Big Tech results: Alphabet soars as Meta meta sinks on spending plans April 30, 2026 The four largest AI players reported quarterly earnings simultaneously for the first time on Wednesday, delivering a broadly positive set of results that nonetheless triggered a sharp divergence in after-hours share price moves. Alphabet led the pack, with Google’s parent company posting revenue of $109.9bn (£81.6bn) a 22 per cent rise on the same period [...]
Exclusive: Lloyds in tie-up with Google to build AI agents April 30, 2026 Lloyds Banking Group has formed a tie-up with Google as the financial services giant sets its sight on building its own AI agents, City AM can reveal. The blue-chip lender is leveraging Google Cloud – the tech giant’s suite of computing services – and the bank’s existing Large Language Model to create a new internal [...]
Grant Thornton snaps up Australian sister firm as part of global push April 29, 2026 Professional services giant Grant Thornton US is set to acquire the firm’s Australian counterpart to become part of its global advisory platform, boosting the private equity-backed player’s global reach. Grant Thornton US said the transaction was “recommended by the board and would close later this year, subject to shareholder partner approval and standard regulatory conditions.” [...]
General counsel ‘evolving from traditional legal gatekeepers’, says KPMG’s legal arm April 29, 2026 General counsel responsibilities are evolving beyond just providing legal oversight as regulations “become more complex and demanding”, according to a new report from the Big four giant KPMG’s Law arm. A whopping 75 per cent of the general counsels surveyed by the firm reported to be “frequently providing advice on issues outside of their legal [...]
The AI bubble has a name – and it’s OpenAI April 29, 2026 For three years, Sam Altman has worn the badge of greatest pitchman in the history of tech. He sold the world a vision of artificial general intelligence – a machine that thinks, reasons and creates – and sold investors the bill to build it. The man raised more capital in a single funding round than [...]
Nintex Debuts New On-Premises AI and Simplified Identity Management for Nintex K2 April 29, 2026 Latest release introduces locally hosted AI, automated identity management, and continued accessibility improvements to help organizations automate business processes without compromising control.
SS&C Unveils WorkHQ to Power Enterprise Agentic Automation April 29, 2026 Agentic automation platform enables companies to control, govern and accelerate enterprise-wide adoption of AI
UK cannot ‘outsource AI future’, says Netcompany boss April 29, 2026 The boss of Danish tech firm Netcompany has warned that Europe must build its own AI platforms, or risk handing control of its data to the US or China. André Rogaczewski, chief executive of Netcompany, told City AM that AI sovereignty is now a strategic issue for businesses and governments. “Technology is a battlefield”, he [...]
European Commission (EC) Approves Henlius and Organon’s POHERDY® (pertuzumab), the First Approved Biosimilar to PERJETA (pertuzumab) in Europe April 29, 2026 Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. (2696.HK), and Organon (NYSE: OGN) today announced the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for POHERDY® (pertuzumab) 420 mg/14 mL injection for intravenous use, the first and only approved biosimilar to PERJETA (pertuzumab) in Europe, for all indications of the reference product.1 This press release features multimedia. View the full [...]
U.K. Enterprises Expand Governed Salesforce AI Adoption April 29, 2026 Data readiness, auditability, industrialized delivery models shape investments, ISG Provider Lens® report says