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Catherine Knowles
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Catherine has a keen interest in all areas of technology and storytelling in our digital age. Having worked with a number of businesses and people across media, education, publishing and communications, Catherine has a definite respect for common sense, great content and turning ideas into reality.

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LiveRamp unveils AI agents & expanded integrations for marketers

Wed, 8th Oct 2025
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LiveRamp launches AI tools enabling marketers to use autonomous agents with secure data access, plus new integrations including Netflix for smarter campaigns.
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Data readiness & infrastructure drive enterprise AI success

Wed, 8th Oct 2025
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A global study reveals enterprises with mature data readiness and infrastructure see 24% revenue growth and 25% cost savings from AI deployments.
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Peak launches AI agents to optimise retail & manufacturing ops

Fri, 3rd Oct 2025
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Peak launches Agentic AI agents to automate and optimise retail and manufacturing decisions, already enhancing operations at Hain Celestial and Speedy Hire.
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Comstor partners prepare for Cisco 360 launch & new incentives

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Comstor reveals 78% of EMEA Cisco partners are prepared for the 2026 Cisco 360 launch, with many seeing growth and streamlined business as key benefits.
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Facebook, WhatsApp & TikTok most invasive, Discord safest

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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data protection
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Research finds Facebook, WhatsApp, and TikTok most privacy-invasive, while Discord tops the list for safeguarding user data and resisting AI training use.
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Tenable exposes Gemini Trifecta flaws risking user data theft

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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cloud security
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ai security
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data privacy
Tenable exposed three critical flaws in Google's Gemini suite enabling unseen theft of sensitive user data, now patched by Google to prevent exploitation.
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Forrester forecasts agentic AI breaches & quantum spending surge by 2026

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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encryption
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Forrester predicts the first agentic AI data breach and a surge in quantum security spending by 2026, amid rising government control of telecoms.
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Forrester predicts agency mergers, job cuts & creator growth

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Forrester forecasts major agency mergers, job cuts of 15%, and growth in creator-led marketing by 2026 amid automation and industry shifts.
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Stampede & Square launch PayOS to boost hospitality personalisation

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Stampede has partnered with Square to launch PayOS, a unified hospitality platform integrating sales, payments, and guest data to boost customer engagement and revenue.
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Peak unveils Agentic AI suite to boost retail & manufacturing

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Peak, a UiPath company, launches Agentic AI suite to enhance retail and manufacturing efficiency, already adopted by Hain Celestial and Speedy Hire.
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Sophos launches new services to help plug organisational cyber gaps

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Sophos has launched Advisory Services, a new suite of cybersecurity tests to identify and fix security gaps within organisations, enhancing cyber resilience.
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Ransomware attacks rise again as insurance uptake drops in 2025

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Ransomware attacks rose to 24% of businesses in 2025, while insurance uptake fell to 46%, amid smarter cybercriminal tactics and AI-driven threats.
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SambaNova debuts Hume AI voice models for emotional speech AI

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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SambaNova launches Hume AI voice models on SambaCloud, offering enterprises real-time, multilingual, emotionally responsive speech AI in 11 languages by June 2024.
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Repetitive tasks cost UK finance GBP £179 billion & harm morale

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Repetitive tasks in UK finance departments cost businesses GBP £179 billion annually, harming productivity and driving 74% of workers to consider quitting.
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Harbr Data & Databricks partner on secure AI data platform

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Harbr Data joins Databricks as a partner, integrating a secure AI data marketplace to enhance compliant data sharing for enterprises and governments.
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Dashmote raises $6 million to launch AI agent for field sales

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Dashmote has raised $6 million to launch DashSalesAI, an AI agent boosting efficiency for field sales teams via mobile platforms like WhatsApp.
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AI vulnerability reports surge as hackbots reshape cyber risks

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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AI vulnerability reports surged 210% as organisations boosted AI security by 270%, with prompt injection attacks rising 540%, HackerOne's report shows.
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Kyndryl unveils enhanced AI framework for secure enterprise scale

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Kyndryl enhances its Agentic AI Framework to help enterprises securely scale AI projects, focusing on compliance, governance and productivity across industries.
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Zyxel Networks unveils six new WiFi 7 access points for SMEs

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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network security
Zyxel Networks launches six affordable WiFi 7 access points for SMEs, expanding its portfolio to 13 models for diverse business environments.
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Chainlink & major banks unite to cut $58 billion costs in global corporate actions

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Chainlink and 24 major banks collaborate to reduce $58 billion global corporate actions costs, using AI and blockchain for real-time data sharing and automation.