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Wireless CVEs surge, exposing hidden risks for AI centres

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Wireless flaws have surged 230-fold since 2010, as Bastille warns AI data centres and critical infrastructure face escalating unseen risks.
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Claroty named Leader in 2026 Gartner CPS security report

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Claroty again named a Leader in Gartner's 2026 CPS Protection Platforms Magic Quadrant as industrial cyber-physical threats intensify.
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Mozark raises USD $40m to scale AI-era digital testing

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Mozark secures USD $40m Series B to expand its AI-era digital testing platform and deepen global reach across enterprises and governments.
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Claroty named Gartner Leader again for CPS protection

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Claroty named a Leader in Gartner's 2026 CPS Protection Platforms Magic Quadrant for a second year, backed by fresh USD $150 million funding.
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Lyten's USD $5bn deal to build Swedish battery hub

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Lyten buys Northvolt's Swedish battery assets in a USD $5bn deal, planning a Skellefteå hub fusing cell plants with vast AI data centres.
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TITAN & ITRI join forces on 6G optical wireless R&D

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UK TITAN hub and Taiwan's ITRI will co-develop 6G optical wireless and satellite testbeds to blend terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks.
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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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IRONSCALES adds AI agents to counter next‑gen phishing

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IRONSCALES' Winter 2026 Release debuts three AI agents, outbound encryption and Teams deepfake defences to counter next‑gen phishing.
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Flexitech turns to Rimini Street to extend SAP ECC 6

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Flexitech shifts SAP ECC 6 support to Rimini Street to cut maintenance costs, extend ERP life and fund security, compliance and R&D plans.
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Women behind quantum: Resilient systems start from within

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In quantum security, a young engineer shows how women's resilience and collaboration are vital to building safer post-quantum systems.
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Weebit Nano posts record H1 revenue on ReRAM deals

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Weebit Nano posts record half-year revenue of AUD $5.6 million, boosted by major ReRAM licensing deals and reaffirmed FY26 outlook.
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AMD, Nutanix team on open hybrid agentic AI platform

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AMD and Nutanix will co-develop an open hybrid agentic AI platform, backed by AMD's USD $250 million investment in Nutanix and joint R&D.
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Ricoh again named Leader in IDC high-speed inkjet study

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Ricoh has secured Leader status for the third time in IDC's global high-speed inkjet MarketScape, citing innovation, service and reliability.
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Linux report shows open source giving fivefold returns

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Linux Foundation research finds active open source contributors gain up to a fivefold ROI, while passive users rack up hidden technical debt.
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b<>com unveils Open XG Hub testbed for 5G & 6G R&D

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b<>com unveils free Open XG Hub testbed to accelerate open 5G and 6G R&D, enabling end-to-end, multi-vendor network experimentation.
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Cato Networks' ARR surges past USD $350m amid SASE boom

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Cato Networks' ARR jumps 43% to top USD $350m as enterprises flock to its SASE platform and investors pour in more than USD $1b.
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Forrester predicts cautious surge in humanoid robots

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Forrester sees humanoid robots shifting from trials to targeted deployment, promising efficiency gains but slowed by cost, complexity and risk.
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Australian businesses ramp up spending on energy shift

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Australian firms plan to lift energy-transition capex as tech, AI and renewables drive momentum, but green skills shortages loom.
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Niobium taps Samsung for encrypted AI chip production

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Niobium partners with SEMIFIVE and Samsung to move its fully homomorphic encryption AI accelerator chip from prototype to volume production.
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Synechron teams with Cognition to bring Devin into banks

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Synechron partners with Cognition to embed AI engineer Devin in bank modernisation work, targeting faster upgrades and legacy code overhauls.