Swisscom picks Bitdefender to improve home network protection
SWITZERLAND 14:39

Swisscom picks Bitdefender to improve home network protection

Swisscom has picked Bitdefender, a provider of cybersecurity solutions, to improve the protection of its home network offering. The company is now integrating Bitdefender's Smart Home Security in its home network protection offering. Swisscom will offer its subscribers a built-in protection directly in the router to secure all connected devices. The built-in protection defends users and devices against malware, phishing, online scams, malicious websites, fraud, and other threats. It operates seamlessly in t

European Technological Sovereignty Package sets out plans for chips, AI, open source and energy digitisation
EUROPE 14:12

European Technological Sovereignty Package sets out plans for chips, AI, open source and energy digitisation

The European Commission has presented the European Technological Sovereignty Package of measures to strengthen capacity in semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud services and open source. The package includes two legislative proposals, namely the Chips Act 2.0 and the Cloud and AI Development Act. It also sets out the Open Source Strategy and the Strategic Roadmap for Digitisation and AI in Energy.

GMI Cloud and Magna AI partner to expand global sovereign AI infrastructure
GLOBAL 13:23

GMI Cloud and Magna AI partner to expand global sovereign AI infrastructure

GMI Cloud, a provider of AI-native GPU cloud infrastructure, has announced a strategic partnership with Magna AI to design and scale a network of sovereign artificial intelligence factories (AIFs), based on Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 platform. Magna AI was established through a partnership by Trend Micro and Wistron Digital Technology Holding Company (WDH), operating in collaboration with Nvidia. Magna AI projects will break ground later this year in Malaysia, Belgium and Romania. Other locations are currently

Samsung provides AI laboratory to school in UAE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 12:49

Samsung provides AI laboratory to school in UAE

Samsung has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with GEMS Founders School – Al Mizhar (GFM), bringing the school into the Samsung Certified Schools programme. A dedicated Samsung AI Lab will be set up at GFM, fitted with Samsung devices to support hands-on work in coding, machine learning, artificial intelligence and creative design. Two hundred pupils from the school will join the Samsung Student Ambassador programme, giving them the skills and confidence needed to lead digital change within their s

STC Bahrain launches AI-enabled cyber defence centre
BAHRAIN 12:46

STC Bahrain launches AI-enabled cyber defence centre

STC Bahrain has announced the launch of its AI-enabled, autonomous cyber defence centre (CDC), powered by StrikeReady's advanced artificial intelligence SOC Platform. It says this is the first of its kind in the MEA region. The STC CDC offers next-generation security services that move beyond traditional monitoring by providing autonomous detection, investigation, and automated threat response at unprecedented speed.

Kenya partners with Google to launch AI-driven tourism strategy
KENYA 12:24

Kenya partners with Google to launch AI-driven tourism strategy

The Kenyan Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has launched a partnership with Google Kenya involving the use of artificial intelligence and its Magical Kenya 'Origin of Wonder'. The aim is to double international visitor arrivals and modernise destination management. The government and Google Kenya will introduce a Gemini-powered AI trip planner to create personalised visitor itineraries. They will combine consumer technology with precision marketing and digital training for young people and small and medium-

Cisco introduces Cloud Control interface as central foundation for running Agentic AI
GLOBAL 12:17

Cisco introduces Cloud Control interface as central foundation for running Agentic AI

Cisco has capitalised on the occasion of its Cisco Live US event to discuss its latest agentic AI advances designed to streamline critical IT and network infrastructure operations. The firm is rolling out a unified interface to bring all of its networking, security, compute, observability and collaboration products into a secure panel interface for improved visibility and agentic functionality. The Cisco Cloud Control panel provides a single data layer across AgenticOps AI and human users with the same oper

Core42 expands New York deployment by 42 MW
UNITED STATES 10:32

Core42 expands New York deployment by 42 MW

Core42, a G42 company specialising in sovereign cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure, has announced a 42 MW expansion of its US AI infrastructure at the Lake Mariner site in New York. This expansion increases total site capacity from 18 MW to 60 MW of high-performance AI production infrastructure. The Lake Mariner facility serves as the company's North American AI infrastructure hub.

Kainos wins GBP 150 million digital transformation contract with Defra
UNITED KINGDOM 10:22

Kainos wins GBP 150 million digital transformation contract with Defra

Kainos, Belfast-based digital transformation and IT services provider, has won a GBP 150 million digital delivery and transformation contract from the UK government's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). The 4-year contract has an option to extend for an additional 12 months, and is part of Defra's Application, Development, Maintenance and Support (ADMS Plus) procurement programme. 

Lumine agrees to buy Quortex video network business from Synamedia
GLOBAL 10:04

Lumine agrees to buy Quortex video network business from Synamedia

Lumine Group has announced an agreement to acquire Synamedia's video network business. The business will operate independently under its primary product name, Quortex. The deal is expected to close in the near future, subject to customary closing conditions and employee consultations.

Comviva data report highlights knowledge gaps around AI value realisation
GLOBAL 09:40

Comviva data report highlights knowledge gaps around AI value realisation

A survey conducted by digital platforms vendor Comviva shows that one fifth (21 percent) of respondents lacked a tangible methodology for measuring the impact of AI deployments. The survey polled more than 200 senior IT and business executives globally in telecoms, e-commerce and retail. This sample was evenly split, with telecoms and the other two segments each accounting for 50 percent of respondents, spread across leadership roles including chief marketing officer, chief commercial officer, and chief dat

Saleforce buys Berlin-based content management system platform Contentful
GERMANY 08:25

Saleforce buys Berlin-based content management system platform Contentful

Salesforce has acquired Berlin-based content management system platform Contentful. Saleforce will integrate Contentful's API-first management system, making it accessible on its autonomous AI platform Agentforce. Contentful stores content created for delivery via interfaces (APIs) to websites, apps or other applications.

UNITED KINGDOM 08:22

Cato Networks to expand London footprint with new AI innovation hub

Israel-based SASE specialist Cato Networks is embarking on a multi-year operational expansion in London and is launching its first dedicated AI hub in the UK's capital. Cato's AI innovation and research centre will be situated towards the centre of London in the Holborn district. The vendor's multi-year UK strategy includes a hiring drive to reach 50 staff in the next three years, building on an initial core group of product managers, data scientists and software engineers expected to be assigned to the fac

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 08:06

E& UAE sells Careem stake to Uber, scaling back super app ambitions

E& UAE is selling a 12.5 percent stake in Careem Technologies back to Uber for USD 100 million in cash, reducing its majority holding to 37.5 percent as it retreats from its super app ambitions, The National reported. The divestment reverses the 2023 agreement, under which E& paid USD 400 million to secure a majority stake in Careem's non-transport super app operations.

SWEDEN 06:47

Google starts construction of new Swedish data centre in Horndal

Google has begun construction of a new data centre in Horndal, Sweden, expanding its European infrastructure footprint to support growing demand for services including Google Cloud, Search, Workspace and YouTube. The company said the facility is expected to create around 100 direct full-time jobs once operational, with additional employment generated through construction activity, suppliers and related services. Google stated that it is currently working with nearly 60 Swedish suppliers on the project.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 06:45

Naver Cloud expands Nvidia partnership around AI infrastructure

Naver Cloud and Nvidia have outlined plans to deepen their collaboration across AI infrastructure, foundation models and AI services as the companies pursue what they describe as a global AI factory initiative. The announcement was made at Nvidia's Cloud Partner Summit in Taipei. According to the companies, the partnership will extend beyond AI infrastructure to include cooperation on large language models and physical AI technologies.

JAPAN 06:44

NTT develops explainable AI inference method for multimodal foundation models

NTT has developed a new inference framework designed to improve the transparency and reliability of large vision-language models (LVLMs), addressing what it describes as a key limitation in current AI reasoning systems. The technology, called Rationale-Enhanced Decoding, enables multimodal AI models to generate responses that are explicitly grounded in both visual inputs and their own reasoning processes, without requiring additional model training.

GLOBAL 06:42

Megaport to build global AI inference cloud across 1,100 data centres

Australian-based global network-as-a-service (NaaS) provider Megaport has announced four new AI infrastructure contracts with a combined total contract value of approximately AUD 458.9 million and plans to establish an on-demand GPU pool as part of a broader strategy to build a globally distributed AI inference platform. The company said the contracts are focused on supporting AI inference workloads and will require approximately AUD 369.5 million in capex, primarily for Nvidia GPUs, networking and storage

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 06:37

Naver updates shopping app with proactive AI agent recommendations

South Korean internet giant Naver has updated its AI Shopping Agent to proactively initiate conversations with users, extending the role of the assistant beyond product search and recommendation. The company said the new functionality allows the AI agent to analyse shopping activity, including searches, product views, saved items and shopping cart contents, and then suggest potential next steps directly from the shopping app's home screen.

JAPAN 06:35

KDDI Agile Development Center deploys Claude Enterprise across workforce

KDDI Agile Development Center (KAG), a software development subsidiary of KDDI Group, has deployed Anthropic's Claude Enterprise and Claude Code AI tools to all employees, extending their use beyond engineering teams to management, human resources, marketing and design functions. The company said the rollout follows earlier use of Claude Code by engineers and is intended to support the use of AI across business processes throughout the organisation.

HONG KONG 06:34

Tencent Cloud and UXSoft migrate Hung Fook Tong retail systems to the cloud

Tencent Cloud and retail technology provider UXSoft have completed the migration of point-of-sale (POS) systems used by Hung Fook Tong to Tencent Cloud infrastructure, covering more than 100 retail outlets in Hong Kong. The project was announced at Tencent Cloud Day Hong Kong and forms part of a broader technology modernisation programme for the herbal products retailer.

GLOBAL 06:28

DAMAC Digital says planned data centre landbank reaches 6 GW across 13 countries

DAMAC Digital has announced that its planned data centre landbank has reached 6,000 MW of IT capacity across 13 countries, spanning North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The company said its development pipeline now includes more than 35 planned sites as it expands to meet demand associated with AI, cloud computing and digital infrastructure services.

ARMENIA 2 JUN

Eleveight AI opens artificial intelligence factory in Armenia

A data centre specialising in artificial intelligence has been launched by the company Eleveight AI in Armenia, reports Arka. It is located in the municipality Gegharkunik and has been deployed using Nvidia Blackwell B300 technology. It focuses on generative training models and on providing digital services for B2G and B2B customers.

SOMALIA 2 JUN

Somalia opens registration of all organisations handling personal data

The Somali Data Protection Authority (SDPA) has opened registration for all government institutions, private companies and civil organisations that collect, process, or transfer citizens' personal data. A mandate issued on 31 May requires all data controllers and processors there to register, in compliance with Article 32 of the Data Protection Act (Law No. 005 of 2023). Official registration certificates will be issued to institutions and companies that meet the conditions set by the authority. They act as

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