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• February 02, 2026 02 Feb'26

  Canva uses 1Password to secure ID during growth phase

  As it underwent a growth spurt in the early 2020s, graphic design platform Canva turned to 1Password to manage identity across its expanding organisation

• January 30, 2026 30 Jan'26

  Home Office announces sweeping police technology plans

  The Home Office plans to ramp up its deployment of artificial intelligence and facial-recognition technologies under wide-ranging reforms to UK policing

• January 30, 2026 30 Jan'26

  Microsoft has already contracted GPUs to balance costs

  The company claims that thanks to software optimisation and hardware asset management, it can make datacentre kit last six years, and has already contracted GPUs for most of their useful life to customers

• January 30, 2026 30 Jan'26

  South Korea debuts foundation model in sovereign AI push

  A consortium led by SK Telecom has built a sovereign AI model designed to reduce reliance on foreign tech, lower costs for local industry and propel South Korea into the top ranks of AI powers

• January 29, 2026 29 Jan'26

  RAMP ransomware forum goes dark in probable FBI sting

  RAMP, an infamous Russian-speaking cyber crime forum, has gone off the air after an apparent US operation

• January 29, 2026 29 Jan'26

  Troubleshooter steps in as Capita and civil service bosses apologise for pension scheme problems

  High volumes of customer calls, backlogs and complex requests blamed for shaky start to life on civil service pension scheme for Capita

• January 29, 2026 29 Jan'26

  Meta’s latest results show diversification of datacentre capacity strategy

  The social media giant is facing increased datacentre costs due to rising server, memory and storage prices

• January 28, 2026 28 Jan'26

  Scotland gets AI growth zone boost in Lanarkshire

  CoreWeave is building a 500MW AI cloud, providing the region with 800 high-paid jobs in artificial intelligence

• January 28, 2026 28 Jan'26

  ENEC, TII and Aspire test autonomous aerial systems for critical infrastructure security

  Abu Dhabi proof-of-concept project evaluates whether drone-based patrols are mature enough for safety-critical environments

• January 28, 2026 28 Jan'26

  FCA launches review as ‘non-human intelligence’ surpassing human reasoning is plausible

  The Financial Conduct Authority will consider the impact of emerging artificial intelligence adoption in the financial services sector

• January 28, 2026 28 Jan'26

  Expect to use seven different providers for data management

  A poll of data leaders has found that many anticipate using multiple providers to help them achieve their 2026 data management strategy

• January 28, 2026 28 Jan'26

  Micron breaks ground on $24bn Singapore wafer fab

  Memory giant presses ahead with its global expansion strategy, adding new NAND flash capacity in Singapore to meet growing demand for memory chips fuelled by the global AI boom

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  Wave of ShinyHunters vishing attacks spreading fast

  The ShinyHunters hacking collective that caused chaos in 2025 is ramping up a new voice phishing campaign, with several potential victims already identified

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  Broken decryptor leaves Sicarii ransomware victims adrift

  A coding error in an emergent strain of ransomware leaves victims unable to recover their data, even if they cooperate with the hackers’ demands

• January 23, 2026 23 Jan'26

  US punts renewal of threat data sharing law to September

  US lawmakers have extended the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 for another nine months, buying time to enact a replacement for the legislation.

• January 22, 2026 22 Jan'26

  Sportswear firm Under Armour falls victim to data breach

  Details of over 70 million customers of US sportswear giant Under Armour were leaked following a supposed ransomware attack by the Everest gang

• January 22, 2026 22 Jan'26

  Dell Technologies Forum Dubai highlights AI as the next great economic accelerator

  At its flagship regional event, Dell Technologies set out how AI leadership, data readiness and skills development are shaping digital transformation across the UAE and the wider Middle East

• January 21, 2026 21 Jan'26

  UK and China reach out across cyber no-man's land

  London and Beijing have supposedly conducted high-level talks seeking to establish a joint security forum to help de-escalate potential cyber flashpoints, according to reports

• January 21, 2026 21 Jan'26

  Interview: Barry Panayi, group chief data officer, Howden

  The fast-growing insurance firm wants data insights and artificial intelligence to give customer-facing employees all the information they need at their fingertips through data-powered conversational interfaces

• January 21, 2026 21 Jan'26

  E& enterprise brings agentic AI to MENAT

  A strategic partnership introduces autonomous, governance-by-design artificial intelligence as enterprises in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey move from experimentation to real-world impact

• January 21, 2026 21 Jan'26

  AI slop pushes data governance towards zero-trust models

  Organisations are implementing zero-trust models for data governance thanks to the proliferation of poor quality AI-generated data, often known as AI slop

• January 20, 2026 20 Jan'26

  UK public sector, CNI in Russian hacktivist crosshairs

  Hacktivists aligned to the Russian state are ramping up their targeting of UK organisations with denial of service attacks

• January 20, 2026 20 Jan'26

  Sovereign and edge AI drive return to on-premise Kubernetes

  While public cloud services remain popular, the need to control sensitive data and maximise GPU performance is pushing enterprises to deploy Kubernetes in their own datacentres

• January 20, 2026 20 Jan'26

  Digital Realty enters Malaysia with acquisition of Cyberjaya datacentre

  The datacentre provider expands Southeast Asian footprint beyond Singapore and Jakarta, acquiring a connectivity hub in Cyberjaya with plans for a 14MW campus to support regional AI and cloud workloads

• January 19, 2026 19 Jan'26

  Liverpool FC signs WasabiAiR for fast video tagging and search

  Reds can tag video frame-by-frame with AI-based ML-as-a-service to get rapid search and ‘hyper-personalisation’ of footage for fan engagement and partner content

• January 18, 2026 18 Jan'26

  APAC enterprises to boost AI spend by 15% in 2026

  Lenovo’s CIO Playbook 2026 reveals that 96% of APAC organisations are planning to invest more in AI, with a growing reliance on hybrid infrastructure to manage rising inference costs

• January 16, 2026 16 Jan'26

  Mayor of London Sadiq Khan calls for urgent action to boost the capital’s AI workforce

  Khan has launched a taskforce to tackle the risk of mass unemployment that could occur as artificial intelligence threatens London jobs

• January 16, 2026 16 Jan'26

  NSA urges continuous checks to achieve zero trust

  The agency leading the US government’s cryptology and cyber security strategies has published its latest zero-trust guidance

• January 15, 2026 15 Jan'26

  AI governance provides guardrails for faster innovation

  Dataiku’s field chief data officer for Asia-Pacific and Japan discusses how implementing AI governance can accelerate innovation while mitigating the risks of shadow AI

• January 15, 2026 15 Jan'26

  Cyber body ISC2 signs on as UK software security ambassador

  Professional cyber association ISC2 pledges support to UK government’s Software Security Ambassador scheme, part of the recently unveiled Cyber Action Plan

• January 15, 2026 15 Jan'26

  Zoho opens its first UAE datacentres to boost cloud adoption

  New Dubai and Abu Dhabi facilities support data sovereignty, providing CIOs with local access to more than 100 Zoho and ManageEngine cloud services

• January 14, 2026 14 Jan'26

  Microsoft DCU uses UK courts to hunt down cyber criminals

  Microsoft has taken down the RedDVS cyber crime-as-a-service network after obtaining a UK court order, marking its first civil legal action outside of the US

• January 14, 2026 14 Jan'26

  Subsea cable worth $1bn to link Japan with Malaysia and Singapore

  The Intra-Asia Marine Cable will deliver 320Tbps capacity across the region, complementing subsea cable investments by hyperscalers such as Google and Meta in recent years

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  Microsoft patches 112 CVEs on first Patch Tuesday of 2026

  January brings a larger-than-of-late Patch Tuesday update out of Redmond, but an uptick in disclosures is often expected at this time of year

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  ‘Dual-channel’ attacks are the new face of BEC in 2026

  Business email compromise remains a significant threat as cyber fraudsters deploy a more diverse range of tactics against their potential victims, according to a report

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  Execs see AI and automation as long-term strategic investments

  Recent surveys point to business and IT leaders looking at five-year technology investment plans

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  AI to handle four in 10 customer queries in Singapore by 2027

  As companies turn to AI agents to solve manpower constraints, more than nine in 10 APAC consumers say they want clear explanations for AI-driven decisions

• January 12, 2026 12 Jan'26

  Business leaders see AI risks and fraud outpacing ransomware, says WEF

  C-suite executives are more concerned with risks arising from AI vulnerabilities and cyber fraud than ransomware, according to the World Economic Forum

• January 12, 2026 12 Jan'26

  Interview: Dawn McCarroll, director of supply chain and business excellence, Helios Towers

  As a company that installs and maintains telecoms towers across Africa and the Middle East, Helios is looking to boost digital inclusion in the countries it serves as well as grow through technology improvements

• January 12, 2026 12 Jan'26

  Intersec Dubai highlights why AI has become critical in the race against cyber attackers

  Cigna Healthcare’s Jean Wiles warns that healthcare security teams must act faster without sacrificing accuracy or compliance as threats driven by artificial intelligence scale

• January 12, 2026 12 Jan'26

  Woolworths to power Olive digital assistant with agentic AI

  The Australian retail giant is the first in the Asia-Pacific region to use Google’s Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience to turn its chatbot into a proactive shopping partner

• January 12, 2026 12 Jan'26

  Singapore and Japan team up on quantum computing

  The two countries will work together to bridge the gap between quantum research and real-world commercialisation, marking Singapore’s first government-to-government pact dedicated to the technology

• January 08, 2026 08 Jan'26

  Personal data of thousands stolen in attack on London councils

  The West London council at the centre of a major cyber incident has now started the process of informing residents that their personal data was compromised in the attack

• January 08, 2026 08 Jan'26

  Campaigners urge UK to develop digital sovereignty strategy

  UK digital rights campaigners have urged UK parliamentarians to implement a digital sovereignty strategy as part of the forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to reduce reliance on technology subject to foreign interference

• January 08, 2026 08 Jan'26

  What will happen with Starmer’s digital ID scheme in 2026?

  Last year, the UK government announced ambitious plans for a national digital identity scheme, but will 2026 lead to more disenchantment or new excitement?

• January 08, 2026 08 Jan'26

  Like it or not, AI will transform cyber strategy in 2026

  Bubble or no bubble, from cyber skills to defensive strategies to governance, risk and compliance, artificial intelligence will remake the cyber world in 2026

• January 08, 2026 08 Jan'26

  Labour MP Josh Simons to lead digital ID scheme

  Cabinet Office parliamentary secretary Josh Simons to become digital ID minister as government prepares to launch public consultation on the scheme

• January 07, 2026 07 Jan'26

  India and Singapore outpace global peers in agentic AI adoption

  Research from Thoughtworks reveals that while 77% of global businesses are focused on generating revenue from AI initiatives, Asian markets are leading the charge in agentic AI adoption, job creation and executive confidence

• January 07, 2026 07 Jan'26

  Interview: Diana Schildhouse, chief data and analytics officer, Colgate-Palmolive

  The consumer goods giant is taking its advanced analytics approach and adding AI for greater value, but its data leader stresses the importance of getting the data foundations in place first

• January 06, 2026 06 Jan'26

  Lenovo taps AI and digital twins to power World Cup 2026

  Technology partner for upcoming football tournament has built an artificial intelligence knowledge assistant for coaches, digital avatars to assist VAR decisions, and smart infrastructure for venue management