Kyndryl expands sovereignty services with Microsoft cloud
Kyndryl has expanded its sovereignty solutioning capabilities with Microsoft, launching new services aimed at meeting strict data residency and operational …
AI patent activity: AI platforms are the only segment growing
AI patent publications totalled 378,118 in the 12 months to May 2026, up from 368,191 in the prior year, a …
Sovereignty is just one piece of the operational resilience puzzle
Boardrooms are increasingly consumed by questions of data sovereignty: where data lives, who can access it, and, increasingly, who governs …
How Smarter Network Infrastructure Is Powering the Next Generation of Smart Buildings
Key Highlights Optical LAN uses fiber optics to provide faster, more reliable, and scalable network connectivity for smart buildings. Supports speeds of …
AWS launches $1bn division for forward-deployed AI engineers
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of Amazon, will invest $1bn in a new division aimed at accelerating …
Microsoft to cut thousands of jobs in upcoming redundancy round
Microsoft is reportedly preparing to cut its workforce by less than 2.5%, with thousands of roles across several divisions expected …
Navigating volatility: the macro fallout from the Iran conflict and oil-price spikes
Instability and volatility are the defining conditions that investors in aerospace & defense (A&D) must manage in 2026. They are …
Claude models launch in Microsoft Foundry with full Azure integration
Anthropic has announced the general availability of its Claude family of language models in Microsoft Foundry, enabling organisations to access …
Rocket Lab to acquire Iridium in $8bn cash and stock deal
Rocket Lab has reached an agreement to acquire Iridium Communications, a US-based satellite communications provider in a cash and stock …
HP expands AI initiatives with OpenAI Frontier platform adoption
HP has entered into a strategic partnership with OpenAI to incorporate the Frontier platform across its global business, aiming to …
Persistent Systems to acquire Germany-based Nagarro in $1.4bn deal
Persistent Systems has agreed to acquire all shares of Germany-based digital engineering firm Nagarro in a deal worth approximately €1.27bn …
When AI agents go spectacularly wrong—and what to do about it
AI agents are supposed to be the next big productivity leap. Instead of simply answering questions, they search, reason, and, …
SpaceX strikes $60bn deal for AI coding agent Cursor
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has signed an agreement to acquire Anysphere, the company behind the AI coding agent Cursor, in an …
Databricks targets AI-driven threat detection with Panther deal
Databricks has announced plans to acquire Panther, an AI security operations centre (SOC) platform, in a move intended to further …
Salesforce to acquire Fin for $3.6bn to expand AI agent services
Salesforce has agreed to acquire Fin, formerly known as Intercom, for approximately $3.6bn, in a move to strengthen its AI …