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29 Jan 2026
Microsoft Maia 200 AI chip could boost cloud GPU supply
Industry watchers predict ancillary effects for enterprise cloud buyers from Microsoft's AI accelerator launch this week, from GPU availability to Nvidia disruption.
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28 Jan 2026
Alteryx launches in-warehouse data prep tool for BigQuery
Live Query for BigQuery eliminates the need to move data between systems, saving customers from spending on data egress and reducing the risk of security leaks.
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28 Jan 2026
Dynatrace AI agents draw on new observability integrations
Dynatrace rolls out AI agents grounded in a newly consolidated observability data back end and user interfaces, as enterprise AI ROI now hinges on context engineering.
Artificial Intelligence News from the past 365 days
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29 Jan 2026
Forward Networks claims first network digital twin for enterprises
Network operations platform capability pairs agentic AI operations with network digital twin to enable NetOps and SecOps teams to ask complex questions, understand network behaviour and validate outcomes
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29 Jan 2026
Metropolitan Police needs effective constraints on live facial recognition use, court hears
The Metropolitan Police has defended its use of live facial recognition against a legal challenge that claims there are no effective constraints on where it can deploy the technology
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29 Jan 2026
Skills key to successful AI adoption, says IBM
Research from IBM states that employees will need AI skills in the near future for organisations to benefit from the technology
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29 Jan 2026
SAP overcomes rough start to post 8% growth
SAP reports €36.8bn for 2025, up 8%, despite what CEO Christian Klein called a ‘rough start to the year’ due to geopolitical unrest from tariff conflict between the US and the EU
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29 Jan 2026
UK government signs more partners to boost AI skills across the country
The government is seeking to educate 10 million adults in the UK on how to use artificial intelligence tools to streamline their work
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29 Jan 2026
Meta’s latest results show diversification of datacentre capacity strategy
The social media giant is facing increased datacentre costs due to rising server, memory and storage prices
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28 Jan 2026
Nvidia releases synthetic dataset to support Singapore’s AI ambitions
The AI chip giant has developed a synthetic dataset of personas to help developers build AI models that understand Singapore’s demographic and cultural nuances without using personally identifiable information
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28 Jan 2026
Scotland gets AI growth zone boost in Lanarkshire
CoreWeave is building a 500MW AI cloud, providing the region with 800 high-paid jobs in artificial intelligence
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28 Jan 2026
UK government to develop AI tutoring tools
Schools will soon have access to free AI tools to help provide 1:1 tutoring to students, potentially levelling the playing field for those from disadvantaged backgrounds
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28 Jan 2026
UK government to develop AI tutoring tools
Schools will soon have access to free AI tools to help provide 1:1 tutoring to students, potentially levelling the playing field for those from disadvantaged backgrounds
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28 Jan 2026
FCA launches review as ‘non-human intelligence’ surpassing human reasoning is plausible
The Financial Conduct Authority will consider the impact of emerging artificial intelligence adoption in the financial services sector
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28 Jan 2026
Platforms must adapt to IoT demand to support eSim growth
Research on embedded subscriber identity module markets reveal rapid growth and shifting consumer attitudes, with sustained growth especially in internet of things use cases
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28 Jan 2026
Expect to use seven different providers for data management
A poll of data leaders has found that many anticipate using multiple providers to help them achieve their 2026 data management strategy
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27 Jan 2026
Transfer learning and governance help bridge healthcare AI divide
Singapore researchers show how adapting pre-trained AI models can solve data scarcity issues in countries with limited resources. Separately, they have proposed forming an international consortium to build consensus on AI governance in medicine
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27 Jan 2026
UK government’s National Data Library works up steam
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology finishes ‘discovery phase’ of £100m National Data Library programme, including pilot projects
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27 Jan 2026
AO implements Mist AI-native wireless network
Retailer’s wireless network looks to enable smarter, faster customer service and business operations to maintain competitive agility in a dynamic market
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27 Jan 2026
Alan Turing Institute fellowship programme boosted by $1m from Meta
The funding from Meta will be used to support experts in the development artificial intelligence to improve UK public services
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27 Jan 2026
Three-quarters of UK IT teams beset by outages due to missing alerts
Splunk finds 75% of UK IT teams had outages from missed alerts in 2025, driven by alert fatigue and tool sprawl. Collaboration between cyber and observability teams can help
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27 Jan 2026
Landmark legal challenge against police facial recognition begins
The High Court will examine whether the Metropolitan Police is acting lawfully with its deployments of live facial recognition, in the UK’s first judicial review of how the technology is being used
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26 Jan 2026
STT GDC launches HVDC testbed to address AI’s power demands
The FutureGrid Accelerator on Jurong Island will test the use of high-voltage direct current power systems, as traditional alternating current power systems can no longer address the growing energy needs of AI datacentres
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26 Jan 2026
Microsoft introduces AI accelerator for US Azure customers
The company has developed Maia 200, an AI accelerator that promises to boost inference workloads
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26 Jan 2026
Chiba University unveils algorithm to reduce blockchain delay in IoT networks
Researchers develop a lightweight algorithm designed to reorganise network connections to enable secure, low-latency data sharing potentially accelerating secure, real-time data sharing across large-scale IoT ecosystems
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26 Jan 2026
Dawn supercomputer gets sixfold boost thanks to £36m funding injection
The government is ploughing in public money to build out one of the UK’s most powerful supercomputers
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23 Jan 2026
Ransomware, reputation, risk: Black Hat Europe in review, 2026 in view
Black Hat Europe made clear that cyber security can no longer be separated from politics, economics and behaviour, as ransomware, AI and long-standing security failures combine
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23 Jan 2026
Ruckus gears up for networking partnership with TGR Haas F1 Team
Vistance Networks-owned communications technology provider becomes official networking partner of the TGR Haas F1 Team, delivering purpose‑driven, AI‑enhanced connectivity across team headquarters, trackside operations and hospitality
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23 Jan 2026
Singapore debuts world’s first governance framework for agentic AI
The Infocomm Media Development Authority has released a guide to help enterprises deploy artificial intelligence agents safely and address specific risks such as unauthorised actions and automation bias
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22 Jan 2026
Macquarie Bank rolls out AI agent to personalise customer support
Australian bank launches a 24/7 intelligent assistant capable of asynchronous human hand-off, joining the country’s major financial institutions in the race to deploy AI-powered services
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22 Jan 2026
JPMorgan CEO urges slowdown of AI roll-out to ‘save society’
The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence will prompt ‘civil unrest’ if governments and companies fail to protect workers from its displacing effects, says JPMorgan boss
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22 Jan 2026
Davos 2026: Smart thinking needed for sovereign AI investment
Policy-makers need to figure out how they can carve a niche in a world dominated by China and the US
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22 Jan 2026
Dell Technologies Forum Dubai highlights AI as the next great economic accelerator
At its flagship regional event, Dell Technologies set out how AI leadership, data readiness and skills development are shaping digital transformation across the UAE and the wider Middle East
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21 Jan 2026
GoodData launches MCP server to fuel AI-powered analysis
By connecting its platform and customers' AI tools, the vendor is enabling users to automate the analytics workflow and speed insight generation.
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21 Jan 2026
Interview: Barry Panayi, group chief data officer, Howden
The fast-growing insurance firm wants data insights and artificial intelligence to give customer-facing employees all the information they need at their fingertips through data-powered conversational interfaces
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21 Jan 2026
UK government appoints banking tech bosses as AI champions
Appointment of artificial intelligence champions from banking sector comes as MPs make stern warning about AI risks in financial services
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21 Jan 2026
E& enterprise brings agentic AI to MENAT
A strategic partnership introduces autonomous, governance-by-design artificial intelligence as enterprises in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey move from experimentation to real-world impact
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21 Jan 2026
AI slop pushes data governance towards zero-trust models
Organisations are implementing zero-trust models for data governance thanks to the proliferation of poor quality AI-generated data, often known as AI slop
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20 Jan 2026
Google Cloud opens Bangkok region to support Thailand’s AI economy
The hyperscaler’s Thai cloud region is part of a $1bn investment to meet the growing demand for cloud services in the kingdom
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20 Jan 2026
ScyllaDB adds vector search to managed database platform
The feature's direct integration in the X Cloud platform is aimed at simplifying AI development by eliminating the need for customers to add specialized databases.
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20 Jan 2026
NatWest Boxed tech team drives business on embedded finance wave
NatWest Boxed tech team doubles up as the force behind NatWest’s challenger bank, as well as its white-label banking service
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20 Jan 2026
Met claims success for permanent facial recognition in Croydon
Met Police boasts that its permanent deployment of live facial recognition cameras in Croydon has led to more than 100 arrests and prompted a double-digit reduction in local crime, ahead of an upcoming judicial review assessing the technology’s lawfulness
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20 Jan 2026
Digital Realty enters Malaysia with acquisition of Cyberjaya datacentre
The datacentre provider expands Southeast Asian footprint beyond Singapore and Jakarta, acquiring a connectivity hub in Cyberjaya with plans for a 14MW campus to support regional AI and cloud workloads
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19 Jan 2026
UK financial regulators exposing public to ‘potential serious harm’ due to AI positions
MPs warn that action is needed to ensure artificial intelligence is adopted safely in the finance sector as companies capitalise on its opportunities
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19 Jan 2026
Volvo EX60 hits accelerator on in-vehicle connectivity and AI
Auto maker unveils comms, infotainment and artificial intelligence in all-electric vehicle, including system on a chip said to deliver the highest level of processing power found in its cars to date
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19 Jan 2026
Davos 2026 attendees can navigate event with Salesforce AI ’concierge’
Visitors to the World Economic Forum will be able to use an AI personal assistant, EVA, built by Salesforce on WEF data, to navigate the event and get recommended actions
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19 Jan 2026
UK copyright law unfit for protecting creative workers from AI
As the UK government considers its approach to artificial intelligence and copyright, Computer Weekly explores the dynamics at play in copyright markets, and what measures can be taken to ensure that creatives are protected
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19 Jan 2026
UK government kicks off plan to revamp citizen digital interaction
Labour has set out a roadmap for modernising digital government in a bid to streamline services and cut costs
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18 Jan 2026
APAC enterprises to boost AI spend by 15% in 2026
Lenovo’s CIO Playbook 2026 reveals that 96% of APAC organisations are planning to invest more in AI, with a growing reliance on hybrid infrastructure to manage rising inference costs
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16 Jan 2026
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan calls for urgent action to boost the capital’s AI workforce
Khan has launched a taskforce to tackle the risk of mass unemployment that could occur as artificial intelligence threatens London jobs
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15 Jan 2026
AI governance provides guardrails for faster innovation
Dataiku’s field chief data officer for Asia-Pacific and Japan discusses how implementing AI governance can accelerate innovation while mitigating the risks of shadow AI
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15 Jan 2026
MongoDB launches latest Voyage models to aid AI development
With many enterprises struggling to build advanced applications, new embedding and reranking models improve data retrieval to make agents and other tools more effective.
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15 Jan 2026
CEOs are taking the lead on AI initiatives
A study from BCG shows that CEOs increasingly feel their job security depends on successful AI-enablement of business operations
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14 Jan 2026
Nozomi Networks opens APAC headquarters in Singapore
Industrial cyber security firm Nozomi Networks has opened its Singapore headquarters, doubling its regional headcount, and pledging to remain vendor agnostic while targeting the manufacturing and utility sectors
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13 Jan 2026
Berlin anarchists cite AI in attack on key energy infrastructure
Berlin anarchists have sabotaged key energy infrastructure in the city, claiming it as an act of ‘self-defence’ against the planet’s destruction by ‘energy-guzzling’ technologies and the wider fossil fuel economy that underpins their development
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13 Jan 2026
Interview: How ING reaps benefits of centralising AI
ING bank is using generative AI-powered chatbots with a human in the loop to streamline mortgage applications. It is also testing speech-to-speech models
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13 Jan 2026
Motive accelerates Edge AI safety for automotive operations
Commercial vehicle AI dash cam said to be able to deliver three times more AI processing power, stereo vision and hands-free two-way communication in an all-in-one device
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13 Jan 2026
Sisense targets embedding AI with latest new features
Tools such as an MCP server and a natural language assistant demonstrate the vendor's evolution toward artificial intelligence as the interface for analytics.
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13 Jan 2026
Execs see AI and automation as long-term strategic investments
Recent surveys point to business and IT leaders looking at five-year technology investment plans
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13 Jan 2026
AI to handle four in 10 customer queries in Singapore by 2027
As companies turn to AI agents to solve manpower constraints, more than nine in 10 APAC consumers say they want clear explanations for AI-driven decisions
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12 Jan 2026
Business leaders see AI risks and fraud outpacing ransomware, says WEF
C-suite executives are more concerned with risks arising from AI vulnerabilities and cyber fraud than ransomware, according to the World Economic Forum
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12 Jan 2026
Ofcom begins investigation of explicit image generation on Grok
Elon Musk’s Grok image generator, from parent company X, is being investigated by the UK regulator under the Online Safety Act
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12 Jan 2026
Welsh government launches £2.1m fund to help SMEs adopt AI
The funding is being used to deliver artificial intelligence awareness and adoption support to businesses, as well as to upskill staff, enabling them to take advantage of AI
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12 Jan 2026
UK regains second spot in global fintech investment ranking
Global fintech investment was up 21% and the UK retook second spot in the market ranking for the full year 2025
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12 Jan 2026
Intersec Dubai highlights why AI has become critical in the race against cyber attackers
Cigna Healthcare’s Jean Wiles warns that healthcare security teams must act faster without sacrificing accuracy or compliance as threats driven by artificial intelligence scale
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12 Jan 2026
Woolworths to power Olive digital assistant with agentic AI
The Australian retail giant is the first in the Asia-Pacific region to use Google’s Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience to turn its chatbot into a proactive shopping partner
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11 Jan 2026
UAE’s VentureOne to deploy secure autonomy technologies in Europe through Unikie and Solita partners
Partnerships with Finland’s Unikie and Solita will bring UAE-developed secure autonomy technologies to critical infrastructure, public safety and AI-enabled operations across Northern Europe
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09 Jan 2026
CES 2026: Hitachi inks collaborations with Nvidia, Google Cloud, Nozomi Networks
In its mission to build a ‘harmonised society’, Hitachi claims momentum, with major announcements across areas including mobility, AI and energy
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09 Jan 2026
Agentic AI requires rethink of cloud security strategy
Security leaders discuss the rise of agentic AI, warning that autonomous agents operating at machine speed will require organisations to move away from static protection towards behavioural monitoring and automated reasoning
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09 Jan 2026
Salesforce advocates AI fluency framework alongside customers
Salesforce has launched an ‘AI fluency playbook’ based on its own workforce’s experience, aimed at guiding customers on AI adoption, stressing what it sees as human-AI synergies
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09 Jan 2026
Volkswagen looks to deliver advanced infotainment and connectivity capabilities
Global auto manufacturer unveils primary tech provider for the launch of its zonal software-defined vehicle architecture, providing high-performance system-on-chips for infotainment capabilities starting in 2027
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08 Jan 2026
Snowflake storms into IT monitoring with Observe acquisition
Historically focused on data management and AI development, the vendor is adding infrastructure observability capabilities in a move that could differentiate it from competitors.
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08 Jan 2026
Campaigners urge UK to develop digital sovereignty strategy
UK digital rights campaigners have urged UK parliamentarians to implement a digital sovereignty strategy as part of the forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to reduce reliance on technology subject to foreign interference
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08 Jan 2026
UK’s AI plan of action needs to shift into overdrive
The UK has a 50-point plan of action to drive the AI sector. There’s ongoing investment, but plenty of areas to improve
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08 Jan 2026
What will happen with Starmer’s digital ID scheme in 2026?
Last year, the UK government announced ambitious plans for a national digital identity scheme, but will 2026 lead to more disenchantment or new excitement?
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08 Jan 2026
New Databricks tool aims to up agentic AI response accuracy
With enterprises struggling to successfully develop agents using traditional RAG pipelines, the vendor's new Instructed Retriever offers an alternative.
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08 Jan 2026
Like it or not, AI will transform cyber strategy in 2026
Bubble or no bubble, from cyber skills to defensive strategies to governance, risk and compliance, artificial intelligence will remake the cyber world in 2026
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08 Jan 2026
Labour MP Josh Simons to lead digital ID scheme
Cabinet Office parliamentary secretary Josh Simons to become digital ID minister as government prepares to launch public consultation on the scheme
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08 Jan 2026
CES 2026: Qualcomm expands IE‑IoT portfolio
Edge AI technology made available for developers, enterprises and OEMs, integrating chipsets, software distribution and tools to scales across verticals
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08 Jan 2026
CES 2026: Toyota enhances SUV range with added infotainment
New version of RAV4 now available with Snapdragon Digital Chassis for personalisation and immersive infotainment, as well as advanced safety, convenience and real-time connected features
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07 Jan 2026
India and Singapore outpace global peers in agentic AI adoption
Research from Thoughtworks reveals that while 77% of global businesses are focused on generating revenue from AI initiatives, Asian markets are leading the charge in agentic AI adoption, job creation and executive confidence
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07 Jan 2026
Interview: Diana Schildhouse, chief data and analytics officer, Colgate-Palmolive
The consumer goods giant is taking its advanced analytics approach and adding AI for greater value, but its data leader stresses the importance of getting the data foundations in place first
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07 Jan 2026
Snowflake boosts Google partnership, integrates Gemini 3
By making the tech giant's LLM natively available in Cortex AI, the data cloud vendor is adding yet another significant tool to its evolving development suite.
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07 Jan 2026
All England Tennis Club extends 36-year IBM deal with AI at core of plans
Deal will see IBM continue to develop digital experience for fans of the Wimbledon tennis tournament
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07 Jan 2026
Accenture acquires UK AI firm linked to Vote Leave campaign
Faculty, the company that powered the data strategy of Boris Johnson’s former chief of staff, Dominic Cummings, is now part of Accenture
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06 Jan 2026
Lenovo taps AI and digital twins to power World Cup 2026
Technology partner for upcoming football tournament has built an artificial intelligence knowledge assistant for coaches, digital avatars to assist VAR decisions, and smart infrastructure for venue management
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06 Jan 2026
UAE launches AI ecosystem to boost climate-resilient agriculture worldwide
In partnership with the Gates Foundation, Abu Dhabi unveils a multi-institution AI platform designed to accelerate agricultural innovation, strengthen food security and support millions of smallholder farmers facing climate volatility
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06 Jan 2026
Nvidia unveils Vera Rubin architecture to power AI agents
The AI chip giant has taken the wraps off its latest compute platform designed for test-time scaling and reasoning models, alongside a slew of open source models for robotics and autonomous driving
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05 Jan 2026
How Bahrain is building a region-leading digital economy
From hyperscale cloud and fintech regulation to AI skills and smart manufacturing, Bahrain is positioning technology at the heart of its economic diversification strategy, says Bahrain EDB’s Musab Abdullah
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05 Jan 2026
Falcon and beyond: Abu Dhabi’s blueprint for national AI governance
Through national frameworks, open-source innovation and homegrown models such as Falcon, Abu Dhabi is shaping a distinctive approach to AI governance and deployment
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05 Jan 2026
Global cloud infrastructure spending hits $102.6bn in Q3 2025
The cloud infrastructure market grew 25% year on year, driven by enterprises moving from AI experimentation to scaled deployment, according to research from Omdia
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02 Jan 2026
ServiceNow predicts more than one million new AI-driven jobs in UAE by 2030
Enterprise AI adoption, national strategy and large-scale digital transformation programmes are set to reshape the UAE labour market and technology landscape, according to ServiceNow research
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31 Dec 2025
Top 10 police technology stories of 2025
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2025
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31 Dec 2025
Top 10 business applications stories of 2025
There is no doubt what took centre stage in the theatre of business applications in 25: agentic AI, surpassing pre-2022 AI, and generative AI. C-level executives bang the AI drum while enterprises find value
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30 Dec 2025
Oldest victim of Post Office scandal awarded OBE in New Year Honours 2026
The New Year Honours List 2026 conferred an OBE on the oldest living victim of the Post Office scandal, as well as hailing members of the UK technology community
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30 Dec 2025
PwC: AI, cloud and next-generation networks redefine the Middle East’s TMT future
From sovereign cloud and AI compute to gaming and quantum, PwC research shows how the region is reshaping growth, competitiveness and digital sovereignty
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30 Dec 2025
Top 10 information management stories of 2025
Artificial intelligence continued to have a big impact on information management in 2025. Also selected are case studies and interviews with data chiefs that show the enduring value of good data management
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30 Dec 2025
Top 10 government IT stories of 2025
The past 12 months has seen a number of significant milestones in digital government. Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 government IT stories of 2025
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30 Dec 2025
Top 10 technology ethics stories of 2025
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 tech ethics stories of 2025
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29 Dec 2025
Agentic orchestration, the next AI issue for CIOs to tackle
Salesforce, ServiceNow, AWS and others would like to manage all of your AI agents.
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29 Dec 2025
Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2025
A new digital strategy, funding boosts and struggles to keep the lights on: here are Computer Weekly’s top NHS IT stories in 2025
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28 Dec 2025
Middle East tech trends 2026: AI, cyber security and sovereign infrastructure take centre stage
As artificial intelligence moves from experimentation to production and cyber threats escalate, the Middle East is entering a decisive phase of digital transformation, says Omdia chief analyst Trevor Clarke
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24 Dec 2025
Top 10 India stories of 2025
From infrastructure expansion and sovereign AI innovation to regulatory maturity, Computer Weekly recaps the key developments that kept CIOs and technology suppliers across India busy in 2025
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24 Dec 2025
Top 10 AI stories of 2025
No topic took over 2025 like that of artificial intelligence – whether it was DeepSeek, the discussion around computational resources, low return on investment, or the hype surrounding agentic AI. Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 AI stories of 2025