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WealthArc launches AI agent to structure portfolio data

2 days ago
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WealthArc unveils AI Agent to turn messy custodian records into structured portfolio data for wealth managers, backed by human review.
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Anthropic appoints Novartis Chief Executive Officer to board

3 days ago
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Anthropic strengthens its board with Novartis Chief Executive Officer Vas Narasimhan, giving its trust-appointed directors a majority.
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Payhawk flags AI governance gap in finance leaders

3 days ago
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Payhawk survey finds 45% of self-described AI leaders in finance lack minimum use rules, exposing a wider gap between ambition and control.
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Acronis launches global MDR service for MSPs world

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Acronis rolls out globally available managed detection and response for MSPs, bundling 24/7 monitoring, incident response and recovery tools.
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Keepit: enterprises still lag on SaaS recovery testing

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Keepit's 2026 data report says most SaaS restores are single files, while many organisations still fail to test identity and bulk recovery.
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Logitech names Yalcin Yilmaz Chief Commercial Officer

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Logitech promotes 22-year veteran Yalcin Yilmaz to chief commercial officer, succeeding long-serving sales and marketing leader Quin Liu.
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Informatica deepens Microsoft Fabric ties, adds Swiss pod

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Informatica widens Microsoft Fabric integration with Open Mirroring support and unveils a Swiss Azure pod for localised EU data control.
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UK lags China & US in race to digital, AI-led factories

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China and the US are racing ahead of the UK in adopting AI-led, software-defined factories, raising fresh fears over British competitiveness.
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Liechtenstein tops global index for internet access

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Liechtenstein has been named the world's best-connected nation, topping MoneySuperMarket Broadband's 2026 Internet Accessibility Index.
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AI leaders lack rules & data to scale finance tools

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AI 'leaders' in finance rush to pilots but lack rules, data and governance to scale tools into core, high‑accountability workflows.
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Acronis 2025 ESG report spotlights AI & emissions cuts

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Acronis' 2025 ESG report touts responsible AI rollout, a 40% emissions cut across Scopes 1-3, and expanded partner and community programmes.
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Addepar unveils Addison AI to power wealth insights

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Addepar launches Addison AI to give wealth managers trusted, natural language portfolio intelligence embedded across its platform workflows.
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Creating a bridge between STEM and tech

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Bridging schools and tech careers with inclusive training and language could speed women's path into engineering and shape fairer AI.
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Denmark tops 2026 FM Resilience Index as Europe leads

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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Denmark tops FM's 2026 Resilience Index for a third year as Europe dominates the top 10 and all three United States zones miss out.
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Denmark tops 2026 FM resilience ranking, India climbs

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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Denmark tops FM's 2026 Resilience Index for a third year as Europe dominates the rankings and India makes broad-based gains across all zones.
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Wootzwork raises USD $6.6m to scale global manufacturing

Thu, 26th Feb 2026
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Wootzwork secures USD $6.6m Series A to scale its AI-driven manufacturing coordination model across global industrial supply chains.
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Adfinis unveils flat-fee OpenBao-based secrets service

Fri, 20th Feb 2026
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Adfinis launches Secretz Enterprise, a flat-fee OpenBao-based secrets service promising up to 50% savings and 24/7 support.
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Unicity Labs raises USD $3m to build agentic AI rails

Thu, 19th Feb 2026
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Unicity Labs raises USD $3m seed round to build peer-to-peer protocol powering high-throughput autonomous agentic AI marketplaces.
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Emerald, DIC launch USD $62m Physical AI venture push

Tue, 17th Feb 2026
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Emerald and Japan's DIC are launching a USD $62m Physical AI venture platform targeting sensing, wearables, robotics and automation.
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Yokogawa links OpreX software with ANYmal inspection robots

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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Yokogawa is integrating its OpreX Robot Management Core with ANYbotics' ANYmal robots to automate hazardous industrial site inspections.