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UK ranks 70th in Broadband Genie's global survey, as Eastern Europe tops the cheapest fixed-line internet markets and North America stays costly.

Microlise survey finds 70% of fleet managers expect AI to reshape transport operations this year, as pressure mounts to cut costs and improve efficiency.

London's Lua secures USD $5.8 million seed backing from Norrsken22 as it expands its platform for businesses to manage AI agents.

Moloco has extended its adtech push into television with a new performance product for app marketers, promising real-time optimisation and attribution.

Schneider Electric and Microsoft say their Azure AI-powered industrial copilot can cut engineering time, speed plant changes and streamline automation.

Manufacturing was the most targeted sector for ransomware in 2025, as Check Point counted 1,466 attacks worldwide amid rising supply chain exposure.

Elixirr and Pilot Lite join forces to help consumer goods groups turn AI-driven market data into faster in-store decisions amid industry upheaval.

Kvantify names Dr David Siebert as global head of business development as it steps up commercial push for hybrid quantum-classical software.

Tollring launches AI features to let managers query call recordings in plain English and automate quality checks with over 90% accuracy.

TraqCheck secures $8 million in Series A funding to hire in the UK and scale AI-driven hiring, screening and background checks.

Backblaze appoints Anuj Kumar as Chief Revenue Officer to accelerate AI-focused growth, as B2 Cloud Storage expands with neocloud demand.

Q4 acquires Virtua Research to bring analyst consensus data and AI-powered earnings workflows into its investor relations platform.

UK trails US in deepfake threat ranking as identifAI flags X as main spreader and political manipulation as the top use case.

DangleAds elevates Nidhi Dua Dhingra to Chief Business Officer as the ad-tech firm targets overseas growth and deeper bets on AI and connected TV.

8B and PayU team up to let Indian travellers use UPI across Central Asia, as rising visitor numbers fuel cross-border payment demand.

AlphaSense names senior UK and Singapore hires as it steps up EMEA and APAC push, with multilingual search and content expansion.

Accordion snaps up A5 to widen Salesforce, data and AI services for private equity clients across North America, EMEA and India.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has named OpenAI's Abu Dhabi Stargate campus as a possible target, sharpening fears over Gulf AI infrastructure amid rising tensions.

Kyndryl Foundation extends Canadian grant to JEDI, supporting IT and cybersecurity training for Indigenous students amid a growing cyber skills gap.

UK organisations back up AI workloads widely, yet only 39% say they are fully confident they could restore cloud data after a cyberattack.