Category: Biz Tech

Zilliz has launched a new Zilliz Cloud region in Amazon Web Services’ eu-west-1 data centre in Ireland, expanding its European infrastructure as demand for localised artificial intelligence systems accelerates across Western Europe and the United Kingdom.The move positions the vector database specialist closer to enterprise customers that require data residency, lower latency and regulatory compliance within the European Union. By deploying in AWS’s Ireland region, Zilliz is targeting organisations building AI applications in sectors such as finance, healthcare, retail and

Cyber security researchers are warning that built-in “Summarise with AI” buttons and AI-generated share links are being exploited to covertly plant malicious instructions inside artificial intelligence assistants, creating a new class of threat capable of distorting recommendations on health, finance and security matters.The technique, described by Microsoft as “AI recommendation poisoning”, centres on prompt injection attacks that subtly bias what large language models treat as trusted sources or preferred guidance. By embedding hidden directives in web content that is later

Anthropic has entered a dispute with the United States Department of Defense over the proposed military use of its flagship artificial intelligence system, Claude, underscoring a widening rift between Silicon Valley’s safety-first rhetoric and Washington’s expanding appetite for advanced AI in national security.The San Francisco-based company, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers including chief executive Dario Amodei and president Daniela Amodei, has built its brand around “constitutional AI”, a framework designed to embed ethical constraints into large language models.

JSW MG Motor, the automotive joint venture backed by China’s SAIC Motor and the Mumbai-based JSW Group, has announced plans to invest up to $440 million to scale up manufacturing capacity in India and accelerate its product lineup towards hybrid and electric vehicles. The company aims to lift annual output to 300,000 units from about 120,000 at its Halol, Gujarat plant while rolling out three to four new models focused on new-energy platforms.The investment, which Managing Director Anurag Mehrotra says

China has unveiled an artificial intelligence-powered vehicle inspection system capable of scanning more than 1,000 functions within three hours, a move officials say could reshape quality control standards across the automotive sector and accelerate the country’s push towards smart manufacturing.Developed as part of a broader national drive to integrate advanced computing into industrial processes, the system combines machine vision, real-time diagnostics and automated performance testing to conduct comprehensive checks on new vehicles before they leave the factory floor. Engineers involved

Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have been thrust into a privacy storm after two Harvard students demonstrated how the device can be modified to identify strangers in real time and pull up personal information, raising fresh concerns about how wearable technology intersects with facial recognition.The students, who detailed their experiment publicly, created a system they called I-XRAY, linking Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses to facial recognition software and publicly accessible data sources. By capturing images of people in public spaces and running

Siemens has completed the purchase of Canopus AI, a Grenoble-based specialist in artificial intelligence-driven metrology and inspection software, signalling an intensified push into semiconductor manufacturing software as device geometries shrink and production volumes grow. The acquisition, announced on 4 February and finalised on 12 January, brings AI-enhanced wafer and mask measurement capabilities into Siemens’ electronic design automation portfolio, aimed at helping chipmakers achieve higher precision and manufacturing efficiency at advanced nodes.Siemens said integrating Canopus AI’s tools with its

OpenClaw, the open-source autonomous AI agent framework that has attracted both widespread interest and intense scrutiny, has rolled out version 2026.2.12, a major update that resolves over 40 security flaws and strengthens core components of the platform. The release aims to address an array of risks—from remote code execution exposures to prompt-injection weaknesses—that researchers and operators have flagged as critical for safe deployment of agentic AI systems.Developed by Peter Steinberger and gaining rapid traction since its launch in November 2025

OpenAI has launched GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, an ultra-fast version of its coding artificial intelligence that runs on specialised hardware from Cerebras Systems, marking its first major production deployment outside of the long-dominant Nvidia-based infrastructure. The Codex-Spark release delivers more than 1,000 tokens per second in interactive coding workflows, designed to give developers near-instant responsiveness for editing and iterative tasks while maintaining competitive capabilities for real-world software development.The debut of Codex-Spark follows the announcement earlier this year of a multi-year collaboration between OpenAI

Microsoft has unveiled a new security feature in Windows 11 that fundamentally alters how administrator privileges operate on personal computers, signalling a decisive shift in the company’s approach to endpoint protection.The feature, known as Administrator Protection, removes persistent administrative rights from user accounts and replaces them with a tightly controlled, task-based elevation model. Instead of granting broad and continuous access to system-level controls, Windows 11 now isolates elevated privileges and requires explicit approval — typically through Windows Hello biometric authentication

A wave of stress signs emerging across the global private credit market is prompting closer scrutiny from investors and analysts, with covenant defaults climbing, leverage rising and slowing earnings growth among private companies shaping the outlook for direct lenders and credit managers. Recent proprietary data from valuation specialists and market trackers show covenant default rates creeping higher compared with historical averages, while a combination of weaker cash flow performance and elevated leverage is increasingly visible across segments of the private

ServerDirect has finalised a €25 million enterprise artificial intelligence infrastructure deployment, marking one of the largest projects in its portfolio and underscoring Europe’s accelerating investment in high-performance computing for corporate AI workloads.The Netherlands-based systems integrator said the project, delivered in partnership with Super Micro Computer, widely known as Supermicro, involved the design, supply and commissioning of advanced GPU-accelerated servers and supporting data centre architecture for a large enterprise client. The installation is aimed at supporting large language models, data analytics

Construction of the first 200 megawatts of the Stargate Data Centre project in the UAE is advancing, according to ALEC Holdings, as structural works near completion and major mechanical and electrical installations gather pace.ALEC, a subsidiary of the Investment Corporation of Dubai, informed the Dubai Financial Market that building structures have been erected and that mechanical, electrical and plumbing works are well under way. The update places the Stargate scheme among the most significant data centre developments currently under execution

Security analysts have uncovered a network of 287 Google Chrome browser extensions that siphon off users’ browsing data and send it to external servers, collectively installed on roughly 37.4 million devices worldwide. The discovery has alarmed privacy advocates and highlights ongoing weaknesses in browser extension marketplaces that allow ostensibly benign add-ons to conduct intrusive data collection without clear disclosure. This emergent threat comes amid broader scrutiny of how browser extensions are vetted and monitored, raising questions about user protection and

Nile has entered a strategic partnership with Truecaller aimed at reinforcing consumer confidence and reducing fraud across Egypt’s fast-growing digital economy, as businesses face mounting pressure to prove the authenticity of their communications.The collaboration is designed to allow companies using Nile’s financial and digital services platform to verify their outbound calls and messages through Truecaller’s caller identification and business verification tools. By displaying verified brand information to recipients, the companies say they will enable customers to distinguish legitimate outreach from

Apple has secured a patent outlining a flexible database architecture that could alter the direction of its productivity and data management software, including FileMaker and the iWork suite, while signalling a more assertive move into structured enterprise data.The patent, published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, describes a system capable of handling dynamic schemas, varied data types and adaptive query mechanisms. Rather than relying on rigid, predefined database structures, the design allows fields and relationships to evolve as

OpenAI has confirmed that its first consumer hardware device will not be shipped to customers before the end of February 2027 and that the company will not use the disputed “io” name for the product, according to court filings related to an ongoing trademark lawsuit. OpenAI’s vice-president and general manager, Peter Welinder, told the court that the company had reassessed its product-naming strategy and decided against any use of “io” or “IYO” in the branding, marketing or sale of its

Activist investor Ancora Holdings Group has called on the board of Warner Bros. Discovery to reject Netflix’s proposed takeover and re-engage with a rival approach from Paramount Skydance, intensifying a high-stakes battle over the future of one of Hollywood’s largest studios and streaming operators.In a letter to directors, Ancora argued that Netflix’s agreed transaction, valued at about $82.7 billion on an enterprise basis, undervalues Warner Bros. Discovery’s film library, premium television assets and global sports rights. The hedge fund urged

By Anton Sparinapti, Partner at FlametreeAcross the MENA region, the SME landscape is shifting at a fast pace. Traditional chatbots leave, instead AI Agents start doing actual work: instantly respond, qualify requests, collect structured data and hand it off to humans with a natural context. The human and AI collaboration results in impressive outcomes - fast responses, high lead capture rates and improved CX - helping businesses increase product usage by about 15% in the first month, while lowering operational

Amazon has outlined plans to channel up to $200 billion into artificial intelligence-focused data centres, networking and custom silicon through 2026, a scale of spending that would rank among the largest infrastructure pushes ever undertaken by a technology company. The investment, disclosed across earnings briefings and regulatory filings, is aimed at expanding Amazon Web Services capacity as customers accelerate the deployment of generative AI models and data-intensive workloads.Executives have framed the outlay as a multi-year commitment rather than a single

A courtroom in Santa Fe has become the focal point of a high-stakes test of whether a social media company can be held liable for product design choices that prosecutors say enabled the sexual exploitation of minors. New Mexico’s civil case against Meta Platforms has reached trial, marking the first time a US state attorney general’s action over child safety on a major platform has been argued in open court.The lawsuit alleges that Meta’s Instagram and Facebook products were engineered

Hundreds of thousands of users of AI aggregator OmniGPT have had their private conversations and uploaded files exposed after a large-scale data breach that security researchers say left sensitive information openly accessible and later circulated on dark web forums. The incident has intensified scrutiny of third-party platforms that bundle access to multiple AI models while handling large volumes of personal data.Investigations by independent cybersecurity analysts indicate that roughly 300,000 users were affected, with about 300 million chat messages, prompts, and

 Bluesky has introduced a drafts feature that allows users to save unfinished posts on their own devices, a change that closes one of the most noticeable gaps between the decentralised network and larger rivals while signalling that the platform is shifting from experimental roots towards day-to-day usability.The update enables posts to be paused and resumed without being published, a basic function long taken for granted on established social networks but absent from Bluesky since its public launch. Drafts are stored

Reddit is no longer just a place for discussion threads and niche communities; it has become a primary search destination for tens of millions of users seeking answers without touching traditional search engines. Platform data and industry tracking show that about 80 million people now search directly on Reddit each month, underscoring a shift in how users navigate the internet for information, advice and recommendations.This behaviour reflects growing frustration with conventional search results that are often crowded with search engine

Discord is mandated to introduce a sweeping age verification system for its more than 200 million users globally in March, requiring confirmation that an account holder is an adult before they can access certain content and core features. The update will automatically designate all users as having teen-level access until they complete age verification, with unverified accounts barred from age-restricted channels, live “stage” interactions and the ability to modify some communication settings.The move reflects a broader industry effort to

Papio, a global industrial analytics and AI company, has announced the establishment of its Qatari subsidiary and is now officially registered in Qatar under QFC. Steven Jansen, CEO and founder of Papio, shares insights on the company’s global expansion and long-term commitment to supporting industrial organisations with digital transformation initiatives, serving customers better across Qatar and the wider Gulf, while building its footprint in the region.“The Middle East is in growth mode. Governments have articulated long-term visions that are clear, measurable, and

Abu Dhabi-based technology group G42 has signed a $1bn framework cooperation agreement with a Vietnamese consortium led by FPT Corporation and Viet Thai Group, marking one of the largest cross-border technology collaborations aimed at building sovereign artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure in Southeast Asia.The agreement sets out a multi-year plan to deploy large-scale cloud capacity across three data centre locations in Vietnam, alongside the development of domestic AI platforms, data governance frameworks and sector-specific applications. The initiative is positioned as

YouTube Music has begun limiting full lyrics access for users on its free tier, nudging listeners towards paid subscriptions and sharpening competition with Spotify, which continues to offer wider lyrics availability without a mandatory upgrade. The shift has stirred debate among music streaming users and highlighted how platforms are recalibrating features once treated as standard to drive revenue growth.The change affects how lyrics are displayed within YouTube Music’s app and web player. Free users who previously scrolled through complete, time-synced

AI. com has changed hands in a transaction valued at about $70 million, placing the domain among the most expensive digital real estate deals on record and setting the stage for a high-profile consumer launch tied to Super Bowl LX. People familiar with the plans say the new owners intend to unveil the brand during the championship game with a national advertising campaign, betting that mass-market visibility can translate into scale in an increasingly crowded artificial intelligence landscape.The sale price,

Samsung Electronics plans to begin mass production of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory chips, HBM4, next month, positioning the company to step up supplies to key artificial intelligence customers led by Nvidia as competition in advanced memory intensifies.The South Korean chipmaker has been racing to finalise yields and qualification for HBM4, a critical component for the latest generation of AI accelerators that demand faster data transfer and lower power consumption than existing HBM3E products. Industry officials say the company is targeting

Amazon delivered a jolt to markets with a strategic and financial update that re-framed how investors assess the company’s growth engine, profit profile and long-term ambition, prompting analysts to rethink assumptions that had weighed on the stock for much of the past year. The announcement combined a sharp improvement in operating leverage with a clearer articulation of where capital and management attention will be concentrated, signalling a shift from volume-first expansion to disciplined, return-focused execution.The immediate catalyst was a stronger-than-expected

Apple Pay users across multiple regions are being targeted by a coordinated phishing operation that security researchers describe as more sophisticated than conventional digital fraud, exploiting trust in familiar branding and the pressure of urgent security warnings to extract sensitive payment credentials. The campaign blends carefully designed emails with follow-up phone calls, a hybrid tactic that has enabled attackers to bypass user scepticism and some automated security filters.Alerts circulated to users mimic official Apple communications, warning of suspicious activity, account

Plans taking shape inside SpaceX point to an unusual next step in the global race for computing power: data centres operating in orbit by 2026. The company has begun recruiting specialists in power systems, thermal engineering, networking and on-orbit operations, signalling an effort to pair its satellite infrastructure with space-based computing at a time when demand for artificial intelligence processing is colliding with limits on Earth.People familiar with the hiring say the work focuses on designing modular compute platforms that

Big technology groups have entered earnings season facing a sharper set of questions from investors as capital expenditure tied to artificial intelligence accelerates while core cloud businesses show steadier, more measured growth. Quarterly disclosures from the largest United States-based technology companies point to a widening gap between the scale of investment being committed to AI infrastructure and the pace at which that spending is translating into clearly identifiable revenue streams.Results released over the past reporting cycle underline how aggressively companies