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30 Jun 2026
Genesys acquires Pinkfish to speed up contact center AI deployments
By Don FluckingerGenesys jump-starts its agentic toolkit.
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30 Jun 2026
Couchbase evolution continues with new data layer for AI
By Eric AvidonNew capabilities including Agent Memory and extension to edge devices help the vendor compete for market share as it grows beyond its database roots.
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30 Jun 2026
Latest MongoDB tools tackle top AI development hurdles
By Eric AvidonNew capabilities address the data retrieval accuracy and regulatory compliance issues that often stall initiatives, and could help distinguish the vendor from competitors.
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30 Jun 2026
HPE Discover 2026: Powering Siemens Healthineers’ life-saving vision
By Ryan PriestSiemens Healthineers’ head of clinical marketing discusses the technology behind the firm’s advances in medical imaging
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30 Jun 2026
Interview: How the CIO of Unilever delivers business empathy
By Cliff SaranReema Jain, who recently became CIO of Unilever, says IT leaders should build a culture where IT people can ‘play’ with new tech
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30 Jun 2026
Gartner declares ‘agentic AI’ the next step function
By Stephen WithersAI agents will transform complex data management, optimise cloud costs and overcome the limitations of standalone generative AI, according to Gartner
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29 Jun 2026
Martha Lane Fox and other experts see AI arms race as damaging
By Cliff SaranA compilation of essays penned by digital experts illustrates the risks of AI dominance and what lessons can be learned from history
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29 Jun 2026
India’s Hexaware to add 1,200 UK tech staff
By Karl FlindersIndian heritage IT supplier plans to have 1,200 UK staff across multiple sites, with research and development centres to open this year
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29 Jun 2026
Tencent Cloud powers cloud migration for Indonesian telco
By Aaron TanUsing AI agents to replace months of manual labour, Tencent Cloud consolidated XLSmart’s fragmented, multicloud IT estate into a unified platform and migrated over 15TB of core data assets in record time
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26 Jun 2026
Met Palantir pilot: The DPIA that raises more questions than answers
By Antony AdsheadWe examine the Data Protection Impact Assessment for the Metropolitan Police’s Palantir Foundry pilot, and the governance gaps it exposes around surveillance, transparency and staff consultation
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26 Jun 2026
AI surge sees fibre become nervous system of thinking economy
By Joe O’HalloranStudy shows how fibre broadband and AI infrastructure are becoming increasingly interdependent – from datacentre interconnection and middle-mile capacity to edge connectivity, resilient transport and real-time applications
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26 Jun 2026
Metropolitan Police chief warns against law updates amid substantial tech expansion
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Metropolitan Police is to significantly expand use of AI, drones and facial recognition to ‘regain the advantage’ over criminals, but warns progress could be held back by legislation and data integration issues
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26 Jun 2026
Metropolitan Police chief warns against law updates amid substantial tech expansion
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Metropolitan Police is to significantly expand use of AI, drones and facial recognition to ‘regain the advantage’ over criminals, but warns progress could be held back by legislation and data integration issues
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26 Jun 2026
Secure Code Warrior CEO on surviving the AI ‘vulnerability apocalypse’
By Stephen WithersAs enterprises embrace agentic AI and vibe coding, Secure Code Warrior CEO and co-founder Pieter Danhieux warns that code-generating models are still producing critical security flaws
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25 Jun 2026
CVS Health tackles tactical agentic AI rollouts for healthcare
By Don FluckingerWith Salesforce Agentforce Health, CVS Health plans to stitch together provider, insurance and pharmacy data to make processes more efficient for customers.
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25 Jun 2026
Red Hat and IBM, Chainguard take on OSS security risk
By Ben LutkevichIndustry players are using a clearinghouse model to triage the AI-fueled surge in OSS vulnerabilities -- and, in some cases, act as maintainers of last resort.
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25 Jun 2026
Six companies selected as AI tutoring development partners
By Clare McDonaldSix UK companies have been selected as part as UK government’s plans to introduce AI tutoring tools in schools
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25 Jun 2026
Nokia accelerates AI for networking drive
By Joe O’HalloranSpate of activity sees global comms tech provider announce expanded collaboration with hyperscaler, as well as a joint proof of concept with data and AI company to support autonomous networks for the AI era
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25 Jun 2026
Boomi CEO shares vision of AI cost management
By Cliff SaranSteve Lucas, CEO of Boomi, believes the answer is prompt routing, which sends queries to the LLM with the lowest token cost and caches responses
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25 Jun 2026
Salesforce productizes its own customer service AI agent for users
By Don FluckingerSalesforce also becomes the latest CX tech vendor to try its hand at outcomes-based pricing.
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25 Jun 2026
Qualcomm gains AI edge with Modular acquisition
By Joe O’HalloranConnected comms tech platform provider makes strategic buyout to accelerate adoption of edge-to-cloud AI platforms by developers, OEMs, ODMs, cloud service providers and model creators
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25 Jun 2026
Finland drives AI growth amid low take-up concerns
By Gerard O'DwyerSurvey reveals concerns over the take-up of artificial intelligence technology in Finland
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25 Jun 2026
EU proposes tech-backed expansion of Europol policing agency
By Bill GoodwinEnhanced powers to collect and share data are at the heart of EU plans to expand Europol, putting it at loggerheads with human rights groups
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25 Jun 2026
MWC 2026 Shanghai: Huawei bets on token economy as telecoms seeks new AI revenues
By Andrea BenitoAI-native networks, intelligent computing and token-based business models are emerging as the next frontier of digital infrastructure
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24 Jun 2026
Gartner warns AI model advantage is shrinking
By Stephen WithersAs foundational artificial intelligence capabilities converge, Gartner analysts urge IT leaders to focus on data quality, AI literacy and process integration, among other areas, rather than chasing the latest models
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24 Jun 2026
Agents are altering data security needs, Oracle responds
By Eric AvidonTraditional strategies that protect infrastructure systems are not enough with agents autonomously accessing data and threat actors using AI to discover new vulnerabilities.
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24 Jun 2026
Digital surveillance tech facilitates ‘arbitrary’ border abuses
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonOutsourcing migration processes to third countries via the transfer of powerful digital surveillance technologies is entrenching an ‘arbitrary and deterrent’ approach to border management that is hard to scrutinise and ultimately undermines the human rights of migrants
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24 Jun 2026
Met pushes ahead with major facial-recognition expansion
By Larissa SteelMetropolitan Police set to roll out live facial recognition (LFR) in the West End and Soho, but critics say police are ‘rushing ahead’ without regulation
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24 Jun 2026
Pegasystems CEO and founder Alan Trefler on AI agent ‘madness’
By Bill GoodwinPegasystems boss criticises big software suppliers for pushing enterprises to deploy unpredictable AI agents
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24 Jun 2026
Overwhelming support for Microsoft SMS designation in CMA responses
By Antony AdsheadSome 25 organisations back Strategic Market Status for Microsoft’s business software ecosystem, while the Open Cloud Coalition estimates £60m in annual public sector costs
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24 Jun 2026
The £1,100 lock-in: CMA Microsoft probe exposes software ecosystem at a crossroads
By Antony AdsheadA parish council, a £60m public sector bill, and the AI question that could define UK digital competition for a generation in responses to the CMA’s Strategic Market Status investigation
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24 Jun 2026
Gartner: AI coding agents will cost more than real developers
By Cliff SaranAs organisations ramp up the use of AI coding agents in software development, they may find costs increase significantly if such tools are overused
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24 Jun 2026
Cisco: Legacy networks can no longer support the new AI workforce
By Aaron TanAt Cisco Connect 2026 Singapore, tech leaders and policymakers warn that businesses must modernise their IT infrastructure and governance frameworks to pave the way for agentic AI
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23 Jun 2026
Gartner: Prioritise governance to beat AI hype
By Stephen WithersGartner analysts call for IT leaders to prioritise foundational investments in governance, change management and talent to realise the benefits of AI
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23 Jun 2026
CData aims to simplify AI development with latest features
By Eric AvidonNew capabilities that reduce data integration tasks and connect data with AI aid developers while helping the vendor carve out a niche amid a competitive landscape.
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23 Jun 2026
Oxford and UCL labs receive £60m AI funding boost
By Cliff SaranRecognising it cannot compete with big tech just by throwing large amounts of cash and compute at AI, the UK’s funding is more grassroots-based
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23 Jun 2026
Latest EnterpriseDB features unify data for AI development
By Eric AvidonNew capabilities address the data sprawl that sometimes stops enterprises from successfully building agents and could help differentiate the vendor from competitors.
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23 Jun 2026
Roundtable: UK tech chiefs on agentic AI, workforce culture and tokenomics
By Antony AdsheadTech leaders from THG Ingenuity, Kingfisher, Rightmove and Deloitte speak at the Google Summit London about the transition to agentic systems and the rising focus on token costs
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23 Jun 2026
Google’s Andi Gutmans on the shift to agent-scale data management
By Antony AdsheadWe talk to PHP pioneer and Google agentic data cloud vice-president about ensuring agentic quality, including having agents voting against each other, and the risk of LLM lock-in
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23 Jun 2026
Philippine government taps Google Cloud to deploy AI agents
By Aaron TanThe Filipino government will equip public servants with Gemini Enterprise AI tools, launch a cross-agency cyber defence alliance and upgrade subsea network infrastructure
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23 Jun 2026
Australian government cloud mandate sparks migration warnings
By Stephen WithersAs Australia prepares to enforce its whole-of-government cloud policy, industry experts warn agencies against rushed migrations, supplier lock-in and treating AI readiness as an afterthought
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22 Jun 2026
Artificial intelligence-based law firm wins in court
By Karl FlindersAI-based law firm received Solicitors Regulation Authority approval in June last year in a landmark decision
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22 Jun 2026
Lloyds Bank staff have taken 400,000 AI courses since January
By Karl FlindersUK bank staff have already taken artificial intelligence-related training courses as part of AI Academy
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22 Jun 2026
Santander extends staff access to AI as first quarter delivers €35m value
By Karl FlindersSpanish bank expects artificial intelligence use to add €200m in value this year through cost savings and extra revenues
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22 Jun 2026
Interview: How a startup mentality helps keep pace with AI
By Cliff SaranThe pace of change in artificial intelligence can be overwhelming. We speak to Thomson Reuters CTO Joel Hron about how to innovate at pace
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22 Jun 2026
GitLab CIO rejects ‘tokenmaxxing’ as it rebuilds work around agentic AI
By Aaron TanManu Narayan tells Computer Weekly why he’s steering clear of vanity metrics such as ‘tokenmaxxing’, why reports of SaaS’s death are overblown, and why the biggest pressure is simply keeping pace
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22 Jun 2026
Wimbledon’s ‘hidden court 19’ uses IBM Bob to complete 10 years’ work in months
By Karl FlindersIBM unleashed its artificial intelligence-driven software development technology in preparation for the latest Wimbledon tennis tournament
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19 Jun 2026
Civil society: Police facial recognition must be strictly limited
By Larissa SteelDigital rights groups map out ‘minimum, necessary’ human rights protections to be included in UK government’s upcoming legal framework for police facial recognition
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19 Jun 2026
Chilling effects of surveillance threaten democracy, UN finds
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUnited Nations study finds the chilling effects of pervasive digital surveillance in modern life undermines an entire web of interconnected and interdependent human rights, representing a systemic threat to democratic norms and political participation
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19 Jun 2026
Google Cloud boosts for enterprise agentic at London Summit
By Antony AdsheadHyperscaler prioritises process automation in UK showcase, with frontier models, agent platforms and development tools to the fore, with customers such as Unilever in the spotlight
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19 Jun 2026
Keysight’s chief technologist on the path to 6G
By Aaron TanBalaji Raghothaman, Keysight’s chief technologist for 6G, discusses what it takes for the telecoms industry to move to 6G, from supporting AI workloads to integrating with satellites connectivity and driving enterprise use cases
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18 Jun 2026
SHRM CEO gives HR needed pep talk amid bad rap, AI challenges
By David EssexKeynote urging emphasis on work as well as people comes a day after HR association released a worker survey showing low AI adoption and an alarming incidence of prohibited AI use.
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18 Jun 2026
US suspension of Anthropic models prompts AI sovereignty calls
By Larissa SteelThe US government’s control order to suspend access to Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models raises concerns about the UK’s over-reliance on American tech
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18 Jun 2026
IBM execs: AI storage and common implementation oversights
By Alexander S. GillisIBM storage leaders Sam Werner and Christopher Vollmar share insights on AI implementation oversights, including data governance, vector database vulnerabilities and zero trust.
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18 Jun 2026
Interview: Emmanuel Frenehard, chief digital officer, Sanofi
By Mark SamuelsLeading technology in a quest to find life-changing answers to challenging scientific questions brings an extra level of motivation for the pharma giant’s digital chief
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18 Jun 2026
Adobe previews answer engine optimization, agentic AI creative tools
By Don FluckingerSemrush integration with LLM Optimizer is quickly productized; Creative Agent propagates Adobe app functionality and AI chat interfaces such as ChatGPT, Copilot and Claude.
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18 Jun 2026
Emerging tech is top growth priority for UK finance firms
By Karl FlindersIncreasing numbers of banks see emerging technology as a priority of growth with artificial intelligence top of the list
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18 Jun 2026
UAE’s push towards agentic AI raises stakes for governance and accountability
By Andrea BenitoAs the UAE accelerates plans to embed autonomous AI into government services, experts warn that governance frameworks must evolve from policy documents into operational controls that ensure transparency, accountability and trust
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18 Jun 2026
OpenAI deepens Japan footprint with Hitachi deal
By Aaron TanHitachi will use OpenAI’s Codex agent to unpick ageing mission-critical systems and gain early access to its frontier AI models in a slew of high-profile Japanese partnerships for the US AI lab
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17 Jun 2026
AWS latest to introduce context layer for agentic AI
By Eric AvidonWith context key to agents performing in production, the tech giant's latest new features aim to feed cutting-edge tools the situational awareness they require.
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17 Jun 2026
Databricks intros new Genie, data management tools to aid AI
By Eric AvidonFeatures address context for agents, readying data for AI, cost control, security and flexibility to help users overcome problems that prevent pilots from reaching production.
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17 Jun 2026
HSBC pens artificial intelligence deal with Google Cloud
By Karl FlindersHSBC and Google Cloud agree a multi-year contract to support UK bank’s adoption of artificial intelligence
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17 Jun 2026
Motorola Solutions looks to boost public safety with expanded Assist AI
By Joe O’HalloranTech firm rolls out mission-critical AI for public safety use cases to reduce administrative burden and accelerate incident response
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17 Jun 2026
UK companies can seize £50bn prize by industrialising AI, claims Celonis
By Brian McKennaCelonis claims FTSE 100 firms could save £4.4bn by closing ‘execution gaps’ in workflows through process intelligence software, potentially rising to £50bn with agentic AI
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17 Jun 2026
Google Cloud Summit: UK to deploy AI-powered planning system
By Cliff SaranThe UK planning system is being reworked with artificial intelligence and computer vision to provide data in a consistent format
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17 Jun 2026
HPE Discover 2026: Neri heralds ‘unique’ placement to transcend network bottleneck
By Ryan PriestCEO talks up HPE’s self-driving future, as well as partnerships with eight companies in its mission to blaze the trail for hybrid classical-quantum applications
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16 Jun 2026
STT GDC launches 30MW datacentre in South Korea
By Aaron TanThe Singapore-based datacentre operator has entered the South Korean market with STT Seoul 1, a hyperscale-ready facility built though a joint venture with Hyosung Heavy Industries
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16 Jun 2026
Salesforce plans to acquire Fin agentic customer service AI
By Don FluckingerIrish CX tech company Fin, long known as Intercom until a rebrand last month, promises to jump-start Salesforce's agentic customer service business.
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16 Jun 2026
HPE drives forward with AI networking push
By Paul CrocettiHPE brings networking into focus for enterprises at Discover 2026, rolling out switching advancements, AI-powered remediation and AI assistant support.
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16 Jun 2026
Scottish minister clarifies police facial-recognition approach
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Scottish government has confirmed its intention to ensure police use of facial recognition is lawful before deployments start taking place, unlike in England and Wales where the technology has been rolled out in a ‘legal vacuum’ without any formal scrutiny or debate
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16 Jun 2026
NHS trusts operating on fewer patients with Palantir FDP, warns Foxglove
By Antony AdsheadAround 30% of English hospitals that use Palantir’s FDP tools for scheduling are carrying out fewer procedures than before adoption, according to data from campaign group Foxglove
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16 Jun 2026
MIT study warns of major AI risk. Is governance keeping up?
By Kinza YasarAI experts warn of catastrophic AI risks, but governance lags, with security concerns driving policy while broader risks aren't being fully addressed.
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16 Jun 2026
US mortgage provider moves beyond ‘superficial AI integrations’
By Karl FlindersPennymac Financial Services is using generative artificial intelligence tools from Amazon Web Services to bring borrowing up to date
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16 Jun 2026
Interview: Ashwin Ballal, CIO, Freshworks
By Mark SamuelsAfter a career in marketing, engineering, product and operations, a CIO role seemed unlikely for Ashwin Ballal – until he tried it
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16 Jun 2026
Insurance industry AI recruitment correlates with success
By Karl FlindersResearch shows that insurers have accelerated recruitment of artificial intelligence professionals
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16 Jun 2026
Cisco: 36 months to modernise networks before AI overwhelms capacity
By Joe O’HalloranResearch finds capacity and performance the top network challenge for UK organisations, with 81% of respondents saying their network does not have room to house evolving AI demands
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16 Jun 2026
Amnesty calls for ban on AI risk-profiling systems
By Larissa SteelAmnesty International says AI-driven risk profiling systems are discriminatory and may lead to misleading results that violate international human rights law
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16 Jun 2026
How AngelHack uses hackathons to ease AI adoption
By Aaron TanFrom internal hackathons to accelerator programmes, Singapore’s AngelHack is empowering everyday employees to build their own AI applications while expanding its reach in the US, Brazil and Australia
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16 Jun 2026
Ineffable Intelligence strikes Google Cloud deal for Vera Rubin GPU power
By Antony AdsheadLondon-based ‘anti-LLM’ developer led by AlphaGo founder David Silver selects Google Cloud Vera Rubin GPU infrastructure to build reinforcement learning ‘superlearners’
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15 Jun 2026
Swedish industrial AI deal exemplifies Indian software fix to AI threat
By Mark BallardAs India does big deals in the Nordics, the sub-continent’s role for the artificial intelligence age begins to become apparent
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15 Jun 2026
SpaceX IPO aims for AI and orbital data centers
By John MooreThe record-setting debut asks investors to buy into an integrated hardware and software infrastructure play that spans space, energy and data resources.
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15 Jun 2026
Fujitsu exits hardware business in ASEAN in IT consulting move
By Aaron TanFujitsu is walking away from its legacy hardware business in the region and pitching itself as a supplier-neutral technology consultant to help customers cut through the AI hype
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14 Jun 2026
UK Finance ‘shocked but not surprised’ by rise in fraud as tech firms ‘profit’ from it
By Karl FlindersTwo-thirds of authorised push payment scams begin on tech platforms, according to UK Finance annual report
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12 Jun 2026
Adobe releases Coworker marketing orchestration 'super agent'
By Don FluckingerMeet "Coworker," Adobe's answer to multi-agentic marketing workflows.
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12 Jun 2026
The digital pivot: How HSS transformed hire with agentic AI
By Antony AdsheadHSS ProService underwent a profound transformation from asset-heavy hire business to digital marketplace set to deploy agentic AI. CEO Tom Shorten tells us how it did it
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12 Jun 2026
CIO interview: Damian Leach, Vistra
By Karl FlindersCIO Damian Leach discusses Vistra’s digital platform, which he says will harness artificial intelligence in its financial professional services offering
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12 Jun 2026
Labour MP Jess Asato launches legal action over Grok deepfakes
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonAfter xAI’s Grok chatbot was used to create sexualised images and videos of her, Labour MP Jess Asato is taking legal action against the company in a bid to hold the firm accountable for the harms associated with its design choices
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12 Jun 2026
Shure, Zoom evolve collaboration with flexible workspaces
By Joe O’HalloranPartnership unveils more flexible solutions for Zoom Spaces to support the growing role of human-AI collaboration in meetings and learning, enabling ‘consistent, high‑quality’ audio capture
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12 Jun 2026
Singapore to transform industrial island into AI-ready datacentre hub
By Aaron TanA joint report by Singapore government agencies and industry players details how the city-state's Jurong Island will be redesigned into a highly secure, circular digital infrastructure hub by 2050
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12 Jun 2026
Strict sovereign AI policies could cost APAC economies billions
By Aaron TanOxford Economics report reveals that pursuing total AI self-sufficiency will lead to economic trade-offs, delayed enterprise adoption and higher carbon footprints across the Asia-Pacific region
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11 Jun 2026
Databricks intros OpenSharing, a new standard for sharing AI
By Eric AvidonThe open source protocol modernizes collaboration by enabling teams to share AI assets such as AI models and agent skills across domains and with external partners.
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11 Jun 2026
Established enterprise patching models dead in the water, says report
By Alex ScroxtonVulnerability discovery and exploitation was surging dramatically even before Anthropic decided to unleash its frontier Mythos model. As such, an Action1 report finds old approaches to patching are no longer fit for purpose
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11 Jun 2026
AI Summit London: AI’s role in UK defence
By Cliff SaranAI innovation moves quickly, unlike the speed of innovation in the military. How can AI be used to improve the UK armed forces?
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11 Jun 2026
Government aims to make UK top spot for open source AI
By Cliff SaranAI minister Kanishka Narayan unveils funding for computer access to support open source developers of artificial intelligence technology
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11 Jun 2026
Google Cloud unpacks governance challenges of AI agents
By Aaron TanWith AI agents poised to act as digital co-workers, Google Cloud’s Michael Gerstenhaber argues that IT leaders must rethink identity management, security and observability to build trust in the technology
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10 Jun 2026
UK minister for AI calls for more attractive datacentre builds
By Cliff SaranSpeaking at the AI Summit in London, Kanishka Narayan launches a competition to encourage UK datacentre designs people can be proud of
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10 Jun 2026
Lammy announces AI legal assistants for Crown Courts at London Tech Week
By Brian McKennaDeputy PM David Lammy announces AI legal assistants for Crown Courts and AI tools for judges to tackle record backlogs
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10 Jun 2026
ING increases use of AI in mortgage application process
By Karl FlindersBank using artificial intelligence to speed up mortgage applications as the company introduces the technology across its business
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10 Jun 2026
Interview: Pegasystems’ Don Schuerman on how to keep the lid on skyrocketing AI costs
By Bill GoodwinPegasystems offers an alternative take on how enterprises can use artificial intelligence to automate their business processes without burning through their budgets
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10 Jun 2026
Prince William charity and Salesforce set up data lab to tackle homelessness
By Brian McKennaPrince William’s Homewards charity is partnering with Salesforce and LandAid to launch a data lab with the aim of using data technology to predict and prevent homelessness
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10 Jun 2026
UK government and Cisco unveil AI, digital skills initiative
By Joe O’HalloranNetworking giant and UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announce strategic collaboration to help increase AI adoption and widen access to digital skills
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09 Jun 2026
Brace for cloud price hikes and AI failures amid pressure to modernise
By Stephen WithersOrganisations risk losing control of their IT infrastructure unless they embrace platform-centric models, modernise procurement and cut through the agentic AI hype, Gartner analysts warn
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09 Jun 2026
Microsoft smashes record for biggest ever Patch Tuesday update
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft has obliterated the record for the largest ever Patch Tuesday drop, with its June 2026 update addressing approximately 200 flaws and three zero-days
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09 Jun 2026
BT looks to strengthen network defences with Project Glasswing
By Joe O’HalloranComms provider becomes the first UK company to confirm it has joined AI provider’s Project Glasswing scheme