Digital Economy stories
The North East's cyber profile gets a boost as the first regional Cyber Leader Summit arrives in Newcastle this autumn.
Singapore businesses can now deploy secure AI systems in private data centres, easing sovereignty concerns as demand rises across regulated sectors.
Rising ad costs and changing algorithms are leaving many UK firms with little visibility over which digital channels win customers.
Reliability, not raw compute, may decide whether orbital AI data centres can work, as DE-CIX says links to Earth remain the bigger hurdle.
AI pilots are faltering where firms still judge success by hours saved, leaving customer value and workforce design unresolved.
Merchants and payment providers across Europe will soon be able to offer the Wero wallet, as ACI adds it to its orchestration platform.
Digital wallets are gaining ground in Australia, but cash is still expected to account for 9% of point-of-sale value by 2030.
Rising memory chip costs are forcing handset makers to lift prices, risking wider digital exclusion in emerging markets and pushing budget phones out of reach.
The findings suggest Canberra should target funding where it has leverage, as the country ranks highly in just eight of 103 AI capabilities.
A cross-party plan is being urged to give businesses and public services certainty over digital investment, skills and online safety beyond election cycles.
The bill would give Canadians stronger control over personal data, as Ottawa seeks tougher oversight of AI, children's privacy and surveillance pricing.
Weak lending to software and other asset-light firms is, Colter Bay says, dragging on productivity as Australia's credit flows into property.
The Kolkata centre is meant to help corporate clients turn fragmented data into scaled AI deployments, as demand for practical automation grows.
The hub's second year delivered a 21% rise in output, with independent analysis showing it supported 148 jobs across Wellington.
The move comes as Canadian customers demand more sovereignty, flexibility and human support from cloud and infrastructure providers.
Shoppers at LuxLexicon's Singapore store can now pay for selected handbags in stablecoins, with conversion handled instantly by Triple-A.
Operators in finance, telecoms, energy and transport face mandatory reporting and stronger safeguards as Ottawa tightens oversight of cyber risk.
The round values the sovereign AI start-up at USD $1.5 billion as it seeks funding for research and compute to expand across key sectors.
AI fears have not dented demand for coders, with Australia's software and applications programmer workforce reaching a record 216,000.
Students in Malaysia will gain hands-on access to BlackBerry's QNX tools as UKM becomes the first ASEAN university to add them.