NEWS

Partnership to drive climate investment
ESG.ai, a Canadian-European ESG analytics platform and London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) data partner, and Rho Impact, a climate data infrastructure company specialising in forecasting the decarbonisation potential of emerging climate solutions, have announced a strategic partnership to advance climate investment

£45M for UK’s AI supercomputer
The UK government is investing £45 million for a 1.4MW mission-focused supercomputer named ‘Sunrise’, a key first step in establishing the country’s first AI Growth Zone at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) Culham Campus in Oxfordshire. As announced in

Apple introduces AirPods Max 2
Apple has announced AirPods Max 2, bringing even better Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), elevated sound quality, and intelligent features to the iconic over-ear design. Powered by H2, features like Adaptive Audio, Conversation Awareness, Voice Isolation, and Live Translation come to AirPods

Data issue on Companies House
Companies House has confirmed a security flaw in its WebFiling system, enabling logged-in users to alter other companies’ information without consent. Only logged-in users with an authorised code were able to make these changes, meaning the changes could not be

New green tech training facility
Renewable energy company and services provider Good Energy has partnered with Wiltshire College & University Centre to create a new training facility as part of a Green Skills Innovation Centre. The landmark facility, on the college’s Lackham Campus, is designed

Supercharging environmental action with AI
CDP, the global non-profit that runs the world’s largest independent environmental disclosure system, has announced a Google.org Fellowship. A dedicated team of Google.org Fellows will support CDP in building an innovative, AI-powered tool to transform how cities, states, and regions

Scaling cyber defence
LRQA, the leading global risk management partner, has partnered with AI security innovator, Simbian, to introduce continuous, AI-powered penetration testing – combining autonomous testing with experienced cyber specialists to help organisations manage risk at machine speed. As cyber-attacks are enhanced

Samsung and Vodafone drive AI-native networks
Samsung Electronics and Vodafone announced that the companies have successfully completed the first call utilising Samsung’s virtualised RAN (vRAN) solution and Intel Xeon 6 SoC (system-on-chip), marking a first milestone in Europe. This test of the latest chipset reinforces a

Launch of MacBook Neo
Apple has unveiled MacBook Neo, an all-new laptop that delivers the magic of the Mac at a breakthrough price, making it even more accessible to millions of people around the world. MacBook Neo starts with a beautiful Apple design, featuring a

Oxa Raises $103m
Oxa, a global leader in autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, has announced the successful first close of its Series D funding round, raising a total of $103m. An initial $50m commitment from the National Wealth Fund, alongside backing from NVentures (NVIDIA’s

Oracle Red Bull Racing extends title partnership
Oracle and Oracle Red Bull Racing have announced a multi-year extension and expansion of their title partnership as the Team prepares for the most significant regulation shift in modern F1 history. This renewal builds on the most integrated team technology

World’s most powerful pharmaceutical AI factory
Built with over 1,000 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs, LillyPod is now online to power scientific research and supercharge the future of medicine. Lilly has launched the most powerful AI factory wholly owned and operated by a pharmaceutical company to help

Samsung unveils most intuitive Galaxy AI phone
Samsung Electronics has announced the Galaxy S26 series, powered by the most intuitive, proactive and adaptive Galaxy AI experiences yet and designed to simplify the tasks people do on their phones every day. From managing plans and finding information to

AI-driven restaurant data
London-based Alpa has raised $3.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Daphni. Having previously founded Taster and launched Deliveroo in France, Alpa was co-founded by Anton Soulier to enable hospitality business operators to base decisions on real-time profitability data, rather than

Helix delivers EV technology
Helix (a trading name of Integral Powertrain Ltd), the UK manufacturer of the world’s most power-dense electric motors and inverters, has partnered with electric hypercar brand McMurtry Automotive. Applying over 20 years’ experience in high-performance electric drive systems, Helix has

Microsoft and CrowdStrike announce the Falcon platform
CrowdStrike and Microsoft Corp. have announced an expansion of their strategic alliance that allows organisations of all sizes to purchase the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform on Microsoft Marketplace using its existing Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment. Marketplace streamlines procurement and billing, helping organisations accelerate deployment of Falcon’s unified,

Cristiano Ronaldo invests $7.5 Million in Pro2col™ technology
Herbalife Ltd., a premier health and wellness company, community and platform, has announced global sports icon Cristiano Ronaldo acquired a 10% equity interest in HBL Pro2col Software, LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Herbalife that holds the Pro2col technology. Pro2col

AGIBOT celebrates Chinese New Year with robots
AGIBOT, a leading Chinese robotics company specialising in embodied intelligence, made a high-profile appearance at the United Nations Headquarters in New York during the Chinese New Year celebration hosted by the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations. The

Powering Google’s data centres
TotalEnergies has signed two new long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) to deliver 1 GW of solar capacity – equivalent to 28 TWh of renewable electricity over 15 years – to supply Google’s data centers in Texas. The power will be generated from TotalEnergies-owned

Winter Olympics AI-based performance tool
U.S. Ski & Snowboard, the national governing body for skiing and snowboarding in the United States, and Google have announced a collaboration on an industry-first AI video-analysis tool built on Google Cloud for skiing and snowboarding. Led by the high-performance needs

Samsung ships industry-first HBM4
Samsung Electronics, a global leader in advanced memory technology, has announced that it has begun mass production of its industry-leading HBM4 and has shipped commercial products to customers. This achievement marks a first in the industry, securing an early leadership