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Mark Tarre
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Mark Tarre is an editor and journalist with experience across newsroom, public relations, and digital publishing. He has worked across different organisations on editorial and content-led projects. He holds a journalism degree.

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Webtrends

Webtrends Optimize gains B Corp status for CRO tech

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Webtrends Optimize becomes first conversion optimisation platform to gain B Corp status, signalling stricter social and climate standards.
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IT jobs most applied for in UK as salaries outpace rest

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IT roles top UK job applications as Software Engineer leads with average pay of GBP £61,268, outpacing salaries in other major sectors.
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AI-driven ransomware attacks surge, most go unreported

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AI-fuelled ransomware hit record levels in 2025, with BlackFog warning that around 86% of attacks worldwide are never publicly disclosed.
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‘Valentine’ wording boosts email wins, study finds

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Brands swapping ‘Valentine’s Day’ for personal ‘Valentine’ subject lines see big email gains, as generic “love” talk and “shop” prompts drag.
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European marketers plan to simplify martech stacks

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European marketers aim to simplify bloated martech stacks, trimming tools to cut costs, speed execution and gain better control of CX.
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Most Britons baffled by new AI & marketing job titles

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Most Britons have never heard of new AI and marketing roles, with many dismissing titles like Belonging Manager and Empathy Engineer as fake.
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AllPoints Fibre adds Sky Ethernet to aquila platform

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AllPoints Fibre adds Sky Business Wholesale Ethernet to its aquila platform, boosting UK coverage and simplifying access for channel partners.
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Consumers embrace AI as daily assistant & companion

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More consumers now treat generative AI as an everyday aide and even a companion, using it for routine decisions despite trust concerns.
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Unlimit names Michele Fung as new head of Asia Pacific

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Unlimit appoints Hong Kong-based Michele Fung as Asia-Pacific head to drive regional expansion in increasingly competitive payments markets.
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Arctic Wolf unveils Aurora managed endpoint tools for MSPs

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Arctic Wolf launches Aurora managed endpoint defence, rapid-response SLA and MSP admin portal to help partners scale security operations.
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Gartner warns misconfigured AI could halt G20 power

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Gartner warns a misconfigured AI in cyber-physical systems could knock out critical infrastructure and power in a G20 nation by 2028.
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Shirofune adds Reddit Ads to its omnichannel ad suite

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Shirofune has integrated Reddit Ads into its automation platform, letting marketers manage and optimize Reddit alongside other digital channels.
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Shoppers ditch baskets over delivery fees & friction

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Shoppers shun online baskets over high delivery fees and clunky checkouts as retailers plough cash into loyalty schemes and shiny AI tools.
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Rapid7 crowns Orro APJ Partner of the Year for 2026

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Rapid7 names Orro its 2026 APJ Partner of the Year as four other Australian security specialists secure top regional award honours.
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Microsoft patches zero-day flaws in latest Windows update

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Microsoft rolls out fixes for 55 Windows flaws, including six exploited zero-days hitting Shell, MSHTML, Word and key desktop services.
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Nium adds three C suite leaders to drive global growth

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Nium strengthens global payments push with new chiefs for risk, technology and marketing as AI, stablecoins and regulation reshape the sector.
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Anthropic unveils Claude Opus 4.6 for deeper coding work

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Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6, boosting coding, agent workflows and pro tasks with a 1m-token context window and benchmark gains.
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CodeRabbit unveils Issue Planner to sharpen AI briefs

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CodeRabbit launches Issue Planner beta, embedding AI prompt planning into Jira, Linear, GitHub and GitLab to cut failures from unclear briefs.
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Calero unveils AI assistant for telecom invoice insight

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Calero launches AI-powered assistant to give TEM and MEM teams instant, conversational insight from complex telecom and mobility invoices.
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Wordly launches Workspaces for everyday AI translation

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Wordly debuts Workspaces to bring its AI translation and captioning platform from big-ticket conferences into everyday corporate meetings.