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About Karen Joy
Karen Joy Bacudo
Finance Editor
Karen wears two hats at TechDay, balancing her role as an editor while assisting with finance tasks. She bridges writing content and reconciling numbers to support the team, with the same level of accuracy and precision.
Stories by Karen Joy - Page 3
Mobile app installs & sessions keep climbing in 2025
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gaming
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data analytics
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digital transformation
Global mobile app installs jumped 10% in 2025 as sessions rose 7%, fuelled by surging finance and eCommerce usage in APAC and beyond.
New Zealand bosses plan pay rises as confidence grows
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hcm
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ai
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hybrid & remote work
New Zealand employers plan pay rises and richer perks as economic optimism grows, with 84% expecting the outlook to lift staff salaries.
AlgoSec posts record 2025 growth on hybrid cloud demand
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firewalls
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hybrid cloud
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digital transformation
AlgoSec posts record 2025 as hybrid cloud surge drives 37% new business growth, strong ARR gains and rapid uptake of its Horizon platform.
Selector raises USD $32m to boost AI observability push
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devops
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digital transformation
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apm
Selector raises USD $32m at a USD $375m valuation to expand its AI-driven observability platform and accelerate global enterprise growth.
Unicity Labs raises USD $3m to build agentic AI rails
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encryption
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fintech
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blockchain
Unicity Labs raises USD $3m seed round to build peer-to-peer protocol powering high-throughput autonomous agentic AI marketplaces.
Internal auditors fear AI fraud but lack readiness
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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fintech
Internal auditors warn AI-driven fraud is surging, but most concede they lack the tools, skills and time needed to spot it effectively.
Audit firms embed AI while tightening validation controls
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digital transformation
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fintech
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rpa
Audit firms embed AI in core workflows as new research shows rising adoption is matched by stricter validation, governance and training controls.
Palo Alto warns on earnings as guidance disappoints
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saas
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firewalls
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network security
Palo Alto Networks beat quarterly estimates but flagged weaker next-quarter earnings, unsettling investors despite stronger revenue and contract growth.
eflow launches RegCheck to cut compliance tech costs
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fintech
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risk & compliance
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ai
eflow launches RegCheck audit to help mid-market financial firms cut fragmented compliance tech stacks that can add up to 30% to costs.
Sage adds AI to Intacct for faster, clearer finance work
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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fintech
Sage has embedded new AI tools in Sage Intacct to speed period-end close, sharpen cash visibility and cut manual finance workloads.
Emerald, DIC launch USD $62m Physical AI venture push
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robots
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manufacturing
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digital transformation
Emerald and Japan's DIC are launching a USD $62m Physical AI venture platform targeting sensing, wearables, robotics and automation.
Advertising standards tightened to protect Kiwi consumers
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healthtech
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cloud services
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marketing
New Zealand tightens health advertising code, curbing influencer endorsements, tougher evidence rules and stricter protections for vulnerable people.
Sabre, PayPal & Mindtrip unveil AI travel assistant
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digital transformation
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encryption
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crypto
Sabre, PayPal and Mindtrip are teaming up on an AI travel assistant that lets users discover, book and pay for trips in one chat-based flow.
NVIDIA touts GB300 to slash AI agent inference costs
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hyperscale
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dc
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hpc
NVIDIA claims its GB300 NVL72 platform slashes AI agent and coding assistant inference costs by up to 35x as cloud rollouts accelerate.
Anthropic raises USD $30 billion, hits USD $380b value
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Anthropic raises USD $30bn in new backing, lifting the AI group's valuation to USD $380bn as demand for its Claude models surges.
Active exploitation seen in BeyondTrust access flaw
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firewalls
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network security
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pam
Arctic Wolf says attackers are actively exploiting a critical BeyondTrust vulnerability in self-hosted remote access systems.
Canopy unveils AI bookkeeping module for 2026 launch
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financial systems
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rpa
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ai
Canopy to launch AI-powered bookkeeping module in 2026, unifying ledger visibility, month-end workflows and client collaboration tools.
Ramp unveils AI Accounting Agent to speed month-end close
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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fintech
Ramp launches an AI Accounting Agent that codes transactions, handles accruals and reconciles ERP data to speed up the month-end close.
GitHub unveils Agentic Workflows for safer AI automation
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supply chain
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risk & compliance
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open source
GitHub debuts Agentic Workflows, using AI agents with strict guardrails to automate repo chores while keeping maintainers in control.
eBPF report shows efficiency, security gains at scale
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ddos
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ransomware
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devops
eBPF report finds major cloud players cutting CPU, traffic costs and boosting security at scale, signalling a shift to kernel-level control.