowledge 2025 keynote speech on Tuesday. “The cost of this legacy inefficiency is killing us,” McDermott said.

1 week ago | thedailyupside.com | Nat Rubio-Licht

With the AI market moving at lightning speed, can education for workers developing and operating the tech keep up? A recent study from online credentialing company Coursera suggests it hasn’t so far. About 92% of enterprises surveyed said they’d be more likely to hire a candidate with a generative AI credential than one without, and three quarters said they’d hire a less experienced candidate with AI education over a more experienced applicant without.