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VentureburnSWI Raises €800M to Expand AI Infrastructure Across Europe and US
SWI Raises €800M to Accelerate AI Infrastructure Growth SWI Group has raised €800 million from institutional investors to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure. The Amsterdam-listed investment holding company reported a
VentureburnScarlet Raises $50M to Accelerate AI Medical Device Certification
Scarlet Raises $50M to Expand Medical AI Certification Scarlet has raised $50 million in Series B funding to expand its medical device certification platform. Headline led the round, with Notion
VentureburnMujin Raises $224 Million Series D: Why SK Square Is Betting Big on Physical AI Robots
We’re deep into the artificial intelligence revolution. Just when you thought the AI adoption had hit its peak, there’s a shift to give the tech hands. Mujin raises $224 million
TechCentralMicrosoft president says milk faces more regulation than AI
Microsoft's president says milk cartons and washing machines face stricter safety rules than artificial intelligence does.
MyBroadbandFacebook movie bombs on opening weekend, and Chinese hackers target banks with AI-powered attacks
Here are five important things happening in tech around the world today.
TechCentralArt, AI and empire meet in Forest Town
A free Johannesburg exhibition asks whether AI and robotics can escape five centuries of extraction.
MyBroadbandMicrosoft boss says AI can’t be trusted, and Elon Musk’s R248-billion chipmaking bet
Here are five important things happening in tech today.
News24 BusinessAnthropic AI model went rogue, submitted fake tip to police
Anthropic said its Claude AI model carried out additional unintended actions on the digital systems of outside organisations, including submitting a false tip in a police homicide case, prompting a warning from the Trump administration for artificial intelligence companies to secure their systems.
MyBroadbandGood news for Capitec customers
Capitec is rolling out a Scam Checker tool that uses AI to help customers identify suspicious websites, messages, or images, and flag their operators for investigation.
ITWebTecnotree Named a Visionary in the Inaugural 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CSP AI-Enabled Marketing and Sales Solutions
Tecnotree, a global digital platform and services leader for AI, 5G, and cloud-native technologies, today announced that Gartner has positioned it as a Visionary in the first-ever Magic Quadrant for AI-Enabled CSP Marketing and Sales Solutions.
ITWebITWeb TV: AI-driven fraud rises as criminals target human trust
Orca Fraud CEO Thalia Pillay warns financial institutions to move beyond perimeter security in the age of AI.
TechCentralData centres are the new front line in the Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine has struck two Yandex data centres, including one housing supercomputers used to train its AI.
TechCentralWhen a machine can choose, who does it become?
Useful AI has to make judgment calls. The worry is the character those calls create, writes Fanie van Rooyen.
ITWebSAP says enterprise context is key to predictive AI operations
SAP's customer success chief says governance and enterprise context will shape how organisations adopt agentic AI.
MyBroadbandStronger together: how Platform45’s product designers work with AI
AI has become one of the most valuable tools in Platform45's product design team's workflow. It doesn't replace design judgement. It gives that judgement more room to work.
ITWebThe rise of autonomous AI demands a new security strategy
As organisations adopt autonomous AI agents, cyber security strategies must evolve beyond protecting users and systems to governing AI itself.
VentureburnVEIR Raises $110M to Scale Superconducting Power Systems for AI Data Centres
VEIR Targets AI Data Centre Power Demands VEIR, a US-based power technology company, has raised $110 million in Series C funding. Matter Venture Partners and Tyche Partners co-led the oversubscribed
VentureburnStord Secures $400M Credit Facility to Scale AI Fulfillment Network
Stord Expands Its Fulfillment Infrastructure Stord, a physical intelligence platform for independent commerce, has secured a $400 million credit facility. Citi led the facility alongside Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan. First
ITWebTownship businesses urged to use tech like AI to grow
The Township Entrepreneur Agency hosted its Kasi Tech Summit in Alexandra, urging local entrepreneurs to embrace digital tools and AI to grow their businesses.
TechCentralThe AI PC is finally here. It’s just very expensive
A memory chip crunch means the powerful laptops needed for local AI are very expensive.
ITWebSelf-sovereign AI agents: The gap is procurement, not research
Roughly 1 200 agents coordinated an intrusion in July. They were not self-sovereign, and the difference is the part that should concern boards.
VentureburnNous Research Raises $90 Million To Bring Hermes AI Agents to the Enterprise Market
In a sweeping move that could shake up the competitive tech landscape, Nous Research raises $90 million to catapult its celebrated Hermes AI agent straight into the corporate mainstream. Its
ITWebHightouch Names Matthew Lubeck General Manager, EMEA
Hightouch, the leader in data and AI for marketing, has named Matthew Lubeck General Manager, EMEA. Based in London, Lubeck will lead all of Hightouch's go-to-market functions across EMEA as the company helps brands in the region move to agentic marketing.
ITWebNTT DATA Opens AI Factory Munich Where Clients Can Validate their AI in a Live Environment
NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today opened the NTT DATA AI Factory Munich, a real-world environment where clients can test how their AI applications will perform at scale before they invest in broad deployments.
ITWeb‘AI for good’ starts with affordances, not features
The affordance lens exposes the harms that capability-talk hides, as the most consequential governance risk in enterprise AI today is not a rogue chatbot.
VentureburnMoonshot AI Prepares for Hong Kong IPO As It Hits $50 Billion Valuation
Over the last few years, Silicon Valley has done everything in its power to own the generative AI narrative. But a massive plot twist is unfolding overseas, as Chinese open-weight
ITWebNew Global Survey Finds Majority of VMware Users Are Choosing Alternative Paths for Cost Control, Roadmap Flexibility and Better Support
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), the Software Support and Agentic AI ERP Company™ and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced findings from the 2026 IT Virtualization Survey – What’s Next for VMware Users, a new global survey of nearly 300…
TechCentralSam Altman: the world should accept ‘some bad things’ from AI
Sam Altman says the world should accept some bad things happening in exchange for AI's benefits.
VentureburnClockwork.io Raises $31 Million to Eliminate GPU Waste in AI Workloads and Training
One tiny infrastructure glitch can literally halt thousands of interconnected GPUs. While the system agonizes through a slow, painful reboot, massive amounts of money practically evaporate into thin air. To