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Anthropic's Mythos sparks governance fears over cyber risk

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Anthropic's Claude Mythos cyber security model and Project Glasswing are fuelling fears that AI-driven vulnerability hunting is becoming a boardroom issue.
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Teads & LG Ad Solutions expand CTV pact across APAC

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Teads and LG Ad Solutions widen connected TV partnership across APAC and Europe, adding markets and a single buying route for LG Smart TV inventory.
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team.blue rolls out AI tools across its business brands

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team.blue widens AI push with new tools for booking, compliance, website creation and data analysis across four brands.
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Fortinet boosts AI security & sustainability efforts

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Fortinet backs AI governance and quantum-safe upgrades as sustainability report highlights lower product energy use and training progress.
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Heligan launches new strategic advisory & risk unit

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Heligan Group launches strategic advisory unit to tackle sanctions, ownership and cyber risk for investors, defence clients and high-net-worth buyers.
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AI referrals convert nearly three times better than search

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Lebesgue data from 35,000 eCommerce brands suggests AI-driven visits arrive with stronger purchase intent than standard search traffic.
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Akeneo spring release links product data to market signals

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Akeneo's Spring Release adds AI discovery and marketplace feedback to product records, aiming to help retailers update catalogue data in real time.
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TCS expands Google Cloud tie-up with four AI offerings

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TCS deepens Google Cloud partnership with four new AI products aimed at speeding enterprise automation, factory efficiency and cyber defence.
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AI shopping agents reshape retail buying & checkout

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AI shopping agents are moving retail from clicks to chat, as Walmart, Amazon and Google test protocols that let software search, compare and pay.
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Keeper launches Verify Mode to block phishing logins

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Keeper Security launches Verify Mode for enterprise browser extension, warning users before passwords are entered on suspicious sites to curb phishing logins.
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TCS expands Google Cloud partnership for autonomous AI

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TCS broadens Google Cloud alliance to speed enterprise shift into autonomous AI systems with new tools for data, factories and security.
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Amazon, Meta & Microsoft join UCP technical council

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Amazon, Meta and Microsoft join Universal Commerce Protocol council as AI shopping standard draws major backing from retailers and payments groups.
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KnowBe4 names APJ partner award winners in Singapore

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KnowBe4 honours APJ partners in Singapore, with SSS Cybersecurity Specialists named regional winner as Australia, Thailand and Japan firms also recognised.
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Neosframe lands Entain as client before beta finish

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Neosframe wins Entain as an early client before finishing beta, giving the Brisbane software startup a live test case as it prepares a capital raise.
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AI investment could help construction firms retain staff

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AI tools may help construction firms keep staff as a survey finds more than half of professionals would stay put if employers boosted investment.
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Global real estate company strengthens MFA security with Inde

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Inde helps international real estate company roll out Authsignal MFA across Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in just two months.
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Cisco unveils universal quantum switch for mixed systems

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Cisco research prototype promises to link mismatched quantum systems, using room-temperature fibre to tackle a major networking bottleneck.
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Civica names new Chief Technology & Product Officers

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Civica splits product and engineering as Ian O'Brien and Neal Watkins take top roles to drive AI-led public sector software push.
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HAT signs exclusive Tailscale distribution deal in Oceania

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HAT Distribution lands exclusive Tailscale partnership to help Oceania partners replace legacy VPNs with secure identity-based connectivity.
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Bissell launches PowerClean DualBrush vacuum in Oceania

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BISSELL expands its PowerClean range in Australia and New Zealand with a new stick vacuum featuring dual brush rolls, HEPA filtration and 100-minute runtime.