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Retailers selling into the bloc face higher costs and slower refunds as EU rules require a visible digital cancellation option in checkout flows.
AWS customers can now run OpenAI's latest models in production without leaving Bedrock, with pricing and governance folded into existing commitments.
The merger could give OpenPayd up to USD $276 million to fund US expansion and product work as it prepares a Nasdaq listing.
Technical credentials are now more likely to sway investors as successful AI founders outnumber SaaS peers with PhDs and top university ties.
Mid-market finance teams can now cut manual reconciliation and fee-tracking work as payments move inside AccountsIQ, with real-time status updates.
The new suite aims to cut post-meeting admin for consultants and small teams by converting calls and chats into files in minutes.
Regulated sectors can now route AI prompts through regional controls and zero-retention storage, reducing data-leakage risk for sensitive workloads.
Demand from AI and high-performance computing could lift glass core substrate sales sharply from 2028, according to a new SEMI report.
Enterprises using AI tools may now face a tougher check on their defences as benchmark scores give way to real-world attack testing.
Enterprises can now run AI on governed data across distributed systems, as the rollout aims to cut cost, risk and duplication in fragmented estates.
Software integration and architecture now top robotics teams' constraints, with 27% citing them as the biggest bottleneck, a QNX survey found.
Rising theft and abuse in pharmacies is pushing operators towards facial recognition tools that warn staff when known offenders enter stores.
Women in the UK are far less likely than men to buy crypto, with many saying they lack the confidence or know-how to start investing.
Enterprises may struggle to scale AI without clearer records of systems and processes, Lucid said, as it adds LeanIX and Ardoq links.
Pressure to modernise is being slowed by weak demand and ageing systems, with 35% of retailers citing return on investment as a key barrier.
Businesses can now centralise meeting notes and action points as Plaud targets wider company subscriptions with its new UK team workspace.
Weak networks and poor data are leaving most UK AI projects short of returns, as firms keep ramping up spending to avoid falling behind.
UK firms are cutting connectivity costs as Spitfire's IoT revenue jumps 238% on demand from generators, EV chargers and kiosks.
UK motorists are buying more dash cams to guard against staged crashes, with AliExpress sales up 20% as fraud fears climb.
UK fleet managers could cut collisions and manual admin as Motive adds AI cameras, automation and driver rewards to one platform.