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Siemens deepens Nvidia AI pact & unveils digital twin tools

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Siemens deepens Nvidia AI alliance and debuts digital twin tools, targeting an industrial metaverse and copilots across factory floors.
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Vespertec warns AI growth will hit hard data centre limits

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Vespertec says AI growth will slam into hard data centre limits by 2026, as chip, memory and cooling bottlenecks reshape infrastructure plans.
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Microsoft leads on nature in Europe’s data centres

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Microsoft tops rivals for weaving nature restoration into European data centres, but report warns sector lags as AI power demand surges.
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Fraud expert warns FCA Firm Checker will not stop scams

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A leading fraud expert says the FCA’s new Firm Checker will boost transparency but leave sophisticated social engineering scams largely untouched.
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Simwood links WhatsApp voice with global carrier tools

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Simwood launches WhatsApp Business voice integration, linking Teams, SIP and UCaaS tools to more than three billion WhatsApp users.
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Gen & Intel unveil on-device deepfake scam defence

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Gen and Intel debut an on-device deepfake detector at CES, targeting AI-driven scam videos by analysing audio and visuals in real time.
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AI to reshape bank payments as fraud pressure mounts

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Banks are set to embed AI deep into payment systems by 2026, slashing costs as fraud surges and pressure mounts on platforms and regulators.
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SHAREit unveils AI ad platform for emerging markets

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SHAREit launches AI-powered ad platform to tap emerging-market growth, handling 180 billion daily requests and 150 million impressions.
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Craig Newmark backs Global Signal Exchange anti-fraud push

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Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is funding Global Signal Exchange to expand its shared threat data network against rising online fraud.
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Meta buys Manus to boost general-purpose AI agents

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Meta has bought Singapore AI start-up Manus, aiming to embed its autonomous general-purpose agent across consumer and business products.
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Strong AI governance drives faster secure adoption

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Organisations with robust AI governance are deploying advanced systems faster and more securely, widening the gap with less prepared peers.
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Explainer: Undersea cables quietly powering the AI revolution

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Undersea fibre-optic cables, carrying 95% of international internet traffic, are expanding rapidly to support soaring AI and cloud computing data demands.
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Series hits 1m iMessage posts as users shun public feeds

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iMessage-based social app Series tops 1m posts and 10,000 daily users as young people drift from public feeds to private chats.
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‘GhostPairing’ scam turns WhatsApp linking into spy tool

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Researchers warn a new ‘GhostPairing’ WhatsApp scam turns device linking into a stealth spy tool, hijacking chats via trusted contacts.
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Innovid boosts Social Ads Manager with Reddit tools

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Innovid adds Reddit, Meta optimisation and Google CM360 tools to Social Ads Manager, promising smoother cross-platform social campaigns.
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eBPF research shows kernel tech powering modern AI

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New research from the eBPF Foundation finds kernel-level eBPF fast becoming a core platform layer for cloud, security and AI infrastructure.
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AppsFlyer Index shows tighter race in mobile ads

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AppsFlyer’s 2025 Index shows Meta, TikTok and others closing in on Google and Apple as mobile ad spend concentrates at the top.
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Cloudflare reveals AI surge & Internet ‘bot wars’ in 2025

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Cloudflare warns 2025 brings surging AI traffic, record DDoS attacks and escalating Internet ‘bot wars’ as civil groups face rising threats.
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Experts weigh in on marketing’s redundancy crisis in Age of AI

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As AI reshapes marketing teams, experts warn of a global redundancy wave-and argue human experience is now the industry’s rarest asset.
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ChatGPT tops Apple’s 2025 app & game charts in Australia

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ChatGPT has swept Apple’s 2025 app charts in Australia, topping both free iPhone and iPad download lists as AI tools surge in popularity.