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Europe and Middle East information technology (IT)

• October 24, 2025 24 Oct'25

  Interview: Inside Abu Dhabi’s fast-track formula for deep-tech startups

  With its integrated model for research, innovation, and commercialisation, VentureOne’s CEO says the incubator is helping turn the UAE’s bold tech ambitions into globally competitive companies.

• October 23, 2025 23 Oct'25

  Abu Dhabi bets on autonomous racing to accelerate AI and mobility innovation

  Through the Autonomous Racing League, Aspire and the Advanced Technology Research Council are using high-speed competition to test and advance real-world AI and robotics systems

• October 23, 2025 23 Oct'25

  UAE’s datacentre boom powers AI ambitions and digital sovereignty

  Surging investments in cloud infrastructure and hyperscale capacity position the UAE as a regional digital powerhouse and a magnet for global tech giants

• October 22, 2025 22 Oct'25

  Inspired by the EU: Sweden eyes open standard for encrypted chat services

  What if your messaging and collaboration app could talk to all the others? Swedish government agencies are investigating the possibility

• October 21, 2025 21 Oct'25

  AWS and e& launch AI and cloud training programme to build UAE’s future-ready workforce

  The ‘AI Nation – Afaaq’ initiative will train 30,000 individuals in AI and machine learning, addressing critical skills gaps and supporting the UAE’s digital transformation ambitions

• October 21, 2025 21 Oct'25

  Dell Technologies accelerates AI and digital transformation across the Middle East

  Through strategic partnerships and innovations unveiled at Gitex 2025, Dell is helping UAE organisations harness AI, multi-cloud, and edge computing to drive faster, smarter business transformation

• October 20, 2025 20 Oct'25

  EU regulation sharpens fear of Norwegian AI exodus

  Norway’s government wants fast-track adoption of EU AI Act as pressure mounts for the EU to ease regulation on high-tech sectors

• October 20, 2025 20 Oct'25

  The Netherlands faces €12bn R&D investment gap as productivity stagnates

  Dutch government unveils nine-point plan to meet European 3% GDP target after its competitiveness ranking plummeted

• October 20, 2025 20 Oct'25

  Microsoft admonished for role in facilitating Gaza genocide

  Following credible allegations that Microsoft Azure was being used to facilitate mass surveillance and lethal force against Palestinians, which prompted the company to suspend services to the Israeli military unit responsible, human rights ...

• October 17, 2025 17 Oct'25

  AI talent war sees UBS recruit leadership from JPMorgan

  Research from Evident reveals US banks lead the way in AI adoption in the finance sector, with a talent war simmering

• October 16, 2025 16 Oct'25

  Securing the AI era: Huawei’s cyber security strategy for the GCC

  At Gitex 2025, Sultan Mahmood, chief security officer for Huawei Gulf North, outlined how the company supports GCC digital sovereignty, AI security, and enterprise cyber resilience

• October 16, 2025 16 Oct'25

  Gitex 2025: Help AG aims to be global cyber force as UAE leads AI security transformation

  Acting CEO Aleksandar Valjarevic discusses how Help AG is evolving from a regional cyber security authority into a global innovation-driven player, powered by sovereign services, AI automation and managed security models

• October 16, 2025 16 Oct'25

  Gitex 2025: Aramex partners with AWS to accelerate global IT modernisation

  UAE-based logistics giant completes the migration of its Oceania datacentre to AWS, marking the start of a global transformation to build an AI-ready, cloud-native infrastructure

• October 14, 2025 14 Oct'25

  Cohesity CEO: ‘The Middle East is moving faster than any other region in data resilience’

  At Gitex in Dubai, Sanjay Poonen, CEO at Cohesity, highlights how the region’s rapid digital growth is shaping new priorities in cyber recovery, AI-driven backup and secure data platforms

• October 14, 2025 14 Oct'25

  Vox pop: Digital transformation across the Arab world

  We asked exhibitors at UAE startup event Expand North Star about the challenges – from lack of fundamental infrastructure to first-world problems – faced by startups and digital businesses in the Middle East

• October 14, 2025 14 Oct'25

  Khazna leads UAE’s global AI push with massive datacentre expansion

  Announced at Gitex Global 2025, Khazna is accelerating its international and domestic expansion, providing the AI-ready infrastructure underpinning the UAE’s ambition to become a global technology leader

• October 13, 2025 13 Oct'25

  Interview: Shaping the future of AI in the UAE

  At Gitex 2025 in Dubai, the largest tech show in the Middle East, Chiara Marcati, chief AI advisory and business officer at AI71, discusses the UAE’s ambition to become a global leader in artificial intelligence

• October 13, 2025 13 Oct'25

  Microsoft and the UAE: Driving AI from strategy to real impact

  Exploring how Microsoft and the UAE are turning AI ambition into practical solutions, empowering talent, and guiding CIOs to adopt AI at scale

• October 13, 2025 13 Oct'25

  UAE AI minister: ‘We’ll have 10,000 AI companies in five years’

  Gulf state AI minister sets out plans to encourage artificial intelligence companies with certification and ranking based on AI competence and UAE presence at startup event in Dubai this week

• October 09, 2025 09 Oct'25

  Chat Control encryption plans delayed after EU states fail to agree

  Plans to require technology companies across Europe to monitor the contents of encrypted messages and emails have been delayed after European Union member states were unable to reach agreement following German objections

• October 09, 2025 09 Oct'25

  AI and autonomous vehicles drive UAE’s first commercial electric truck fleet

  Evocargo and RAK Ceramics deploy AI-powered autonomous vehicles, marking a new era for logistics and sustainable mobility

• October 08, 2025 08 Oct'25

  How the UAE is using AI to transform healthcare

  The UAE’s decision to appoint AI leaders in every ministry signals a shift - in healthcare, success is measured not only in cost savings, but in efficiency, sustainability, and better patient outcomes

• October 08, 2025 08 Oct'25

  AI and big data: Driving the UAE’s smart transport revolution

  From real-time passenger insights to predictive maintenance, the UAE is leveraging AI and advanced data platforms to transform mobility, enhance efficiency, and set a global benchmark in intelligent transport.

• October 07, 2025 07 Oct'25

  Middle East cloud ambitions get boost from IBM-AWS partnership

  With demand for AI, datacentres, and smart city tech rising, Riyadh Innovation Hub promises tailored solutions for the region

• October 06, 2025 06 Oct'25

  Police facial recognition trials show little evidence of benefits

  In-the-wild testing of police facial recognition systems has failed to generate clear evidence of the technology’s benefits, or to assess the full range of socio-technical impacts

• October 06, 2025 06 Oct'25

  Data sovereignty demand pushes Herabit to get S3 storage

  Italian service provider gets Cubbit DS3 distributed S3 storage to provide up to 2PB of cloud services to customers demanding data sovereignty, while cutting costs by up to 50%

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  EU Chat Control plans pose ‘existential catastrophic risk’ to encryption, says Signal

  As EU member states prepare to vote on plans to mandate tech companies to introduce technology to scan messages before they are encrypted, Signal warns that Chat Control will create new security risks

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  Finland government tax proposal worries datacentre investors

  Finland, like other Nordic countries, is targeting datacentre investment, but could tax reforms scupper this plan?

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Netherlands establishes cyber resilience network to strengthen public-private digital defence

  Network will connect organisations in a cyber crime defence initiative that goes way beyond information sharing

• September 19, 2025 19 Sep'25

  French court ruling may lead to legal challenges over state Sky ECC and EncroChat phone hack

  A decision by the French supreme court may pave the way for defendants to challenge the lawfulness of France’s hacking of the EncroChat and Sky ECC cryptophone networks used by organised crime groups

• September 17, 2025 17 Sep'25

  Lufthansa pilots EU Digital Identity Wallet-based travel

  Travellers will only be required to tap their phone to pass the various steps of checking in and boarding aircraft

• September 16, 2025 16 Sep'25

  Turkish state tightens grip on comms

  Turkish subscriptions to fixed broadband were the lowest in Europe in 2024 and half as common as those in more developed countries

• September 11, 2025 11 Sep'25

  Chat Control: EU to decide on requirement for tech firms to scan encrypted messages

  Law enforcement and police experts meet on Friday to decide on proposals to require technology companies to scan encrypted messages for possible child abuse images amid growing opposition from security experts

• September 03, 2025 03 Sep'25

  European court upholds EU-US Data Privacy Framework data-sharing agreement

  EU General Court upholds EU-US Data Privacy Framework, bringing certainty to businesses that exchange data with the US – for now. An appeal may be in the offing

• September 02, 2025 02 Sep'25

  Meet the IT leader In Lebanon who became an IT entrepreneur

  Nassib Chamoun says CIOs could follow his lead in swapping IT management for life as a startup, but they must be prepared to make sacrifices

• 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 20, 2025 20 Aug'25

  Warlock claims more victims as cyber attacks hit Colt and Orange

  Ransomware gang Warlock is adding more victims to its data leak site as the impact of a spreading wave of cyber attacks continues to be felt

• August 15, 2025 15 Aug'25

  Autocratic UAE gets democratic artificial intelligence

  US-China rivalry has come to a head in authoritarian Gulf state UAE, where OpenAI is attempting to make a stand for democracy and free speech

• August 13, 2025 13 Aug'25

  Santander will make AI training mandatory for all staff in 2026

  Spanish banking giant announces mandatory AI training for staff, and collaborates with OpenAI on a ‘data and AI-first transformation’

• August 12, 2025 12 Aug'25

  Norway fixing Big Bang e-health botch with fintech security

  Experts call for Europe’s health sector to protect medical APIs with security originated from UK open banking as officials take urgent measures against unprecedented attacks

• July 28, 2025 28 Jul'25

  European digital market figurehead pleads to Westminster

  Big EU industry joins with Europhile MP to persuade obstinate government officials to join the dataspaces intended to become the bedrock of Europe’s digital single market

• July 25, 2025 25 Jul'25

  Why the Middle East is winning the quantum race

  While Europe debates quantum cyber security policies, the UAE has implemented quantum-resistant algorithm requirements, offering crucial lessons for organisations preparing for the post-quantum era

• July 24, 2025 24 Jul'25

  UK loses second spot in global fintech to UAE

  The UK has been pushed into third spot on global fintech market size data for the first half of this year

• July 24, 2025 24 Jul'25

  Dutch researchers use heartbeat detection to unmask deepfakes

  Dutch method to counter deepfakes analyses blood flow patterns in faces that current deepfake generation tools cannot yet replicate

• July 21, 2025 21 Jul'25

  Netherlands calls for European shift to post-tracking internet as privacy laws fail

  Dutch research institute argues decade of regulation hasn’t curbed surveillance capitalism, proposes fundamental business model change

• July 18, 2025 18 Jul'25

  NCSC exposes Fancy Bear's Authentic Antics malware attacks

  Amid a new round of UK government sanctions targeting Moscow's intelligence apparatus, the NCSC has formally attributed attacks orchestrated with a cleverly-designed malware to the GRU's Fancy Bear cyber unit

• July 17, 2025 17 Jul'25

  Travelex replacing its software spine as part of cloud migration

  The foreign currency supplier is replacing its legacy supply chain backbone to enable its migration to the cloud

• July 16, 2025 16 Jul'25

  Meta AI training will be challenged at Europe’s highest court, says data protection chief

  The data protection commissioner for Hamburg believes Meta’s AI training should be stopped

• July 11, 2025 11 Jul'25

  ACM president Yannis Ioannidis sees a more humane role for AI

  Panel brought together academic, industry and policy leaders to discuss how AI can support climate goals, financial inclusion and infrastructure development

• July 03, 2025 03 Jul'25

  Air France-KLM to increase intelligence of bots that have saved 200,000 hours

  Airline group will now use agentic AI technology to make existing bots ‘more intelligent’