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Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics

• September 15, 2025 15 Sep'25

  Smart headset gives visually impaired a new way to ‘see’

  Researchers at the National University of Singapore have created a wearable device that combines a camera with conversational AI powered by Meta’s Llama models to give sight to the visually impaired

• September 12, 2025 12 Sep'25

  EU Data Act comes into force amid fears of regulation fatigue

  The EU Data Act will potentially give users control of device data, and boost data sharing, cloud switching and competition while raising compliance demands

• September 12, 2025 12 Sep'25

  GDS publishes guidance on AI coding assistants

  Government software engineers are being encouraged to use tools such as GitHub Copilot to speed up software development

• September 10, 2025 10 Sep'25

  Splunk.conf: Cisco and Splunk expand agentic SOC vision

  The arrival of agentic AI in the security operations centre heralds an era of simplification for security professionals, Splunk claims

• September 10, 2025 10 Sep'25

  Jaguar Land Rover admits data has been compromised in cyber attack

  The car maker revealed that data was stolen in the cyber attack that began on 31 August, as its production line continues to be affected

• September 09, 2025 09 Sep'25

  Splunk.conf: Splunk urges users to eat their ‘cyber veggies’

  The dawn of AI-enabled cyber attacks makes it even more important for defenders to bring their A-game, particularly when it comes to getting the basics right

• September 09, 2025 09 Sep'25

  IAA Mobility 2025: Qualcomm and Google Cloud team to enhance in-car experience

  So-called ‘landmark’ technical collaboration brings together Gemini models and Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions to help automakers create deeply personalised and advanced AI agents to redefine customer experience

• September 09, 2025 09 Sep'25

  UK AI sector balloons by 85% to 5,800 companies from 2023 to 2025

  A Perspective Economics study commissioned by DSIT sizes the UK AI sector at 5,800 companies, an increase of 85% over two years

• September 09, 2025 09 Sep'25

  Rimini Street CEO sounds death knell on ERP software

  Believing monolithic ERP applications will become obsolete in a decade, Seth Ravin is positioning Rimini Street to help enterprises transition to agentic ERP processes

• September 08, 2025 08 Sep'25

  Splunk.conf: Splunk and Cisco showcase unified platform

  With 18 months having elapsed since Cisco closed its acquisition of Splunk, joint platform capabilities and developments are being showcased at the annual Splunk.conf fair

• September 08, 2025 08 Sep'25

  Dell AI server revenues leap but storage waits on Project Lightning

  During the past quarter, Dell’s datacentre sales went through the roof due to new server and networking products for AI – but storage has not shared the same dynamic

• September 08, 2025 08 Sep'25

  AI boom to push Australian IT spending past A$172bn

  Australian IT spending is set to grow by 8.9% in 2026, driven by growing investments in artificial intelligence, datacentre systems and cloud, according to Gartner

• September 05, 2025 05 Sep'25

  Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack keeps workers at home

  The recent cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover is keeping workers out of the plants as possible attack group identity becomes public

• September 05, 2025 05 Sep'25

  How Metrobank is tapping VMware Cloud Foundation

  The Philippine bank has adopted nearly all of the capabilities in VMware’s private cloud platform to modernise its IT infrastructure while reaping cost savings

• September 04, 2025 04 Sep'25

  Number of UK banks reporting AI-driven productivity improvements doubles

  Survey shows that half of UK banks will increase spending on artificial intelligence as more see AI-related productivity gains

• September 04, 2025 04 Sep'25

  UK sets out plans for AI assurance leadership

  Labour wants the UK to become the world leader in artificial intelligence assurance

• September 04, 2025 04 Sep'25

  Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team chooses SAP Cloud ERP to gain edge

  Formula 1 team Mercedes-AMG Petronas has chosen SAP Cloud ERP to help it comply with upcoming regulatory changes from the FIA

• September 03, 2025 03 Sep'25

  Microsoft shows potential of analogue optical computing in AI

  Microsoft has worked with Barclays on a financial optimisation problem using consumer-grade electronics

• September 03, 2025 03 Sep'25

  IT departments face huge Windows 10 support bill

  When Windows 10 reaches end-of-life on October 14th, organisations will need to purchase an Extended Support contract to receive Microsoft patches

• September 03, 2025 03 Sep'25

  Google/DoJ antitrust ruling: Google must share data

  The search engine giant will be able to continue offering the Chrome browser, but there will be no more exclusivity distribution agreements

• September 02, 2025 02 Sep'25

  OpenAI targets India with datacentre push

  The AI firm is planning to open a one-gigawatt datacentre in India, which could reduce latency, ensure regulatory compliance and give it an edge over hyperscalers

• September 02, 2025 02 Sep'25

  Cyber attackers damage Jaguar Land Rover production

  Jaguar Land Rover reports a cyber attack has ‘severely disrupted’ its vehicle production and retail operations, recalling similar attacks on other prominent British brands this year

• September 02, 2025 02 Sep'25

  JFrog extends DevSecOps playbook to AI governance

  The software security specialist is leveraging its capabilities in DevSecOps to address security, data provenance and bias in AI models

• August 31, 2025 31 Aug'25

  Google Cloud brings on-premise Gemini AI to Singapore

  Move allows government agencies and regulated industries to run Google’s most powerful artificial intelligence models in their own datacentres, directly addressing data security and residency requirements to fuel the nation’s AI ambitions

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  ICO publishes summary of police facial recognition audit

  The UK data regulator has released a summary of its facial recognition audit of two police forces

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  HPE ups ante in self-driving net ops with enhanced Mist agentic AI

  Merged company simplifies IT operations portfolio with aim of elevating user experiences with more autonomous actions delivered via agentic workflows and expanded digital experience twinning

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  AI supports care of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon hospital

  Artificial intelligence pilot in Lebanon hospital aimed at freeing up time for medics to treat more Palestinian refugees

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  Enterprises believe networking will make or break AI adoption

  Research reveals more than 40% of enterprises in advanced stages of GenAI adoption plan to integrate artificial intelligence into 20-30 applications, further raising the stakes for modernised networks

• August 28, 2025 28 Aug'25

  Nvidia’s Jensen Huang lobbies Trump administration to sell Blackwell to China

  The AI acceleration technology provider is looking at the massive opportunity in selling high-end chips to China

• August 28, 2025 28 Aug'25

  Zopa Bank seeks partners to form AI skills coalition

  Survey by Juniper Research and Zopa Bank reveals full return on investment in artificial intelligence over next five years

• August 28, 2025 28 Aug'25

  VMware rides on private cloud renaissance in APAC

  As enterprise rebalance workload placements and reinvest in private cloud infrastructure, Broadcom is positioning its VMware Cloud Foundation as the new standard for hybrid operations

• August 27, 2025 27 Aug'25

  FairPrice taps Google Cloud to build agentic AI workforce

  Singapore’s largest retailer is deploying a suite of agentic AI applications built on Google’s Gemini, Vertex AI and Agentspace to transform its customer experience and internal workflows

• August 27, 2025 27 Aug'25

  Intel filing shows risks of US government stake

  The US government now has a significant stake in Intel’s business. This could effect its ability to obtain grants from other governments

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  TUC calls for government crackdown on business AI shortcuts

  Artificial intelligence promises to boost productivity and shareholder value, but the Trades Union Congress is concerned that AI-fuelled economic growth is leaving workers behind

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  Broadcom bundles private AI into VCF, adds security automation

  At VMware Explore 2025, Broadcom unveiled an integrated private cloud stack with VMware Private AI now included in VCF subscriptions, alongside cyber security services and support for cloud-native object storage

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  UK equality watchdog: Met Police facial recognition unlawful

  The UK’s equality watchdog has been granted permission to intervene in a judicial review of the Met Police’s live facial-recognition (LFR) technology use, which it claims is being deployed unlawfully

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  Reserve Bank of India proposes framework for AI adoption in India’s finance sector

  India’s central bank has proposed a framework to guide artificial intelligence adoption in the financial sector, along with recommendations to build shared infrastructure, implement safeguards and promote financial inclusion

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  Dell builds on $50m Singapore investment with new AI hub

  Dell Technologies has opened an AI innovation hub to speed artificial intelligence adoption for enterprises across Asia-Pacific and upskill 10,000 students and mid-career professionals in Singapore

• August 20, 2025 20 Aug'25

  Nasa and IBM apply artificial intelligence to tackle solar digital disruption

  Solar storms and flares can have a big impact on digital society, which is why IBM and Nasa are forecasting solar weather with AI

• August 20, 2025 20 Aug'25

  Interview: David Walmsley, chief digital and technology officer, Pandora

  The jewellery retailer is building on a four-year digital transformation by adding agentic AI alongside a major overhaul of its back-end ERP infrastructure

• August 20, 2025 20 Aug'25

  UK chip strategy needs an AI acceleration slant

  Analysis for the government shows gaps in Labour’s AI plan of action, but the big opportunity is in optoelectronics

• August 19, 2025 19 Aug'25

  Google spins up agentic SOC to speed up incident management

  Google Cloud elaborates on its vision for securing artificial intelligence unveiling new protections and capabilities across its product suite

• August 19, 2025 19 Aug'25

  ISACA launches AI security management certification

  ISACA accredited security professionals can now pursue a new AI security management credential

• August 19, 2025 19 Aug'25

  Lumen lights up 400GB datacentre connectivity to fuel AI

  Network expansion across 16 major US metro markets and more than 70 third-party datacentres designed to support AI-first planning and multi-cloud architectures aimed to ensure high-performance environment for business applications

• August 19, 2025 19 Aug'25

  AI, streaming to deliver ‘network crunch’ by 2030

  Research from carrier routing software provider finds that despite significant investment in AI, operators admit they can’t fully optimise networks without access to more real-time data and network modernisation delayed through staff issues

• August 19, 2025 19 Aug'25

  Interview: Differentiating with AI in pet care

  We speak to Mars Pet Nutrition’s head of digital innovation about making artificial intelligence relevant across its brands to support pet health

• August 18, 2025 18 Aug'25

  China Unicom 5G-A network powers world’s first humanoid robot games

  Leading Chinese telco offers robot showcase next-gen 5G network that supports embodied AI realising seamless connectivity for both spectators and robots even during peak usage

• August 18, 2025 18 Aug'25

  AI advances clear path to software development careers

  Programming skills are always in demand, but with artificial intelligence, people will have to adapt their approach to writing code

• August 18, 2025 18 Aug'25

  Okta: AI adoption fuels problems for identity management

  Okta research indicates the emergence and growth of novel security problems, connected with the spread of AI agents and non-human identities

• August 15, 2025 15 Aug'25

  US trade body calls on Washington to cut cyber red tape

  The US Information Technology Industry Council has called on the White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director to cut burdensome regulations in areas such as AI and incident reporting, and to do more to build a unified security regime