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Wireless CVEs surge, exposing hidden risks for AI centres

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Wireless flaws have surged 230-fold since 2010, as Bastille warns AI data centres and critical infrastructure face escalating unseen risks.
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Cyber attacks stay near record high as GenAI risks grow

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Global cyber attacks hover near record highs as unchecked workplace GenAI use exposes sensitive data in one in 31 corporate prompts.
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Luma unveils unified AI agents to streamline creativity

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Luma launches unified AI agents for agencies, promising context-aware creative workflows across text, image, video and audio projects.
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Digital.ai unveils AI tool to harden mobile app builds

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Digital.ai launches Quick Protect AI to harden Android and iOS apps post-build, embedding automated security into CI/CD pipelines.
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Private equity warned over fragile AI foundations

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Private equity faces rising AI risk as SIG warns fragile software, security and governance are undermining ambitious investment narratives.
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Buckinghamshire leads UK for rising women inventors

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Buckinghamshire emerges as a rare bright spot for women inventors as new data show the UK still lags Europe on gender balance in patents.
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VORTIQ-X launches runtime AI governance layer in EMEA

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VORTIQ-X debuts an AI governance hypervisor in EMEA, enforcing runtime controls to meet looming EU AI Act demands on high-risk systems.
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Pan Macmillan launches AI Academy to upskill staff

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Pan Macmillan has launched an internal AI Academy with Multiverse, training 20 staff in responsible AI to boost efficiency and reader reach.
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Why legal literacy is the ultimate empowerment for women in tech

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Women in tech gain real power not just by innovating, but by mastering legal literacy to protect their work, legacy and leadership.
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Tamr doubles SaaS revenue as AI drives data mastering

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Tamr's direct SaaS revenue surges 102% as enterprises embrace AI-driven data mastering to underpin production-ready AI deployments.
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Ethical AI and equitable law: Redesigning the profession for women leaders

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Ethical AI and redesigned work models could help dismantle bias in law, paving the way for more women to thrive as leaders in the profession.
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We are not climbing a ladder, we are building it

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Generative AI is levelling the creative-tech field, giving women a rare chance to shape rules, narratives and power from the ground up.
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ABBYY adds 22 patents to expand AI document automation

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ABBYY secures 22 new AI and OCR patents, expanding its portfolio beyond 400 as document automation rivals race to protect key technologies.
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Five years after Kalifa: Vision was set. Execution now determines the outcome

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Five years after the Kalifa Review, UK fintech's global edge endures, but slow domestic capital and tax reform threaten its scaling ambitions.
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Regulating the internet is like trying to bottle lightning using chopsticks

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As AI disrupts brand protection, global rights owners face a volatile fight against online piracy that regulation alone cannot tame.
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Entersekt expands leadership team after 10bn transactions

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Entersekt boosts leadership as it tops 10bn transactions and posts 30% North American growth, adding senior hires to drive expansion.
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Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of illicit Claude copying

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Anthropic alleges Chinese labs DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax ran vast illicit campaigns to copy Claude and bypass US export curbs.
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Google adds Gemini AI tool to generate short music tracks

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Google's Gemini app can now spin 30-second AI songs from text or images using its new Lyria 3 model, with built-in SynthID watermarks.
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EY maps hyper-velocity AI priorities for tech during 2026

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EY urges tech leaders to pursue AI-fuelled deals, agentic systems and sovereignty-by-design as 2026 competition and security pressures grow.
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BriefCatch buys WordRake tech to expand legal editing

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BriefCatch acquires WordRake's core tech and 12 US patents, aiming to fuse document-level and in-line legal editing in one platform.