Regulation stories
Amsterdam's Orq.ai secures EUR €5m seed round to turn experimental enterprise AI agents into compliant, scalable production systems.
AI will move from hype to hard choices in finance in 2026, as firms juggle automation gains with surging cyber threats and cost pressures.
AVEVA and IMD launch three-year study into how industrial AI and data reshape global ecosystems, supply chains and energy transition.
UK SMEs told to stop 'dabbling' and urgently hardwire AI, cyber, skills and sustainability into tech strategy before 2026 crunch hits.
1Kosmos and Reality Defender have teamed up to embed real-time deepfake detection into remote identity checks amid a surge in AI fraud.
UK and Irish SME bosses fear a worsening economy yet still plan to ramp up investment, betting on AI, innovation and sales growth in 2026.
AI growth is straining power grids and land as data centre deals soar past USD $10 billion, with the UK emerging as an AI infrastructure hub.
Tanium named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Management Tools, underscoring its role in unified cyber and IT operations.
Generative AI promises transformation, but without modern, rigorous data governance frameworks, projects risk failure, fines and lost trust.
DeepKeep unveils a PII guardrail inside its AI Firewall to redact and block personal data in enterprise AI prompts, outputs and workflows.
AI security start-up Token Security warns AI agents will outnumber humans in firms by 2026, becoming the most privileged, risky identities.
AI is transforming loyalty from points to real-time, personalised journeys as super apps and agentic engagement engines rapidly take hold.
Global CEOs pin 2026 hopes on APAC growth and soaring AI spend, despite geopolitical risks and investor pressure for faster returns.
OpenID will launch global conformance tests for key digital ID standards from February 2026, supporting eIDAS 2.0 and other schemes.
Commvault and Pinecone team up to deliver immutable backups and rapid recovery for mission-critical RAG and vector database workloads.
Cyber attacks on SaaS platforms are soaring, pushing boards to make AI‑driven security a core strategy as misconfigurations fuel mass breaches.
Codific sees 2026 cybersecurity shaped by shadow AI, passwordless logins, tighter regulation and a sharper focus on software supply chains.
After crypto's quietly mature 2025, 2026 rewards investors who tune out noise, stick to a plan and favour discipline over prediction.
AI, data governance and sovereign edge will reshape how Australian firms run projects, manage risk and design infrastructure in 2026.
AI and financial modelling will top Australia's 2026 finance hiring, as firms seek data‑savvy accountants to lead automation and analysis.