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Mark Tarre
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Mark Tarre is an editor and journalist with experience across newsroom, public relations, and digital publishing. He has worked across different organisations on editorial and content-led projects. He holds a journalism degree.

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Facewatch

Shoplifter alerts more than double in 2025 - Facewatch says

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Facewatch says UK retailers' facial recognition alerts more than doubled to over 500,000 in 2025 amid rising theft and abuse in stores.
Isle of man coast town digital health homes innovation testbed

Isle of Man seeks health tech for 2026 Innovation Challenge

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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fintech
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healthtech
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clean technologies
Isle of Man opens 2026 Innovation Challenge to global health tech teams, offering a testbed to trial tools for care at home and in communities.
Pebblepad management team

PebblePad buys myday to expand global education reach

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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edutech
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digital transformation
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erp
PebblePad acquires student portal myday in its first NorthEdge-backed deal, creating an edtech group serving over 200 institutions globally.
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Widdop launches first Softies direct-to-consumer site

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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digital transformation
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martech
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commerce systems
Widdop launches its first direct-to-consumer eCommerce site for Softies plush toys, marking a major digital shift for the 140-year-old brand.
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Global fintech funding climbs 21% as UK takes second spot

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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data analytics
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crypto
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fintech
Global fintech funding jumped 21% to USD $53 billion in 2025, as the UK secured second place worldwide with USD $3.6 billion.
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White & Case rolls out Legora AI platform worldwide

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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digital transformation
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rpa
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erp
White & Case selects Legora as a strategic AI partner, rolling out its platform to lawyers in 43 offices across 29 countries worldwide.
Ai supply chain warehouse with robots and digital dashboard scene

Blue Yonder unveils AI upgrades for retail supply chains

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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cx
Blue Yonder rolls out fresh AI tools to tighten retail planning, boost fulfilment accuracy and speed up warehouse and logistics decisions.
British army instructor students university field military drones

British Army backs new three-year drone engineering degree

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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edutech
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robots
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drones
The British Army is backing a fast-track drone engineering degree at NMITE to train specialists in autonomous military and civilian systems.
Modern enterprise datacenter kubernetes gpu racks ai automation ops

AI workloads force Kubernetes shift to autonomous SRE

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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virtualisation
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devops
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digital transformation
AI SRE, GPU-aware schedulers and autonomous ops are set to overhaul how large enterprises run Kubernetes clusters by 2026.
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Unapproved peptide ads surge across online platforms

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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data analytics
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martech
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risk & compliance
Unapproved peptide ads and listings have surged across online platforms since 2020, raising fresh concerns over consumer safety and oversight.
Macbook system alert with unplugged logitech mouse headset desk

Logitech issues manual macOS patches after apps fail

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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windows
Logitech users on macOS must install manual patches for Options+ and G Hub after an expired certificate stopped both apps from launching.
Columbus

Columbus, Infor extend M3 CloudSuites push in UK

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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manufacturing
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digital transformation
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martech
Columbus deepens Infor alliance to drive UK roll-out of M3 CloudSuites, backed by fresh hiring and a plan to double customers by 2027.
Enterprise hr leaders meeting with ai agents upskilling workflows

Salesforce unveils AI fluency guide for agentic workforces

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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digital transformation
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martech
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hcm
Salesforce launches an AI Fluency Playbook to help build 'agentic enterprises', guiding staff to work effectively with AI agents at scale.
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Conveyd raises GBP £2.5m to speed up UK home buying

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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fintech
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cx
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martech
UK start-up Conveyd raises GBP £2.5m to expand its AI-driven conveyancing platform, promising to cut home purchase times to weeks.
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Private markets race to modernise tech amid AI & rules

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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digital transformation
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fintech
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partner programmes
AI, data and 'governance intelligence' set to transform private markets as regulators, LPs and retail investors demand real-time transparency.
Modern corporate datacenter onprem to cloud streams analytics

Informatica named Leader in 2025 Gartner data quadrant

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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crm
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hybrid cloud
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data analytics
Informatica from Salesforce is named a Leader in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools, its 20th straight year on top.
Nelson sivalingam

HowNow bets on vertical AI agents reshaping UK work

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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saas
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devops
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digital transformation
UK learning platform HowNow backs domain-specific AI agents to join teams as 'colleagues' by 2026, reshaping workflows and competition.
Glowing neural network shield protecting hybrid multicloud data

Thales unveils AI Security Fabric for runtime threats

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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data protection
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hybrid cloud
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digital transformation
Thales launches AI Security Fabric to shield enterprise LLM and agentic AI apps from runtime threats like prompt injection and data leakage.
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Digital economy seen surging to USD $28 trillion by 2026

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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robots
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data protection
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smart cities
The global digital economy is forecast to hit USD $28 trillion by 2026, growing nearly three times faster than overall world output.
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Private 5G network spend to hit USD $7.2bn by 2028

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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uc
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network infrastructure
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digital transformation
Spending on private LTE and 5G networks is forecast to hit USD $7.2 billion by 2028 as enterprises outpace growth in public mobile systems.